
درس 8: 3 Oxford Word Skills
Lesson 8: Body Language
Answer Key
1
1. B 3. G 5. B 7. G
2. B 4. G 6. G 8. B
2
1. jumping 6. necessarily
2. look 7. gestures
3. observe 8. combination
4. fingernails 9. sweat
5. interpret 10. constantly
3
possible answers:
1. I think British people use gestures less than some nationalities, but I make some gestures a lot: put my head to one side when I’m thinking; avoid eye contact if I’m not telling the truth, move about a lot if I’m bored or restless, etc.
2. Generally, yes.
3. No, I’m not and I hardly ever notice what people are wearing.
4. No, I don’t bite my finger nails. I think I scratch my head when I’m nervous.
5. I don’t blush easily, but I do go red if I think I’ve said something embarrassing.
6. Yes, I do that quite a lot It’s interesting to wonder what kind of lives other people have.
4
These words are correct:
1. with 5. towards
2. make 6. arms
3. fist 7. signal
4. legs 8. someone
5
1. flirting
2. leant/leaned; fancied/fancies
3. defensive
4. fold; cross
5. fist; anger
6. signal
7. generalizations
8. display
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1. I often fold my arms, sometimes when I’m being defensive and sometimes when I’m bored. I think I cross my legs mostly out of habit. I’m not sure what it means.
2. Yes, that’s definitely true. But I also lean back sometimes when I’m thinking about something they’ve said.
3. Yes, I think I do flirt quite a lot with members of the opposite sex. It’s fun and is sometimes quite exciting.
4. I think I hold eye contact longer than is normal, stroke my lips with my thumb and forefinger, and move closer to them.