【It'snaturaltogreetfriendswithasmileandawave．（31）___Butwhathappensifyourfaceandbodysendmixedmessages？Wouldsomeonebemorelikelytobelievethelookonyourfaceorthewayyouholdyourbody？Scientistshaverecentlyta】

　　It'snaturaltogreetfriendswithasmileandawave．（31）___ Butwhathappensifyourfaceandbodysendmixedmessages？Wouldsomeonebemorelikelytobelievethelookonyourfaceorthewayyouholdyourbody？

　　Scientistshaverecentlytackledthesequestions．Theyfoundthatwhenapersonislookingatyourface，shemightnotbelievewhatsheseesofyourbodylanguagematchesthefeelingthatyourfaceshows．

　　（32）___Previously，theyhadfoundthatthetoneofaperson'svoicecanbemoreimportantthanthewordsthatarespoken．Forexample，mostpeopletendnottobelieveapersonwhosaysinaflatvoice，"I'msoexcited．"

　　Whenitcametoemotionsconveyedbyfacialexpressionsandbodylanguage，mostscientistssuspectedthatthefacewasmoreimportant．Totestifthiswastrue，psychologistsfromtheNetherlandsandBostonshowedpeopleanumberofpicturesofisolatedfacesandisolatedbodies（withfacesblurredout）thatshowedangerorfear．（33）___Anangryfacehadloweyebrowsandtightlips．Ascaredfacehadhigheyebrowandaslightlyopenmouth．（34）___Ascaredbodyhadarmsforwardandshoulderssquare，asifreadytodefend．

　　Theseresultstoldtheresearchersthatmixedsignalscanconfusepeople．Evenwhenpeoplepayattentiontotheface，bodylanguagesubtlyinfluenceswhichemotiontheyread．（35）___ Andifyouwanttobeunderstood，ithelpstoavoidsendingmixedmessages．

　　A．Scientistsfeelnewtostudythemixedmessagethatconfusespeople．

　　B．Studyingsuchmixedmessagesisnothingnewforscientists．

　　C．Bodylanguagecansometimesbemisunderstoodindifferentculturebackgrounds．

　　D．So，yourbodylanguageisimportantfortellingpeoplehowyoufeel．

　　E．Anangrybodyhadarmsbackandshouldersatanangle，asifreadytofight．

　　F．Theyalsoshowedpicturesinwhichangryorscaredfaceswerepairedwithangryorscaredbodies．

　　G．Whenyoudothis，yourfaceandbodyworktogethertoshowyourfriendsthatyou'rehappytoseethem．