LISTENING

Task I. Listen to a radio programme about body language. Match the sentence beginnings (1–11)
with the endings (a–k).
1.Tonight’s radio programme is about __
2.The famous communication study mentioned ___
3.Professor McNamara agrees that about 50 per cent of ___
4.The main focus of the Professor’s project is ___
5.Crossing your arms is ___
6.In a relaxed situation, crossing your arms might mean ___
7.Interpreting body language correctly ___
8.When we’re listening carefully to another person, we ___
9.The less positive meaning of keeping eye contact is ___
10.We learn to keep consistent eye contact in childhood because ___
11.When we look directly at a person, it ___

a depends on the given situation.

b only focused on people talking about their feelings.
c the interpretation of body language.
d does not always mean we want to pay attention.
e our lack of trust in the other person.
f communication is done without words.
g a very common gesture with more than one meaning.
h that you are thinking about what you are hearing.
i examples of behaviour which tell us that somebody’s body
language might have different meanings.
j try to keep eye contact without looking away.
k it is considered polite behaviour.
Task II. Listen again. Complete the sentences with one word or
number only.
1.The continuing subject of the programme is ______.
2.The interviewer read that per cent of communication is
spoken.
3.According to the famous study, about per cent of
communication is body language.
4.There are other signs of body language which are known as
signs.
5.Crossing your arms can mean you reject someone’s ideas or
simply that you feel .
6.Keeping eye contact may not be polite, even though our ___
tell us to do this.