Closeness, for example, indicates intimacy or threat to many speakers. But distance may show formality, or lack of interest.

比如，对说话者来说，说话距离近表示亲密或者威胁。但是距离远可能表示拘谨或者缺乏兴趣

Let me cite some brief examples.

You see, we use gesture to indicate a wide range of meanings.

Last week, one of Zimbabwe's leading banks, Kingdom Bank, said the country's inflation rate was now more than 20 million percent.

What Hall believes is that cultures can be classified by placing them on a continuum, ranging from what he called high-context to low-context.

That is, you go at a speed that you can handle, break your task into manageable parts, rather than try to deal with the whole task all at once.

They might touch more and if they're jostled in a crowd, they won't feel violated.

That the message, the event, the action has meaning in itself.

You see today we use the word "diversity" to refer to more visible ethnic differences — Asian American, African American and Latino, for instance.

你知道，今天当我们提及更明显的种族差异——比如亚裔、非洲裔和拉美裔时，会使用“多元化”这个词。

Most people think, including me, it is difficult to learn another language.

The fire is particularly complex given the weather, the large quantity of fuel, the terrain and the proximity of residential areas.

考虑到天气、大量燃料、当地地形以及离居民区的距离，这场火灾尤其复杂。

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In February, the price of a loaf of bread in the country was less than 200,000 Zimbabwe dollars. On Monday, that same loaf of bread cost 1.6 trillion Zimbabwe dollars.

While firefighters focused on one corner of the building, the blaze burned heavier on the second corner, spreading to the second floor.

Official figures dated Monday show inflation has surged from the rate of 2.2 million percent recorded in May, despite the government's price controls.

We find that learners will experience difficulty when their mother tongue and the second language they are learning differ.

When two people are keen to agree with each other, they would likely, though unconsciously adopt the same posture, as if an imitation of each other.

Waving can mean welcome and farewell.

Zimbabwe's inflation rate has soared in the past three months and is now at 11.2 million percent, the highest in the world, according to the country's Central Statistical Office.

In our pay-as-you-go social security system, workers are taxed to pay the benefit of retirees.

Research has found that many errors by Czech speakers learning English were made on syntactic constructions in which the two languages do not differ.

If you get too close, if you don't knock on doors before entering, that's an invasion of privacy.

Pointing your finger at your nose means it's a secret.

Old children and adults often have less time and motivation to learn a second language.

Evacuated employees said authorities told them they had ruled out terrorism, and that an electrical short-circuit had likely sparked the fire.

States with the most racially diverse populations stand in stark contrast to those with the least racially diverse populations.

We all know smiling is an almost universal signal of pleasure or welcome. But there are other facial expressions that may not be so common.

Once again, I'd like to say, proximity is also both a matter of personal style, and is often culture bound.

Posture means the way in which someone holds his or her body, especially the back, shoulders and head, when standing, walking or sitting.

Facial expression is a powerful conveyer of meaning.

Forest and bush fires are common during Greece's hot, dry summers.

You see, in the last ten years, things have barely changed in that town.

A large fire erupted Tuesday in Egypt's parliament, and five people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation, officials said.

Could you elaborate on that?