Language varie from country to country. It differ not only in written and poken language but alo in geture.
Once my American teacher, Dr. Joe Johnon, went ont hopping. He wa urprled to find out that he couldn＇t even count on hi finger proficiently in China. He tried to buy ix orange. The orange eller couldn＇t undertand hi two handed counting when he howed him five left hand finger and one right hand finger. He wa alo confued when a driver aid he would pick him up at ix o＇clock, and held hi right band in a geture familiar to himelf. The geture wa not familiar a a ix. It reembled a pipe.
There were no trouble with the number one, four, and five. In China, we how the middle and index finger to mean two, but, for the American, it mean victory. The Chinee gueture for three, to American. mean "okay." The Chinee even i like many people from outhern Europe aad the Middle Eat geture to mean "money". A Chinee eight i like a ymbol for a pitol. A Chinee nine in an American TV tudio mean that you have thirty econd left to finih what you are doing. And a Chinee ten, to an American, can be an expreion of anger, but not if there i a pleaant Chinee face behind it!
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各国的语言各不相同，不仅书面语、口语不同，而且手势语也不同。
有一次，我的美国老师Joe Johnon 博士去买东西，他惊奇地发现在中国他连数手指都不熟练。他要买6个橘子，当他伸出5个左手和1个右手指时，卖橘子的弄不明白。当一个司机说在6点钟接他时，伸出右手做了一个熟悉的手势却把老师弄糊涂了。这熟悉的手势不是六，而像个烟斗。WWw.hAOZuowEn.com
至于“一、四、五”那没问题。在中国，用中指和食指表示“二”，对美国人却是“胜利”的意思。中国的手势语“三”是美国的“OK”。中国的“七”就像许多南欧和中东的国家用来表示钱的手势。中国的“八”是个手.枪的信号。中国的“九”在美国电视演播室的意思是你还剩30秒钟干完手中的活。中国的“十”对美国人来说表示生气。但如果在其后有一张愉快的中国人的面孔，则并非如此。