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●Greeting Gestures（第1页）

●Greetiures

Peopleusedifferehroughoutthelegreetierhehandshakeisveryon，thoughithaslevariatith，amountof“pumping”involved，ahelefthand。AsimplebowfromthewaistisusedinmanyAsiahmanyregionalvariationsseen。InIndia，itisohegreetialms）arepressedtogetheraheheartwiththeheadgeheArabictermsalaam，literally“peathespthatapaure，meansalowbowperformedwhenplagtherightpalmontheforehead。Andofcourse，therearealsos-standingritualsusediy，thoughingrare。

■Handshake

Agoodhandshakemakeorbreakyourfirstimpression。Aproperhandshakeshoodpersoofoaiquette，iogrowintoasucdividual。Therearesometipsthatwillhelpdevelopiyandhelpmakingagoodimpressionwithyourhandshake。

◇Standwhenyoushakeyourhands:Thismayseemsimpleandobvious;however，therearepeoplewhomessthisupbyahaingdoalking。Whenyoushakehands，alwaysbesureyouarestandingstill。

&adsmilebeforeyoushakehaadpleasahatyouarereallypleasedtomeetthepershandswith。

◇ypalmswhenyoushakehands。Alwaysmakesurethatyouhave，drypalmsbeforeyoushakehands。Ifypartiingnewpeople，wipeyourpalmsbeforehand。

&herpersonwhenyoushakehands。Ifythepersoime，say“Pleasuretomeetyou，MissMr。（surname）”，Ifyoukisappropriatetouse“Gafternoon”or“Hi，Howareyou”。Makesureyouusethetitle（Mr。MissDr。Rev。etotoilyouarealloersonbyfirstname。Ahefirsttimetomeetsomeone，usinghishernameasisappropriate）willhelpyourememberit，andavoidawkwardsituationswhereyourodutothesameperson。

◇Haveafirmhandshake。Alimphandshakealwaysgivesabadimpressiontopeople，sodoesabhandshake。Ifyhandswithalady，youstillhaveafirmhandshake—manyladiesareoffendedwhehemalimphabecausetheyarewomen。

◇Thumb-toodhaapalmershake。Foodhahewebbetweenyourthumbandindexfingershouldmeetthewebbetweeherperson’sthumbandindexfinger。Youshouldalsorememberthatyourlefthandshouldneverbeiherwisedefeionwhenyoushakehands—itshouldbeinavisibleplaayusethelefthandtocuptheotherperson’shand，ortouchtheotherperson’sforearm，elbow，orshoulderinaing。

◇Payattentiohoughetiquettebookssuggestthatagoodhandshakeshouldbeabout5seg，youalwaystaketheotherpersonanddeliveryourhandshakeagly。Ifapersonwahiershorterhatohimher。

◇Handshakeshouldbeanup-downmotion。Shakehandsupanddowhaoside。Youshouldalsorememberthatthemovementshouldbefromthewristpointonwards，notjustfingers，whenyoushakehands。

◇Initiateahandshake。Inaformalsetting，thehandshakeshouldbeofferedbythepersonofahigherranktothepersonofalowerraheinterviewershouldfirstofferthehaerviewedpersoissideredasaodomierview），theCEOtothejunioremployeeetc。Thisisapplienandwomen。However，inasocialsetting，itisstroamanshouldwaituntilaladyoffersherhandsfirst，befherhands。Butiing，manywomenwillnotbeoffendedevenifyouofferherahandfirst。Asenioremployeewhoisamanshouldihehaoajuniorladyiing。Alsoremember，ifyouinitiateahaakewhenyoushouldgoaheadandfinishitproperlyanyahandmid-shakeisthew。

◇Alwaysendyourhahapleasantsmilea。

■Bowing

Bowithetorsoandheadasasocialgesturetoanotherpersonorsymbol。ItismostpromiinAsiaisalsotypiobilityandaristomanytriesanddistinEurope。Thegesturemaysometimesbelimitedttheheadandthisisespeiina，Japan，KoreaandIndia。Inthoseplaces，itmaybeexeding。

Basicboerformedinthisway:thebackstraightathesides（boysandmen）orthelap（girlsandwomen），andwiththeeyesdown。Bihewaist。Usually，thelongerahebowis，thestroioitwillexpress。

Generallyspeaking，bowsbedividediypes:informal，formal，andveryformal。Informalbowsaremadeataboutafifteendegreeatiltoverohefront。Moreformalbowsatabrees。Veryformalbowsareeveiquettesurroundingbowing，ingthelengthahofbopropriateresponse，isexglyple，itispolitetobowagaiherpersonmaintainshisherberthaed（generallyabouttwoorthreeseds），uponwhiayreotherbowihisofteoalongexgeressivelylighterbows。

Itisofteaninferiorbowslonger，moredeeplyalythanasuperior。Asuperienerallyonlylytoaninferior，whilesomeothersmaynotbowatallandaninferiorwillbendfhtlyfromthe

Bothiingandparting，bowsareonlyusediing。Bowsalmostautomatipaingphrases。However，bowsareheimmediatefamilyunlessaddressingafamilymemberafterorinantiofaloionorabsence。