Reading ComprehensionWhen you are in another country, it is important to know their language, but it is equally important to know how to communicate nonverbally（不用言语地）. Before saying anything, people communicate nonverbally or by gestures. According to an investigation, only 30 to 35 percent of our communication is verbal. When people don’t know the language, the most common way to communicate is through gestures. However, many gestures have different meaning, or no meaning at all, in different parts of the world.In the United States, for example, nodding your head up and down means “yes”. In some parts of Greece and Turkey, however, this motion can mean “no”. In Southeast Asia, nodding your head is a polite way of saying “I’ve heard you”.In ancient Rome, when the emperor wanted to spare someone’s life, he would put his thumb up. Today in the United States, when someone puts his thumb up, it means “Everything is all right”. However, in Sardinia and Greece, the gesture is insulting and should not be used there.In the United States, raising your clasped hands above your head means “I’m the Champion” or “I’m the winner”. It is the sign prizefighter（职业拳击手）make when they win a fight. If a leading Russian statesman made this gesture after a White House meeting, American would misunderstand and think that he means he is a winner. In Russia, however, it is sign of friendship.There are other nonverbal signals that you should be aware of when you go to the other countries, such as the distance to maintain between speakers. Americans stand closer to each other than English people. English people don’t like touching somebody or being touched. Now in America, touch is important. Friends touch each other on the arm, for example. They often put an arm around a friend when they say “Hello” or “Goodbye”. Question: When the Russian leader put up his clasped hands after the meeting at the White House, he _______.