Choose your gestures

Good manners are manifested not only in the way we speak but also in the way we move. Mind your mimics and your body language, don't gesticulate too much. These are the general rules, but much depends on national traditions. Say handshaking in Great Britain is not so widely used as in Europe. When Americans meet and speak, there is about a 2-4 feet distance between them. However, if you watch a Japanese speaking to an American you will see him moving towards the American, trying to shorten the distance between them, which makes the American move backwards. Video recordings of this phenomenon give an impression that both men are dancing around the conference room. It partly explains why, when negotiating business/ Asians and Americans sometimes misunderstand each other, the Americans thinking of the Asians as 'too familiar and the Asians regarding the Americans as 'too cold' and 'too official'.
Many gestures are done unconsciously. For example, recent research suggests that our gestures change significantly when we are lying.
Of course, many communication gestures are the same all over the world. When people are happy they smile when they are angry they frown, etc. But there are quite a lot of gestures which mean different things in different cultures. It seems important to know what's what in order not to have any misunderstanding.
Look at the pictures and find the English gestures which mean:

A. Everything is all right.
B. Let's hope for the best.
C. I don't know.
D. Let me think about this.
E. Goodbye!
F. Come here!
G. This is exciting!
H. Oh, no! Not again.

gesture жест
towards к по направлению к
to misunderstand неправильно понять
significantly значительно
to manifest проявляться
backwards назад
to lie лгать
mind зд следите
phenomenon (pl phenomena) явление феномен
familiar фамильярный
communication общение
mimics мимика
to regard считать
to depend зависеть от
impression впечатление