Smiling in communication C1 (CEFR)

Can you watch this without smiling? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8OmSWxF6h8

Why do you think people smile when watching somebody else doing so? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8OmSWxF6h8

You are going to read a BBC article shows the importance of smiles and also talks about people who cannot smile. What words do you think the article will present and why are there some people who cannot smile? http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180619-the-people-who-cannot-smile

hook into pucker limber up whisk away baffle remnant deem To make flexible Remove from a certain place quickly To gather into small wrinkles or to fold A state of perplexity To connect something to something else To consider Something that remains http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180619-the-people-who-cannot-smile

hook into pucker limber up whisk away baffle remnant deem To connect something to something else To gather into small wrinkles or to fold To make flexible Remove from a certain place quickly A state of perplexity Something that remains To consider http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180619-the-people-who-cannot-smile

When I am alone, I often hook my index fingers into each side of my mouth to force smiles. I make facial exercises, daily limbering up the muscles of my face. I am always baffled by people’s easiness to make new friends. When there is only silence remnant, I take the opportunity to fall into reveries. I deem that I usually feel safer when people smile at me.

When you have an important meeting in English do you tend to want to whisk away or do you try to muster the courage to participate and do your best? Also during meetings, what baffles you the most? Why? How important is smiling in communication?

Smiling in communication C1 (CEFR)