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The lecture discusses the relationship between verbal and nonverbal communication. It gives examples of how our body language and facial expressions can convey different emotions compared to what we say. For instance, when the speaker's uncle visited, the speaker's excitement was evident through their wide eyes, big smile, and jumping up and down. On the other hand, when the speaker hurt their thumb while building a birdhouse with their daughter, they tried to downplay the pain by saying it was nothing, but their shaking hand and contorted face revealed their true agony. The examples demonstrate how nonverbal cues can often reveal more about our emotions than the words we use. Now, listen to part of a lecture on this topic in a psychology course. Last month, my favorite uncle paid me a surprise visit. I hadn't seen him in many years. The doorbell rang, I opened the door, and there was Uncle Pete. Now, I'm sure when I saw him, I said something like, Uncle Pete! What a surprise! How nice to see you! Anyway, my wife was standing next to me, and according to her – I wasn't really aware of this – my eyes got really wide and I broke into a huge big smile. She said I was actually jumping up and down like a little boy. Well, anyway, later that evening, Uncle Pete told me how very, very good he felt when he saw how happy I was to see him. But compare that with this. My daughter – she's six – we were building a birdhouse together last week, and I was showing her how to use a hammer and nail. And of course, stupid me, I wasn't being very careful, and I smashed my thumb with the hammer. Boy, did it hurt! I almost felt like screaming, but I didn't want to upset my daughter, so I said, Don't worry, honey, it's nothing. Meanwhile I was shaking my hand as if that would stop my thumb from hurting, and my face was contorted in pain. My voice was trembling, too. So even though I told my daughter I was okay, I'm sure she didn't believe me, because she kept asking me if I was okay. Seeing how the examples from the professor's lecture illustrate the relationship between verbal and nonverbal communication.