高一必修 4

Unit 4 Body language.

Warming up &Reading 1

speaking

ringing

writing

typing

Spoken language

Written language

Body language

Ways of communicating

gesturing

Warming up – I

Good!

Warming up – II

Gesture

Bad!

Gesture

Come here!

Gesture

Good luck!

Me?

I don’t know!

Work in group of four persons , trying to find out more body language with the meanings we haven’t talked about.

Activity

Warming up – III

Well-done Ok

stopquiet

victory!

Gestures

What is body language?

Pre-reading – I

Definition for Body Language

One form of communication without using any words

Eye contact Facial expression

Gesture Posture

handshake Kiss hug

shake nod bow

kiss your hand to sb.

Facial expression

anger fear joy sorrow contempt 轻视

surprise disgust厌恶

expressions of this feelings

I am worried I ate too much!

I am sorry that I did something wrong. I’m so

happy.

a smile and a handshake

twisting hands together or holding head patting stomach

smiling

handing head

You are welcome.

Just like verbal language( 言辞 ), body language is part of culture. It plays an important role in daily communication. So, it is very important to understand and use it correctly. And for a foreign language learner, it is as necessary to learn the body language as to learn the verbal language.

Warming up – II

Summary

Communication:

No problem?

Reading

Divide the passage into four parts and find out the main idea of each part.

Part 1 :

Part 2:

Part 3:

Part 4:

(Para1):You are sent to Pudong Airport to meet business people.

(Para6): Summary of body language.

(Para 4 and 5):Different peoples have different body language.

(Para 2 and 3) : Examples of learned or cultural “body language”.

Reading – I

Find out the two mistakes the writer found in the airport:

Mr. Garcia

Julia Smith

The first mistake

from

from

(Columbia )

(Britain)

He approaches Ms Smith by _______ ______ _________ and _______ her on the ________.

She ______ ________ appearing _________ and take a few steps

_______ ______ Mr. Garcia.

shouldertouching herkissed cheek

stepped backsurprised

away from

Reading – II

The second mistake

a Japanese

George Cook

from

(Canada)

He ________

________ _______ ________ to the Japanese.

He ________ to Mr. Cook and his nose _________ Mr. Cook’s _______ ________.

bowed

touchedmoving hand

reached

his hand

out

Read paragraph3-6, then decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F) and correct the error.

T

F

T

F

Englishmen often stand close to others or touch strangers as soon as they meet.

Most people around the world now greet each other by kissing .

Japanese will bow to others as greeting.

People from Jordan will move very close to you as you introduce yourself to them.

Some body languages in some countries are good while some countries’ body language are bad.

F

Reading – III

Read the passage again and then answer the following questions:

Reading – IV

1.Why are the people visiting China?

2.What parts of the world are not represented by the visitors?

3.Why is Julia Smith surprised?

4.Why do you move back from Ahmed Aziz?

5.What do French people often do when they meet people they know?

6.Can we expect people everywhere to act the same? Why?

7. Why do you think we need to study body language?

1.Why are the people visiting China?

They are visiting China because they are interested in developing business in China.

2.What parts of the world are not represented by the visitors?

Africa, Australia and central America are not represented.

3.Why is Julia Smith surprised?

Julia Smith is surprised because Mr. Garcia touches her shoulder and kissed her on the cheek.

4.Why do you move back from Ahmed Aziz?

You move back because Ahmed Aziz is standing very close to you.

5.What do French people often do when they meet people they know?

French people will often kiss people they know on both cheeks.

6.Can we expect people everywhere to act the same? Why?

No, we can’t because not all cultures greet each other the same way .

Read the text again and then finish the following form:

Reading –V

People in the country/area Ways to greet each other

Columbia (and some other South American countries),Spain, Italy

Britain

Japan

Canada

Jordan(Middle East, some Muslim Countries)

Approach others closely and are more likely to touch them.

Shake hands, do not stand very close to others or touch strangers when they meet.

BowShake hands.

Shake hands and stand quite close to other men. Nod to women but do not shake hands with them.

Task : discussion

Do you think body language is important? Why?

1. Recite the new words in the text.

2. Go over “Learning about language” 1. 2. And 3

Homework

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