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Fast reading
• Do the Chinese and the British have similar body language?
• Yes, they have almost the same body language.
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Main idea of each paragraph:
•In Russia, France, Arab countries and some of
the South American countries
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4. What do people in China or Englishspeaking countries often do to each other when they meet?
• Para 1: We send messages not only by words but also by our expressions and body movements.
• Para 2: Not all body language means the same thing in different countries.
•a smile and handshake /Hale Waihona Puke waving one’s hand /
nodding the head / shaking the head / kissing / touch
3. In what countries do men kiss each other when they meet?
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Questions:
1. Do people send each other messages only by words? What other ways can be used?
•Expressions and body movements
2. What expressions or body movements can you find in the text? Do you know the meanings of them?
Shake hands with each other
5. Which nationality likes to touch each other very much, England, France or Puerto Rico? Puerto Rico
6. Can you explain the proverb “Do as the Romans do”?
•Foreigners should follow the customs of the country they are visiting.
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Is there anything wrong in the pictures?
In parts of Asia you must not sit with your feet pointing at another person.
• Para 3: Different countries have different ways of greeting.
• Para 4: People from English-speaking countries do not touch each other very much.
• Para 5: Foreigners should follow the customs of the countries they are visiting.
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Ask each other these questions in pairs:
• What face do you make when you are: angry? Sad ? Tired? Surprised ? Well fed?
• What gestures do you make with your hands to say:
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Lesson 10
余姚中学 阮旦君
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What is body language?
• [u] the use of bodily movements and signs as a way of expressing one’s feelings or intentions/purposes without using words.
“Hello”? “Bye-bye”? “stop” ? “welcome”?
• What does the following body language mean?
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Clapping one’s hands
----- welcome/encouragement/ agreement/...
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Thumbs-down
---- to say “No good!/ Terrible!” to ask for a hitchhike
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A handshake --- welcome / goodbye
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A hug--- love
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In Arab countries, you eat using the fingers of your right hand; the left hand is not used at all.
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Classroom activity
What do they mean?
Today’s quotation:
• A beautiful form is better than a beautiful
face; a beautiful behavior than a beautiful
form.
------ Emerson
• 美丽的外形胜于漂亮的脸蛋，优雅的举 止胜于美丽的外形。 ——