B. Men and women use different body languages in foreign countries.
bowing
everyone
Name Description BodyToLanguage Whom
George Cook
man from Canada
shaking hands everyone
Ahmed man from shaking hands to men
Aziz Jordan nodding
to women
Darlene woman Coulon from
France
shake hands people she and kiss twice knows on each cheek
Country/ Area
Ways to greet each other
Britain
shake hands, do not stand very close to others or touch strangers when they meet
Part 2 (Para. 2 and 3) People from different countries express greetings in different ways.
Part 3. (Para. 4) Different peoples have different body languages.
Name Description Body Language
To Whom
Tony man from kiss on the everyone Garcia Colombia cheek
Julia woman
no touching
Smith from Britain
everyone
Akira man from Nagata Japan
Canada shake hands
Japan bow
Spain, Italy, approach others closely South and are more likely to
American touch them countries
France shake hands and kiss each
handshake
kiss
bow
hug
nod
blow a kiss
Reading
Look at the picture and the title of the passage on page 26. What do you think the topic will be?
JapaneseAkira Nagata
Second-reading
Read the passage again and then answer the following questions.
1. What does the text mainly talk about?
A. Two university students meet the international students in the airport.
3. There are many different ways to greet someone using words. How many ways can you think of to greet someone if you cannot speak?
Ways to greet someone without words: smile, wave, shake hands, hug, kiss, etc.
2. How can you communicate with someone if you cannot speak? Give an example. We can use body language to communicate with someone if we can’t speak.
George Cook (Canada)
Julia Smith (Britain)
Tony Garcia (Columbia)
First-reading
I. While reading, please try to divide the whole passage into several parts and find out the main idea. Part 1. (Para. 1) Meet the visitors at the airport.
Part 4. (Para. 5) Summary of body language.
II. How do different international students behave when they greet people? Complete the chart with information from the passage.
人教课标版 高一 必修 4 Unit 4
Unit 4 Reading Communication: No problem?
Brainstorming
1. What is the purpose of language? The purpose of language is to communicate with other people.
For example, if we’re angry, we might turn away and not talk to others. If we’re happy to see someone, we might smile and hold out our hands or open our arms.
other twice on each cheek
(men from) Middle East
and other Muslim cultures
shake hands and stand quite close to other men, nod to women and do not shake hands with them