Nigeria
rude
Germany one
Japan
Match some important words with their meanings
local (area)
represent approach major express curious general likely to do avoid
angry
Can you guess what the following gesture from France means ?
I don’t believe you.
America
OK
Japan
money
France
zero
Brazil
rude
Germany
USA
“great”or “good job”
Pre-reading
• Discuss these questions with your partner first.
• What is the purpose of language? • How can you tell someone’s feelings
even if they do not speak? • What do you think “body language”
move nearer to someone tell what you think wanting to know about sth. a particular area in which you live prevent sth. bad from happening probably do sth. speak or act for another person or group
• Part3: _Pa_r_a_4-_5_ Different people have different __b_o_d_y_l_a_n_g_u_a_g_e_s_. _____________
• Part4: _P_a_r_a6__ Summary of body language. ____________________________
2. What parts of the world are represented by the visitors?
Europe, North America, South America and Asia.
• 3.Why is Julia Smith surprised?
She is surprised because Mr.Garcia approaches her so close and touches her shoulder and kisses her on the cheek.
Homework
1.Search more body language in different cultures.
2.Go through the whole passage and find out the important & difficult language points.
3.Do the exercise “Learning about Language” on p27
language action
disappointed
brainstorming
look down upon sb
astonished
shy
Well-done Ok
Victory!
quiet
stop
good
come here
bad
good luck
me
I don’t know
Match the two columns
• 5. Is the main character male or female? How do you know? It is Male. Ahmed Aziz shakes hands with him, but dose not shake hands with the women.
Summary
Canada Reaches his hand
Both apologize when Mr.
out to the Japanese. Cook’s moving hand
Japan Bows to Mr. Cook. touches the Japanese’s nose.
Jordan France
very large or important not limited to one part
Reading
Listen to the tape first and try to gain the main idea of the whole text:
Fast-reading
1. What is the main idea of the text? A. There are different customs in different countries. B. Foreigners should follow the customs of the country where they are visiting. C. It tells us about the importance and necessity of body language and its differences between different cultures. D. The importance of knowing customs.
2.How can you tell someone’s feelings even if they do not speak?
By looking at their facial expressions.
பைடு நூலகம்
surprise anger fear
joy sorrow /sadness
disgust 厌恶
Ahmed Aziz, you move back a bit when the other is very close to you. Approach Ms Smith, touches her shoulder and kiss Columbia her on the cheek.
Britain Surprised at Mr. Garcia’s action and takes a few steps away from him.
Are you familiar with the picture ?
Ways of communicating
Spoken speaking language ringing
Written writing language typing
facial expression
Body
gesture
to ask you questions, nods at women. Moves very close to you when introduced, comes closer
Shakes hands and kisses each other twice on each cheek.
Discussion
body language? 5. Is the main character male or female?
How do you know?
• 1.Why are the people visiting China?
• Because they are interested in the development of business in China.
Unit 4 Body language
Communication: No problem ?
Lead- in & Warming up
Let’s enjoy the song “Grateful Heart” 《感恩的心》.And
please pay attention to their charming gestures.
• Imagine that you are a volunteer of the Olympic Games and you will see many visitors from different cultures, how will you greet them properly? You can refer to the information from the passage.
pride
3.What do you think “body language” means? Body language is the use of actions, gestures, postures and expressions to express feelings .
Can you guess what the following gesture from Japan means ?
2. If two men stand close to each other
while talking, they cannot be from
_____.
A. an Arab country B. USA
C. Britain
D. Russia
Try to divide the whole passage into several parts and find out the main idea of each part.
• How do those visitors behave when they meet the people they first meet? Please Fill in the chart according the text.