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英语(牛津版)
八年级下册
English
Listening and speaking
Body language
Unit 2
Listening
1
课堂导入
What kind of dance can we see?
It’s Ballet.
It is a type of performance dance
What else do you know about the dance?
It originated(起源于) in the Italian Renaissance(文艺复兴) courts of the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia
Dancers use body language such as steps, gestures and the expressions on their faces to tell stories.
What else do you know about the dance?
Swan Lake
天鹅湖
What else do you know about the dance?
Sleeping Beauty
睡美人
What else do you know about the dance?
Listen to a speech about ballet and complete the notes below. Write one word in each blank.
Ballet
△Dancers use (1) _______ _______ such as steps, gestures and the expressions on their faces to tell stories.
△This type of dance started in (2) _________
Europe in the (3) ____ century.
body language
Western
15th
2
课堂活动
Ballet ---the language of dancers
△ Swan Lake is one of the most (4) _______ ballets in the world. The dancers move their arms like (5) _________ and move their necks like the(6)______________of swans.
△ Ballet dancers start training at an (7) _________ age.
△ The dancers use their (8) _________
to communicate messages.
famous
wings
long necks
early
bodies
Tape script
Ballet is a special form of art. It‘s a French Word. It means “to
dance”. There's no talking or singing in ballet. The dancers use
body language such as steps, gestures and the expressions on
their faces to tell stories.
Ballet began in Western Europe in the 15th century. Today it
has become popular all over the world.
One of the most famous ballets in the world is Swan Lake.
The dancers tell the story and express feelings through their
body language. For example, some of the dancers must give
people the impression that they’re swans. They do this by
moving their arms like wings and moving their necks like the
long necks of swans. it's not easy to become a ballet danc