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Unit4 Body Language
How do people communicate with each other?
Spoken language
Written language
body language
How do people communicate with each other?
What can be called body languages?
gesture
posture
facial expression
eye contact
greeting
What I hide by my language, my body utters. —Roland Barthes
My body is a stubborn child.
My language is a very civilized adult.
Can you tell how they feel?
How do you know?
Can you tell how they feel?
How do you know?
Look at the title and the picture. What may be talked about in the passage?
Listening to how Bodies Talk
the ways
convey people’s ideas and feelings
What do you think she might want to convey with her body language?
Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions:
1. What’s the type of writing of the passage?
A. a narration
B. an argumentation
C. an exposition
D. an application
2. Where can we most probably read this passage?
A. a newspaper
B. a romantic fiction
C. a journal of social culture
D. a website
3. Underline the topic sentence in each paragraph.
Find the topic sentences
Para1: Words are important, but the way people stand, hold their arms, and move their hands can also give us information about their feelings.
Para2: Body language varies from culture to culture.
Para3: The gesture for “OK” has different meanings in different cultures.
Para4: Even the gestures we use for “yes” and “no” differ around the world.
Para5: Some gestures seem to have the same meaning everywhere.
Para6: Some body language has different uses.
introduction
different meanings in different cultures
the same meaning everywhere
different uses
detailed reading
para 1
1. The word “interactions” can be replaced by:
A. integration B. influences C. communications D. impacts
2. What’s the purpose of the first paragraph?
A. to compare words and body language
B. to recommend people to use body language
C. to introduce body language
Tip: Make inferences
Sometimes a passage does not say so