内容正文:
Reading and Thinking
Unit 4
Body language
How can you communicate with others?
Part 1
Reading and Thinking
(speaking)
(writing)
Spoken
language
Written
language
Body
language
Ways of communication
gesture
facial expression
action
posture
What I hide by my language, my body utters.
—Roald Barthes
我用语言隐藏的,我的身体会说出来。—罗兰.巴特
So body language is sometimes more powerful than spoken language.
confused 困惑的
Look at these facial expressions and guess their feelings.
speechless 无语的
happy 开心的
extremely sad 极度悲伤的
surprised惊讶的
contemptuous轻蔑的
embarrassed 尴尬的
angry 愤怒的
Look at the following pictures. What do these gestures mean? What are they trying to tell us?
I love you
It’s OK
I’m so happy!
God bless me!
NO !
Very good !
Nice to meet you!
Perfect !
Reading
Listening to how bodies talk
1. What the young girl wants to convey with her body language?
I think she might want to say yes.
Personification
Body language
2. What do you think will be talked about the text.
in different cultures ?
1. Fast reading
Listen and try to find and underline the topic sentence of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1:______________________________________________________________
Paragraph 2:______________________________________________________________
Paragraph 3:_____________________________________________________________
Paragraph 4:___________________________________________________________
Paragraph 5:__________________________________________________________
Paragraph 6:__________________________________________________________
Body language can express our thoughts and opinions
The gesture for OK has different meanings in different cultures.
Body language varies from culture to culture.
The gestures we use for “yes” and “no” differ around the world.
Some gestures seem to have the same meaning everywhere.
Some body langage has many different uses.
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Read for structure
A
B
C
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The differences
The similarities
Different uses
The importance
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