专题04任务型阅读2023-2024学年北京课改版九年级英语上学期期末备考

专题04 任务型阅读 2023-2024学年北京课改版九年级英语上学期期末备考 A B Eye Contact Eye contact is the act of looking into someone’s eyes. Keeping eye contact during a conversation gives the impression that you are friendly and that you are paying attention to the other person. OK Gesture It can be used to mean “okay” or “all right.” In some parts of Europe, however, the same signal is used to express you are nothing. In some South American countries, the symbol is actually a rude action. C D Nod In most cases, nodding the head up and down often means agreement, but not for the Greeks. Nodding one’s head up and down for them actually means “no”, especially nodding your head slightly upward. Thumbs up This widely recognized sign of agreement is actually used as a rudeness in Bangladesh. But in U.K., when you are standing on the street and thumb up, which means “get me a ride”. 1．Tony wants to express friendliness while talking with others. may help him. 2．Alice is in the street of Britain now, and she needs a ride to visit Big Ben. may help her. 3．Paul wants to refuse the help from his Greek friend. may help him. Why do you feel encouraged when your teacher gives you a smile? How do you know your mother is angry when she frowns（皱眉）? In both cases, the person is telling us something not with words, but with facial expressions. Facial expressions are one or more movements on a person’s face, such as frowning, raising one’s eyebrows（眉毛）, and nose and lip（嘴唇）movements. They express people’s feelings. Scientists at Oxford University have shown that humans have 80 muscles（肌肉）on their faces. These muscles can create more than 7,000 facial expressions. However, there are six main kinds of facial expressions that are common in all cultures: happiness, sadness, surprise, fear, anger and disgust（厌恶）. Facial expressions are very important to communication. One study at UCLA, in the US, showed that in most conversations, over 93 percent of the communicating is done withou