内容正文:
Unit 4 Body Language
Reading and Thinking
Warming-up
What comes to your mind when you see the unit title and the theme picture?
Look at the opening page and discuss the following question.
Warming-up
How do you understand the quote?
What does Barthes mean by “my body utters”?
What I hide by my language, my body utters.
—Roland Barthes
Appreciate quote and think of the questions.
Pre-reading
What’s the function of language?
Suppose we are living in a silent world. How will you communicate with each other?
Look at the picture and think of the questions.
*
Pre-reading
Hello!
I’m surprised!
I’m happy!
Goodbye!
I’m tired.
I’m upset!
Come here!
I’m confused.
I’m sad!
Go away!
OK!
I forgot!
Too expensive!
Good luck!
You’re great!
Choose five sentences and act them out without speaking. Can your partner guess what you are trying to communicate?
*
(1) What do you think the young lady might want to convey with her body language?
(2) What do you think will be talked about?
Listening to how bodies talk
Pre-reading
Look at the tittle and pictures on this page and think of the questions.
*
While-reading
Sometimes a passage does not say something directly. However, you can figure it out by looking at the clues in the passage.
Make inferences
Read the reading strategy.
*
Introduction to body language.
Para 1
Para 2-4
Para 5
Para 6
Body language with different meanings in different cultures.
Body language with the same meaning everywhere.
Body language with different uses.
While-reading
Go through the whole text and try to work out the structure of the text.
*
Body language/culture Meaning Country/Region
Eye contact between men and women
Not polite Middle East
Looking down when talking to someone
OK sign
A sign of respect
Japan
Money
Zero
Not polite
Japan
France
Brazil and Germany
While-reading
Read the text and fill in the table on page 39.
9
Body language/culture Meaning Country/Region
Kissing on the cheek