Unit 4 Body Language Reading and Thinking 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

UNIT FOUR BODY LANGUAGE Reading & Thinking Can you get the feeling of the woman in the video? How can we figure out her feeling when she didn’t say a word? Lead-in: Watch a video and discuss the questions. body language What is body language? gesture posture facial expression eye contact Choose five sentences and act them out without speaking. Let your partner guess what you are trying to communicate. Hello! Goodbye! Come here! Go away! Too expensive! I'm surprised! I'm tired! I'm confused! OK! Good luck! I'm happy! I'm upset! I'm sad! I forgot! You're great! Warming-up: Look at the title and the picture of the text. What do you think will be talked about the text? Which rhetorical device is used in the title? Different body languages and their functions. Pre-reading: Personification (拟人) Skimming: What is the type of this text? A. A narration (记叙文) B. An argumentation (议论文) C. An exposition (说明文) D. A science fiction (科幻故事) P1: Words are important, but the way people stand, hold their arms, and move their hands can also give us ...feelings. P2: Just like spoken language, body language varies from culture to culture. P3: The gesture for OK has different meanings in different cultures. P4: Even the gestures we use for YES and NO differ around the world. P5: Some gestures seem to have the same meaning everywhere. P6: Some body languages has many different uses. Skim for the topic sentence of each paragraph. Importance Differences Similarities Different uses Detailed Reading: Read the text and fill in the table on page 39. Body language/ Gesture Meaning Country/Region Eye contact between men and women Not polite Middle East Looking down when talking to someone OK sign Kissing on the cheek Japan France A sign of respect Money Zero Not polite A greeting Japan Brazil & Germany France & Russia Body language/ Gesture Meaning Country/ Region Placing your hands together and resting them on the side of your head while closing your eyes moving your hand in circles over your stomach after a meal I’m full. I’m sleepy. most places 1. How many different uses of smiling are mentioned in paragraph 6? A. 4. B. 5. C. 6. D. 7. 2. Which can best reveal the writer’s opinion about using body language? A. Do not teach fish to swim. B. Think twice before you act. C. One can hardly please all men. D. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Read the last paragraph and answer the questions. Listening to how bodies talk Importance Differences Similarities Different uses Varies from culture to culture the gesture for OK the gesture for YES and NO and ways to greet sleep “I’m full.” smile Summary: Post-reading: Watch and discuss the following questions. 1. Apart form fake smiles, are there any other kinds of body languages that can sometimes be fake? 2. In daily communication, people’s spoken languages may have lies, and body languages may also have fake ones, so which is more believable? Post-reading: Watch and discuss the following questions. Body language What does it mean in China? Eye contact between men and women Looking down when talking to someone Ok sign Kissing on the cheek Shaking hands, bowing, nodding Display interest Show guilty/shyness Show agreement/ approval Show love Greeting Discuss how are the body languages mentioned in the text interpreted in China. 假如你是李华，你的美国朋友Tom将于春节期间来拜访你，在到来之前他希望能提前了解中国的肢体语言，请你根据一下图片给他回信给一些相关的建议。 Homework: Dear Jack， Knowing that you want to learn some body languages widely used in China, I am glad to tell you some. In China, we wave our hands to say "hello"or "good-bye". And we usually greet our guests by shaking hands with them. Sometimes people may nod and smile instead of shaking hands. Like in many countries, we nod our heads to say "yes" and shake our heads to say "no". Besides, people will hold their thumbs up to praise a person if he does something great. Last but not least, we bow to show great respect and thanks to others. I hope this information will be helpful to you. Yours， Li Hua One possible version: Thank you! Lavf59.14.100 Lavf58.20.100 $$