Unit 4 Meeting the muse 外刊撷英-【优学精讲】2024-2025学年高中英语选择性必修第一册教用课件(外研版)

Master Your Digital Body Language Adapted from Wharton Magazine Digital communication can be exhausting. Take Jack, a mid-level manager, who just got an email from his boss. It bugs him—or is he overthinking things? The last sentence—“That'll be fine.” —ends in a period①. It seems to dominate the screen, a black bead, a micro-bomb, 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 lethal (致命的), suggestive and—Jack would swear② —disapproving③. Boss is angry. But is he really? Did Jack screw up④？ If so, how? Is he reading into things? If he's not, how can he work for a boss who's so oblivious about the implications of a period? 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 None of us needs a linguistics⑤ degree to know that the ways we communicate meaning today are more confusing than ever. Why? Well, our understanding of body language is almost exclusively⑥ informed by face-to-face interactions. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 No traditional expert in body language could have predicted that, today, the majority of our communications would be virtual. Contemporary⑦ communication relies more than ever on how we say something rather than on what we say. That is, our digital body language. When the Internet came along⑧， everyone was given a dais and a microphone, but no one was told how to use them. We all just picked things up⑨ as we went along. And the mistakes we've made along the way have had real consequences in business. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 Each of us has different expectations and instincts⑩ about whether we should send a text versus an email, when to call someone, how long to wait before we write someone back, and how to write a digital thank-you or apology without seeming insincere⑪. These seemingly small choices create impressions that can either enhance⑫ or wreck⑬ our closest relationships. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 Most workplaces today minimize⑭ the conditions necessary to foster clear communication, leading to widespread distrust, resentment⑮， and frustration⑯. There are more far-flung⑰ teams. There are fewer face-to-face interactions. There is virtually no body language to read. So the question remains: How can we stay connected when a screen divides us? 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 The answer lies in understanding the cues⑱ and signals that we're sending with our digital body language, and learning to tailor⑲ them to create clear, precise⑳ messages. What was implicit㉑ in traditional body language now has to be explicit㉒ with digital body language. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 By embedding㉓ a real understanding of digital body language into your workplace, communication processes㉔ can provide both the structure and the tools that support a trust-filled environment. This skill, in turn㉕， will lead to enormous efficiencies㉖ and a new communication ideal, one where the language and punctuation we use across all mediums is careful, conscious㉗， and considered, and we're always mindful of how our recipients㉘ might respond. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 ①period n．句号；句点 ②swear v．发誓 ③disapproving adj.不赞成的 ④screw up 弄糟；搞砸 ⑤linguistics n．语言学 ⑥exclusively adv.独占地；专有地 ⑦contemporary adj.当代的；现代的 ⑧come along 出现；到来 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 ⑨pick up 学会；习得 ⑩instinct n．本能 ⑪insincere adj.不真诚的 ⑫enhance v．增强；提高 ⑬wreck v．破坏；毁坏 ⑭minimize v．最小化 ⑮resentment n．怨恨 ⑯frustration n．挫败；沮丧 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 ⑰far-flung adj.遥远的；分布广的 ⑱cue n．暗示；提示 ⑲tailor v．调整；专门制作 ⑳precise adj.准确的；精确的 ㉑implicit adj.含蓄的；内含的 ㉒explicit adj.清晰的；明确的 ㉓embed v．嵌入 ㉔process n．过程 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 ㉕in turn 反过来 ㉖efficiency n．效率 ㉗conscious adj.有意识的 ㉘recipient n．收件人　 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 which to dominate disapproval exhausting exclusively majority consequences on connected embedding 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 1．exhausting adj.　 A．to control or have a lot of influence over sb./sth. 2．bug v. B．to annoy or irritate sb. 3．dominate v. C．to encourage sth. to develop 4．virtual adj. D．made to appear to exist by the use of computer software 5．consequence n. E．making you feel very tired 6．foster v. F.a result of sth. that has happened 答案：1～5.EBADF　6.C 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 Give some tips on how to use body language while giving a speech in public. One possible version： I would like to share some tips on body language while delivering a speech in public. To begin with, it is recommended that you can arrange a few pauses. For example, pauses before and after key points will give the audience time to reflect on the content. In addition, appropriate gestures may make the audience more focused on the message being conveyed. I do believe proper body language will make a speech enjoyable and appealing. 下一页 上一页 外刊撷英 $