Unit 2 Reading 1 课件2025-2026学年沪教版英语八年级下册

Work in pairs. Choose roles A and B. A stands at the front (back to the blackboard); B stands opposite (faces the blackboard). Teacher shows a word card. B acts it out (no talking—only body movements/facial expressions). A guesses what it means. Game rules: A B Hello! I'm happy! I'm angry! Stop! You're great! I'm surprised! I'm excited! I'm tired! The body movements and facial expressions used by Student B are Body language. Unit 2 Body language http://www.xyybs.com By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: compare and analyze Li Lele and Wang Haoran's body language and think about the causes and effects of different body language describe different types of body language in English. understand the importance of body language in communication. share your stories of using body language in communication. How does body language help us communicate? 2 1 3 4 5 6 Look at the pictures. Why do people use these kinds of body language? shaking his fists crossing his arms clapping covering his mouth with his hands cheering resting her head on her hand Discuss in pairs. Look at picture 3. The girl is clapping her hands. Why do you think she is doing this? I think she wants to show her appreciation. We always clap our hands when we enjoy a play or show. Li Lele and Wang Haoran are university students. They both have part-time jobs at a travel company. Look at the picture, the title and the introduction to a story. Then answer the questions below. 1. Where does the story take place? 2. Who are the young people in the picture? 3. What body language are the boy and the girl showing? Which one looks friendlier? in the office of a travel company Li Lele Wang Haoran Let’s read the story and explore how body language matters! Body language matters! Li Lele and Wang Haoran are university students. They both have part-time jobs at a travel company. A well-dressed lady entered the office, and she looked at Li Lele and Wang Haoran, and then walked over to Lele. Lele looked excited. “Good morning, madam!” he said cheerfully. Haoran sighed and walked away. “What's the matter?” asked Mr Yang, the boss. “People always choose Lele instead of me. I don't understand.” 5 10 “I do. It's the way you communicate.” “How can that be?” Haoran asked. “I don't get a chance to speak.” “Communicating means more than just speaking. Your body language is important too.” “Body language?” “It's the way you stand and sit. It's your gestures and the expressions on your face. Your whole appearance communicates things. You don't give people a good impression, Haoran. You look down, you never smile, and you don't turn your head towards them. 15 “Look at Lele. She's holding her head up. She always smiles and looks friendly. Her body language is making people feel welcome, so they go to her for help.” Haoran observed Lele carefully for a while and then decided to improve his own body language. He sat up straight and tried smiling at people. Minutes later, a beautiful girl entered. She walked over to Haoran. A few moments later, she left with a smile. Mr Yang came over at once and said, “You made a good impression on her, Haoran!” “That was my sister,” said Haoran. “She wanted to remind me that tomorrow is her birthday.” 25 20 30 Quotation marks (“ ”) In a written conversation, a new paragraph starts and ends with quotation marks (“ ”). If a paragraph does not end in a quotation mark, the same speaker continues speaking in the next paragraph. Mr Yang's line of dialogue starts on line 16. Where does it end? Identifying the speaker In a written conversation, a new paragraph starts and ends with quotation marks (“ ”). If a paragraph does not end in a quotation mark, the same speaker continues speaking in the next paragraph. Mr Yang's line of dialogue starts on line 16. Where does it end? These words were said by the same person —Mr Yang. 1. Who are the main characters in the story? Li Lele — a student with good body language Wang Haoran —a student with poor body language Mr Yang —the boss Read and answer: 2. What is the main idea of the story? A. The relationship between Li Lele and Wang Haoran. B. The reasons for Li Lele's popularity as a part-time worker. C. The importance of body language in communication. D. The effect of language on first impressions. 以偏概全（Lele只是正面例子） 细节干扰（两人只是对比的载体） 偷换概念，全文强调的是 body language（肢体语言），而非一般的 “language（口头 / 书面语言）” The story mainly explains how body language affects communication and first impressions, using Li Lele and Wang Haoran as examples. Read and put these events in the correct order. Haoran improved his body language. Haoran wondered why customers always chose Lele instead of him. Haoran made a good impression on a girl. Haoran's poor body language made people feel unwelcome. Problem Cause Solution Result The structure of the article Introduction Problem Discovery Cause Analysis Solution＆Result Now let's read the story in detail to learn more about it. Task 1 Part 2: Problem Discovery Read Part 2 and answer the questions below. 1. What did Haoran do when the lady chose Lele? Find the sentence in the text. 2. How did Haoran feel? Use one word to describe his feeling. 1. confused/disappointed 2. Part 3: Cause Analysis Read Part 3 and list the aspects of body language mentioned by Mr Yang. ① The way you stand and sit ② Your gestures ③ The expressions on your face ④ Your whole appearance Task 2 Part 3: Cause Analysis Read Part 3 again and complete the table. Task 3 looks down, doesn't turn his head towards people looks friendly doesn't give people a good impression makes people feel welcome never smiles holds her head up always smiles makes people feel unwelcome Read Part 4 and answer the questions. 1. What exactly did Haoran do to improve his body language? Find the sentence. 2. What did Mr Yang think of Haoran’s change? Task 4 Part 4: Solution & Result 1. 2. He thought Haoran made a good impression on the girl. Wang Haoran is talking to a friend on the phone. Complete the speech bubble with the information from the story on pages 20 and 21. Our customers always ⑴_____________ ___________ I didn't know why, but Mr Yang told me the reason. It was because of ⑵_________________. I wasn't giving customers ⑶ _________________. My⑷_______________ wasn't making them⑸________________. So I need to improve it. 1 P22 choose Li Lele (instead of me) my body language a good first impression body language feel welcome Task 5 Read the story again and answer the questions below. 2 (1) What is body language, according to Mr Yang? (2) Why did Wang Haoran not give customers a good impression? (3) Why did customers always choose to talk to Li Lele? (4) What happened after Wang Haoran sat up straight and tried smiling at people? (5) Why did the girl walk over to Wang Haoran? P22 Task 6 (1) What is body language, according to Mr Yang? (2) Why did Wang Haoran not give customers a good impression? According to Mr Yang, body language is the way you stand and sit, your gestures, the expressions on your face, and your whole appearance that communicates things to others. Because he looked down, never smiled, and didn't turn his head towards customers. (3) Why did customers always choose to talk to Li Lele? (4) What happened after Wang Haoran sat up straight and tried smiling at people? (5) Why did the girl walk over to Wang Haoran? Because Li Lele had good body language — she held her head up, smiled, and looked friendly. This made people feel welcome, so they chose to talk to her. A beautiful girl entered the office and walked over to him. She left with a smile, and Mr Yang came over and said he had made a good impression on her. Because the girl was Wang Haoran's sister, and she wanted to remind him that the next day was her birthday. Haoran decided to (7) ________ his body language. He (8) ____________ and tried (9)___________ people. Reasons Wang Haoran He (4) ___________ and never smiled. He didn’t turn his head towards people and didn’t give people (5) _________________. Li Lele She was (6) ______ her head up. She always smiled and looked friendly. Her body language was making people ___________. A well-dressed (2) _______ entered the office. She looked at Li Lele and Wang Haoran, and then (3) ______________ Lele. Li Lele Wang Haoran They both have (1) __________ at a travel company. Fill in the blanks and retell the story according to the mind-map. part-time jobs walked over to lady looked down a good impression holding feel welcome improve sat up straight smiling at Body language matters! ... ... Your ideas Lele and Haoran gave people very different first impressions. Have you had any similar experiences? Share your stories in groups. 3 P22 When I first came to our class, there were two new classmates. One girl smiled and waved at me when we made eye contact, so I thought she was very friendly and went to talk to her first. The other boy always looked down and never smiled, so I felt he was a bit shy and didn't dare to talk to him at first. Later I found out he's actually very nice, but his body language gave me a different first impression! Can you describe different types of body language in English? Can you compare Li Lele and Haoran's body language and explain the causes and effects of different body language? Can you understand the importance of body language in communication? Can you share your stories of using body language in communication? Must-do： 1. List at least 5 kinds of body language and explain their simple meanings. Useful sentence pattern: _____ (body language) means ______ (meaning). / People use ______ to show ______. 2. Preview Listening part on page 24. Choose to do： Write 3-4 sentences to describe how people use body language to communicate in daily life. Blues 185192.3 $