高中基础 (2251 期 20150428) 4-5 版 a “historic” handshake
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高中基础 高中基础 (2251(2251 期期 20150428) 4-520150428) 4-5 版 版 A “Historic” HandshakeA “Historic” Handshake
Pre-reading Pre-reading
1. Do you think it important to learn about other
people’s body language? Why or why not?
2. Look at the following photos and pay attention
to the body language of the two presidents.
What can you learn from it?
• How much do you know about the diplomatic
relations between the United States and Cuba?
While reading While reading
• Complete the sentences according
to the article.
To maintain dominance while
meeting with Castro, Obama
_______1_______ across the table
because it is a sign of ______2______.
He also stared at Castro during the talk,
which was regarded as _____3_____.
leaned in and pointed
adversarial behavior
a threat display
As the two presidents
had neither ______4______
nor ______5______ with
each other, it can be
concluded that Obama was
still unwilling to treat Castro
as a friend.
shoulder embrace
diplomatic hug
Even when having
a lighter moment, the two
presidents showed totally
different facial
expressions with
Obama’s _____6_____
in contrast to Castro’s
self-contained smile.
expressive smile
• True or false
1. It has been about 60 years since Obama
and Castro had a bilateral meeting.
2. The body language experts thought
Obama’s gestures and facial expressions
were positive.
F
F
3. For some reasons, the two presidents always
kept a certain distance during the meeting.
4. According to professor Erik Bucy, Obama and
Castro must have different personalities.
5. Joseph Tecce agreed that President Obama w
as the one who had controlled the meeting.
T
F
T
Language study Language study • Complete the sentences with the words in t
heir proper forms.
1. China is soon to achieve a(n) __________ position in the world market.
2. He was __________ with a gun by the attacker.
3. It was not easy to reach the __________ that he was the murderer.
4. Red usually __________ a sense of energy and strength.
5. The book is a(n) __________ of climate change and solutions to it.
analyze conclude threat dominance convey
dominant
threatened conclusi
on
conveys
analysis
Sentence structure Sentence structure
• My conclusion is that the two personalities are quite d
ifferent with Castro being a bit on the shy side, lackin
g in confidence about the meeting, and being frighten
ed by the situation …
• 本句中含有“ with + 宾语 + 非谓语动词作宾语补足语”的句型结构,且现在分词表主动。此外,也可用过去分词表被动,不定式表将来。
• Translate the following sentences.
1. 在场所有人都盯着她看,她感到很紧张。
2. 有太多的问题要解决,科学家们只好停下来查明原因。
3. 随着所有问题得到解决,我们开始为新的实验做准备。
She felt very nervous with all the people present staring at her.
With too many problems to solve, scientists had to stop to find out the causes.
With all the problems solved, we began to prepare for a new experiment.
After reading After reading
• Discuss in groups
and work out what
you can learn from
the three people in
the picture.