Unit 4 Body language -----Reading

Teaching aim

Get to know what is body language Cultural differences & intercultural communication

Word revision : a particular area in which you live

speak or act for another person or group

move nearer to someone

very large or important

tell what you think

wanting to know about something

not limited to one part

probably do something

prevent something bad from happening

local (area)represent

approach

major

express

curious

general

likely to (do something)avoid

Warming up

happy sad

curious shy

scared angry

surprised

sad

proud

Facial Expressions

Acting & Guessing

Happylook down upon sbangryworriedeat too muchI’m sorry I did something wrong.

Body language

Communication : No problem?

Reading passage:

Fast reading :

After your listening, decide how many parts the passage can be divided into, and find out the main idea of each part._______________ People from different countries express greetings in different ways.

____________ Meet the visitors at the airport

____________ the reason why body languages are different

Part 2(para2345)

Part 1(para1)

Part 3(para6)

Intensive reading

Part 1people present

purpose

businessmen from foreign countries

local businessmen

people representing the Chinese government

interested

1 . Who will be present at the meeting?

2 . Why are people visiting China?meet

Mr Garcia (Columbia)

Julia Smith (Britain)

Visitor (Japan)

George Cook (Canada)

Madame Coulon (France)

Part 2 I Match the people with their way of greeting.

shakes hands and kisses others twice on each cheek

bows

shakes hands

approaches others closely and touches their shoulder and kisses them on the cheek

does not stand very close to others or touch strangers

Part2

Part 2 II Decide whether the statements are true or false.

1 Australia and central America are represented by the visitors. ( )

2 Not all cultures greet each other the same way. ( )

3 You move back a bit because Ahmed Aziz wants to kiss you. ( )

4 French people will often bow and kiss people they know on both cheeks. ( )

5 The main character is male. ( )

F

T

F

F

T

variety

Part 3 Discussion

How can we understand “None of these actions is either good or bad”?

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

They are simply the ways in which cultures have developed

Question time

Do you have any difficulty?

1.They will be meeting at a major hotel with local business people and people who represent the Chinese government.

2.Four people enter looking around in a curios way.

3.You do not want to disappoint your boss, and this is an exciting experience for you,…

4.You see her step back appearing surprised, and take a few steps away from Mr. Garcia.

5.Not all cultures greet each other the same way, nor are they comfortable touching strangers or being too close or too far away.

1.They will be meeting at a major hotel with local business people and people who represent the Chinese government.他们将在一家大饭店同当地的商务人员和中国政府官员会晤。 will / shall be doing 预料将要发生的动作 When will you be visiting us again? I shall be going abroad soon.2.Four people enter looking around in a curios way. 有四个人走了进来，好奇的四处张望。 looking around 作伴随状语

3.You do not want to disappoint your boss, and this is an exciting experience for you,…

你不想让你的老板失望，况且这对你来说是一个令人兴奋的经历，于是你站在一旁，观看着、倾听着。

disappoint sb disappointed disappointing

He felt disappointed at the disappointing result of the game.

4.You see her step back appearing surprised, and take a few steps away from Mr Garcia.你看到她吃惊的往后退，离开加西亚先生几步远。

appearing surprised 　作伴随状语

5. Not all cultures greet each other the same way, nor are they comfortable touching strangers or being too close or too far away.

各种文化背景下的人相互问候的方式不尽相同，触摸陌生人、彼此靠得太近或距离太远，都会使他们不舒服。not --- nor 即不 ------ 又不not all 连用 构成部分否定nor / neither 否定副词，常置于句首，此时句子要倒装，即助动词 / 系动词 / 情态动词放在主语之前 .I don’t like her, nor/neither does Lily.I am not a nurse, nor/ neither is Lily.

Body language varies from culture to culture. Not all members of all cultures behave the same way. We should try to grasp and respect each other’s culture in order to make good communication.

Summary

Homework1 Have a dictation

2 Recite para1 and para2