Lesson 40 Body Language
Learning aims:
1. Use the Internet and the tools to search the information.
2. Create the students interests in learning English.
Learning important points:
1. Learn the geographical features of Asia.
2. Name the main countries in Asia. What are in the main cities in the countries
Learning difficult points:
Some words and expressions are too difficult for the students.
Learning tools:
audiotape, flashcards, a map of the world
Learning steps:
Step 1. Leading-in
Step 2. Come to “Think About It”
What do you know about body language
Do you use body language When and where
Step 3. Listening
Step 4. Practice
Step 5. Summary(共32张PPT)
Lesson 40
Body Language
Unit 7 Know Our World
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In our daily life, we often see body language. Do you know
the meanings of them
THINK ABOUT IT
·What do you know about body language
·Do you use body language When and where
In China and abroad, people sometimes communicate without speaking. ① How do they do this They use body language. But body language is not the same in all cultures.
The world has many
different cultures.
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In China and some other countries, friends shake hands to greet each other. ② They may be new friends or old, but they shake hands to show friendship and trust. In some European countries, people kiss each other on both cheeks. ③ It's another way to show friendship and love.
In India, when people nod their heads, they mean “no”. ④ And when people shake their heads, they mean “yes”. But in most other countries, these things mean the opposite. ⑤
A thumbs-up means “okay” or “well done” in most cultures. In Australia, however, it is not polite. ⑥ In Japan, it means “five”, and in Germany, it means “one”.
In most places, people point to things with their fingers. But in some places, people point with their lips. They think it's rude to point with a finger. ⑦
When Italians wave goodbye, it may look like “Come here! ” to Americans. But the American goodbye wave looks like “no” in many parts of Europe and South America.
One body language is the same all around the world: a smile. Try it, and you’ll see!
Smiles are a universal
language.
Culture Tip
Culture refers to the beliefs, way of life, art and customs that are shared and accepted by people in a particular society. The world has many different cultures. We should learn and respect different cultures.
1) Read the lesson and write true (T) or false (F) .
1. In some European countries, people like to kiss each other to show friendship and love. ( )
2. Nodding your head means “yes” and shaking your head means “no” everywhere in the world. ( )
3. A thumbs up means “well done” in Germany. ( )
4. When Americans wave goodbye, it looks like “no” in some European countries. ( )
T
F
F
T
2) Read the lesson again and complete the table.
Gestures Meanings Countries
shake hands greeting, friendship and trust
_________________
________________ friendship and love in some European countries
nod one’s head yes in most places
________ in India
kiss each other on both cheeks
in China and some
other countries
no
shake one’s head yes ________
no in most places
thumbs-up okay and well done in many
countries
not polite ______________
five in Japan
one _______________
in Australia
in Germany
in India
1. His mother k him goodbye every morning when she leaves for work.
2. A: What do you do when you meet new friends
B: I say hello and s hands with them.
3. If you agree, please n your head.
4. Italy is a E country. It has a long history.
5. It’s p to say “thank you” when someone helps you.
3) Fill in the blanks with the words in this lesson. The first letter is given.
isses
hake
od
uropean
olite
4) Different cultures have different body language. Work in groups. One student acts out a kind of body language while the others guess the meaning.
①In China and abroad, people sometimes communicate without speaking.
sometimes / s mta mz/ adv. 有时
e. g. Every man is a fool sometimes, but none at all times.
每个人有时都会犯傻, 但没有谁会一直都傻。
I am sure that we have met some times before.
我肯定我们之前见过几次了。
考点1
sometimes 有时。
some times 几次。此时time作可数名词，意为“次数”。several times 可以表示“好几次”。
We’ll take our holiday sometime in August.
我们会在八月找个时间度假。(将来)
I bought this sometime last summer.
这是我在去年夏天某个时候买的。(过去)
We plan to stay in Hainan for some time.
我们打算在海南待上一段时间。
sometime adv .在某个时候。它可指过去或将来的某个时候。
some time一段时间。它常与for 连用。
中考在线1: Jack _______ goes to see his grandparents and stays with them for _______.
A. sometime; some time B. some times; sometime
C. sometimes; sometime D. sometimes; some time
D
communicate /k mju n ke t/ v. 交流
e. g. Good communication is very important in our life.
好的交流在我们的生活中很重要。
Mary can communicate with strangers very well.
玛丽能和陌生人交流得很好。
考点2
communicate的名词形式
communicate with sb.与某人交流
中考在线2: 通过与同学交流你会找到更好的学习方法。(communicate)
You can find better learning methods by _________________________ your classmates. [黄冈]
communicating with
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②In China and some other countries, friends shake hands to greet each other.
shake hands 握手
e. g. I shake her hand warmly.
我热情地与她握手。
Aren’t you going to shake hands with me
你不打算和我握手吗？
考点3
shake sb.’s hand 与某人握手
shake hands with... 与……握手
在shake hands 结构中hand必须用复数hands。
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③In some European countries, people kiss each other on both cheeks.
European / j r p n/ n. 欧洲人 adj. 欧洲(人) 的
e. g. She is the only European in the class.
她是班上仅有的欧洲人。
考点4
European用作名词时是可数名词。一个欧洲人：a European，其复数形式为Europeans。
中考在线3: —Is there _____ European wolf in _____ zoo
—Yes, there is. [茂名]
A. a; the B. an; a C. /; the
【点拨】考查冠词的用法。第一空表示泛指, 且European 以辅音音素开头, 其前用a; 第二空用定冠词the, in the zoo“在动物园里”。
A
European 还可作形容词, 意思为“欧洲的；欧洲人的”。
e. g. Germany is a European country.
德国是一个欧洲国家。
European用作名词时是可数名词。一个欧洲人：a European，其复数形式为Europeans。
kiss /k s/ v. 亲吻
e. g. The children like kissing their mothers on the cheeks.
孩子们喜欢亲吻妈妈的脸颊。
考点5
kiss sb. on+身体部位
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④In India, when people nod their heads, they mean “no”.
nod /n d/ v. 点头
e. g. He nodded his head sympathetically.
他同情地点点头。
She nodded at him to begin speaking.
她点头示意他开始讲话。
考点6
nod 用作及物动词时，可接名词作宾语；它作不及物动词时，其后常接介词to或at，也可接动词不定式作目的状语。
中考在线4: 根据汉语提示完成句子。
Helen __________ (点头) with a smile when she met me. [江苏]
nodded
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⑤But in most other countries, these things mean the opposite.
opposite / p z t/ adj. 相反的 n. 对立面；对立的人(或物) opposite 常用于:
① be the opposite of “是……的对立面；是……的反义词”
e. g. Fast is the opposite of slow. 快是慢的反义词。
考点7
② the opposite direction“相反的方向”
e. g. He drove off in the opposite direction.
他开车向相反的方向驶去。
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⑥In Australia, however, it is not polite.
polite /p la t/ adj. 有礼貌的
e. g. Please be polite to our guests. 请礼貌待客。
Everyone wants to be treated politely.
每个人都希望被有礼貌地对待。
Some people think it is impolite to ask someone’s age.
有些人认为询问别人的年龄是不礼貌的。
考点8
be polite to sb.
对某人有礼貌
polite→politely→impolite
中考在线5: It is not __________ (礼貌的) to make too much noise while eating or drinking.
[南京]
polite
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⑦They think it’s rude to point with a finger.
rude adj. 粗鲁的；无礼的
e. g. Don’t be rude to old people.
不要对老人粗鲁。
考点9
可作定语或表语
It’s rude to do sth.
做某事是粗鲁的
be rude to sb.
对某人粗鲁
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本节课我们主要学习了以下重点内容:
重点单词: opposite
重点短语: shake hands, point to
