课件34张PPT。Facial expressionsLook at the following facial expressions, and try to tell us what his feeling is.happyangrysad confusedGesturesDo you know what these gestures mean? Look at the pictures and discuss with your partner what the man is trying to say.Good!Bad!Come here!Me?I don’t know!okstopsilentwell doneWhat else gestures do you know?victoryapplauseGood luckWhat are they communicating?The mother is trying to quiet her crying child. Someone is thinking deeply. Someone is feeling ill/having a stomachache. The policeman is directing traffic/ telling cars to go. What is body language?Body language is one form of nonverbal communication (非言辞交际) without using words. Eye contact or gaze, facial expression, gesture, and posture (姿势), or the way you stand, are different kinds of body language.Unit 4
Body languageCommunication:
No problem?ReadingPredictingLook at the picture and the title of the passage on page 26.
What do you think the topic will be?I. Read the passage while listening and divide the whole passage into several parts and find out the main idea.First-readingPart 2 (Para. 2 and 3)People from different countries express greetings in different ways.Part 3. (Para. 4) Different peoples have different body languages.Part 4. (Para. 5) Summary of body language.Part 1. (Para. 1)Meet the visitors at the airport.Try to write down the main idea of the text.
The text is mainly about different _____________ in different countries. In order to avoid difficulties in today’s world of cultural crossroads, we should ___________________________. body languagestudy international customsRead the passage again and choose the best answers.Second-reading1. In which of the following countries do people greet each other in the same way?
A. Jordan and Italy.
B. China and Japan.
C. Canada and Colombia. 2. From the text, we can know that _____.
A. people are likely to keep the same
distance in different countries
B. men from Britain often stand close
to others to shake hands
C. people are facing multicultural
communication problemsHow do different international
students behave when they greet
people? Complete the chart with
information from the passage.Careful readingman from Colombiakiss on the cheekJulia Smithwoman from BritaineveryoneAkira Nagatabowing everyoneman from Canada shaking handseveryoneAhmed Aziz man from Jordanshaking hands
noddingDarlene Coulonwoman from Francepeople she knows shake hands, do not stand very close to others or touch strangers when they meetshake handsbowapproach others closely
and are more likely to
touch themshake hands and kiss each other twice on each cheekshake hands and stand quite close to other men, nod to women and do not shake hands with them1. Is the author of this passage male or female? How do you know?
The author is male. Ahmed Aziz will not shake hands with women, but he shakes hands with the author.I. Answer the following questions.Post-reading 2. What were the two mistakes that the
author noticed?
He noticed that the Colombian man
kissed the British woman, but in her culture, a kiss from a stranger is not acceptable. He also noticed that the Japanese man bowed just as the Canadian man started to shake hands, so one man’s nose touched the other man’s hand. 3. “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” What do you think this famous saying means?
This saying means that when we are in a certain place, we should follow the customs of the people who live in that place, not our own customs.Body language varies from culture to culture.show interestrude or
disrespectfulzerorudemoneyOKNo.1rudegreat / good jobNoYesGreet
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