Unit 4 Body Language Learning about language Vocabulary 课件（共28张，内嵌音频）高中英语人教版选择性必修第一册

(共28张PPT)
Unit 4 Body Language
Learning About Language (1) : Vocabulary
Learning objectives:
1. Explore different forms of the words about body language to build up your vocabulary;
2. Learn different meanings of words that are spelt the same based on their parts of speech or usage;
3. Grasp and practise words in passages about body language;
4. Get the habit of looking up a dictionary.
Review and Learn
Review the text and answer these questions.
How do we express our thoughts and opinions
What gestures mean differently
What is the gesture for “sleep” Why is it a reliable guide to understand people’s feeling everywhere
How can a smile help us
Review and Learn
How do we express our thoughts and opinions
We use both words and body language to express our thoughts and opinions in our interactions with people.
=when we interact with
2. What gestures mean differently
Review and Learn
The gesture for “OK” has different meanings in different cultures. Even the gestures for “yes” and “no” differ around the world. There are differences in how we touch each other, how close we stand...
Review and Learn
3. What is the gesture for “sleep”？Why is it a reliable guide to understand people’s feeling everywhere
Resting the head on hands with eyes closed means sleep. This gesture has the same meaning in all cultures, so we can rely on it to understand people’s feeling when we witness someone employing this gesture.
4. How can a smile help us
Review and Learn
A smile has various uses and varies from situation to situation. A smile can ...
help us get through difficult situations.
demonstrate that we are happy.
break down the barriers and display our kindness.
be a clue that we are approving of something.
......
interaction(n.)
difference(n.)
different(adj.)
differently(adv.)
various(adj.)
reliable(adj.)
The old word Suffixes(后缀) The new word
-ion →interaction(n.)
-ence -ent →difference(n.)
→different(adj.)
-ly →differently(adv.)
-ous →various(adj.)
-able →reliable(adj.)
By adding a suffix, we can make a new word from the old one, changing the word’s meaning and part of speech(词性)
Review and Learn
differ(v.)
vary(v.)
rely(v.)
interact(v.)
P40 Ex.1 Fill in the table with different forms of the words. Refer to a dictionary if necessary.
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Exercise
Noun Verb Adjective Adverb
differ
vary
rely
interact
approve
embarrass
Suffix for adverb:
-ly
difference
different
differently
variety/
variation/
variability/
variance
various/
varied/
variable
variously/
variably
reliance/
reliability
reliable
reliably
interaction
interactive
interactively
approval
approving/approved
approvingly
embarrassment
embarrassing/embarrassed
embarrassingly
不同种类
变化；变体
可变性
变化幅度
依赖；信任
可信度
多种多样的
多变的
易变的
Suffixes for noun:
-ence,
-ty
-tion,
-ability,
-ance,
-al,
-ment
Suffixes
for
adjectve:
-ent, -ous,
-able, -ive,
-ed(感到......的),
-ing(令人......
的)
variable→variably
reliable→reliably
注意：以辅音字母+le结尾的形容词变副词，改le为ly
Conclusion
Suffixes for noun: -tion, -ment, -ability,
-ence, -ance, -al, -ty
Suffixes for adjective: -ent, -able, -ous, -ive, -ed(感到......的), -ing(令人......的)
Suffixes for adverb: -ly
注意：以辅音字母+le结尾的形容词变副词，
改le为ly
Do you know how to build up your vocabulary
Please try to use suffixes to explore different forms of words and build up your vocabulary.
Please read the summary of the text on P38. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the brackets.
We _____(reliable) on both words and body language to _______(interaction) with other people. Body language _______(vary) from culture to culture and there are a _______(various) of body language, but not all gestures are _________(approve) of everywhere, which means some gestures may cause ______________(embarrass).
variety
varies
interact
approved
embarrassment
rely
Practice
P40 Ex.2 Work out the meanings of the underlined words in the sentences below. Refer to a dictionary if necessary.
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Exercise
1. I rest my head on the desk to get some rest.
v. to place or put
n. when someone stops to relax or recover energy
2
Exercise
Understand the meaning of words based on their parts of speech or usage.
2. The child displayed great interest in the huge fireworks display.
display
v. to show
n. a show
3. Most students favour the plan, while their teachers are not in favour of it.
favour
v. to prefer or like
n. approval or support
2
Exercise
4. Jeremy witnessed the whole incident and was expected to be the key witness
at the trial.
witness
v. to see something especially a crime or an important event
n. a person who tells what he/she saw to the police or at a trial
5. His lack of eye contact when talking with people shows that he lacks confidence.
lack
n. absence
v. to have none
2
Exercise
6. When he noticed a slight frown on his twin sister’s face, he frowned as well.
frown
n. a facial expression that shows sadness or disapproval
v. to make a facial expression that shows sadness or disapproval
2
Exercise
Conversion(转化): It means changing a word’s part of speech and its meaning without changing its form.
Can you list more words of the same kind in this unit
Please try to guess the verb meaning based on the noun meaning.
Word Noun meaning Verb meaning
anger 愤怒
pose (为画像、拍照等摆)姿势
bow 弓；蝴蝶结
conflict 冲突；矛盾
stare 凝视
激怒
摆好姿势
点头；鞠躬；低头
冲突；抵触
凝视
Most conversions happen between _________ and _______, while a few between _________ and verbs.
nouns
verbs
adjectives
Word Adjective meaning Verb meaning
lower 下方的；较小的；较慢的
把......放低；减少
Can you guess the verb meaning based on the adjective meaning
Further thinking
1. What does body language mean to us
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Further thinking
2. What have scientists found about the effects of our body language
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P40 Ex.3 Read the passage about body language. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box.
3
Exercise
3
Exercise
by contrast by comparison break down interaction demonstrate approve of clue gesture
When we think about nonverbal behavior, or body language, we think about communication. When we think about communication, we think about ____________. So what is our body language _____________ to others Social scientists have spent a lot of time looking at the effects of our body language. We make assessments and inferences from body language.
interaction
demonstrating
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Exercise
by contrast by comparison break down interaction demonstrate approve of clue gesture
And according to those judgements we __________ one person and dislike another. So body language provides external _______ that are influenced by internal thoughts and feelings. Scientists have found that when we feel proud and powerful, we usually straighten up to make ourselves bigger. ___________, when we feel powerless, we tend to slump, making ourselves smaller. It is obvious that our minds can influence our bodies.
clues
By contrast
approve of
3
Exercise
But is it also true that our bodies can affect our minds Scientific experiments show that if we make powerful ________ long enough, we may actually feel more powerful. People who remember to use positive body language are more likely to feel positive ______________, so some scientists suggest that we use our bodies to try power posing to help ___________ our feelings of shyness and powerlessness.
gestures
by comparison
break down
by contrast by comparison break down interaction demonstrate approve of clue gesture
Further thinking
2. What have scientists found about the effects of our body language
Scientists have found body language affects both others and ourselves, and that our minds and bodies have a strong, two-way connection. We rely on body language to make judgements to people. Meanwhile, our body language also changes how we feel about ourselves. For example, power posing can make us feel positive and powerful.
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Further thinking
Can you think of positive gestures you can employ to cheer yourself up when you are in trouble
Describe them with your partner: We can ...
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hold a fist with a smile
give ourselves a thumbs-up
straighten up our body
Homework
2. Make sentences. Please follow the examples and use the bold words to make sentences.
1. Read the following sentences and:
1) work out the meaning and parts of speech of the underlined words;
2) work out the word family of the bold words.
3) fill in the blank with correct forms of the given words.