人教版高中英语必修4 Unit4 Body language Reading 课件（共20张PPT）

(共20张PPT)

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
——Victor Hugo
I don’t know!
Good!
Bad!
ok
stop
silent
victory!
Action , facial expression, gesture, and posture (姿势), or the way you stand, are important when people communicate with each other.
学习目标：
1. 以热情的胸怀、探索的眼光找出本篇阅读的中心意思；
2. 以轻松和谐的氛围分享阅读成果，享受成功的快乐。
学法指导： 扎实掌握本篇阅读的中心句子；与此同时，标出不理解、有疑问的地方，质疑；大声朗读，疯狂记忆，小组成员互相检查；找重点词、关键句理解文章大致内容。
Reading
Prediction :Look at the picture and the title of the passage on page 26.
What do you think the topic will be?

Tony Garcia (Columbia)
Julia Smith (Britain)
George Cook (Canada)
Japanese- Akira Nagata
Task one: Skim the passage and find out:
What is the main idea of the text?
Reading comprehending
The passage introduces _________ of cultural ______________when ________________.
some examples
body language
greeting people
Part 1 (Para 1)
We are sent to_________________________ to meet_________________________________
Part 2 (para. 2 and 3)
Examples of greeting people with_______________
Part 3. (para. 4)
Different people have___________________________

Part 4. (para. 5)
Summary of body language. Studying _______________________________________________
in communication.
Task two: What’s the main idea for each part?
Capital International Airport
this year’s international students.
“body language”.
different physical ways to greet others.
international customs can help avoid difficulties
Choose the best answers about the text.
(1). 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 problems
Work in group. Act out the gestures or postures, while one of the group members retell the text.
Yesterday, another student and I, representing our university’s student association, went to the ___ to meet ___.
The first person to arrive is Tony Garcia from Colombia, Closely followed by Julia Smith from Britain. Tony _____ Julia, ____ her shoulder and ____! But…… Then Akira Nagata from Japan came in smiling, together with George Cook from Canada. George reached _____out to the Japanese student. However, Akira ____ so his nose ____ George’s moving hand.
Ahmed Aziz, another international student, was from Jordan. He _____ to me . I moved _____, but he came ______ to ask a question and then ______. When Darlene Coulon from France came dashing through the door, she recognized Tony Gorcia’s smiling face. They _____ and then ____. Ahmed Aziz, on the contrary, simply ____ at the _____.
As I get to know more _____, I learned more about this cultural ___. Not all cultures greet each other in the same way, nor are they comfortable in the same way with _____ or _____ between people.
“Is the author of this passage male or female? How do you know?”
.
Discussion
The author is male. Ahmed Aziz will not shake hands with women, but he shakes hands with the author
Discussion
What do you think the famous

saying “When in Rome, do as

the Romans do” means?
This saying means that when we are in a certain place, we should follow the customs of the people in that place, not our own customs.
Homework
1. Rewrite the text or write a passage about body languages around our hometown.
2. Surf on the internet to find out different body languages used in different cultures.