Unit 4 Body Language
01
What do we use to communicate with each other?
How many ways do people use to communicate with others?
What do you think is the purpose of language?
Body language is a way of
communication without using any words, including...
facial expressions
gestures
body movements
Time For Fun
02
Communication: No Problem?
03
Paragraph 1
03
1 Yesterday, another student and I,
2 representing our university's association,
3 went to the Capital International Airport to
4 meet this year's international students.
5 They were coming to study at Beijing
6 University.
7 We would take them first to their dormitories
8 and then to the student canteen.
9 After half an hour of waiting for their flight to
10 arrive, I saw several young people enter
11 the waiting area looking around curiously.
12 I stood for a minute watching them and
13 then went to greet them.
03
Did the writer go to the Capital International Airport alone to meet this year’s international students?
T/F Questions
Did they first take the international students to their dormitories and then to the student canteen?
Did the writer see several old people enter the waiting area looking around curiously?
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T
F
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1. Preview the reading passage and finish the exercises on Page 27.
2. Surf the internet to collect more information about Body Language.
Thanks
What ___________(联想) do you
have with the color green?
2. They said at the meeting that they
___________(代表) the committee.
3. The professor sometimes dines at the student c_____,
and in this way he learns more about the students.
4. The boy was _____ (好奇的) about
everything he saw.
5. I cautiously _____ (走近) the house
only to find that nobody was there.
Yesterday, another student and I,
representing our university's association,
went to the Capital International Airport to
meet this year's international students.
They were coming to study at Beijing
University.
We would take them first to their dormitories
and then to the student canteen.
After half an hour of waiting for their flight to
arrive, I saw several young people enter
the waiting area looking around curiously.
I stood for a minute watching them and
then went to greet them.
What ______________(联想) do you
have with the color green?
2. They said at the meeting that they
_____________(代表) the committee.
3. The professor sometimes dines
at the student c_______.
4. The boy was _________ (好奇的) about
everything he saw.
5. I cautiously _____________(走近) the
house only to find that nobody was there.
association
represented
anteen
curious
approached
6. In Britain, the d________ of the country
has historically been left to the navy.
7. Mike _________ (猛冲) into the room, grabbed his bag, and ran out again.
8. In this sense, children and a________ have equal rights.
9. I got off the truck at the _____________ (十字路口), and the cousins drove me home.
10. Soon afterwards he made his first
public s___________ about the affair.
efence
dashed
dults
crossroads
tatement
1. greetings 2. curiously 3. defence
4. misunderstanding 5. spoken
III. 用所给词的适当形式填空。
My mother sends her _________ (greet) to you all.
2. “What have you got in there?” Felix asked __________ (curious).
3. The town walls were built as a(n) __________ (defend) against enemy attacks.
4. There must have been some _________________ (understand). I didn’t order all these books.
5. This book will help you with both _____________ (speak) and written English.
greetings
curiously
defence
misunderstanding
spoken
6. In Britain, the d________ of the country
has historically been left to the navy.
7. Mike _________ (猛冲) into the room, grabbed his bag, and ran out again.
8. In this sense, children and a________ have equal rights.
9. I got off the truck at the _____________ (十字路口), and the cousins drove me home.
10. Soon afterwards he made his first
public s__________ about the affair.
efence
dashed
dults
crossroads
tatement
III. 用所给词的适当形式填空。
My mother sends her _________ (greet) to you all.
2. “What have you got in there?” Felix asked __________ (curious).
3. The town walls were built as a(n) __________ (defend) against enemy attacks.
4. There must have been some _________________ (understand). I didn’t order all these books.
5. This book will help you with both _____________ (speak) and written English.
greetings
curiously
defence
misunderstanding
spoken
01
What do we use to communicate with each other?
How many ways do people use to communicate with others?
What do you think is the purpose of language?
Paragraph 1
03
Yesterday, another student and I,
representing our university's association,
went to the Capital International Airport to
meet this year's international students.
They were coming to study at Beijing
University.
We would take them first to their dormitories
and then to the student canteen.
After half an hour of waiting for their flight to
arrive, I saw several young people enter
the waiting area looking around curiously.
I stood for a minute watching them and
then went to greet them.
Paragraph 2
The?first?person?to?arrive
was?Tony?Garcia?from?Colombia,
closely?followed?by?Julia?Smith?from?Britain.?
After?I?met?them?and?then?introduced?them
to?each?other,?
I?was?very?surprised.?
Tony?approached?Julia,
touched?her?shoulder?
and?kissed?her?on?the?cheek!?
She?stepped?back?appearing?
surprised?and?put?up?her?hands,
as?if?in?defence.?
I?guessed?that?there?was?probably?
a?major?misunderstanding.?
Then?Akira?Nagata?from?Japan?
came?in?smiling,?
together?with?George?Cook?from?Canada.?As?they?were?introduced,?
George?reached?his?hand?out
to?the?Japanese?student.?
Just?at?that?moment,?however,?
Akira?bowed?so?his?nose?touched
George's?moving?hand.?
They?both?apologized?-another?cultural?mistake!
Paragraph 3
Ahmed?Aziz,?another?international?student,?
was?from?Jordan.?
When?we?met?yesterday,?
he?moved?very?close?to?me
as?I?introduced?myself.?
I?moved?back?a?bit,
but?he?came?closer?to?ask?a?question?
and?then?shook?my?hand.?
When?Darlene?Coulon?from?France?
came?dashing?through?the?door,?
she?recognized?Tony?Garcia's?smiling?face.
They?shook?hands?and?
then?kissed?each?other?twice
?on?each?cheek,?
since?that?is?the?French?
custom?when?adults?
meet?people?they?know.?
Ahmed?Aziz.,?on?the?contrary,?
simply?nodded?at?the?girls.?
Men?from?Middle?Eastern?
and?other?Muslim?countries?
will?often?stand?quite?close?
to?other?men?to?talk?
but?will?usually?not?touch?women.??????
Paragraph 4
?As?I?get?to?know?more?international?friends,?I?learn?more?about?this?cultural?"body?language".?Not?all?cultures?greet?each?other?the?same?way,?nor?are?they?comfortable?in?the?same?way?with?touching?or?distance?between?people.?In?the?same?way?that?people?communicate?with?spoken?language,?they?also?express?their?feelings?using?unspoken?"language"?through?physical?distance,?actions?or?posture.?
Paragraph 5
These?actions?are?not?good?or?bad,?
but?are?simply?ways?in?which?
cultures?have?developed.?
I?have?seen,?however,?
that?cultural?customs?for?
body?language?are?very?general?-
not?all?members?of?a?culture?behave?
in?the?same?way.?
In?general,?though,?studying?
international?customs?
can?certainly?help?avoid?
difficulties?in?today's?world?
of?cultural?crossroads!
English?people,?for?example,?do?not?usually?stand?very?close?to?others?or?touch?strangers?as?soon?as?they?meet.?However,?people?from?places?like?Spain,?Italy?or?South?American?countries?approach?others?closely?and?are?more?likely?to?touch?them.?Most?people?around?the?world?now?greet?each?other?by?shaking?hands,?but?some?cultures?use?other?greetings?as?well,?such?as?the?Japanese,?who?prefer?to?bow.?
Yesterday, another student and I,
representing our university's association,
went to the Capital International Airport to
meet this year's international students.
They were coming to study at Beijing
University.
We would take them first to their dormitories
and then to the student canteen.
After half an hour of waiting for their flight to
arrive, I saw several young people enter
the waiting area looking around curiously.
I stood for a minute watching them and
then went to greet them.
The?first?person?to?arrive
was?Tony?Garcia?from?Colombia,
closely?followed?by?Julia?Smith?from?Britain.?
After?I?met?them?and?then?introduced?them
to?each?other,?
I?was?very?surprised.?
Tony?approached?Julia,
touched?her?shoulder?
and?kissed?her?on?the?cheek!?
She?stepped?back?appearing?
surprised?and?put?up?her?hands,
as?if?in?defence.?
I?guessed?that?there?was?probably?
a?major?misunderstanding.?
Then?Akira?Nagata?from?Japan?
came?in?smiling,?
together?with?George?Cook?from?Canada.?As?they?were?introduced,?
George?reached?his?hand?out
to?the?Japanese?student.?
Just?at?that?moment,?however,?
Akira?bowed?so?his?nose?touched
George's?moving?hand.?
They?both?apologized?-another?cultural?mistake!
Ahmed?Aziz,?another?international?student,?
was?from?Jordan.?
When?we?met?yesterday,?
he?moved?very?close?to?me
as?I?introduced?myself.?
I?moved?back?a?bit,
but?he?came?closer?to?ask?a?question?
and?then?shook?my?hand.?
When?Darlene?Coulon?from?France?
came?dashing?through?the?door,?
she?recognized?Tony?Garcia's?smiling?face.
They?shook?hands?and?
then?kissed?each?other?twice
?on?each?cheek,?
since?that?is?the?French?
custom?when?adults?
meet?people?they?know.?
Ahmed?Aziz.,?on?the?contrary,?
simply?nodded?at?the?girls.?
Men?from?Middle?Eastern?
and?other?Muslim?countries?
will?often?stand?quite?close?
to?other?men?to?talk?
but?will?usually?not?touch?women.??????
?As?I?get?to?know?
more?international?friends,?
I?learn?more?about?this?
cultural?"body?language".?
Not?all?cultures?greet?each?other?
the?same?way,?
nor?are?they?comfortable?
in?the?same?way?with?touching?
or?distance?between?people.?
In?the?same?way?that?people?
communicate?with?spoken?
language,?they?also?express?
their?feelings?using?unspoken?
"language"?through?physical?
distance,?actions?or?posture.?
English?people,?for?example,?
do?not?usually?stand?very?close?
to?others?or?touch?strangers?
as?soon?as?they?meet.?
However,?people?from?places?
like?Spain,?Italy?or?South?
American?countries?approach?
others?closely?and?are?more?
likely?to?touch?them.?
Most?people?around?the?world?
now?greet?each?other?
by?shaking?hands,?
but?some?cultures?use?
other?greetings?as?well,?
such?as?the?Japanese,?
who?prefer?to?bow.?
These?actions?are?not?good?or?bad,?
but?are?simply?ways?in?which?
cultures?have?developed.?
I?have?seen,?however,?
that?cultural?customs?for?
body?language?are?very?general?-
not?all?members?of?a?culture?behave?
in?the?same?way.?
In?general,?though,?studying?
international?customs?
can?certainly?help?avoid?
difficulties?in?today's?world?
of?cultural?crossroads!
Part 1. (Para. 1)
Meet the visitors at the airport.
Paragraph 2-3
Tony Garcia (Columbia)
Julia Smith (Britain)
George Cook (Canada)
Japanese- Akira Nagata
Part 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.
What ______________(联想) do you
have with the color green?
2. They said at the meeting that they
_____________(代表) the committee.
3. The professor sometimes dines
at the student c_______.
4. The boy was _________ (好奇的) about
everything he saw.
5. I cautiously _____________(走近) the
house only to find that nobody was there.
association
represented
anteen
curious
approached
6. In Britain, the d________ of the country
has historically been left to the navy.
7. Mike _________ (猛冲) into the room, grabbed his bag, and ran out again.
8. In this sense, children and a________ have equal rights.
9. I got off the truck at the _____________ (十字路口), and the cousins drove me home.
10. Soon afterwards he made his first
public s__________ about the affair.
efence
dashed
dults
crossroads
tatement
Paragraph 1
Part 1. (Para. 1)
Meet the visitors at the airport.
Part 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.
04
man from Japan
no touching
everyone
Tony Garcia
To Whom
Body Language
Description
Name
man from Colombia
kiss on the cheek
Julia Smith
woman
from Britain
everyone
Akira Nagata
bowing
everyone
04
shake hands and kiss twice on each cheek
to men
to women
George Cook
To Whom
Body Language
Description
Name
man from Canada
shaking hands
everyone
Ahmed Aziz
man from Jordan
shaking hands nodding
Darlene Coulon
woman from France
people she knows
Main Idea
Part 1(para1)
Part 2(para2-3)
Part 3(para4)
Part 4(para5)
Different peoples have different body languages
Meet the visitors at the airport
People from different countries express greetings in different ways
Summery of body language
Main Idea
Part 1(para1)
Part 2(para2-3)
Part 3(para4)
Part 4(para5)
Different peoples have different body languages
Meet the visitors at the airport
People from different countries express greetings in different ways
Summery of body language
Main Idea
Part 1(para1)
Part 2(para2-3)
Part 3(para4)
Part 4(para5)
Different peoples have different body languages
Meet the visitors at the airport
People from different countries express greetings in different ways
Summery of body language
Main Idea
Part 1(para1)
Part 2(para2-3)
Part 3(para4)
Part 4(para5)
Different peoples have different body languages
Meet the visitors at the airport
People from different countries express greetings in different ways
Summery of body language
Main Idea
Part 1(para1)
Part 2(para2-3)
Part 3(para4)
Part 4(para5)
Different peoples have different body languages
Meet the visitors at the airport
People from different countries express greetings in different ways
Summery of body language
Main Idea
Part 1(para1)
Part 2(para2-3)
Part 3(para4)
Part 4(para5)
Different peoples have different body languages
Meet the visitors at the airport
People from different countries express greetings in different ways
Summery of body language
speaking
ringing
writing
typing
Spoken
language
Written
language
Body
language
Ways of communicating
gesture
facial expression
action
Main Idea
Part 1(para1)
Part 2(para2-3)
Part 3(para4)
Part 4(para5)
Different peoples have different body languages
Meet the visitors at the airport
People from different countries express greetings in different ways
Summery of body language
speaking
ringing
writing
typing
Spoken
language
Written
language
Body
language
Ways of communicating
gesture
facial expression
body movement
Main Idea
Part 1(para1)
Part 2(para2-3)
Part 3(para4)
Part 4(para5)
Different peoples have different body languages
Meet the visitors at the airport
People from different countries express greetings in different ways
Summery of body language
Part 2 (Para. 2 and 3)
People from different countries express greetings in different ways.
Main ideas
Part 1(para1)
Part 2(para2-3)
Part 3(para4)
Part 4(para5)
Different peoples have different body languages
Meet the visitors at the airport
People from different countries express greetings in different ways
Summery of body language
Part 1. (Para. 1)
Meet the visitors at the airport.
Part 3. (Para. 4)
Different peoples have different body languages.
Part 4. (Para. 5)
Summary of body language.
man from Japan
no touching
everyone
Tony Garcia
To Whom
Body Language
Description
Name
man from Colombia
kiss on the cheek
Julia Smith
woman
from Britain
everyone
Akira Nagata
bowing
everyone
04
shake hands and kiss twice on each cheek
to men
to women
George Cook
To Whom
Body Language
Description
Name
man from Canada
shaking hands
everyone
Ahmed Aziz
man from Jordan
shaking hands nodding
Darlene Coulon
woman from France
people she knows
Main ideas
Part 1(para1)
Part 2(para2-3)
Part 3(para4)
Part 4(para5)
Different peoples have different body languages
Meet the visitors at the airport
People from different countries express greetings in different ways
Summery of body language
Main ideas
Part 1(para1)
Part 2(para2-3)
Part 3(para4)
Part 4(para5)
Different peoples have different body languages
Meet the visitors at the airport
People from different countries express greetings in different ways
Summery of body language
Main ideas
Part 1(para1)
Part 2(para2-3)
Part 3(para4)
Part 4(para5)
Different peoples have different body languages
Meet the visitors at the airport
People from different countries express greetings in different ways
Summery of body language
Main ideas
Part 1(para1)
Part 2(para2-3)
Part 3(para4)
Part 4(para5)
Different peoples have different body languages
Meet the visitors at the airport
People from different countries express greetings in different ways
Summery of body language
Main ideas
Part 1(para1)
Part 2(para2-3)
Part 3(para4)
Part 4(para5)
Different peoples have different body languages
Meet the visitors at the airport
People from different countries express greetings in different ways
Summery of body language
Main ideas
Part 1(para1)
Part 2(para2-3)
Part 3(para4)
Part 4(para5)
Different peoples have different body languages
Meet the visitors at the airport
People from different countries express greetings in different ways
Summery of body language