Unit4 Body language
人教新课标高中英语必修四
What is body language?
Body language is one form of nonverbal
communication without _____________. Eye contact (眼神交流）or ________________, _________, and__________, or the ways you stand, are different kinds of body language.
saying words
facial expressions
gestures
postures
Facial expressions
Look at the following facial expressions, and try to tell us what his feeling is.
happy
angry
sad
confused
good
come here
bad
good luck
me
I don’t know
What do these gestures mean?
Good!
Thumbs up
Bad!
Thumbs down
Come
here!
Moving his hand up and down
Good luck!
Keeping his fingers crossed
Me?
Putting the fingers on the chest
I don’t know!
Shrugging his shoulders
applause
Look at different gestures, try to guess.
ok
silent
well done
stop
victory
I love you.
I’m sorry!
I give up.
Match the two columns
1 look at the pictures and try to describe them.
Warming Up
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.
Read the following statements. Choose a phrase and act it out without speaking. Can your partner guess what you are trying to communicate?
“Hello” “Goodbye” “Come here”
“Go away!” “Expensive!”
“I’m surprised!” “I’m tired.”
“I’m confused.” “OK!”
“Good luck!” “I’m delighted!”
“I’m upset!” “I’m sad!”
“I forgot!” “You’re great!”
1 What do you think is the purpose of language?
The purpose of language is to communicate with other people.
Pre-reading
2 How can you communicate with someone if you cannot speak? Give an example.
I can use body language to communicate with someone if I cannot speak. For example, if I’m angry, I might turn away and not to talk to others. If I’m happy to see someone, I might smile and hold out my hand or open my arms.
3 There are many different ways to greet someone using words. How many ways can you think of to greet someone if you CANNOT speak?
Ways to greet someone without words: smile, wave, shake hands, hug, kiss, etc.
handshake
4 Look at the title and picture of the passage on the next page. What do you think the topic will be?
Topic:
different body language in different cultures
Reading
Communication:
No problem?
Main idea of the passage
First-reading
The passage is mainly about different _____________ in different countries. In order to avoid difficulties in today’s world of cultural crossroads, we should ___________________________.
body language
study international customs
Divide the passage into four parts and find out the main idea of each part.
Part 1 :
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4:
(Para1) Meet the visitors at the airport.
(Para5) Summary of body language.
(Para 4 ) Different peoples have different body language.
(Para 2 and 3) People from different countries express greetings in different ways.
Read the passage again and choose the best answers.
Second-reading
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
Find out the two mistakes the writer found in the airport:
Mr. Garcia
Julia Smith
The first mistake
from
from
(Columbia )
( Britain )
He approaches Ms Smith by _______ ______ _________ and _______ her on the ________.
She ______ ________ appearing _________ and take a few steps _______ ______ Mr. Garcia.
shoulder
touching
her
kissed
cheek
stepped back
surprised
away from
The second mistake
a Japanese
George Cook
from
(Canada )
He ________ ________ _______ ________ to the Japanese.
He ________ to Mr. Cook and his nose _________ Mr. Cook’s _______ ________.
bowed
touched
moving
hand
reached
his hand
out
shake hands, do not stand very close to others or touch strangers when they meet
shake hands
bow
Careful reading
approach others closely
and are more likely to
touch them
shake hands and kiss each other twice on each cheek
shake hands and stand quite close to other men, nod to women and do not shake hands with them
1. Englishmen often stand close to others or touch strangers as soon as they meet.
2. Most people around the world now greet each other by kissing.
Decide if the following statements
are true (T) or false (F).
F
F
3. Japanese will bow to others as greeting.
4. People from Jordan will move very
close to you as you introduce yourself to
them.
5. Some body languages in some countries
are good while some countries’ body
language are bad.
T
T
F
6. People from different countries may
have a major misunderstanding while
greeting each other.
7. The physical distance from each other
that people are comfortable with
generally depends on the culture.
8. All members of a culture behave in
the same way.
T
T
F
Summary
______language ______________ from culture to ________. Not all ________of all cultures ________in the ______ way. We should try to understand and__________ each other’s culture in order to make good _____________.
Body
is different/differs
culture
members
behave
same
respect
communication
交际 没有问题了吗？ 
 
昨天，我和另一个同学代表我们大学的同学会去首都国际机场迎接今年的国际学生。他们来北京大学学习。我们会首先把他们带到宿舍，然后去学生食堂。在等了半个小时之后，我看见几个年轻人走进了等候区，好奇地向四周张望。站着观察他们一分钟后，我便走过去打招呼。
第一个到达的是从哥伦比亚来的托尼.加西亚，随后紧跟着的是英国的朱莉娅.史密斯。在和他们碰面并介绍他们彼此认识之后，我（对看到的情景）感到吃惊。托尼走进朱莉娅，摸了摸她的肩，并亲了她的脸！她后退了几步，看上去有些吃惊，并举起了手，好像是在自卫。我猜想这里有个巨大的误会。随后，来自日本的永田明微笑着走了进来，同时进来的还有加拿大的乔治.库克。当我为他们作介绍时，乔治把手伸向了这位日本学生。然而此时永田明正在鞠躬，他的鼻子碰到了乔治伸过来的手。两个人都互相道了歉—这又是一个文化差错。
另一位国际学生艾哈迈德.阿齐兹是约旦人。昨天我向他作自我介绍时，他靠我很近。我往后退了一点儿，他又向前问了我一个问题，然后同我握手。法国的达琳.库隆匆忙走进门的时候，她认出了托尼.加西亚微笑的面孔。两个人握了握手，并且在对方的面颊上吻了两下。通常，法国成年人见到熟人就是这么做的。而艾哈迈德.阿齐兹却只是朝女孩子们点了点头。来自中东或穆斯林国家的男士，在谈话时通常站得离其它男士很近，但一般不会与女士接触。 
随着认识的国际朋友越来越多，我也了解到更多不同文化背景下的“身势语”。各种文化背景下的人互致问候的方式不尽相同，身体接触和相互间距的程度也不尽相同。用口头语言交流的同时，人们还使用不出声的语言—身体间的距离、动作和姿态等，来表达情感。比如，英国人通常不会站在离别人太近的地方，也不会一见面就（用身体）接触陌生人。但是来自像西班牙、意大利或南美等国家的人会站在离别人很近的地方，而且很可能（用身体）接触对方。现在世界上大多数人见面都会互相握手问候，但有些文化（背景下的人）会采取另外一些寒暄方式。比如，日本人就更愿意鞠躬。
这些行为都无所谓好与坏，只不过是文化发展的不同方式而已。然而我发现身势语的文化习俗是多元的—同一个（民族）文化中也并非所有成员的行为都一样。但总的说来，在当今文化交融的世界，学习不同国家的习俗肯定能帮助我们避免交往中的困难。
1 How do different international
students behave when they greet
people? Complete the chart with
information from the passage.
Comprehending
man from Colombia
kiss on the cheek
Julia Smith
woman from Britain
everyone
Akira Nagata
bowing
everyone
man from Canada
shaking hands
everyone
Ahmed Aziz
man from Jordan
shaking hands
nodding
Darlene Coulon
woman from France
people she knows
2 Use the passage to help you answer the following questions.

1. 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.
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 expected. 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. Who seemed to prefer to keep more physical distance from others? Who seemed to prefer closer physical distance ?

The British woman, Julia and probably the Canadian man, George, seemed to prefer to keep more physical distance from others. The Colombian man, Tony, and the Jordanian man Ahmed, seemed to prefer closer physical distance.
4. Did any students have similar greeting customs? If so, which one?
Yes. Tony from Colombia and Darlene from France had a similar greeting custom — a kiss. George from Canada and Ahmed from Jordan also had a similar greeting custom — a handshake, but Ahmed shakes hands only with men.
5. “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.

6. Do you agree with the author’s statement that body language is not good or bad? Why or why not?
Discussion
1. If you meet a foreigner who comes up
close to you to talk, what countries
might he be from? How can you show
him that you are uncomfortable with
that?
2. If a girl in shorts goes into a Muslim house and a man takes her outside pointing at her shoes and shorts, what should she do? Guess why he is so particular.
3. What are some situations where body language is the only form of communication? Why?
Sample dialogue for Ex3 on page 27
S1: I would feel most uncomfortable if someone came to close to me and asked me for information, wouldn’t you?
S2: Me too! At first I might think that he meant to attack me or steal something from me. But of course some countries do get very close to each other. I know that they do this in Arab countries.
S1: They do, but not with women!
S2: True. I think it’s the part of the world where women have to keep themselves out of sight.
S1: So the man might be from any Arab country. It might be Saudi Arabia, Yemen or Jordan.
S2: Right. I’ll remember that!
Body language varies from culture to culture.
show interest
rude or
disrespectful
zero
rude
money
OK
No.1
rude
great / good job
No
Yes
Greet
friends
France
Russia
Other countries
Useful phrases
student association
look around
step back
in defence
dash through
on the contrary
nod at
be likely to
in general
kiss sb. on the cheek
学生会
环顾四周
后退
防卫地；戒备地
飞快地穿过
正相反
朝…点头
很可能…
大体上,一般来说,通常
亲吻某人脸颊
Language points
represent v.代表，象征；体现，表达；描绘，声称;
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