Unit 4
Body Language
How many ways do you know to
communicate with others?
Warming-up
Spoken language
Written language
Body language
Ways of communicating
①
②
③
Definition for Body Language
One form of communication without using any words
Eye contact
Facial expression
Gesture
Posture
Guessing
angry
I love you.
Good luck!
happy
A. I don’t know. B. What’s that?
C. Come here! D. Go away.
Posture
A. Ready? Go! B. Don’t go
C. Fire! D. Go back
Communication:
No problem?
Reading
Read the text quickly and answer the following
questions:
1.How many international students are there in the story?

2.Who are they and where are they from?
Six
Fast-Reading
Who are they and where are they from?
Tony Garcia
Colombia
Julia Smith
Britain
Akira Nagata
Japan
George Cook
Canada
Ahmed Aziz
Jordan
Darlene Coulon
France
Listening & Comprehending
Listen to the passage and divide the whole passage into four parts and match the main idea.
Part 1 ___

Part 2 ___

Part 3 ___

Part 4 ___
1
2-3
4
5
Body language varies from culture to culture, not all the same.
Examples of cultural “body language”.
You are sent to Airport to meet for foreign students.
Summary of body language.
Careful-Reading
Para.1
1. Why were international students coming to China?
2 . Who met international students at the Capital International Airport?
3.What would be their arrangement (安排）after arriving school.
They came to study at Beijing University.
Another student and I.
First to their dormitories and then to the student canteen.
Read it carefully and then answer the question
Mr. Garcia
Julia Smith
The first mistake
from
from
(Colombia )
(Britain)
He approaches Ms Smith by _______ ______ _________ and _______ her on the ________.
She ______ ________ appearing _________ and put up her hands as if_______ ______ .
shoulder
touching
her
kissed
cheek
stepped back
surprised
in defence
Careful-Reading
Para.2&3
Find out the two cultural mistakes in Para2
(Japan)
The second mistake
Akira Nagata
George Cook
from
(Canada)
He ________ ________ _______ ________ to the Japanese student.
He ________ and his nose _________ George’s _______ ________.
bowed
touched
moving
hand
reached
his hand
out
What about the rest of the
international students?
10 cm
10 m
Jordanian
nodding
French
Handshake…
Kiss on the cheek…
Careful-Reading
Para.4&5
Fill in the table according to Para4:
Do not stand _________to others or touch ________ when they meet.
very close
strangers
_________others closely and are more likely to__________.
Approach
touch them
Bow
Shake hands
True or false?
1.Body language in some countries is good while some in others is bad.

2. All members of a culture behave in the same way.

3. Learning English well can certainly help avoid difficulties in today’s world of cultural crossroads.
None of these actions is either good or bad.
Not all
Studying international customs
Summary
Yesterday, another student and I,__________ our university’s student__________, went to the Capital International Airport to meet this year’s international students to BeiJing University. After half an hour of waiting for their ____ to arrive, I saw several young people enter the waiting area looking around________.
The first to arrive was Tony Garcia from Colombia, Tony_________ Julia, touched her shoulder and kissed her on the check! She stepped back as if in _______. I guessed there was probably a _____________ . In ______, studying international customs can certainly help avoid difficulties in today’s world of cultural_________.
representing
association
flight
curiously
approached
defence
misunderstanding
general
crossroads
What can we learn from this text?
We should try to learn English well.

We need to get in touch with more foreigners.

We should treat the foreign friends well.

We should study international customs and
respect the different cultures in the world.
Conclusion
One student acts out the words , and the other students turn around and guess the subject.
game
Let’s begin!!!
A kind of fruit……
Banana
A kind of sport……
Basketball
A kind of animal……
Chimp/Ape
A kind of facial expression……
Surprise
Assignment
Do Exercise in post-reading on P27
2. Pay more attention the phrases and expressions in the text.
THANK YOU