Unit 4 Body Language
reading
Warming Up
What is the purpose of language?
To communicate with each other.
speaking
ringing
writing
typing
Spoken
language
Written
language
Body
language
Ways of communicating
gesture
facial expression
action
Definition(定义)of Body Language
One form of communication without using any words.
Eye contact
Facial expression
Gesture
Posture
Can you do some body languages?
Enjoy some pictures of body language
You’re great!
Come and join us!
I’m listening carefully!
Please stop!
Nice to meet you!
I’m sorry!
I give up.
OK!
Different feelings of the baby
happy
sad
frightened
angry
surprised
curious
What do people usually do when meeting?
China, Britain
Russia, France, Arab
Japan, Korea
Some western countries
Shake hands
Kiss
Bow
Embrace (hug）
hug
Reading
Communication:
No problem?
Read and try to find out the main idea of the text.
Which is the main idea of the text?
A. There are different customs in
different countries.
B. Foreigners should follow the
customs of the country where they
are visiting.
C. People use body movements to send
messages and different body
movements have different meanings.
D. The importance of knowing customs.
Read the text carefully :
Please find out the main idea of each divided part.
Fast Reading
You are going to meet this year’s international students.
Not all cultures greet each other the same way.
A Summary of body language.
Para 2
Para 4
Para 5
Para 1
Para 3
Main idea

Find the characters and where they are from?
Julia Smith
Columbia
Canada
Ahmed Aziz
France
China
Second reading
Part 1
1 . Who will I meet at the airport?

2 . Why are the students visiting China?
meet
Columbia
Britain
Canada
Japan
Jordan
France
Approach Ms Smith, touches her shoulder and kiss her on the cheek.
Stepped back appearing surprised and puts up her hands, as if in defence.
Reaches his hand out to the Japanese.
Bows to Mr. Cook.
asks you questions, moves very close to you when introduced, comes closer and shakes hands with men; but nods at women
Shakes hands and kisses each other twice on each cheek.
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 put up her hands
as if ____________.
shoulder
touching
her
kissing
cheek
stepped back
surprised
in defence
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
Read the text carefully, then decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
T
F
T
F
Englishmen often stand close to others or touch strangers as soon as they meet.
Most people around the world now greet each other by kissing .
Japanese will bow to others as greeting.
People from Jordan will move very close to men but not shake hands with women.
Some body languages in some countries are good while some countries’ body language are bad.
F
DISCUSSION
Male. Because Ahmed Aziz shakes hands with him but simply nods at the girls.
It’s very important for us learners to understand
our own body language and that of others.
We should keep in mind that cultural behaviour
must be understood and that usually it is not
intended to be impolite.
The first person who arrives is Mr.
Garcia from Columbia, closely ________by
Julia Smith from Britain. When they are
introduced to each other, Mr.Garcia
approaches Ms Smith, ______ her shoulder
and _______her on the cheek . Ms Smith
steps back appearing surprised. The visitor
from Japan comes in smiling at the same
time as George Cook from Canada. As they
are introduced, Mr. Cook _______ his hand
out to the Japanese who ____ . His nose
touches Mr. Cook’s moving hand, and
they both ________.
followed
touches
kisses
reaches
bows
apologize
These are examples of learned or cultural
“body language”. Not all cultures ______
each other the same way, nor are they
comfortable touching or _______ between people. In the same
way that people ___________ with spoken
language, they also _______ their feelings
using unspoken “language” through
keeping physical distance, actions or posture.
greet
distance
communicate
express
A do the following gestures as quickly as possible, B guess the words or phrases.
Competition
Who is the best dumb(哑的) actor?
名词
动词
形容词
Body language
clown
ice-cream
fish
victory
computer
rabbit
guitar
mirror
umbrella
Cell phone
write
dance
argue
come
read
expression
sing
expression
eat
expression
jump
laugh
Can’t hear clearly
good
excited
handsome
shy
delicious
afraid
surprised
cold
sleepy
Pretty ugly

Do it together