Unit 19

Lesson 3 Body Language

Question:

How do we oftencommunicatewith others in our daily life?

Lead-in(导入 )

Look at the photos. What kind of language are the people in the photos using to communicate?

Spoken language

Written language

Body language

Spoken Language

Written Language

Body Language

Pre-reading （读前）

Test students common sense about body language to prepare for the reading

Sad &

helpless

happy

angryconfident

OK

stop

quietvictory

applauseI love you

come here

Let’s do it together

Me?

Reading strategies（阅读策略）

Be careful – the first sentence in a paragraph often introduces the main idea – but not always.

Think of a heading to summarise the main idea of each paragraph.

Headings often contain a word or a synonym of a word from the paragraph

Question ： What is body language? Body language is a language

____________ that consists of ________, ________________and ______________ that greatly add to ---and sometimes even replace --- spoken language.

without words gestures

facial expressions body movements

be made up of

Fast Reading（略读）

Second Reading（重读）

Read the text quickly and choose a heading for each paragraph. There is

one extra heading.

(Pair-work双人活动 )

Para.1 a) An aid to travelerPara.2 b) Conscious and unconscious

body languagepara.3 c) The disadvantages of smilingPara.4 d) Why body language can be

confusingPara.5 e) IntroductionPara.6 f) What is body language Para.7 g) Concluding statement h) Being aware

Careful-Reading( 细读 )

Read the text paragraph by paragraph and then fill

in the table

（ groupwork小组活动）

body language the message conveyed

a pat on the back

jumping

a raised eyebrow

I don't know.

feeling uncomfortable or nervous

confident

congratulation on doing sth well

joydoubt

Move… and let them fallHold…and have….cross…and move…uncross your arms

1. What’s the similarity and difference between body language and spoken language?

(They both can be used to communicate with others but body language is not always explicit.)

Questions

2.Which body language conveys the same 2.Which body language conveys the same meaning and can be used all over the world?meaning and can be used all over the world?

--Smiling enjoys universal recognition, because it can be understood in every culture.

A B C

Choose one below. One Choose one below. One student performs and student performs and the other guesses.the other guesses.

（（游戏游戏————你做我猜你做我猜））

1. happy/joy2. sad3. wash hands4. good5. I don’t know.

Group A

Group B1. Confused2. stop3. smile4.me?5. I love you.

Group c1. ok2. victory3. crying 4. swimming5. I am full.

Summary ( 总结 )

Beauty is power;

a smile is its sword. 是一种力量 , 笑容更是它的

利器 The shortest distance

between two people is a smile.

微笑是人与人之间最近的距离

Can you think of a situation in which “the body says what words cannot"? Use new words as many as possible.