1. TEXT A How to Make a Good Impression go UNIT 4

2. How to Make a Good Impression Useful Expressions Text Interpretation Sentence Structure Translation Practice Structured Writing Reading Skill

3. Useful Expressions  self-conscious 害羞的，不自然的  Topics in Focus  physical world  interest rate  摇头  言行一致 《焦点访谈》 物质世界 利率 shake one’s head action ～ with words  Gettysburg's Address 盖荻斯堡演讲  meet one’s match 棋逢对手

4. Useful Expressions  Great Depression 经济大萧条  contact lens  松懈（努力）  light up  娱乐业  a brood of chicken 隐形眼镜 relax one’s efforts 露出喜色 (eyes, face) entertainment industry 一窝小鸡  a chain of reactions 一连串反应  roar with laughter 放声大笑

5. 1.Warm-up questions 2.Comprehension questions 3.Detailed reading 4.Song: The Rose Text Interpretation

6. 1. Warm-up questions 1. How to make a good impression? 2. What qualities do you want others to find in you? 3. Are you self-conscious in an interview? 4. What makes a good public speaker? 5. Who have/has gave you the deepest impression?

7. 2. Comprehension questions 1. Why do many how-to books fail to help us make a good impression? 2. What does the writer mean by saying “public speakers often send mixed messages’? 3. What should we do when we enter a room full of people according to the writer? 4. Why do the writer believe we have the power to make a good impression? 5. More on p64

8. 3. Detailed reading 1. We show our true feelings with our eyes, faces, bodies and attitudes, causing a chain of reactions, ranging from comfort to fear. 2. How do you “read” the other person? How do you think he read you? 3. For 25 years, I’ve worked with thousands who want to be successful. 4. You were committed to what you were talking about and so absorbed in the moment you lost all self- consciousness. 3. Detailed reading

9. 5. The audience always believe what they see over what they hear. 6. Some people start to say something while looking right at you, but three words into the sentence, they break the eye contact and look out the window. 7. If I did agree, I certainly wouldn’t look at my feet or at the ceiling. I’d keep my eyes on the lion! 8. Are you usually focused on your own problems? 3. Detailed reading

10. Covered by Westlife Some say love, it is a river 有人说爱是一条河 that drowns the tender reed 淹没了轻柔的芦苇 Some say love, it is a razor 有人说爱是一把剃刀 that leaves your soul to bleed 让你的灵魂支离破碎 Some say love, it is a hunger 有人说爱是一种渴望 an endless aching need 永无止境的渴求 I say love, it is a flower 而我说爱是一朵花 and you it's only seed 你则是唯一的种子 (break) 4. Song: The Rose

11. It's the heart afraid of breaking 如果你害怕摔倒, 你的心害怕破碎 that never learns to dance 就永远无法学会舞蹈 It's the dream afraid of waking 如果你把它看成美梦, 害怕醒来 that never takes the chance 就永远无法抓住任何机会 It's the one who won't be taken 如果你不愿付出 who can not seem to give 就永远无法得到回报 And the soul afraid of dying 如果你无法正视伤害 that never learns to live 就永远领悟不到生活的真谛 (break) 4. Song: The Rose

12. When the night has been too lonely 当夜晚太过寂寞 and the road has been too long 当道路太过漫长 and you think 当你认为 that love is only for the lucky and the strong 只有幸运者和强者才能得到爱 just remember in the winter 那么你要记住 far beneath the bitter snow 在严寒的积雪下 lies the seed 深埋着的那颗种子 that with the sun's love 当春天来到阳光洒下时 in the spring becomes the rose 它必将绽放成一朵美丽的花 4. Song: The Rose

13. 1. We show our true feelings with our eyes, faces, bodies and attitudes, causing a chain of reactions, ranging from comfort to fear. 2. You were committed to what you were talking about and so absorbed in the moment (that) you lost all self- consciousness. Sentence Structure

14. 1.She was so absorbed in reading the book that she was not conscious of someone coming in. 2.He was late for almost an hour for the first meeting, leaving a bad impression on everyone. 3.Consciously or unconsciously, we make up our minds about people through their eyes, faces, bodies, and attitudes. 4.Professor Zhou was committed to the cause of language teaching all his life. Translation Practice

15. 5.Many how-to books advise you that if you want to make a good impression, the trick is to be consistently you, at your best. 6.The media sometimes sends mixed messages, but most people believe what they see over what they hear.

16.  General statement: Body language is important in many cases  List of examples: Election Family party Conference Seminar Structured Writing

17.  Reading for the main ideas in paragraphs A paragraph is a group of sentences about related ideas or subjects. As you read a paragraph, you look for the key idea that each sentence presents. Adding up these key ideas, you see the basic subject that all sentences are related to. In order to understand the information you are reading, you must know what the main idea of the paragraph is. Reading Skill