Body Language Unit 4

Warming-up

surprised

Good!

Bad!

Come here!

I don’t know!

Japan B) angry D) evil ( 邪恶 ) C) I hate you A) happy B) angry

France A) I don’t believe you. C) I am joking. B) I don’t like you. D) You fool A) I don’t believe you.

What is body language?

Body Language Body Language is a form of nonverbal communication ( 非言辞交际 ). It uses movements of our body to show other people what we are thinking or feeling. It includes body movements, facial expressions, gestures, speaking distance and other nonverbal signals.

Q: Does a gesture always mean the same? CountryMeaning zero rude money OK most countries Japan France Germany Brazil greet vt. 问候；打招呼 greet sb. 欢迎某人，和某人打招呼

Reading Communication: No Problem?

Who are the characters mentioned in the passage? Where are they from? Listening

CharacterCountry You Mr. Garcia Julia Smith a visitor George Cook Ahmed Aziz Madame Coulon China Columbia Britain Japan Canada Jordan France

(Para.1) (Para.2~3) (Para.4~5) (Para.6) Different people have different body language. Different people have different body language. Examples of learned or cultural “body language”. Examples of learned or cultural “body language”. You are sent to Pudong Airport to meet business people. You are sent to Pudong Airport to meet business people. Summary of body language. Summary of body language. Match the main idea of each part with lines. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Skimming

Intensive reading Paragraph 1 ： 1.Why are the people visiting China? 2. What parts of the world are not represented by the visitors? Because they are interested in the development of business in China You are sent to Pudong Airport to meet business people. Paragraph 1

Africa, Australia and Central America are not represented.

3. Why is Julia Smith surprised? Julia Smith is surprised because Mr. Garcia touches her shoulder and kisses her on the cheek. Paragraph 2~3 ： Intensive reading Examples of learned or cultural “body language”.

4. Why do you move back from Ahmed Aziz? Because Ahmed Aziz is standing very close to you. 5. What do French people often do when they meet people they know? French people will often kiss people they know on both cheeks. Intensive reading Paragraph 4~5 ： Different people have different body language.

6. Can we expect people everywhere to act the same? Why? No, we can’t. It is because not all cultures greet each other the same way. Intensive reading Paragraph 6 ： Summary of body language.

Mr Garcia (Columbia) Julia Smith (Britain) Visitor (Japan) George Cook (Canada) Madame Coulon (France) Match the people with their way of greeting. shakes hands and kisses others twice on each cheek Bows shakes hands approaches ( 接近 ) others closely and touches their shoulder and kisses them on the cheek does not stand very close to others or touch strangers

Summary  A body language does not always mean the same.  Different people have different body language.  Cultural difference makes the body language different.

Homework 1 Read the text fluently. 2 Find out all the difficult words and expressions.