Unit 1 Reading A Body language
Jan 14, 2016
Unit 1 Reading A
Body language
Reading A Body language
What’s wrongwith Harry, Lo?
He can’t understandwhy people don’t wantto talk to him.
Watch a film from Mr. Bean.How does he tell you what he is doing? By speaking ,by his body or by the expressions on his face ?
Do you know the meaning of the gestures?
What kind of language are they using?
• He means “Yes ” by nodding his head.
• They mean “ No ” by shaking their heads.
They are using body language.( 肢体语言 )
What is body language?
the gestures (手势,姿势 )
the expressions on your face
New words (教学选用 )
1. body
language
2. college
3. part-time
4. travel agency
5. greet
1. 肢体语言
2. 职业学校
3. 兼职的
4. 旅行社
5. 和(某人)打招呼
6. cheerfully
7. sigh
8. fax
9. gesture
10. hesitate
11. remind
6. 欢快地
7. 叹气
8. 传真机
9. 手势
10. 犹豫, 迟疑不决
11. 提醒;使想起
1. Where does the story take
place?
2. Who are the two people sitting
at the desks?
3. Which of the two looks more
friendly?
In the office. / At a travelagency( 旅行社 ).
college students
大 学 生
Debbie and Simon are sitting.
Debbie. Because she is…
Pre-reading Do A1
Fast reading. Tell “T” or “F”.1. Chris was standing there. T2. Simon can understand why customers
prefer Debbie. F3. The reason is the way he communicates.
T4. Body language is a kind of
communicating. T5. Simon gave people a good impression
when he looks at them. F6. After that, Simon tried to do better. T
Detail Reading Read the story and complete the table
Debbie Simon head eyes
smile or not
Hold her head up.Rest his head on his hand.
Look at people’s eyes.
Never smiles.Not turn his head or body towards people.
Smiles before speaking to people.
Look down.
A4 Put the events of the story in the correct order.
a. Chris said that body language is important.b. The lady walked over to Debbie instead of
Simon.c. Simon began to sit up and smile.d. An old lady entered the travel agency.e. Simon’s sister came to remind him about
her birthday.f. Simon went to fax some papers.g. Chris said that Simon looked down and
never smiled.h. Chris said Simon made a good impression o
n the girl.
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Simon is phoning a friend. Complete the speech below with the words in the story. Put one word in each blank.
Read and do A3
Chris spoke to me today. He’s one of the
_____ member of staff of our travel agency. I
told him that our customers always prefer
______ to me. He told me the problem might be
the way I _____________. He explained to me
about ____ language. He said that my body
language was not giving people a good
_________. So now I’m trying to _______ my
body language.
senior
communicate
body
impression improve
Debbie
• Debbie and Simmon are _______
students. They have __________ jobs at
a travel agency. One day, an old lady
entered their office. Debbie greeted her
__________. Simon sighed and took
some papers over to the _____ machine.
Post-reading
collegepart-
time
cheerfully
fax
( 根据课文填空 )
• He didn’t know why the people
________ Debbie ___ him. Then,
Chris, a senior member of staff told
him. _______________ is not just
speaking. Body language is very
important. Simon often rest his head
_____ his hand and never smile.
prefer
to
Communicating
on
• The way he looked at people didn’t give
them a good __________. But Debbie
held head up. She smiled before
_________ to the people . That’s why
the people go to her for help and not
Simon.
speakin
g
impressio
n
Language points
1. Customers always prefer Debbie to me. 客户们总
是喜欢她多过喜欢我。
Prefer … to … 喜欢……胜过于……
2. That’s why they go to her for
help.
go to sb. for help 找某人帮忙
3. at once 立刻;马上
4. 找找文章中含动名词的句子
Communicating is not just about
speaking.
She smiles before speaking to them.
Without hesitating, she went to Simon
and gave him a big smile.位于介词后
( 主语 )
1. body language
2. part-time job
3. prefer … to …
4. hold up
5. go to sb. for help
6. at once
1. 肢体语言2. 兼职工作3. 喜欢……胜过……
4. 抬起5. 找某人帮忙6. 立刻
phrases
How to give a good impression to people before you are talking?
What is the bad appearance, do you think?