1、Unit 2 LanguageSkills building 1Anticipating a responseTry to find out some behavioral differences between Chinese and westernersUnderstand how to predict the answers to the question while listening.QuestionWhere do they live?When did this take place?How long have they been in this country?Which han
2、d do Arabs eat with?Why would you like to write a book about customs?Information you expect to havename of a placea specific timea time periodleft or right handA reason or reasonsListening Decide if the statements below are true or false,and then listen to the interview to check your answers.Check t
3、he answers:1.T 2.F 3.F 4.F 5.T6.F 7.F 8.T 9.TStep 1:filling in a chat1.good 2.telling the true 3.Yes4.No 5.Hello or goodbye 6.crazy 7.where you are(you place)7.8.good job 9.OkListen and fill in the chartAnswers:Skills building 2:formulating written questionsRemember the following points when writing
4、 questionsGet to the point!Give all the necessary information.Use simple languageSample answers2.Last night,we watched a television show on CCTV8.Did you see it?If so,did you like it?3.I finished a book last night.How about you?What happened in the last book you read?Step 2:surveying your classmates
5、5 You and your friend are taking photos in a park.You are posing and your friend is holding a camera.After a flash,your friend holds up his hand with fingers pointing up and palm facing out.Index finger and thumb make an O.a He is saying OK.b He is asking you to pose again.Other:_1.a 2.b 3.a 4.a6 Yo
6、ur daughter and you are going shopping.You want to buy a new skirt for your daughter.You pick up a blue one and show it to her.She shakes her head from side to side.Then you pick up a red one.She nods her head up and down.Your daughter:a likes the blue skirt.b is satisfied with the red skirt you cho
7、se.Other:_7 All of your family are enjoying a big dinner on Mid-Autumn Day.After the meal,you lean back and pat your stomach with the palm of your hand.You mean:a Oh,I am full.Its quite delicious.b I have got a stomach-ache.Other:_Skills building 3:Organizing a reportAnswers8 4 2 6 3 5 1 9 7 Organiz
8、e the sentences below into the appropriate sections.write the correct numbers in the boxes.Step 3:Writing a report on body languageIntroductionProcedures/MethodResults/FindingsConclusionSample answersThis report is about body language used in both China and the United States.It looks at how the same
9、 gesture is used in two Different countries and how the gesture expresses different meanings in the two countries.It also states the similarities anddifferences of body language in these two countries.The information was collected from my classmates through a survey.In order toconduct the survey,I c
10、reated some situation sand answers for some common gestures for my classmates to respond to.After collecting their answers,I recordedtheir answers and analyzed the statistics.From the outcome of my survey,we can seethat for most of the gestures,people in bothcountries share the same meaning,as with
11、thegestures of the head nodding up and down,thehead shaking from side to side and thumbs up.There are also some differences in the meaningof some gestures.For example,there are differences in the meaning of the gesture ofwaving,when the palm faces out and the handmoves left and right.In the USA it m
12、eans Hello,but in China it means N0.,a negative answer.Nowadays,some young Chinese also use this gesture to greet others.So with the increase in cultural,educational and economic exchange between the two countries,the differences in body language between the two nations will become smaller and small
13、er.These results suggest that people from different cultures more or less can understand each other by using these gestures.It seems that in the future we can make full use of body language to help us convey our ideas or feelings when we talk with foreign friends.Homework1.Unit Revision:Periods 7&8.2.Preview Project.Good staying with you!The end!
