1、zxxkwUnit 2 LanguageUnit 2 LanguageTask:Reporting on body languageTask:Reporting on body languageSkills building 1:Predicting an answerCan you guess what is going to be said next while listening?What you predict will depend on what questions you ask.See the following for example:Where do they live?W
2、hen did this take place?How long have they been in this country?Information you expect to havename of a placea specific timeQuestiona time period学科网 Which hand do people from the Middle East eat with?left or right hand Why would you like to write a book about cultures?A reason or reasonsDecide if th
3、e statements below are true or false,and then listen to the interview to check your answers.1.In china when you are invited to dinner,the host will be upset if you do not try all of the dishes.2.2.It is polite to eat with your left hand in the Middle East.TF3.Making a noise while eating noodles in I
4、taly is okay.4.When eating noodles in Japan,making a noise is okay.5.It is better to wear your shoes in a Japanese house.FTF6.When you are late for a small meeting,there is no need to say sorry.7.In England it is usual to talk about the weather when you start a conversation.8.This book is about how
5、to do business in different cultures.TFFListening to the recording of an American university professor teaching her class about body language.Fill in the table below based on the information given.Body languageAmerican meaningShaking hands by grasping the other persons hand quite firmly.It shows tha
6、t you are a(1)_ person and that others can(2)_ you.Looking another person straight in the eye.It shows they are(3)_ and are(4)_ to the other person.strongtrusttelling the truthlistening carefullyBody languageAmerican meaningNodding your head up and down.It means(5)_.Shaking your head from side to si
7、de.It means(6)_.yesnoBody languageAmerican meaningMoving your hand left to right.This is used to say(7)_ or goodbye.Pointing to the head and moving the finger in a circle.That means someone or something is(8)_.hellocrazySkills building 2:writing questionsWhen you write questions,you must be very cle
8、ar.Remember the following advice when writing questions.Get to the point!Give all the necessary background information.Use simple language.Turn the situation below into questions.Check whether your questions are clear enough by writing them down and asking a partner to answer them.Sample answers2.La
9、st night,we watched a television show on CCTV 8.Did you watch 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?Look at the survey on page 35.Try to find out what body language means in China.Survey four classmates to find what these gestur
10、e mean to them.Sample answers:1._ 2._ 3._4._ 5._ 6._abaaabOne of the most important steps in writing is organizing your information properly.This is especially important when you write a report.There are four main sections you can sort your information into.Introduction What the report is about Meth
11、od How you found the information Results What you found out or proved in your report Conclusion A summary of the report.It sometimes includes advice.Look at the notes on page 36.Organize the notes into a proper order.Answers:Writing a report on body languageStep 3Read the report on page 37 and compa
12、re it to the notes in Skill building 3 to see how the report is done.Use the information you collected to write a report about how body language is used in China(Step 2),compared with other countries(Step 1).Follow the guidelines on page 37 to help you organize your material.IntroductionMethodResult
13、sConclusionSample answersThis report is about body languageused in both China and the United States.It looks at how the same gesture is used in two different countries and how the gesture expresses different meanings in the two countries.It also states the similarities and differences of body langua
14、ge in these two countries.The information was collected from my classmates through a survey.In order to conduct the survey,I created some situations where common gestures would be used and asked by my classmates what these gestures meant to them.After collecting their answers,I recorded their answer
15、s and analyzedthem.From the outcome of my survey,we can see that most gestures share the same meaning to people in both countries.This includes nodding the head up and down,shaking the head from side to side and the thumbs up sign.There are also some differences in the meaning of the wave,when thepa
16、lm faces out and the hand movesfrom left to right.In the USA it means Hello!,but in China it means No.Nowadays,some young Chinese also use this gesture to greet others.Therefore with the increase in cultural,educational and economic exchange between the two countries,the difference in body language
17、between the two nations is becoming smaller and smaller.These results suggest that people from different cultures can understand each other more or less by using gestures.It seems that in the future,when we talk with foreign friends,we can make full use of body language to help us convey our ideas or feelings.学 科网
