Para 5: Perhaps the best example of universally understood body language is the smile.

*Teachers can also ask students how many parts we can divide the whole text into and what the main idea of each part is.

Part 1 (Para 1): We use both words and body language to express our thoughts and opinions and to communicate with other people.

Part 2 (Para 2-3): Just like spoken language, body language varies from culture to culture.

Part 3 (Para 4-5): Some gestures seem to be universal.

[设计说明] 阅读课要提高学生提炼文章主旨大意的能力，通过归纳总结一方面从整体上把握文章。另一方面也可提高阅读技能。

(3)Read the passage carefully and try to find out the answers to the following questions:

T: What body language varies greatly?

S: Eye contact, gesture OK, thumbs up, shaking heads, “crazy” gesture, nodding heads.

T: Try to complete the table

S:

GESTURES COUNTRIES MEANINGS

eye contact some countries a way to show that one is interested

other countries rude or disrespectful

a circle with one’s thumb and index finger most countries OK

Japan Money

France Zero

Brazil Rude

Germany

thumbs up the US great or good job

Nigeria Rude

Germany The number one

Japan

moving the index finger in a circle in front of the ear some countries Crazy

Brazil You have a phone call.

T: Some gestures seemed to be universal. What are they? How to communicate them?

S: I’m tired, I’m full, and I’m hungry.

T: Why is the smile the best example of universal body language?

S: ......

[设计说明] 引导学生分析课文，抓住关键词，概括文章的细节，通过填写表格培养学生的理解能力和概括能力，培养和提高阅读能力和技巧。

Step 4 Post-reading

Try to make a comparison between the body language in china and that in the US

Comparison

Meaning Gestures in the USA         Gestures in China

No, don’t do that.

Moving the index finger from side to side. Moving the head or hand from side to side

I don’t know  Shrugging one’s shoulders Shaking the head

Well done  Thumbs up. Thumbs up.

Incredible. I can’t believe it.

Rolling one’s eyes.

open one’s eyes and mouth wide

Money  Rubbing the thumb and forefinger together Rubbing the thumb and forefinger together

Crazy

Moving the index finger in a circle in front of the ear. No such a gesture

Good luck

Cross the fingers on both hands No such a gesture

Come here

Moving the index finger forwards and backwards. Moving one’s hand up and down with the palm facing down.

[设计说明] 本部分通过表格形式培养学生分析比较研究能力，从而更好的掌握不同文化背景下身势语的异同，达到本节课的教学目的，同时也提高学生的跨文化交流意识。

Step 5 Discussion/Assessment

Imagine you are the boss of the company and you want to employ a man as your assistant. Judging from the body language of the four men, which one will you choose? Why?

[设计说明] 培养学生运用所学知识，围绕中心话题进行思考和讨论的能力，提高学生英语口头表达的技能;准备好四张卡片，让四位学生上台用身势语将卡片上内容表现出来。让其他学生作出选择，并解释选择的原因。通过这种方式一方面可以让学生学会用身势语表达自己。另一方面锻炼了口语。

Step 6 Dumb show

Think of some situations in your daily life in which you use body language and then try to act them out without any words. You can work in pairs or groups.

[设计说明] 学生以小组形式开展活动，讨论真实语境下的身势语的表达，通过这一话题，一方面激活了学生的思维，活跃了课堂气氛，另一方面也让学生学会了观察生活，从而学会生活;同时在表演结束后再让其他学生用英语描述表演者所表现的情景，培养观察身势语的能力，并在想象，猜测的过程中形成内心语言，最终用语言复述自己的思想。

Step 7 德育渗透

 Do in Rome as Rome does [as the Romans do].

[谚]入国问禁, 入乡随俗。

 Manners make the man.

礼貌造就人。

 Good manners are the art of making those people easy with whom we converse.                             ---Jonathan Swift

礼貌周到是使同我们谈话的那些人感到自在的艺术。

——(英作家)斯威夫特

Step 7 Homework

1. Read the passage and try to recite it.

2. Finish Word study on Page 60.

3. Try to know more about body language.

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