Unit21BodylanguageⅠ.TeachingGoals:1.Talkaboutbodylanguage.2.Describegesturesandfacialexpressions.3.Practisemakingoffersandrequests.4.Learntousethe“-ing”form(2):usedasanoun.5.Writeanarrative.Ⅱ.TeachingTime:FourperiodsⅢ.BackgroundInformation:1.BodyDistanceUnconsciously,weallkeepacomfortabledistancearounduswhenweinteractwithotherpeople.Thisspacebetweenanotherpersonandusformsinvisiblewalls.Theamountofspacechangesdependingonthenatureoftherelationship.Forexample,weareusuallymorecomfortablestandingclosetofamilymembersthantostrangers.Personalityalsodeterminesthesizeoftheareawithwhichwearecomfortablewhentalkingtopeople.Introvertsoftenprefertointeractwithothersatagreaterdistancethandoextroverts.Culturalstylesareimportanttoo.AJapaneseemployerandemployeeusuallystandfartherapartwhiletalkingthandoanAmericanemployerandanemployee.LatinAmericansandArabstendtostandcloserthanAmericansdowhentalking.ForAmericans,theusualdistanceinsocialconversationrangesfromaboutanarm'slengthtofourfeet.LessspaceintheAmericanculturemaybeassociationwitheithergreaterintimacyoraggressivebehavior.Americanswillsay,“Excuseme”,evenfortheslightestaccidentaltouchingofanotherperson.ThistellsushowuncomfortableAmericansareifpeoplegettooclose.Help:①unconsciouslyadv.无意识地②interactwith原意“相互作用”，此句中可译成“相处”③invisibleadj.看不见的，无形的④naturen.性质、本质⑤personalityn.个性⑥determinev.决定着⑦introvertn.性格内向的人⑧extrovertn.性格外向的人⑨culturalstyles文化风格⑩LatinAmericansandArabs拉丁美洲的人和阿拉伯人tendto倾向于rangev.范围是beassociatedwith与……相联系intimacyn.亲密aggressiveadj.有攻击性的behaviorn.行为，举止用心爱心专心1accidentaladj.意外的2.MakingaGestureAsspecialbodymovementcancarrymeaning,gesturesareimportantpartsofnonverbalcommunication.Somegestureshavecometobeacceptedingeneralashavingthesimilarmeanings,suchasahandshakeisthemostcommongesturethatgoeswithagreeting,wavinganoutstretched(伸出的)handwithopenpalmisthegesturefor‘goodbye’andsoon.HerearesomegesturesthatarewidelyusedintheEnglish-speakingcountriesandcertainothercountriesorplaces.Doyouknowthemeaningofthesegestures?ThegestureswhichwouldbeunderstoodbyspeakersofEnglishare:Number2,the‘thumbsdown’sign,wouldbeunderstoodasarejection(拒绝)orrefusal.Number4means‘goodluck’and‘let'shopeforthebest’,andthereisaverbalequivalent(相同)whichis,‘Keepyourfingerscrossed!’.Number7,stroking(轻抚)thechin,showsthatthepersonisthinkingcarefullyaboutaproblem.Number8means,‘Idonotknow.’Itoftenaccompanies(伴随)theexpression.‘Searchme!’.Finally,number10indicates(表示)thatapersonisregardedascrazy.Itisnormallyonlyusedwhentalkingprivately(私下地)aboutathirdperson,butismorelikelytobeusedasajoke.ThegestureswhicharenotcommontospeakersofEnglishare:Numbers1and3aresometimesusedtoindicatethatthereissomethingstrangeorsuspicious(怀疑的)surroundingthetopicofconversation.Number5suggestssomesortsofconspiratorial(搞阴谋的)behaviourusedbetweenpeoplewhoknoweachotherwell.(AlloftheabovesignsmaybeknowninsomepartsofBritain,buttheyarenotwidelyused.)Number6,whichiswidelyusedtomean‘Wait’or‘Slowly’intheArabworld,canbe‘insulting’(侮辱人的)inItaly.Number9isthegesturefor‘Hello!’asusedbyItalians.SomeEnglishspeakersmightconfuse(混淆)thiswiththewavethatsometimesaccompanies,‘Goodbye!’.TheFirstPeriodTeachingAims:1.Learnandmasterthefollowing:confuseconfusedavoidcont...
