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课件网) Unit 4 Using Language Explore body language Learning objectives In this class ,you will 2. describe how people use body language to express meaning 3. practise listening to make inference. 1. identify different types of body language Pre-listening Discuss what you think each person is communicating. Pre-listening frown (皱眉), tightly shut eyes, tight-lipped He could be in great pain. He could be upset. facial expressions & gestures: facial expressions & gestures: fingers crossed, eyes closed He is hoping for good luck. Pre-listening smile,hug, American Sign Language (hand gesture for love) The woman in the photo is either deaf or is communicating with her husband who is deaf. She is using American Sign Language, and the sign she is using means “I love you”. Pre-listening smile, hold hands tightly The two children seem quite happy. Perhaps they have just won a table tennis match. Pre-listening 2 Discuss when and where people need to use body language to communicate effectively. Body language often needs to be used in situations where people cannot talk to each other directly. This can include, for example, deaf people using sign language where you have to be silent army soldiers on a mission Activity 2: (P42 3) Listen and answer Listen to a conversation about body language. Then answer the following questions. 1 How did the man get the idea of using gestures to communicate From an action movie. While-listening 2 What did the police leader tell his team by using gestures While-listening Man: In the movie, the police were trying to enter a house, but they had to be really quiet so they could take the criminals by surprise. So the police leader used hand gestures to tell his team what to do. For example, he used this gesture to tell them how many bad guys were in the house. Then he gave instructions on who should go where, and what they should do. I thought it was pretty cool how they used hand gestures to communicate. 3 What did the woman say about the acting classes that she’s been taking She said that right now they’re learning how to use body language to express themselves. While-listening 4 What did the man mean by saying “It’s good you tried” at the end of the conversation He meant that even though she wasn’t very good at it, her experience was still worthwhile. While-listening Infer meaning [ m t (r)] n.业余爱好者,外行 Infer meaning Sometimes things are not said directly, and so you must guess the meaning, relationship of the people, or context. You can do this by: drawing conclusions from the background information you already have. looking at clues that tell you the context. using logic to work out the meaning. 4 Listen to the conversation again. Are the following statements correct inferences from the conversation 1. The two speakers are married. 2. Making too many gestures in communication is not polite. 3. The police team were probably successful in catching the cri ... ...
