M4 U4 reading 导学案.doc

M4 U4 Reading学习目标：1 知道文中出现的重点单词、词组的意思及正确读音2 通过阅读，获得文章大意，知道不同国家问候身势语的区别。3 通过阅读熟知掌握一些阅读技巧，如细节信息获取，推理判断等。4 理解学习文化差异及身势语对于文化交流的意义。课前预习:一、短语互译1 represent our universitys student association_2 look around curiously_3 in defence _4 a major misunderstanding_5 together with_6 on the contrary_7 cultural crossroads_8 保卫.以免受_9 很可能_10 总的来说_二、Read the passage and answer the following questions:1.Whats the main idea of the passage?A.The importance of studying body language.B.How to behave in body language with foreigners.C.The differences in body language between different cultures and the necessity of studying it.D.Body language, a useful way to greet foreigners when studying abroad.2.Whats the writing style of the passage?A.argumentationB.expository (说明文)C.novelD.narration课堂探究：1. What did the author learn from this experience ?2. Whats authors attitude towards these different cultural body languages? A.uncomfortable B.unconcerned C.acceptable D.not mentioned(PS:find out authors statements to explain) 课堂检测：Yesterday, another student and I, _our universitys student association, went to meet this years international students. I saw several young people enter the waiting area looking around _. I went forward to _them. After being introduced, they greeted each other in different ways, causing some _ and cultural mistakes.In fact, not all cultures greet each other the same way, _are they comfortable in the same way with touching or distance between people. In the same way that people _with spoken language, they also express their feelings using _language. I have seen that cultural customs for body language are very general - not all members of a culture _in the same way. In _, though, studying international customs can certainly help _difficulties in todays world of cultural crossroads!课后作业：1. Read the passage again and underline the difficult sentences in the passage2阅读理解 Communicating with Gestures When travelling, you may think that if you dont know the language, you can communicate using gestures. However, very few gestures are universally understood and interpreted. What is perfectly acceptable in this country may be rude in other cultures. 1. Pointing at something using the index finger. It is impolite to point with the index finger in the Middle and Far East. Use an open hand or your thumb in Indonesia. 2. Making a Vsign. This means victoryin most parts of Europe when you make the sign with your palm facing away from you. But if you face your palm in, the gesture is very rude. 3. Smiling. This facial expression is universally understood. However, cultures can provide different reasons for smiling. The Japanese may smile when they are confused or angry while in other parts of Asia people smile when they are embarrassed. People in some cultures only smile to friends. It is important not to judge people for not smiling, or for smiling at what we would consider inappropriatetimes. 4. Waving ones hand with the palm facing outward to greet someone. In parts of Europe, waving the hand back and forth can mean No. To wave goodbye, raise the palm outward and wave the fingers together; but this is rude in Nigeria if the hand is too close to another persons face. 5. Forming a circle with ones fingers to mean OK. Although this means OKin the U. S. and many other countries, there are some notable exceptions. In Brazil and Germany the gesture is obscene(猥亵的), while in Japan it meansmoney. In France, it has the additional meaning of zeroorworthless. 1. According to the text, when we travel to other countries_. A. many gestures are universally recognizedB. the same gesture can have different meaningsC. a smile always suggests friendlinessD. we can still communicate without knowing the languages 2. Which of the following gestures should be used to point at an object in Indonesia? 3. What does the word inappropriatein Paragraph 4 probably mean? A. Unsuitable. B. Impolite. C. Uncomfortable. D. Ordinary. 4. When you talk to people from Brazil, you should remember not to _. A. smile at themB. make a VsignC. point at objects around youD. make the OKgesture 5. The text is mainly