八年级下册英语牛津深圳版Unit 2《Body language》Reading

Unit2ReadingBodyLanguageWarmingupSomeexpressionsofyourbodylanguagesareveryimportant.What’swrongwithHarry,Lo?Hedoesn’tunderstandwhypeopledon’twanttotalktohim.Whatkindoflanguagearetheyusing?Hemeans“Yes”bynoddinghishead.Theymean“No”byshakingtheirheads.Theyareusingbodylanguage.(肢体语言)Doyouknowthemeaningofthefollowinggestures?Stop!Comehere.Youareverygood./Welldone!

It’sok.Bye-bye.

Doyouknowthemeaningofthefollowingbodymovements?I’mveryexcited.Welcome.ActandGuessNow,it’syourturnGoaway!Pleasekeepquiet!Goodluckforyou!Sorry,Ican’thearyou.Iloveyou.Whatisbodylanguage?

thegestures(手势，姿势)theexpressionsonyourfaceDoyouknowthemeaningofthefollowingfacialexpressions?surprised/astonishedshyhappyPeoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldusedifferentbodylanguage.Sometimesthesamebodylanguageindifferentcountrieshasdifferentmeanings.Peopleusegesturestocommunicatewitheachother.Itisveryinteresting.ThegestureforOKhasdifferentmeaningsindifferentcultures.InJapan,itmeansmoney.ButinFrance,itmeanszero.However,inGermany,thegestureisrude.Eventhegesturesfor“yes”and“no”aredifferentaroundtheworld.Inmanycountries,shakingone’sheadmeans“no”,andnoddingmeans“yes”.ButinBulgaria,IranandpartsofGreece,noddingmeans“no”.BodylanguageWhatdoyouknowabout…?Lookatthepicturesbelowandmatchthemwiththeadjectivesfromthebox.Writethewordsintheblanks.angryexcitedhappysurprisedBeforeyoureadLookatthepicture,thetitleofthestoryandtheintroductiontothestoryonpage19.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.

LookatthephotoThetitle“bodylanguage”Theintroduction“DebbieandSimonarestudents,theybothhavepart-timejobsatatravelcompany.1.Wheredoesthestorytakeplace?2.Whoaretheyoungpeopleinthephoto?Atatravelcompany(旅行社).DebbieandSimonandMrYang.3.Whatbodylanguagearetheboyandthegirlshowing?Tick()BfortheboyandGforthegirl.BGAlookingdownBlookingupCsittingupstraightDsmilingElookinghappyFlookingbored4.Whichpersonlooksfriendlier,theboyorthegirl?

Thegirl.

Task1

Simonistalkingtoafriendonthephone.ReadthestoryonP19andcompletehiswordswiththeinformationfromthestory.Ourcustomersalways(1)__________________.Ididn’tknowwhyandMrYangtoldmethereason.Itwasbecauseoftheway(2)_____________.Iwasn’tgivingcustomers(3)_______________.My(4)____________wasn’tmakingthem______________.SoIdecidedtoimproveit.chooseDebbieinsteadofmeagoodimpressionbodylanguagefeelwelcomeIcommunicateDebbieSimonheadeyessmileornotReadingTask2

FindoutdifferencebodylanguagesbetweenDebbieandSimon.1.Sheholdsherheadup.1.Hedoesn’tturnhisheadtowardthem.2.Shelooksfriendly.3.Heneversmiles.3.Shealwayssmiles.2.Helooksdown.Task3answerthequestionsWhatisbodylanguageaccordingtoMrYang?2.WhydidSimonnotgivecustomersagoodimpression?L13It’sthewayyoustandandsit.It’syourgesturesandtheexpressiononyourface.Yourwholeappearancecommunicatesthings.L15Helookeddown,heneversmileedandhedidn’tturnhisheadtowardsthem.3.WhydidcustomerschoosetotalktoDebbie?L17She’sholdingherheadup.Shealwayssmilesandlooksfriendly.Herbodylanguageismakingpeoplefeelwelcome.Sotheygotoherforhelp.4.WhathappenedafterSimonsatupstraightandtriedsmilingatpeople?5.WhowasthegirlthatwalkedovertoSimon?L22Minuteslater,abeautifulgirlentered.ShewalkedovertoSimon.L27Thatwashissister.Puttheeventsofthestoryinthecorrectorder.a.MrYangsaidthatbodylanguageisimportant.b.TheladywalkedovertoDebbie.c.Simonsitupstraightandsmile.d.Awell-dressedladyenteredtheoffice.e.Simon’ssistercametoremindhimaboutherbirthday.f.Simonsighedandwalkedaway.g.MrYangsaidthatSimonlookeddownandneversmiled.h.MrYangsaidSimonmadeagoodimpressiononthegirl.42617358Postreading

DebbieandSimonarestudents.Theyhave__________jobsatatravelcompany.Oneday,a__________ladyenteredtheiroffice.Debbiegreetedher__________.Simon_____andwalkedaway.Hedidn’tknowwhythepeoplechooseDebbie_________me.Then,MrYangsaid.___________ismorethanjustspeaking.Bodylanguageisveryimportant.Simon_________andneversmiles.Thewayhelookedatpeopledidn’tgivethemagood__________.ButDebbie_____headup.Shealwayssmilesandlooksfriendly.That’swhythepeoplegotoherforhelpandnotSimon.well-dressedpart-timecheerfullysignedinsteadofCommunicatinglooksdownheldimpressionVocabularyC1Findwordsfromthestoryonpage19thathavesimilarmeaningstothewordsbelow.1.wearingniceclothes2.apolitewordforawoman3.thelookonone’sface4.thewaysomeoneorsomethinglooks5.keepingsomethinginaplace

well-dressedladyexpressionappearanceholdC2Laterthatday,Simonwastalkingwithhismother.Completetheirconversationwiththewordsfromthebox.bodylanguagemattertowardslaterpart-timeSimon:Mum,I’mthinkingofleavingmy_________jobatthetravelcompany.Mum:What’sthe_______?Youhaveagoodchancetolearnabouttravelthere.Don’tyouwanttobuildacareerintourism?Simon:Yes,butit’smoreimportantformetodevelopotherskillsatthemoment.

IwanttotakeaclassincommunicationskillsbecauseIneedtoimprovemy_____________.Icangetanotherjoblikethis________.Mum:Well,Iunderstandthefeelingsyouhave_______yourjob,butIdon’tthinkyoushouldleaveit.Thisjobwillteachyousomethingyoucan’tlearninaclassroom.Simon:Thanks,Mum.I’llthinkitover.part-timematterbodylanguagelatertowardsBodylanguageDebbieandSimonarestudents.Theybothhavepart-timejobsatatravelcompany.Awell-dressedladyenteredtheoffice.ShelookedatDebbieandSimon,andthenwalkedovertoDebbie.Debbiegaveheracheerfulgreeting.Simonsighedandwalkedaway.“What’sthematter?”MrYangasked.“PeoplealwayschooseDebbieinsteadofme.Idon’tunderstand.”“Ido.It’sthewayyoucommunicate.”“Howcanthatbe?”Simonasked.“Idon’tgetachancetospeak.”“Communicatingismorethanjustspeaking.Yourbodylanguageisimportanttoo.”“Bodylanguage?”“It’sthewayyoustandandsit.It’syourgesturesandtheexpressiononyourface.Yourwholeappearancecommunicatesthings.Youdon’tgivepeopleagoodimpression,Simon.Youlookdown,youneversmileandyoudon’tturnyourheadtowardsthem.“LookatDebbie.She’sholdingherheadup.Shealwayssmilesandlooksfriendly.Herbodylanguageismakingpeoplefeelwelcome,sotheygotoherforhelp.”Simondecidedtoimprovehisbodylanguage.Hesatupstraightandtriedsmilingatpeople.Minuteslater,abeautifulgirlentered.ShewalkedovertoSimon.Afewmomentslater,sheleftwithasmile.MrYangcameoveratonceandsaid,“Youmadeagoodimpressiononher,Simon.”“Thatwasmysister,”saidSimon.“Shewantedtoremindmethattomorrowisherbirthday.”lookat看lookup向上看lookuptheskylookupthewordsinthedictionary查字典lookdown向下看1.ShelookedatDebbieandSimon,(L3)Languagepoints2.“What’sthematter?”MrYangasked.(L6)What’sup=What’swrong?E.g.怎么回事呀？为什么你这么不高兴啊？

What’sup?Whyareyousounhappy?Languagepointsinstead放在句末；insteadof放句中3.PeoplealwayschooseDebbieinsteadofme.(L7)1)他病了，让我代替他去参加会议吧。

Hewassick,letmegotomeetinginstead.2)在空闲时间，我通常看书而不是看电视。IusuallyreadbooksinsteadofwatchingTVinmysparetime.3)布莱克先生病了，所以格林小姐代替他上课。MrBlackwasill,soMissGreenwastakinghisclassinstead.4)他被告知要使用铅笔而不用钢笔。Hewastoldtouseapencilinsteadofapen.5)Iwillhavepork.Iwon'thavebeef.

Iwillhavepork_______________.insteadofbeefLanguagepoints6)他走路去那里而不是坐车去。

Hewalkedthere________________abus.insteadoftaking7)我去不了，但是莉莉可以代替我去。

Ican'tgo,butLilycan____________.goinstead4.Youmadeagoodimpressiononher,Simon.”(L26)givesbagoodimpression=makeagoodimpressiononsb给某人留下一个好印象Hispolitewordsmadeagoodimpressionon

myparents.Hispolitewords____myparents

_____

________________.gavea

good

impression5.She’sholdingherheadup.(L17)hold+nup=holdup+n

可放前和后holditup只能放中间同学们，请抬起头看黑板。Boysandgirls,please________________________andlookattheblackboard.holdyourheadsup/holdupyourheads6.Shewantedtoremindmethattomorrowisherbirthday.(L27)remind意为“提醒；使（人）想起”。remindsbthat+从句；(2)remindsbofsth(3)remindsbtodosth；(4)remindsbaboutsth1)这家旅馆使我想起去年我们住过的那一家。

Thishotelremindsmeoftheonewestayedinlastyear.2)请提醒我给妈妈写信。

Pleaseremindmetowritetomymother.3)记得提醒我开会的时间。

Remembertoremindmeaboutthetimeofthemeeting.4)我妈妈经常提醒我应该按时吃饭。

Mymotheroften_________________Ishouldhavemealsintime.5).Thephotoremindsme____theolddays.A.from B.to C.that D.ofD6).Myteacheroftenremindedme____theimportanceofstudy.A.to B.about C.from D.forBreminds

me

that7.Communicatingismorethanjustspeaking.Yourbodylanguageisimportanttoo.(L10)(主语)动名词作主语，谓语用单数ImportantPhrasesgetachancetodosthmorethanturntowardsholdupmakesbdosthgotosbforhelpdecidedtodosthsitupstraight得到机会做某事