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教学设计Unit2TaskSkills building1:anticipating aresponseThe aimof this part isto trainyou toanticipate responseswhen you are listening.As isoften thecase,Sometimes peoplespredication dependson theirpurpose inlistening andpeople mayexpect arelatedanswer to the questionwhich hasbeen asked.However,you shouldremember thateven if you havetheknowledge ofcultures andcustoms ofdifferen tcountries and you knowthe answer,you shouldcontinuelistening forconfirmation.Tape scriptInterviewer:Good morning,Ms Wang.Can youtalk tous about your newbookMs.Wang:Yes,I decidedto write a bookabout customsaround theworld.One reasonis thatthe firsttimeI tooka foreignerhome tomeet mymother,the foreigner did nott ryall thedishes sheoffered him.My motherwas veryupset andthought thatthe foreignerdid not likeher food.The foreignerthought heshouldnot eateverything ashe didno twant tolook greedy.I realizedthere aresome differencesbetweencultures thatpeople mightfind interesting.Interviewer:So whatis includedin the bookMs Wang:Many differentbehaviors,gestures andrules.For example,in Arabcountrie sit isnot politetoeat withyour lefthand.Interviewer:Have youheard anyfunny stories aboutpeople gettingthe customswrongMs Wang:There arealways storiesabout foreignersgoing toJapan andusing soapin public baths.Thatis areally badthing to do becausethe Japanesewash withsoap firstand onlygets in the bathwhen theyarealready clean.I alsowrite aboutJapanese peoplego ingto Italyand slurping their spaghetti.Westernpeople thinkthat it is terribleto make a noisewhen you are eating,but in Japan theJapanese believethatslurping showsyou enjoy yournoodles.Another exampleis wearingshoes in the house.People inChina,Jap anand Koreaalways taketheir shoes off when they goinside someoneshouse,while in Englandyouwould nottake yourshoesoffunless youwere in your ownhome.Interviewer:Do you have adviceforbusiness people inyourbookMs.Wang:Oh yes,one pieceof adviceis thatno matterwhat countryyou arein,if youare latefor ameeting,you shouldsay sorry.It doesntmatter howimportant youar e!Another thingis that in Englandyoucan alwaysstart aconversation bytalking about the weather.Interviewer:I understandthat complainingis differentin theWest.Is thatrightMs.Wang:Actually,yes.As strangeas itmay seem,Westerners alwayssay sorrybef orethey complain.People wouldfind youquite rudeifyoudidnot.Interviewer:Thank you,Ms Wang.That wasvery interesting and goodluck with thebook.Ms Wang:Thank you.1Lets discussin smallgroups.Please thinkaboutyourpast experienceand find out ifyou noticeanybehavioral differencesbetween Chinesepeople andWesterners.Then pleasere portthe results.2Read the guidelines on page32to learnhow topredict theanswers tothe questionswhil elistening.3Read statements1to9on page32first todecide ifthe statementsare trueor false.The nlisten totheinterview toconfirm yourpredicted answers.Answers1T2F3F4F5T6F7F8T9T Step1:filling in a chartHerewe willfindoutwhat severalcommon gesturesmean in the USA.
1.Please readthe chartand matchthe commongestures withthe picturesabove.
2.Lefs listentothetape toget moreinformation inorder tofinish thechart onthe page
33.Tape scriptProfessor:Ill bespeaking aboutsome gesturestoday.Much oftodays lecturewill besu rprisingto you,so youmay want to takenotes.Some of the mostcommon Americangestures havevery differentmeanings inother areasof theworld.Take thehandshake forexample.In America,a strong,firm handshake showsa confidentperson,someone youcan trust,a goodleader,but peoplemig htbe surprisedin Asia and theMiddle Eastwherethey prefera muchlooser handshake.Other Americangestures areconsidered very rude inothercountries,such asdirect eye contact.To anAmerican,eyecontactshows thatsomeone istelling thetruthor isintere stedin whathe orshe hears.But ifyou livedin parts of Asiaor Africa,people mightbeoffended.There aremany chancesfor you to beconfused bygestures andbody languagewhen youtravel.Nodding your head up and downfbryesand shakingyourheadfrom sideto sidefor no5mean theoppositein partsof easternEurope.The sameapplies towaving your handleft toright forhello andgoodbye.This canmean noin AsiaandpartsofEur ope!If yougo toArgentina,you mightbe offendedandthink someoneis callingyou crazywhen yousee thempoint attheir heador earand movetheir firstfinger inacircl e.Although thismeans someoneor somethingis crazyin America,in Argentina,it justmeans thatyou havea phonecall!If youwant toget someoneto comeover towhere youare,you mighthold yourh and,with thepalmup andfingers facingin,and curlyour first fingerinand out.But dontdo thatinAsia,because itisntvery polite.The lastgestures Twantto talk aboutare what we callthumbs up9and theOKsign.If youcloseyour handand holdup yourthumb,this gestureis used in manycountrie s,but it means thenumber oneinGermany andJapan insteadof good joblike itdoes in America.If youmakeacircle withyour thumbandfirstfinger,and pointthe othert hreefingers up,youaresaying yesorthat somethingis okayif youareinAmerica.B utin Franceit meanszero,inJapanitmeansmoney,and ifyouarein Brazilor Germany,itis veryrude!So yousee,gestures area bigpart ofbody languageand canchange fromcountry tocountry.Thismeans itisveryimportant toask peoplewhat theymean ifyou arents ure.Body languageand spokenlanguageare notmeant tobe understoodby themselves.When weput themtogether,that iswhen we canmake ourmeanings mostclear.Answers1good2telling thetruth3Yes4No5Hello orgoodbye6crazy7where youare/your place8goodjob9OK
3.Lets dolistening on page104in Workbookto improveyour listeningskills.AnswersListeningPart Aand Bpage1041radio TV2news programmesteaching programmesfilms3newspapers books4a learnersdictionary5Oxford AdvancedLearner sDictionary6coloured cleareveryday similarSkills building2:formulating writtenquestionsThe activitiesin thesection aimto helpyou writequestions clearlyand accurately.
1.Read guidelineson page34to makesure youknow whattodo.Think aboutwhy these questionsshouldbe askedlike that.
2.Complete therest twoquestions inSkillsbuilding2on page
34.Answers3Last night,we watcheda televisionshow onCCTV
8.Did yousee itIf so,di dyou likeit4I finisheda booklast night.How aboutyou Whathappened in the lastbook yourea dStep2:surveying yourclassmatesIn thispart wewill usewhatwehave practicedin Step1totalkabout differentgesture Please read theguidelines and thesituations belowand tryto fillin blanksonpage
35.Sample answers5You andyour friendsare takingphotos ina park.You areposing andyour friendis holdingacamera.After aflash,your friendsholds hishand withfingers pointingup andpal mfacing out.Index fingerandthumb makean O.a Heis sayingOK.b Heis askingyoutopose again.Other:_________________________________________6Your daughterandyouare goingshopping.You wantto buya newskirt foryour daughter.You pickupa blueone andshow itto her.She shakesher headfrom sideto side.Then youpick upa redone.Shenods herhead upand down.Your daughtera likesthe blueskirt.b issatisfied withthe redskirt youchose.Other:_________________________________________7All ofyour familyis enjoyinga bigdinner onMid-Autumn Day.After themeal,you leanback andpatyour stomachwiththepalm ofyour hand.You mean:a Oh,I amfull.Its quitedelicious.b Ihave gota stomach-ache.Other:_________________________________________Sample answers1a2b3a4a5a6b7aSkills building3:organizing areportIn thispart you will learnhow toorganize informationfor areport properlyand how to sortit into fourmain sections.
1.Please goover thefour pointsat tlietop ofpage36and checkoutthetips abouthowtoorganize areportintofourmain sections.
2.Please readthe sentencesintheexercise onthis pageand sortthese sentencesinto thefour mainsections.
3.Lets goover theguidelines,and checkour answers,and thennumber theminthe1ogical order.Answers842635197Step3:writing areport onbody languageInthispartyouwillwriteareport onbody languagebased onthe informationwe havecollectedin steps1and
2.
1.Pleasereadtheguidelinesonpage37,so youwill havewhat shouldbe writtenin mind.
2.Please reviewthe resultsyouhavecollected andrecord theanswers byusing theform in Part
1.
3.Lefs goover eachstep suggestedinPart2and writethe report.Sample answersInthis reportthe writertalks aboutbody languageusedinboth Chinaand theUnited States.It looksathow the same gestureis usedinthe two differentcountries andhow the gesture expressesdifferentmeanings inthetwo countries.It alsostates thesimilarities anddifferences ofbody languagein thesetwocountries.The informationwas collectedfrom my classmates througha survey.In orderto conductthesurvey,I createdsome situationsandanswers forsome commongestures formyclassmatesto respondto.After collectingtheir answers,I recordedtheiranswersand analyzedthe statistics.From theoutcome ofmy survey,we cansee thatfor mostof the gestures,peopleinboth countriessharethesamemeaning,as withthegesturesofthe head noddingupanddown,theheadshaking fromsideto sideand thumbsup.There arealso somediffe rencesinthe meaning ofsome gestures.Forexample,there aredifferences inthemeaning ofthegestureof waving,whenthepalm facesout andthe;;hand movesleft andrigh t.In theUSA itmeans Hellobut inChina itmeans Noa negativeanswer.Nowada ys,some youngChinese alsouse thisgesture togreet others.So withthe increasein cuItural,educational andeconomic exchangebetween thetwocountries,the differencesin bodylanguagebetween thetwo nationswill becomesmaller andsmaller.These resultssuggest thatpeople fromdifferent culturesmore orless canunderstand eachother byusingthese gestures.It seemsthatinthe futurewecanmake fulluse ofb odylanguage tohelp usconveyour ideasor feelingswhen wetalk withforeign friends.。