高一英语电子教案



Unit 21 Body Language

Reading comprehension
Teaching objectives:
1.To get the students familiar with the details of the passage;
2.To improve the students’ ability of reading comprehension;
3.To improve the students’ ability of doing oral presentation;
4.To develop the students’ awareness of cross-cultural communication.
Teaching aid: projector, slides, tape-recorder,computer
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in
Watch video “Mr. Bean ”
Play Games:
Rules: Many verbs will appear on the screen one by one. Two pairs of your classmates will be asked to come to the front. One member of the pair is supposed to explain the word only by using body language, while the other one tries to guess what the word is. If he or she gets six words right within 1 minute, the pair wins the game. Otherwise, they lose it.
Words: come here ,yes , no , I don’t know,----
Step 2 Scanning
Get the students to scan the text and answer the questions.
1 .What is the theme of the passage ?
2 .What examples are given to show that body language varies from culture to culture ?
3 . What gestures are universal?
Suggested answers:
1 .Body talk ./Body language.
2.3 . .
Step 3 Skimming
Read the text and skim the passage to find the main idea of each paragraph.
Suggested answers:
Para.1: What body language is and its function.
Para.2: Body language varies from culture to culture.
Para.3: More examples to show that body language varies from culture to culture.
Para.4: Some gestures are universal in all cultures.
Para.5: The typical example of universal body language is the smile.


Step 4 Language points:
1.vary
vi.“改变、变化、变动”，常指伴随某种因素而产生的变化。后面加介词with和from等。e.g. Her mood varies from day to day. 她的心情天天在变化。
Prices vary with the season. 物价随季节而变化。
vt. 常指使某事物产生变化，改变某事物。
e.g. A good driver varies the speed of his car according to the condition of the roads.
优秀的司机会依照路况变换车子的速度。



2.手指的说法：
thumb（大拇指）；index finger / forefinger（食指）；middle finger（中指），ring finger（无名指）；little finger（小拇指）。
*五指不同名，拇指最不灵：You are all thumbs.你笨手笨脚。


3.while 虽然；尽管
e.g. While I admit his good points, I can see still his shortcomings.
尽管我承认他的优点，我还是看到它的缺点的。

4. get through (sth.) （设法）做或完成某事
e.g. I’ve got through a lot of work today. 今天我处理了很多工作。
Let’s start; there’s a lot of work to get through. 开始吧，有大批工作要做呢。

5. tear down 拆除、弄倒
e.g. They are tearing down these old houses to build a new office building.
他们正在拆除这些旧房子以便建一座新办公楼。

6. at 表示“向；朝；以……为目标（或对象）”
e.g. He threw a stone at the dog. 他向狗扔了块石头。
She opened the door and stood there, frowning at me.
她打开门，站在那儿，冲着我皱眉头。

A.Grammar:
The –ing Form (2) ------used as Subject, Object and Predicative


Step 5 Further discussion
1.What are some situations where we need to be very careful about our body language and gestures?
e.g. a job interview, a visit to a foreign country, a meeting, a speech, an oral English test, etc.
2.How is body language different from spoken language? What do they have in common?
Differences: a. Body language is in some ways more limited than spoken language. b. Some things would be very difficult to express using body language. c. It is perhaps easier to misunderstand body language. d. Body language tends to support and add to spoken language.
Similarities: a. Both body language and spoken language use symbols to represent meaning. b. Both depend on our ability to interpret what we see or hear.
3.Sometimes we say one thing but our body language says something different. Why does this happen? Can you think of any examples?
e.g. if a person covers his / her mou
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