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Unit 4

speaking Spoken Language

Ways of communicating

writing

typing

Written Language

Body Language

gesturing

What do you think is the purpose of language?

To communicate with each other.

Look at the following pictures. What do these gestures mean?

How are they feeling?

happy

How are they feeling?

sad

How is he feeling?

angry

Look at the pictures below.

What are these people

communicating? Discuss your

ideas with your partner. Do you

both have the same idea about

each picture?

The mother is trying to quiet hercrying child.

Someone is thinking deeply.

Someone is feeling

ill / having a

stomachache.

The policeman is

directing traffic /

telling cars to go.

Body Language is a form of non-verbal communication.

It uses movements or positions of our body to show other people what we are thinking or feeling.

It includes body movements, facial expressions, gestures, posture, speaking distance and other non-verbal signals.

What is body language?

Body Language

eye contact

facial expression

gesture posture

anger fear joy sadness contempt 轻视

surprise disgust厌恶

mysterious smile

pleased smile

successful smile

Think of a situation in which you communicate with a smile.

So we say “A smile is a universallyunderstood body language.”

To express almost

any emotion

to apologizeto greetto ask for helpto start a conversationto make people happyto get through difficulty

Let’s look at

the following

gestures.

Guess

Good!

thumb up

Guess

Bad!

thumb down

GuessCome here!moving his

hand up and down with the palm facing up

Guess

Me?

putting the

fingers on

the chest

Guess

I don’t know

!shrugging his shoulders

Do you know?

Body language is a powerful

communication system in all

cultures, but body language can

signal very different things in

different cultures.

How can you communicate with someone if you cannot speak? Give an example.

Gestures and body movements.

She was the leadingdancer of the program. Her name is Tai Lihua.She is a deaf girl, butshe is a wise, diligent girl.She is deaf and dumb, so body language plays avery important part inher life.

Do you know who she is?

The picture is from

the Evening Party

Celebrating the

coming Lunar New

Year of the Rooster

of 2005. What is the

name of this program?

Thousands of Hands Kwan-yin.

Words review

statement

greet

n. 陈述；说明vi. & vt. 迎接；问候

approach

ease

major

represent

function

v.& n. 接近；方法v.& n. 减轻；舒适adj. 主要的 n. 大多数v. 代表v. 起作用； n. 功能，作用

Words review

Homework

1. Look up the new words and expressions of the reading in the dictionary.2. Preview the Reading: COMMUNICATION: NO PROBLEM?