新人教必修4 Unit4 Body language-Warming_up__Reading.ppt

Look at the title and picture on page 26 and predict what the passage is about. Which is the main idea of the text? A. There are different customs in different countries. B. Foreigners should follow the customs of the country where they are visiting. C. People use body movements to send messages and different body movements have different meanings. D. The importance of knowing customs. Careful reading para1 Judge the following sentences T or F 1. Yesterday, another student and I, representing our universitys student association, went to the Capital International Airport to meet this years international students. 2. After an hour of waiting for their flight to arrive, I saw several young people enter the waiting area looking around curiously. 3. I stood for a minute watching them and then went to greet them. Para3 Is the author of this passage male or female? How do you know? Para4 ? ______________more international friends, I learn more about this cultural body language. ________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 communicate with_______________, they also express their feelings __________unspoken language __________physical distance, actions or posture. English people, for example, do not usually stand very close to others or touch strangers as soon as they meet. However, people from places like Spain, Italy or South American countries ___________others closely and are more _____to touch them. Most people around the world now greet each other by_____________, but some cultures use other greetings________, such as the Japanese, who prefer to bow. Para5 These actions are not good or bad, but are simply ways in which cultures have developed. I have seen, however, that cultural customs for body language are very general - not all members of a culture behave in the same way. In general, though, studying