Unit 4 Body language教案

s2: and we have to think about the following questions: it is known that a smile is a sign that people feel friendly and happy. but we have to consider: 1. what if we don’t know who the new person is?  2. what if we are not introduced by a friend?  3. what if we are meeting a stranger in an unfamiliar place?
s3: and the most important of all is that we have to make
sure whether we can trust people we do not know, and we have to show that we are not dangerous.
s4: quite true. we have different ways to show our hands —our open hands, which means that we are not armed and we are friendly.
s5: in many cultures today, the western custom of the handshake is used. besides this, traditionally, chinese greet others by covering the left hand with the right hand and bowing; the japanese cover on hand with the other and bow slightly or quite low, depending on whom they greeted; hindu people join their hands in front of their faces and bow their heads; muslims will touch their heart, mouth and forehead to show respect.
s6: now young people in the west give each other the “high five” when they clap each other’s hands in the air.
s7: you have taken the words out of my mouth. and i believe that in almost all cultures, to smile and show an open right hand is the most common way to show the goodwill greeting.
t: i am more than happy to hear you can get so much information from the passage when you do the reading! now let’s act out some of the gestures in the reading material, ok?
some students are asked to act out the body language which appears in the reading text is: the open hand - a universal sign, such as a handshake, the traditional greetings in china, the japanese way to greet people, the ways hindu people and muslims use to greet people, and the way young people in the west use now.
several minutes later.
t: before we come to the end of this period, let’s take up the last item, doing the arrangement of the information under the passage on page 67.
s8: it can be dangerous to meet people you do not know.
s9: many asian people do not usually physically touch strangers.
s10: if we show an open hand, it means that we are not holding anything dangerous.
s11: the right hand is usually used because it is almost the stronger.
s12: people shake their hands when meeting to show that they can be trusted.
s13: to show respect, people will touch their heart and mouth when greeting someone.

homework
1. read aloud all the reading texts in this unit.
2. get ready to retell the two reading passages learnt in this period.