Unit21 body language
you are interested in what someone is saying.
staring a lot, putting a hand to your chin as in thought, leaning forward, opening eyes wide, shaping your mouth with a big o, responding with the same expressions as the person who you’re listening to
you are not interested.
same as not enjoying something.
you disagree with what someone is saying.
looking away, putting one’s head down into one’s arms, talking to oneself, whistling, frowning, folding one’s arms
you would like to talk to someone.
raising one’s hand to be called on, trying to speak up, waving one’s arms over one’s head to get attention, jumping up and down, shaping one’s mouth in a big o.
2. (1)ask the ss what expressions can be used to ask for help, offer help, accept help and refuse help.
asking for help: could you help me with…?
could you please…?
could you give me a hand with this?
i’d like you to…
offering help: can /shall i help you with that?
do you need some help with that?
would you like some help?
would you like me to…?
is there anything else i can do for you?
accepting help: thanks./thank you for your help.
yes, please. that’s very kind/nice of you.
refusing help: no thank you. thanks for all your help.
no, thanks. i can manage it myself.
that’s very nice of you. it’s all right, thank you.
(2)work with your partner and make up dialogues according to the following situations.
1) an old man is carrying a very heavy suitcase.
2) you are late for a flight and want to go ahead of the queue.
3) being old and sick, you are on a crowded bus and you want to sit down.
step iv. language points.
1. avoid vt. 避免 avoid+ n./doing sth.
i tried to avoid meeting him because he always bored me.
我試著避免碰見他，因為他讓我厭煩。
you’d better fasten the belt to avoid being hurt in case of an accident.
你最好系上安全帶，避免在事故中受傷。
avoid vt. 避免，躲避； 預防，防止
avoid sth / avoid doing sth
you can avoid danger by being careful.
i took the other direction so as to avoid meeting her.
he told a lie in order to avoid being punished.
i just avoided running over the cat. 我差點兒軋著貓。
try to avoid accidents. 盡量防止發生事故。
2. ahead of 提前，超出， 在。。。。。。前面
our company is ahead of other makers of spare parts for the airplane.我們公司飛機零部件制造業績超出其他公司。