高中英語必修4Unit4教案
ss: yes, sir/madam.
1. what is the purpose of language?
2. how can you tell if someone is sad even if they do not speak?
3. what would you do if you need the other’s help urgently while you two speak different languages?
4. give an example of how you can communicate a feeling to someone who does not speak your language.
after a few minutes.
t: now who’d like to answer the first question? volunteer! s1: let me try. the purpose of language, of course, is to be used as a tool of communication. that is, to exchange with others ideas, feelings, information, and so on.
t: perfect! body language is used anytime and anywhere to convey people’s ideas, feelings, information, and so on and so forth. next question?
s2: even if they don’t speak, i can tell if they are sad by
looking at their facial expressions. i’m a good mind-reader. (smiling)
s3: yes, that is quite easy. just by watching their frowned brows, their long faces, we know that they are unhappy.
t: very good. we have got two “mind readers” in our class; i’m sure there are more than two! now who’d like to give the answer to the third question?
s4: let me try, sir / madam. i’ll try to use body language to tell the other what i need urgently. i’ll do it by miming, by any proper posture, or gestures, even by drawing pictures.
t: you are smart! now who’d like to do the last one. it is more challenging, right?
s5: i’d like to have a try, sir. last summer i went on a study tour in the states. when i was on the way to
los angeles on the flight of the united airlines, we stopped at tokyo / narita airport in japan for 3 hours. so i went into the shop at the airport, for i wanted to buy a digital camera. of course i knew no japanese, so i spoke to her in chinese first and then in english. it seemed that she was at a loss when i spoke to her. then i decided to try it in body language. i just pointed to the camera that i like most-sony cyber-shot dsc-p100. the salesgirl spoke to me in japanese this time but i couldn’t understand a word of it. so i shook my head and kept pointing at the camera. finally i reached her understanding and she took out the camera i wanted to buy. i examined it for a little while and asked her the price of it by drawing a big “?” in the air with my forefinger. she took out her calculator and put in the price. the price was reasonable and i decided to take it. i paid for it and the salesgirl bowed to me again and again.
t: wonderful! thank you for telling us so interesting a true story and giving us so good an example of body language.