1、Reading for Writing P43-45 Unit 4 Body Language Pre-reading Is body language used in the classroom? Scan the text quickly: While-reading Readanswer 1 How does the teacher know what students are thinking? By looking at their body language. 2 According to the teacher, what is some students favourite a
2、ctivity? Daydreaming. 3 What does the phrase “who knows what” mean? It is impossible to tell (what they are interested in). 4 Why does the teacher think body language is important? Studentsbody language lets the teacher know when to adjust class activities, when to intervene, and when to talk to stu
3、dents individually, so they can all get the most out of school. 1. If a student has his head lowered to look at his watch, it implies he is interested in the class. _ 2. It is easy for a teacher to recognise when students are interested in a lesson by body language. _ 3. How to react to body languag
4、e is neceaasry for a teacher. _ 4. Students body language lets the teacher know when to adjust class activities. _ 5. The passage mainly tells us that the teacher usually knows their students by body language. _ F T T T T True or False Match the body language with the meanings. 1 Looking up and maki
5、ng eye contact 2 Leaning over to look at ones watch 3 Two friends leaning heads together 4 Leaning forward and looking at the teacher 5 Looking up, but no eye contact, no expression 6 Looking away 7 Chin on hand, looking out the window 8 Looking down, arms or legs crossed 9 Frowning 10 Hair not brus
6、hed, red eyes A very interested B bored C interested D sad or worried E distracted F writing notes G serious problems H like they are asleep I daydreaming J angry, afraid, or experiencing anxiety Group discussion Post-reading Suggested answers 1 It looks like the teacher is pointing at a male studen
7、t, who is looking up with a serious expression on his face. I think the teacher is scolding him for something. Meanwhile, the girl in the back of the photo is hiding her mouth with her hand, and from her eyes it looks like she is smiling. Perhaps she is happy that the other student is being scolded.
8、 Suggested answers 2 The boy is giving a fist pump and smiling. This is normally done when someone has just accomplished something good and wants to celebrate. 3 The boy is telling a joke to the girl in secret, and she is hiding her face because she is laughing. What do you think of the importance o
9、f body language in classroom? Draw someone you know. Show his/her body language in your drawing. Language points P44 Unit 4 Body Language 课文回顾 句意句意： 许多学生生性腼腆，沉默寡言。 Many students are quite shy and dont speak all that much. “not (all) that + 形容词或副词”是一种较为口语 化的表达方式，意为“不那么 ；并不多 么”，all有加强语气的作用。表达时如果再 加上肢体
10、语言，这一结构就会具有更强的描述 性和画面感。 如：The car is not (all) that easy to drive. 这辆车并不那么好开。 The project wasnt (all) that successful. 这个项目并非那么成功。 So, how can I really know what makes each student tick? 句意句意：那么，我是如何搞清楚每个学生为何会这 样的呢？ what makes somebody tick 表示“形成某人性格（影 响某人行为）的思想（情感、见解）；使某人这样做 的原因”，翻译时要酌情考虑措辞。 例1：Ive
11、 never really understood what makes her tick. 我一直没搞清楚她为何会是这样一个人。 例2：People are curious to know what makes firefighters tick. 人们很好奇，想知道那些消防员们工作的动 力所在。 Their eyes barely move, and they always have the same distant expression on their faces. It is as though they are asleep with their eyes open. 句意句意：他们
12、的眼睛几乎不动，脸上表情疏远呆滞， 好像睁着眼睛在睡觉。 在Its as though . 这句话中it指代前一句描述的行为 表现（眼睛几乎不动，表情疏远呆滞）。连词as though相当于as if，意为“就像；好比”。作者认为那 些“眼睛几乎不动，表情疏远呆滞”的学生就是“睁着 眼睛在睡觉”。 例：It seems as though/if everyone else has finished their homework. 好像其他人都已经把作业做完了。（事实就是自己落 后了） 坐在扶手椅上看书。 1 It looks as though its going to rain. _ 2 A
13、ll of a sudden, Jack jumped as though he had been struck by lightning. _ _ 3 It was only three years ago, but it feels as though aeons have passed. _ _ 翻译句子： 看起来好像要下雨了。 突然，杰克跳了起来，好像被闪电击中了一 样。 不过只是三年前，但是感觉好像已经过了几 十亿年。 While it is easy to perceive when students are interested, bored, or distracted, it
14、 is sometimes much harder to distinguish when students are troubled. 句意：尽管学生们何时（对讲课）感兴趣、何时 感到无聊或精力不集中是容易察觉的，但 要发现学生何时有困扰有时会难得多。 句中连词while表示让步关系，意为“虽然；尽管”，相 当于though、although。 例：While l like Ronald personally, I do not approve of what he has done this time. 1 I sat on the chair to unwrap the package
15、while he stood behind me. _ 2 Most digital camera owners are male, while women prefer film. _ _ 3 While the news, so far, has been good, there may be days ahead when it is bad. _ _ 我坐在椅子上打开包裹，当时他就站在我身后。 大部分数码相机的主人都是男性，而女性偏爱用 胶卷。 虽然到目前为止都是好消息，但是可能过几天就 有坏消息了。 while还可表其他意义，试着翻译下面句子：还可表其他意义，试着翻译下面句子： Ho
16、wever, if a student does not bother to brush her hair and her eyes are red from weeping, then I can infer that there are deeper issues at work. 句意： 但是，要是学生都懒得梳头，并且两眼因哭 泣而发红，那么我能够推断她遇到了更严重的问题 。 bother在句中意为“费心；因操心”等。这种用法 常见于否定句和疑问句，形成 (not) bother to do或 doing结构。 例：Gwen jutted her chin forward, nose i
17、n the air, and did not bother to answer the teacher. 完成句子：完成句子： 1 It _ me that boys werent interested in me. 让我烦恼的是，男孩们对我不感兴趣。 2 We are playing a trick on a man who keeps _ me. 我们正在捉弄那个总是打搅我们的人。 3 They dont _ something that wont give them results. 他们不会去做那些没有结果的事。 4 Lots of people dont _ a marriage c
18、eremony these days. 很多人如今不费心举办婚礼了。 bothered bothering bother doing bother to go through However, if a student does not bother to brush her hair and her eyes are red from weeping, then I can infer that there are deeper issues at work. at work 基本意思是“在上班；在工作”，但是在这个句 子中，表示“起着某一特定影响或作用”。 例1：You cant find
19、 my parents at home now. Theyre at work. 例2：With your antivirus software at work, your computer is well protected. 描述肢体语言，说明肢体语言的意义的文章属于说 明文。用灵活的语言对图片里的肢体语言进行生动 的描写。 注意： 内容积极向上， 语意通顺， 结构连贯完整， 词数80左右。 明确体裁话题 确定时态人称 布局文章架构 列出核心要点 Write an introduction of Body language. 首段：简要描述这种肢体语言。 中段：用1-2个相关事例进行 具体
20、描述。 尾段：适当总结。 描述某些肢体语言。 文体：说明文 一般现在时、 第三人称 1.从动作、神态方面描述肢体 语言的具体特征。 2.描写这种肢体语言出现的场 合和含义等。 This is my friend, Allen. He is bending over a piece of paper with a pencil in his hand, drawing. His other hand holds an eraser near the paper, because he wants to be able to use it as soon as he needs it withou
21、t wasting time. Allen is a very serious artist, which you can tell from the intense look on his face. When he is drawing, he tends to block out everything else in the world. Often,when other people call out his name, he does not even hear them because he is lost in his art. Write a passage to descri
22、be the body language of the person in your drawing, and explain what his/her body language tells us. Is the person properly identified? Is the description clear? Does the writer give his/her impressions of the feelings and personality of the person in the drawing, and also explain why he/she has these impressions? Does the writer use correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling? Use the checklist to help you review your partners draft. Take your draft back and revise it. Share your drawing and description with the rest of the class. Thank you!
