1、大学英语基础口语教程大学英语基础口语教程Lets Talking 3Expressing YourselfUNIT 2 Unit objectivesIn this unit, youll learn how to:Express your emotions, understand people talking about their feelings, Reassure and advise people,Talk about the meanings of facial expressions and common gestures;Understand people talking ab
2、out vocabulary differences in English; compare different accents in English. Expressing YourselfStarting outSpeaking out Acting out UNIT 2 Starting outActivity 1: use words or expressions to describe the feelings of each person in the photosHappy /pleased /glad /jolly/cheerful delighted/Excited/thri
3、lled/exhilarated/Laughing heartily/exultant Sad/unhappy/blue/dejected/depressed/heartbroken/ heart-struck/ discouraged/forlorn/sorrowful/ downcast/ gloomy/ glum/ miserable Starting outActivity 1: use words or expressions to describe the photosUnhappy/ annoyed/ upset/ mad /disgruntled/ angry/ pissed
4、off/irritated/furious/enragedInfuriated/ exasperated/ as cross as two sticks/cross Surprised/ amazed/ astonished/ shocked/ stunned/startledStarting outActivity 1: use words or expressions to describe the photosScared/ frightened/ terrified/horrified awkward/ embarrassed/Starting outActivity 1: A: lo
5、ok at the pictures on page 6, describe how each person feels and why do they feel the way ? B : Have you been in similar situations? How did you feel? Please make the conversations with your partners describing your experiences. C: listen to the recording and tell how each person feels and what happ
6、ens to them. 1. How did Ross feel? What did he say to express this kind of feeling? What do you think happened to him? I just feel like someone reached down my throat, grabbed my small intestine, pulled it out of my mouth and tied it around my neck. (small intestine: 小肠小肠) 2. How did Rosss friends c
7、omfort him? What would you say if your friend runs into such kind of trouble? Monica: Are you okay, sweetie? Joey: Alright Ross, look. Youre feeling a lot of pain right now. Youre angry. Youre hurting. Can I tell you what the answer is?Speaking out 3. How did Ross feel? Why did he feel this way? How
8、 did Rosss friends comfort him ? Monica: Okay, look, I-I have enough stuff for one more sandwich, I mean I was going to eat it myself, but 4. what would you do if you friend has some trouble in controlling his temper when he is confronted with such issue?Speaking out 5. How did Rachel feel? Why did
9、she feel this way? How did her friends comfort her ? Joey: I bet that kiss isnt looking like such a big mistake now, is it? Monica: He probably wants you back because youre right for the job. Joey: Oh Rachel look, dont say that, I think you just need a hug from Joey. Come on. Come on. 6. what would
10、you do or say if you friend runs into such trouble?Speaking out 7. How did Rachel feel? Why did she feel this way? How did her friends comfort her ? Monica: Rachel, you can go down there, you dont have to smoke. Just say you wanna get some fresh air. 8. what would you do or say if you friend is conf
11、ronted with such issue.Speaking outExpressions 1. pull yourself together. 振作起来振作起来. 2. keep your chin up. 别灰心别灰心. 3. dont let it get you down. it will be over with soon. 别为此烦恼别为此烦恼. 事情很快就会过去的事情很快就会过去的. 4. dont be so miserable! 别这样愁眉苦脸的别这样愁眉苦脸的. 5. cheer up! things will work out for the best. 高兴高兴点儿点
12、儿.事情会有好结果的事情会有好结果的. 6. take heart- well find a way out. 振作起来振作起来,我们我们会有办法的会有办法的.Expressions 7. keep trying! dont give up the ship. 继续努力继续努力! 别别轻易放弃轻易放弃! 8. loosen up! its not worth getting upset about. 放放松点松点 9. hang in there. things will get better. 坚持住坚持住,情况情况会好起来会好起来. 10. keep smiling! things wil
13、l calm down. 乐观一点乐观一点,事情会平息下来的事情会平息下来的. 11. its not as bad as all that. 事情没有那么糟事情没有那么糟. 12. things are never as bad as they seem. 事情往往事情往往不像看上去的那么糟不像看上去的那么糟.Expressions 13. win a few, lose a few. thats life. 有得也有失有得也有失,生生活就是如活就是如此 14. lets look on the bright side. 我们来看看它好的我们来看看它好的一面一面. 15. every clo
14、ud has a silver lining. 再黑暗的地方也再黑暗的地方也有一线光明有一线光明. 16. when god closes a door, he opens a window. 山山不转水转不转水转. 17. tomorrow is another day. 有明天就有希望有明天就有希望. 18. stop carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. 别太操心了，没有你地球照样转。别太操心了，没有你地球照样转。Act out Read a book Ride a horse Go to bed Take a showe
15、r Play computer games Water flowers Play the piano Ride a bicycle Eat noodles brush teeth Take a bus See a movie Play football Make a phone call Have a job interview Clean the house Cross arms make a speech Go swimming See a ghost Climb mountains Go shoppingAct out Make a propose Catch a cold Dance
16、happily Be scared of dogs Be shocked by the bad news Have a cup of coffee Take a nap Cry tears Make a toast Bend over Sing songs Take a taxi Shake hands Kiss on cheeks Read out loud Shout at Kick a ball Shrug shoulders Cross fingers Act out Drink a cup of coffee Put on a coat Listen to music Lie in
17、bed Walk slowly Drive a car Build a snowman hold a birthday party Wink to me Fall asleep Put up your hands Run fast Go skiing Pray to god Have a class Do homeworkSeven types facial expressions happinessSeven types facial expressions sadnessSeven types facial expressions angerSeven types facial expre
18、ssions fearSeven types facial expressions disgustSeven types facial expressions contemptSeven types facial expressions surpriseGet to know some micro-expressions Watch a video clip: Paul Ekman is an American psychologist at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. He is a pione
19、er in the study of emotions and their relation to facial expressions, and has gained a reputation as the best human lie detector in the world. Dr. Ekman has served as an advisor to police departments and anti-terrorism groups (including the Transportation Security Administration) .He is also the aut
20、hor of 15 books, including Telling Lies and Emotions Revealed. 1、When some people use negative emotion words every time, what do they indicate? Anger Guilty Lying Surprise 2、 Which special facial expression will appear on the face when someone shows his disgust? eyes widened nose wrinkling posed up
21、cheeks raised upper eyelid 3. Eyes down and away, its a sign of _. Disgust Fear Shame SadnessThey are LyingQuestion: Have you ever been to her house before?Answer: No, I have never been to her house before.Rigid repetition like that is typical of a lie.Is her smile real? In a fake smile, theres no c
22、rows feet wrinkles around the eyesWrinklingWhats the meaning of this gesture?caressing ones own hand, a selfcomforting gesture, trying to reassure oneself when he/she doesnt really believe what he/she is saying.Mans LieIt itches when theyre hiding something.Men have erectile tissue in their nosesTou
23、ching your nose represents that you want to hide something !compressing ones lips- a dubious remark: be unconfident about his words or hiding some factsThe expressions abovehiding some factsTouching the neck when answering questionsIf there is nothing wrong with the neck, it is an action of lying. c
24、lassic compulsive behaviorControllable actions: scratching one s ears and cheeks ; touching ones nose, neck and head etc . If Controllable actions increase in talking -lyingTouching the nose when he talked about his divorce.Flinching subconsciously when talking stands for body impedence, which means
25、 what he says is doubtful.Some theories Body language tells the truth When the body contradicts the words, it means he is lying. Eye contact Quite often, people make more eye contact to see if you believe their lies. Real expression Real expression lasts for less than a second when it comes across p
26、eoples faces, but if your suspects expression lasts for more than a second, hes faking it. He is lying.Do you know some other ways to tell if people are lying?uCan not repeat the whole thing upside down uChange of appellation or tense uRecalling the details of thingsuWord repetition, vocal pitch goe
27、s up suddenly.uThe direction of eyes is different with the finger point.Lie spotting 1. How does the expert think of lies? All lies are harmful? (lying is a cooperative act, is complex, its woven into the fabric of our daily and our business lives.) 2. There are some ways to tell people if they are
28、lying or not by their words, what are they? 3. How does peoples body language help us spot lies ? List the tips mentioned in the talk. (a. upper body frozen; b. more eye contact; c. fake smile; d. withdrawn, look down, lower voice; e. more details involved; f. facial expression, contempt; g. shift b
29、link rate; h. point their feet towards an exit; i. barrier objects; j. alter voice tone) 4. According to the expert, why should we train ourselves to be a lie spotter? Do you know whos lying? What did you do last weekend? Whats the craziest thing that youve ever done? Whats the most beautiful place
30、where youve ever been?Use your body language to express the ideas Leave me alone I dont know Be quiet! Good luck I cant hear youActivity 2 (P9) Accent: a way of speaking that someone has because of where he/she was born or lives Cupboard: a piece of furniture for storing clothes, plates, etc, usuall
31、y attached to the wall and with shelves and a door. Dialect: a form of a language that is spoken in a way that is different from the way it is spoken in other areas.Activity 2 (P9) Listen to the recording, write down what these additional words mean in American English: Australia: bikkie, mozzie, Au
32、ssie England: mobile, trainers Ireland: press, guards Key: Australia: biscuit (cookie), mosquito, Australian England: cell phones, sneakers Ireland: cupboard, the policesmall flying insects which bite people and animals in order to suck their blood. Differences between American and British English W
33、hile there are certainly many varieties of English, American and British English are the two major varieties that are taught across the world. Grammar Spelling Vocabulary PronunciationUse of the Present Perfect (1.1) In British English the present perfect is used to express an action that has occurr
34、ed in the recent past and has an effect on the present moment. For example: Ive lost my key. Can you help me look for it? In American English the following is also possible: I lost my key. Can you help me look for it?Use of the Present Perfect(1.2) British English: Ive just had lunch. Ive already se
35、en that film. Have you finished your homework yet? American English: I just had lunch OR Ive just had lunch. Ive already seen that film OR I already saw that film. Have you finished your homework yet? OR Did you finish your homework yet? Possession(2) Both forms are correct (and accepted in both Bri
36、tish and American English) have got (have you got, he hasnt got, etc.) is generally the preferred form in British English while most speakers of American English employ the “ have” (do you have, he doesnt have etc.)Prepositions (3) There are also a few differences in preposition use including the fo
37、llowing: American EnglishBritish EnglishOn the weekendAt the weekendOn a teamIn a teamPlease write me soonPlease write to me soon words ending with：-me，-ue American British 公斤kilogram kilogramme 目录 catalog catalogue 方案 program programme 对话 dialog dialogue Spelling: Here are some general differences
38、between British and American spellings: -our/-orAmerican British 举止behavior behaviour 颜色 color colour最爱favorite favourite 风味 flavor flavour -re/er American British 中心 center centre 纤维 fiber fibre 公尺 meter metre 剧场 theater theatre -ence/ -ense American British 防御 defense defence 执照 license licence 犯法
39、行为 offense offence 托词 pretense pretence -ise/ -ize American British 组织 organize organise 实现 actualize actualise 意识到 realize realise Vocabulary : Video Watching 1. Enjoy it 2. Can you find how many different terms mentioned between American English and British English in the video ?Differences betwee
40、n American/ British EnglishPronunciation r: rain, drain, spring, berry (no difference) turn, birth, learn, work, germ, farm, other, clever, director, t: table, attain, wha(t), cu(t) /d/ Saturday, waiter, matter, what about, party, sort of, part of Ce(n)tre, i(n)terview, i(n)ternet.Different Vowel So
41、und Hot, honest, mom, top, Can, ham, thanks Girl, world, first, hurt, person, worstDifferent PronunciationsBritish American Zzedziadultdlt dltbrochurebr brgarage gr(d) raddress dres drslaboratory lbr,t()r lbrtriadvertisement dvtzm()nt ,dvtazmntcontroversy kntrvs kntrvsiDifferent PronunciationsBritis
42、h Ameican patentpet()ntpt()ntapricot eprkt prktvasevz vezhurricane hrk()n hrknenquiry nkwar nkwri leisure le lieither a ineither na niLook at the following picture, can you tell out what the gesture in it means?Warming-up activitiesThumb a liftto ask for a liftBody languagecountriesmeaningsU.S.Agood
43、U. k.go hitchhikingThe No. 1JapanNigeriarudenessGermanyThe No. 1Warming-up activitiesDifferent meanings of the same gestures (1)“Thumb up”“Thumb up”countriesmeaningsMost countriesokJapanmoneyFrancezeroBrazilrudenessGermanyrudenessDifferent meanings of the same gestures (2)Warming-up activities“A-OK”
44、“A-OK”Different meanings of the same gestures (3)China 9Burma5MexicapriceJapanapologyKoreamistakesIndonesia meanSingapore / Thailand death Srilankaa halfWhat gestures do you use to express the following ideas? Get willies (get nervous ) Lets have a drink You are crazy I promise not to tell anyone Im
45、 fed up with this Salute Crossing oneself Hello Childrens way to say Im sorryDifferent places different gesturesBody Language What will you do if you are in a place where the local people cant understand your language? Watch a video clip and try to interpret what they try to say through their body language.TED Whats the speakers main idea in the talk? How do you think of that? Or what do you get from the speech?
