1、段落拓展方法对比对比是一种常见的段落拓展方法，侧重于对比事物的不同之处。对比只能在同一类的事物之间进行，通过指出事物的异同，达到劝说、解释或提供相关信息的目的。本单元课文LISTENING TO HOW BODIES TALK就采用了大量的对比来介绍同一身势语在不同文化中的不同含义。如：making eye contact . in some countries is a way to display interest. In other countries, by contrast, eye contact is not always approved of.In many countrie
2、s, shaking ones head means “no”, and nodding means “yes”. By comparison, in Bulgaria and southern Albania, the gestures have the opposite meaning.对比类文章有一些明显的标记性词语，如课文中的vary, by contrast, different, however, differ, by comparison, opposite, differences等。此外，这类文章的标记词语还有：compare to / with, distinct, distinguish . from, on the other hand, unlike, while, yet等。掌握这些词语可以帮助同学们更好地理解对比类文章。
