1、 Unit Nine Military Training对外经济贸易大学出版社展望（展望（Prospect）全国高等院校英语专业系列精品教材）全国高等院校英语专业系列精品教材英语口语教程英语口语教程 第一册第一册In this unit,students will:1.Talk about their experiences of taking part in military training.2.Learn nonverbal social communication skills:Be a Good Gesture User.3.Learn verbal social communica
2、tion skills:Expressions of Describing Things.The Long VoyageNot that the pines were darker there,Nor mid-May dogwood brighter there,Nor swifts more swift in summer air;It was my own country,Having its thunderclap of spring,Its long midsummer ripening,Its corn hoar-stiff at harvesting,Almost like any
3、 country,1.Read AloudYet being mine;its face,its speech,Its hills bent low within my reach,Its river birch and upland beechWere mine,of my own country.Now the dark waters at the bowFold back,like earth against the plow;Foam brightens like the dogwood nowAt home,in my own country.By Malcolm Cowley2.T
4、ongue Twister1)The old school scold sold the school coal boat;if the old school scold sold the school coal boat,the school would scold and drove the old school scold.2)So she bought a bit of butter,better than her bitter butter,and she baked it in her batter,and the batter was not bitter.So it was b
5、etter Betty Botter brought a bit of better butter.3)A Finnish fisher named Fisher failed to fish any fish one Friday afternoon and finally he found out a big fissure in his fishing-net.3.You will watch a movie clip about military training,please answer the following questions after watching it.1)Why
6、 did Forrest Gump,obviously low in intelligence,find himself at home in military?What does the movie try to reveal?2)What can you find as the emphasis of the military training in the US Marine shown in the movie clip?3)How is the military training shown in the movie different from the training for C
7、hinese students?4)Do you know about the USs involvement in the Vietnam War?What impact did it bring to American people,particularly their young?5)How do you comment on American military operations around the globe in recent years?Nonverbal Skill Think about the following questions and discuss with e
8、ach other.When having conversations with others,have you ever thought of using proper gestures?What are the indications of different gestures?How can you use them as an auxiliary means to extend your right meaning?Be a Good Gesture User!A gesture is a form of non-verbal communication in which visibl
9、e body actions communicate particular messages,either in place of speech or together and in parallel with spoken words.The followings are some examples of gestures:Okay,made by connecting the thumb and forefinger in a circle and holding the other fingers straight,may signal the word okay;especially
10、as a diving signal.The same gesture is offensive in parts of southern Europe and South America.Check,please.This gesture,used to mean that a dinner patron wishes to pay the bill and depart,is executed by touching the index finger and thumb together and“writing”a checkmark,circle,or wavy line(as if s
11、igning ones name)in the air.Air kiss conveys meanings similar to kissing,but is performed without making body contact.Demonstrate the gestures below and ask participants to write down what they think each gesture means.Participants should also indicate if they think the gesture is considered rude in
12、 the United States.Have group discussions on how body language could influence communication between cultures.Beckon with index finger.Point at something in the room using index finger.Make a“V”sign.Smile.Sit with sole of feet or shoe showing.Form a circle with fingers to indicate“OK”.Pat a student
13、on the head.Pass an item to someone with one hand.Practice Verbal Skill:Describe ThingsUseful Words Shape triangular square rectangular rhombus circular cylinder taper Size big small tiny medium long short huge gigantic Material cloth wood steel iron metal synthetic glass plastic leather ceramic Col
14、or brown purple pink orange gray transparent dark light opaque Questions for Describing Things What does/do look like?Whats the color/shape/size/of?What is it/are they made of?Can you describe it?Verbal Skill:Describe ThingsFill the blanks in the following conversations with expressions of describin
15、g things.Practice 1)can I use your umbrella2)it is not here3)Why dont you go there to try your luck4)Ive lost an umbrella here this morning5)It is a blue one6)which one is yours7)it is a new one8)Here it is9)You are welcomeKeys to Practice 1Keys to Practice 21)Youre not kidding2)its in pretty good c
16、ondition3)made of wood4)Its tall,but its not very long5)a good pair of speakers6)What size are the speakers7)they sound great8)very wide and comfortable9)It works well,and it has a big screen1.Discussion:It is said that military training is a great chance to exercise and strengthen students physical
17、 and spiritual power.Universities,as well as many middle schools have already organized military training for their students.Form groups of four,share with your partners your personal experience and what you gained from military training.2.Research and Report:One of the purposes of military training
18、 in colleges and universities is to strengthen the building of our national defense reserves.College students should be concerned about changes in our military forces and national defense.Do a research on the new changes and development of our national defense and military and report your findings t
19、o the class.3.Vocabulary Competition:There are quite a lot of special words,verbal commands or even jargons in military life.How many do you know?Form groups of four to five students;try to list as many as possible words and expressions related with military life.See which group knows most.1.Do you
20、know what kind of person you are?Do you possess a superior character?Have you ever done any personality tests?Lets begin the test now and see!2.Greatest invention:Form groups of four.Members of each group shall discuss and decide on the greatest invention of the past 100 years.Present your ideas to
21、the class.Ask questions about the negative points of the inventions of other groups and defend your invention against the negative things the other groups say.Vote at the end on which is the greatest invention.Each student has a vote,but he/she may not vote on the invention of his/her group.3.Story
22、Telling:Form groups of four.Each student will make up a story using all the twenty words and phrases listed below.Try your best to make the story short and reasonable.Tell your story to other members of the group.Discuss and decide whose story is the most concise while most logical,revise it and rep
23、ort to the class.elevatorspeed upclouded spaghetti bleached jeans distressedtwistsubway make up giraffestreetlampPacific Ocean fire engineNew York City license platemobile phones pianocancerpainkillers soda can President Barack Obama has always been regarded as a great public speaker,stirring the pa
24、ssion of the audience with his engaging,encouraging and energetic words.Lets take a closer look at his mastery of speech skills well exhibited in his presidential victory speech which brought about the“Yes we can”theme sweeping across America.After watching the video,discuss with your partners what contributes to a great speaker.
