A Teaching Plan for Unit 4(In New Horizon College English Book 1)Ⅰ.Time:ten class hoursⅡ. Contents:Listening and SpeakingSection A: How to Make a Good ImpressionSection B: Body LanguageⅢ. Suggested Timetable:1.The first two-class-hour session for listening and speaking (Unit 4 in College English andSpeaking Course Book 1)2.Next four-class-hour session for Section A3.The fourth two-class-hour session for exercises of Section A4.The fifth two-class-hour session for Section B and Section CⅣ. Aims and Requirements:Listening and Speaking1. Train the students’ ability to understand the main idea and grasp important details of thelistening texts.2. Give the students a chance to exchange views on the texts they have heard to enable them tohave a deeper understanding of the texts.Section A: How to Make a Good Impression1.Let the students acquainted with some new words:Impression, conscious, range, physical, appearance, absorb, consistent, depress, contact,make up one’s mind, lighten up, take…seriously2.Teach the following structure: so… that…/ and emphatic use of ‘do’3.Teach the writing skill: listingSection B: Body Language1.Teach the reading skill: Reading for the Main ideas in paragraphs2.enable students to grasp the main idea of the textⅤ. Focal Points and Difficult Points:Listening and Speaking1. Enable students to be familiar with the passage listening skill.2. Grasp some words and expression which often appear in CET-4.Section A: How to Make a Good Impression1.Analyze the structure of several compound sentences and comprehend them.2.Learn to use the structure : so… that… / the emphatic use of ‘do’3.Grasp several CET-4 key wordsSection B. Body Language1.To grasp the reading skill2.Ask students to retell the storyⅥ. Suggested Teaching Procedure and MethodologyListening and Speaking(an interactive approach is introduced)1.Pre-listening Task:①Arrange the students in pairs and ask them to discuss the questions in their books.②Bring the students’ attention to the Language Focus box and te ll them that they can usesentences and structures in the box in their conversations.③Give general help to the students, especially the weaker ones.2.Background information:Small talk Light conversations on unimportant or non-serious subjects such as the weather or TV programs that you saw last night, or little compliments on what people are wearing. In a social gathering where a lot of guests are strangers to one another, small talk can be very useful to make them feel at ease.3.Listen to Text B4.Check the answer and ask one or two students to retell the main idea of text B.Section A: How to make a Good Impression1. Pre-reading activities:T: Today we are going to learn unit 4. At first, I’ll give you two m inutes to go through the paragraph on page 73, and then tell me what’s this unit about or what’s the main topic in this unit…yes, from the preview, especially from this sentence “our gestures and our movements ‘talk to others’”, we know we are going to learn something about non-verbal communication or more specifically, learn how we can make effective communication with body language.1. warm-upT: some researcher ever said: “In face-to-face communication 65% of the information is communicated through nonverbal means , do you believe? No? Let’s make some examples.” Non-verbal communication includes three types.○1gesturesShow some gestures, eg. ‘be quite’ ‘great’ ‘come here’ …○2facial expression/ eye contactT: when we communicate with others, we often ignore this very important point. There’s a saying ‘eyes are the window of the heart’ or we often hear the sentence like this ‘can you say it in looking into my eyes directly’ or ‘your eyes can not cheat yourself’ right? Let’s look at some pictures:...Human beings have seven basic emotions: sadness, fear, happiness, interest, anger, disgust, surprise. They can all be reflected just by our facial expressions. Now let’s do a ma tch game. Can you tell me what’s the emotion in every picture?…○3posture / movement T: now we still look at four pictures. They are silent, but we can know a lot just from their behaviour. Ok, no w let’s have a try. Who can describe these pictures and tell us what kind of information you can get from each picture. I’ll give you an example at first. Now, please look at the first picture, what are they doing? They’re shaking hands. One of them, the y oung man stands straight , what about the other man? A little backward, and he hold the young man’s hands tightly. What does these mean? Can you tell me who are in a higher position? Ok, next three pictures, I want to ask some of you to describe..From this exercise, we may know the importance of body language. Ok, after this, let’s think about a situation. If we meet someone for the first time, what kind of body language or non-verbal communication we should have to make a good impression to others? This is also the topic in section A. now, let’s get into the text. (Page 74)2. DiscussionT: we have seen the title, right? Do you know the Chinese translation? Ok. Do you still remember my question just now? Or I change another way, if you meet someone for the first time, what do you think is your unacceptable thing that make you dislike the person?e.g. dirty clothes; impolite words; smoking; stand not straight, always shaking; spiting; and so on. …Ok we listed many things, so please remember them and omit these behaviours in later communication. But what’s the right thing we should do to make a good impression? Ok, we’ll learn this now.2. Work on Section AA. structure of the textT: now I’ll give you two minutes to find out the structure of this text.It’s very simple, isn’t it? Yes, with the help of sub-title, we can divide this passage into two parts.Part I (Para1-Para2) We show our true feelings with our eyes, faces, bodies and attitudes, so focus on the first seven seconds.Part II (Para3-Para15) How to make a good impression.B .text analysis (language points)Part I. (Para.1—Para.2)T: go through the first part quickly and answer my question: “according to the passage, how do we show our true feelings during the first seven seconds when we meet someone?”…Yes, with our eyes, faces, bodies and attitudes. This is what the author wants to tell at first, the importance of body language in communication especially for the first time.In this part we meet several language points, let’s look at them together.①impression n. 印象, 效果; 感觉/ impress vt. 给…深刻的印象, 使钦佩e.g. 她总是试图以穿新衣给人留下印象.○1.She’s always trying to make an impression on people with her new clothes.○2S he’s always trying to impress people with her new clothes.e.g. 这个女孩的活泼和幽默感给她未婚夫的家人留下了很深的印象The girl made an impression on her fiancé’s family with her liveliness and sense of humour.The girl impressed her fiancé’s family with her liveliness and sense of humour.②make up one’s mind to do sth. 下定决心做..事e.g. 她八岁时就打定注意要成为一名医生.At the age of 8 she made up her mind to become a doctor.③conscious adj. 感觉到,意识到; 有知觉的.be conscious of sth. / be conscious that○1. eg. 孩子们意识到自己母亲的不快.The children were conscious of their mother’ unhappiness.○2.. e.g. 他伤的很重, 但仍未失去知觉.He was badly hurt, but he remained conscious.consciously / unconsciously / self-conscious / self-consciousness④range v. (在一定幅度或范围内)变动; 排列n. 种类; 射程; 距离; 范围range between / range from… to…e.g. 这款手表的价格从十美元到一千美元不等.Prices of this watch range from $10 to $1000.我们在他们的炮火射程内(外)We are within range of / out of range of their guns.Part II (para3-para15)1. para3—para5T: go through this part quickly and tell me what does the sentence “ you are the message” mean, or which sentence in this part can best explain the sub-title?…Yes, it means that you should use your good qualities to help others form an impression about you. Ok ,there’s some language points in this part we should know b etter.①I’ve helped them make persuasive presentations,… 帮助他们作有说服力的演讲…presentation n. 表现, 描述; 展现make a presentation: give a speech on sth.make a complete presentation of sth. 对…作完整的陈述②physical adj. 身体的, 肉体的; 物质的, 实物的; 物理的○1.physical strength 体力physical education 体育课physical presence 亲临○2physical world 物质世界③You were committed to what you were talking about and so absorbed in the moment, you lost all self-consciousness.你对你所谈论的事情非常投入, 你当时完全沉浸其中, 以至于已经完全没有了羞涩的感觉.○1be committed to: s pend one’s time or energy on sth.; give attention toe.g. 他对于语言教学事业十分投入.He is very committed to the cause of language teaching.○2absorb vt. 吸引…的注意力, 使…感兴趣; 吸收be absorbed (in): give all one’s attention (to)e.g. 当你聚精会神读一本好书时, 时间会过的很快.Time passes quickly when you are absorbed in reading a good book.○3the structure “ so+ adj. /adv. + (that)” 如此...以至于…e.g. 艺术家聚精会神于自己的工作, 以至于没有听到来访者进了房间The artist was so absorbed in her wo rk that she didn’t hear her visitor enter the room.T: turn to page 80, and finish the exercise Ⅵ.2. para.6—para.9T: this sub-title is very simple to understand, after reading these four paragraphs, please answer my question “why do many how-to books fail to help us make a good impression?”…Yes, because these books always ask us to do the same. What’s the correct way? Which sentence? The trick is to be consistently you, at your best. Ok ,good.①…and tell you to fix your eyes on the other persons.fi x one’s eyes on: keep one’s eyes one.g. 所有的人都盯着我, 使我很窘迫.All the people fixed their eyes on me, which made me feel very embarrassed.②The trick is to be consistently you, at you best.consistent: adj. 一贯的; 一致的be consistent with sth. 和…相一致e.g. 你做的和说的不一致.What you did is not consistent with what you said.③…addressing their garden club…address: vt. d irect one’s speech to 向…发表讲话.e.g. The President addressed the Congress to review the past year and announced plans for the next.总统向国会讲话总结了过去一年的情况, 并宣布了今年的计划.④depress vt. make sb. unhappy 使抑郁, 使沮丧e.g. 我在阴雨天总是心灰意懒.Wet weather always depresses me.depressed adj. 忧愁的; 消沉的depressing adj. 令人忧愁的; 使人消沉的depressed area: 经济萧条地区3. para.10—para.11T: eye contact is very important just as we said before. Now, let’s have a game together. Everyone will have the experience of interview in the future. At first you should give the introduction in front of all the people, right? Now, let’s look at this paragraph, and do as the text tell us.“ As you enter a room, move your eyes comfortably; then look straight at those in the room andsmile. Smiling is important. It shows you are relaxed.”I’ll give the example at first. This is what I do every day. Entering the room, looking around to see who is absent, and smi ling. “Class begins!” right? Ok, I want ask some students to go to the platform and give us the performance..①relax v. make or become less worried or stressed; spend time not doing very much使(困难)减少; (使)休息, 放松e.g. 洗个热水澡能帮助你放松自己.Taking a hot bath can help you to relax yourself.relaxed: adj. 不紧张的; 轻松的; 不烦恼的relaxing: adj. (指气候)使人无精打采的; 使人懒洋洋的②I disagree. If I did agree, I certainly wouldn’t look at my feet or at the ceiling.Emphatic use of “do”. Here it means “really”e.g. 他的确告诉了我这事.He did tell me about it.看来一知半解确实是件危险的事.A little knowledge does seem to be a dangerous thing.4. para12—para15T: Look at the sub-title; do you know the meaning of ‘lighten up’? It’s something you say to tell somebody to stop being so serious or annoyed, in other words, relaxed. In our lives, we should be less serious and have more sense of humour. Then, people will be more likely to communicate with you. The example in the text tells us this, right?①You can always see people who take themselves too seriously.take … seriously : treat a thing or person as important 认真地对待e.g. 别把他当回事儿, 他老开玩笑.Don’t take him seriously. He’s always joking.3. Assignments for Section A:①review the language point○1so…that…○2em phatic use of ‘do’○3important new words and expressionsImpression/ conscious/ range/ focus/ absorb/ consistent/ contact/ relax/ make up one’s mind/ range from…to…/ lighten up/ take… seriously②explain the exerciseSection B Body Language1. Reading skillsReading for the main ideas in paragraphsT: now let’s look at this part all together. Please pay attention to this sentences, ‘ often one sentence in the paragraph tells the reader exactly what the rest of the paragraph deals with and,therefore, gives the main idea. This main idea sentence may appear in one of several places, such as in the beginning, in the middle or at the end of the paragraph.’ Here are some examples taken from Reading Passage A.Example1.Other will want to be with you and help you if you use your good qualities. They include: physical appearance, energy, rate of speech, pitch and tone of voice, gestures, expression through the eyes, and the ability to hold the interest of others. Others form an impression about you based on these.Main idea: make a good impression on others with your good qualities.Example 2The trick is to be consistently you, at your best. The most effective people never change form one situation to another. They’re the same whether they’re having a conversation, addressing their garden club or being interviewed for a job. They communicate with their whole being; the tones of their voices and their gestures match their words.Main idea: how to project yourself as being consistent in whatever you do.Here are some more points for you to consider when you are looking for the main idea of a paragraph:1.The main idea of a paragraph may be clearly stated or may be only implied or suggested.2.The main idea may be stated anywhere in a paragraph: at the beginning, in the middle or atthe end of the paragraph.3.Very often one sentence in a paragraph tells the reader exactly what the main idea is. To pickup the main idea, sometimes we can just choose one complete sentence in the paragraph as in the above example 1, or sometimes we have to write a sentence to summarize the main idea ofa paragraph.Ok, after this, let’s check out whether we have masters this skill. We should do the fast reading of the text ‘body language’, and tell me the structure of this passage.2. Text structure analysisT: what’s the title of the text, body language, yes, so please find out where does these two words appear first, in which paragraph? Yes, the fifth paragraph. What’s the first four paragraphs about? Leading? What about the conclusion? Ok .the last paragraph.PartⅠ(para1—para4): Some people say ‘snap judgments’ are not sound and overestimate the importance of speech.PartⅡ(Para5—para9): People communicate with others in many ways.PartⅢ(Para10): A wealth of information in body language makes snap judgments seem sound.3.Do the exercise on page 90Comprehension of the text1. D (para1, 3rd line)2. C (para3)3. C (para4 key point ‘overestimate)4. A (para4 5th line)5. B ( the title tell us the main idea)6. B (first sentence)7. A (understanding of this paragraph)8. D (last sentence)4. Languages Points:PartⅠ(para1—para4)①because people assume ‘you are what you say you are’, they talk a lot to become acquainted with each other.○1. assume: to accept or believe that something is true even though one has no evidence. 假定; 想当然认为e.g. 大部分人都认为他的失败是粗心的结果.Most people assume the lack of success is the result of his carelessness.○2. be/ become/ get acquainted (with): get to know sth. / sb.e.g. 警察说很明显那些贼对校园很熟悉.Police said the thieves were obviously well acquainted with the school grounds.②as behavioural sciences develop, however, researchers find the importance of speech has been overestimated.estimate:vt. figure out; judge 评估; 判断overestimate v. think sth. Is bigger or more important than it really is 过高估计, 评价e.g. 他估计这个工作需要三个月.He estimated that the work would take three months.e.g. The sales manager overestimated the demand and the company was as a result left with 20,000 unsold copies.销售经理过高地估计了需求, 公司因此有两万册书没有售出去.③pick up○1.pick sb up 用汽车搭载某人或接某人; 偶然结识某人; 逮捕某人e.g. 7点钟我开车来接你I’ll pick you up at 7 o’clock.e.g. 他在学校的迪斯科舞会上偶然认识了那姑娘He picked up the girl at a college disco.e.g. 他正要离开该国时, 警方把他捉住了.The police picked him up as he was trying to leave the country.○2. pick sth up 通过实践学会(外语,技术等); 得,染(疾病); 获得,得到e.g. 她到法国居住后很快就学会了法语.She soon picked up French when she went to live in France.e.g. pick up an infection, a cold 受传染, 着凉e.g. 他听到一则有趣的新闻.He picked up an interesting piece of news.PartⅡ(Para5—para9)①… the picture of yourself you are projecting..project oneself: present or show one’s qualitiese.g. 那个年轻人设法表现自己以获得新老板的好感.That young man tries to project himself in order to make a good impression on the new boss.②. People who are content with modern design are probably comfortable with modern life-styles. (para.9)be content with: 对…满意Translation:对现代设计感到满意的人, 现代的生活方式可能会使他们心满意足.5. Exercise on page 89Reading skills1.People use other forms other than language for communication.2.We communicate with our body movements.3.The clothes you wear also communicate many things.4.Small ornaments you wear communicate many things, too.5. A wealth of information in body language makes snap judgments seem sound.Section C Gestures1. Ask the students to read Section C within 10 minutes and finish doing exercises.2. Check on the answers.。
