高二英语bodylanguage教案

Unit21 body language

Period1

Teaching aims and demands

1. Train the Ss’ listening ability 2. Train the Ss’ speaking ability 

3. Talk about body language

Step I. Warming up

T: when we communicate with others, we can use both words and body language, such as the

movements of our head ,hands, eyes and so on. For what do we use body language?( To make

ourselves well understood and express ourselves clearly and vividly.)What body language do you

use in the following situations? 1. to show your welcome---- smile, handshake, hug, kiss etc.

2. to say goodbye----to say goodbye----wave one’s handwave one’s hand 

3. to show agreement----to show agreement----nod one’s headnod one’s head 

4. to show disagreement----to show disagreement----shake one’s headshake one’s head 

Look at the pictures in warming up. What expression can we see on the person’s face? 

1. Match each picture with the emotion and the sentence.

Picture1. Confused I don’t know what to do. 

Picture2. Angry I can’t believe she said that! That is so unfair! 

Picture3. Sad I’ve lost my wallet! 

Picture4. Happy I got an A in my exam!

Picture5.Tired It’s been a long day. I can’t keep my eyes open. 2. What makes you think that the person in the picture is feeling a certain way?

Various answers are possible.

3. Look at your classmates. Can you tell how they are feeling today by the way they sit or stand?

Various answers are possible.

Step II. Listening

Ask the Ss what body language they use to show they dislike a party and want to leave. They may

mime.

Now we are going to hear about ways that people use body langue in different situations. Listen to the tape and choose the best answers to the questions in part1. (Keys: D B A)

Listen again and finish part2 ( Keys: B B )

Step III. Speaking

1. Discuss with your partner how you can use body language to communicate the following ideas?

l You are enjoying something.

Smiling, opeSmiling, opening one’s eyes wide, rocking one’s head from side to sidening one’s eyes wide, rocking one’s head from side to side 

l You are not enjoying something. Yawning, sighing, complaining, frowning, looking away

l You like someone.

Smiling, hugging oneself, leaning one’s head to one side, lowering with one’s eyes, leaning

forward or closer

l You want to leave because you are in a hurry. Sighing, biting down with one’s teeth, not standing still, tapping one’s toes on the floor,

looking toward the door

l You are interested in what someone is saying.

Staring a lot, putting a hand to your chin as in thought, leaning forward, opening eyes wide,

shaping your mouth with a big O, responding with the same expressions as the person who

you’re listening to 

l You are not interested.

Same as not enjoying something.

l You disagree with what someone is saying.

Looking away, putting one’s head down into one’s arms, talking to oneself, whistling,

frowning, folding one’s arms l You would like to talk to someone.

Raising one’s hand to be called on, trying to speak up, waving one’s arms over one’s head to

get attention, jumping up and down, shaping one’s mouth in a big O. 

2. (1)Ask the Ss what expressions can be used to ask for help, offer help, accept help and refuse

help.

Asking for help: Could you help me with…? 

Could you please…? 

Could you give me a hand with this?

I’d like you to… 

Offering help: Can /Shall I help you with that?

Do you need some help with that?

Would you like some help?

Would you like me to…? Is there anything else I can do for you?

Accepting help: Thanks./Thank you for your help.

Yes, please. That’s very kind/nice of you. 

Refusing help: No thank you. Thanks for all your help.

No, thanks. I can manage it myself.

That’s very nice of you. It’s all right, thank you. (2)Work with your partner and make up dialogues according to the following situations.

1) An old man is carrying a very heavy suitcase.

2) You are late for a flight and want to go ahead of the queue.

3) Being old and sick, you are on a crowded bus and you want to sit down.

Step IVStep IV. Language points. Language points.

1. avoid vt. 避免避免 avoid+ n./doing sth.

I tried to avoid meeting him because he always bored me.

我试着避免碰见他，因为他让我厌烦。我试着避免碰见他，因为他让我厌烦。

You’d better fasten the belt to avoid being hurt in case of an accident. 

你最好系上安全带，避免在事故中受伤。你最好系上安全带，避免在事故中受伤。

avoid vt. 避免，躲避；避免，躲避； 预防，防止预防，防止 avoid sth / avoid doing sth You can avoid danger by being careful.

I took the other direction so as to avoid meeting her.

He told a lie in order to avoid being punished.

I just avoided running over the cat. 我差点儿轧着猫。我差点儿轧着猫。

Try to avoid accidents. 尽量防止发生事故。尽量防止发生事故。

2. ahead of 提前，超出，提前，超出， 在。。。。。。前面。前面

Our company is ahead of other makers of spare parts for the airplane.我们公司飞机零部件制