Unit 4 Body language •What do you think the purpose of language?•How can you communicate with someone if you cannot speak?•How many ways can you think of to greet someone if you cannot speak?Communication: No problem?•Step1. fast reading•1) What is the main idea of the text?2) How many parts can we divide the passageinto?3) What’s the main idea for each part?•1) What is the main idea of the text?–The passage introduces some examples of cultural body language when greetingpeople.•2) How many parts can we divide the •passage into?–Part 1 (para. 1)–Part 2 (para. 2 and 3 )–Part 3 (para. 4 and 5 )3) What’s the main idea for each part?Part 1 (para. 1)We are sent to Capital International Airport to meet some international students.Part 2 (para. 2 and 3)Examples of learned or cultural “bodylanguage”.Part 3 (para. 4 and 5)Different people have different physical ways to greet others. Learning about their customs can help avoid difficulties in communication.Step 2. Scan the text and find outCountry / Area Ways to greet each otherBritain Shake hands. Do not stand very close to others or touchstrangers when they meet.Canada Shake hands.Japan Bow.Spain, Italy, SouthAmerican countriesApproach others closely and are more likely to touch them. France Shake hands and kiss each other twice on each cheek.Middle East, some Muslim countries Shake hands and stand quite close to other men. Nod to women but do not shake hands with them.Name Description Body language To whom Tony Garcia man from Colombia Kiss on the cheek everyoneJulia Smith woman from Britain no touching everyoneAkira Nagata man from Japan bowing everyone George Cook man from Canada shaking hands everyoneAhmed Aziz man from Jordan shaking handsnodding to manto womanDarlene Coulon woman from France shake hands and kisstwice on each cheekpeople she knowsStep 3. use the passage to help you answer the following questions1) Is the author of this passage male or female? How doyou know?The author is male. Ahmed Aziz will not shake hands with women, but he shakes hands with the author.2) What were the two mistakes that the author noticed?He noticed that the Colombian man kissed theBritish woman, but in her culture, a kiss from astranger is not expected. He also noticed that theJapanese man bowed just as the Canadian manstarted to shake hands, so one man’s nosetouched the other man’s hand.•3)Who seemed to prefer to keep more physical diastance from others? Who seemed to prefer closer physical distance ?•The British woman, Julia and probably the Canadian man, George, seemed to prefer to keep more physicaldistance from others. The Colombian man, Tony, and the Jordanian man Ahmed, seemed to prefer closer physical distance.•4) Did any students have similar greeting customs? If so, which one?•Yes. Tony from Colombia and Darlene from France had a similar greeting custom —a kiss. George from Canada and Ahmed from Jordan also had a similar greeting custom —a handshake, but Ahmed shakes hands only with men.•5) “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”What do you think this famous saying means?•This saying means that when we are in a certain place, we should follow the customs of the people who live in that place, not our own customs.•6) Do you agree with the author’s statement that body language is not good or bad? Why or why not?Step 4. summaryStep 5. translation1.The first person to arrive was TonyGarcia, closely followed by Julia Smith from Britain.2. Not all cultures greet each other thesame way, nor are they comfortable in the same way with touching or distance between people.3. However, people from places like Spain,Italy or South American countriesapproach others closely and are morelikely to touch them.Step 5. homework •Complete p.27 Exercise 3。
