【教案】Unit+4Reading+and+Thinking+教案人教版(2019)选择性必修第一册

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Unit 4 Reading and Thinking P38-39

教学目的与要求

In this class, students will be able to:

1. Describe body language and explain its meaning

2. Analyze the main idea of the passage through topic sentences or

keywords

3. Practice critical thinking by clarifying the similarities and

differences in body language in different cultures.

4. Develop a sense of cross-cultural communication.

教学的重点、

难点 1. Help students grasp the main idea and the structure of a text

and the features of the exposition.

2. Help Students cultivate the consciousness of points of

cross-cultural communication

教学用品

（直观教具、模型、实验仪器等） PPT、Blackboard、Textbook

教学过程 1. Lead-in5min

Watch a short video and let students guess the feelings of the

people in the video.

[设计意图] 视频导入，结合时事。吸引学生兴趣，并传达“即使不同国家的语言不太，我们也能通过body language去与他们感同身受”的信息。

2. Pre-reading 5min

Look at the title and pictures of the text. “What do you think will

be talked about in the text?” Then interpret the title for them.

What rhetorical device does the author use?

Can you make some sentences by using personification?

What’s the aim of using personification?

[设计意图] 培养学生的阅读预测能力，解析修辞personification的用法

3. While-reading 25min

(1) Skim the text, check the prediction and find the topic sentence

of each paragraph.

(2) Read for structure. According to the topic sentences and the

passage they just skimmed, encourage them to divide the

passage into several parts, tell the main idea of each part and

draw the mind map and finally introduce the type of the

passage.

What is the writing style of this passage?

Exposition: to classify, explain and inform fairly other

people's view, or to report about an event or situation

[设计意图] 利用topic sentence，梳理语篇结构,讲解语篇类型。

(3) Read for details. ① Para.1 the introduction of body language

What can body language talk to us?

What is the function of the last sentence？

② Para.2

What body language is mentioned in this paragraph?

Can you find out its different meanings in different

countries?

How did the author organize those examples？

③ Para.3

What does “OK” mean in different countries?

④ Para.4

Read through the passage and remember the gestures and

its meaning.

What leads to this tragedy?

Do you still remember the means people greet each other

when they meet?

⑤ Fill the table about Part.2.

What solution does the author mention to deal with

gestures with different meanings in different countries?

⑥ Para. 5

What gestures does the author mention that has the same

meaning in most places? Can you answer me with body

language instead of spoken language?

⑦ Fill the table.

How is the body language mentioned by the author

interpreted in China?

[设计意图] 借助表格呈现要点，帮助学生理解文章的细节和结构。

⑧ Para.6

Read this paragraph and memorize the different uses of

smile. You have 1 minute to read through the paragraph

and when time’s up, close your book and tell the its

functions according to your memory.

[设计意图] 通过记忆文中内容，培养学生的阅读能力，并帮助他们记忆sentence pattern。

4. Post-reading5min

(1) Look at the pictures and check out which smile is fake.

(2) Watch a video and check your guess. Think about the way to

judge a fake smile.

(3) Work in pairs and discuss these questions:

Smiles can be used to hide feelings like anger, fear, or

worry. Can you describe a situation where you might

smile when you don't mean it?

Apart from fake smiles, is there any other kind of body

language that can sometimes be fake?

Which is a more reliable guide for understanding someone's feelings, their body language, or the words

they speak?

[设计意图]在对整个语篇的结构和语言有一定理解后，结合

视频，对主题进行进一步发掘。