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英语精品课程设计(新视野英语教程)Unit8BodyLanguageinCommunicationSectionAOutline(1)BackgroundInformation(2)Activities(3)Text&DetailedStudy(4)ExercisesSectionAⅠ.BackgroundInformationUnconsciously,weallkeepacomfortabledistancearounduswhenweinteractwithotherpeople.Thisspacebetweenanotherpersonandusformsinvisiblewalls.Theamountofspacechangesdependingonthenatureoftherelationship.Ⅱ.DiscussthesefivefacialexpressionshappysadpuzzleangrytiredActivity:Nowpleasepayattentiontoyourclassmatesanddescribehowtheyarefeelingtodaybythefacialexpressionsorthewaytheysitorstand.BodyLanguageinDailyUseWeallcommunicatewithoneanotherusingbothverbalandnonverballanguage.Mostofthetime,however,wearenotevenawarethatwe’redoingit.Wemovearoundinourchairs,gesturewitheyebrowsorahand,meetsomeoneelse’seyesandlookaway.Thesearesomeofthemanysmallandradonmthingswedo.Butresearchershavediscoveredinrecentyearsthatthereisasystemtothesegestures.Everyculturehasitsownbodylanguage,andchildrenunderstandandlearnitsmeanings,alongwithwords.Forexample,aFrenchmantalksandmovesinFrenchways,whileanEnglishmanandamaleAmericancrosstheirlegsverydifferently.Itisalsointerestingtonotethatintalking,Americansarelikelytoendasentencewithadroppingoftheheadorhand,aswellaswithaloweringoftheeyelids.Theyfinishupaquestionwitharaiseofthehand,aliftofthechin,orawideningoftheeyes.What'smore,thereareregionalphrasestoo;anexpertcansometimespickoutanativeofWisconsinjustbythewayapersonuseshisorhereyebrowsduringconversations.Everythingfromyoursex,racialbackground,socialclass,andcommunicationstyleallinfluencesyourbodylanguage.Apersonwhotrulyknowstwolanguagesusesbothbodylanguagestoo.AgoodexampleofthisisNewYork'sfamousmayor,FiorelloLaGuardia,whocommunicatedinEnglish,ItalianandYiddish.Whenfilmsofhisspeechesarerunwithoutsound,it'snottoodifficulttotellfromhisgesturesthelanguagebeingspoken.Infact,oneofthereasonsEnglish-dubbedforeignfilmsoftenseemflatisthatthegesturesjustdon'tmatchthelanguage.Usually,ourbodylanguageactstofurtheremphasizeourwords.Whatthenonverbalgesturesputacrossveryoftenandveryefficientlyistheemotionalsideofthemessage.Thisisclearwhenapersonfeelslikedordisliked,asheorshewilloftencommunicateemotionnotinwhatissaidbutinthewayitissaid.PsychologistAlbertMehrabianinventedthisrule:Totalcommunication=7percentverbal+38percentoral+55percentfacial.Itshowstheimportanceofbodylanguage.Butexpertsinthestudyofcommunicationthroughbodymovementarenotyetpreparedtospelloutanexactdictionaryofgestures,asbodymovementscanmeanmanythings.Forexample,astudentinconversationwithaprofessormayholdtheolderperson'seyesalittlelongerthanusual.Thisgesturecanbeasignofrespectandlove;itcanbeasmallchallengetotheprofessor'sauthority;oritcanbesomethingelseentirely.Languagepoints1.Mostofthetime,however,wearenotevenawarethatwe’redoingit.Meaning:But,nearlyallthetime,wedon’tevenrealizethatweareusingbodylanguagetocommunicatewithoneanother.2.gesturev.callordirectwithamovementofthebodyHegesturedangrilyatme.n.[C;U](anexampleof)theuseofmovementofthebody,especiallyofthehands,toexpressacertainmeaninggesturelanguage手语Hemadeanangrygesture.3.alongwithtogetherwith跟……一块；同时Alongwiththequestionsthereareanswers.Wehaveaphonedatingservicealongwithacommondatingservice.4.endwith:bringsomethingtoanendwithsomethingordoingsomething以……结束HeendedhisspeechwithThanks.We'llhavesomenicecheesetoendwith.5.Theyfinishupaquestionwitharaiseofthehand,aliftofthechin,orawideningoftheeyes.Meaning:Theyendedaquestionbyraisingoneoftheirhands,raisingtheirchin,oropeningtheireyeswidely.finishup:beintheend(inthestatedplace,condition,etc.)Havingnochildrenorrelatives,theoldcouplethoughttheywouldfinishupinloneliness.Withoutthepolice,Iwouldhavefinishedupbeingdrowned.6.What'smore,thereareregionalphrasestoo;anexpertcansometimespickoutanativeofWisconsinjustbythewayapersonuseshisorhereyebrowsduringconversations.Meaning:Andthisismoreimportant:therearealsophrasesthatareusedinparticularplaces.whatismore:also,andmoreimportantly而且；更重要的是Thepricetheychargedwasreasonable,andwhat’smore,theservicewasgood.他们收费合理，而且服务也好。Sheisrich,andwhat’smore,sheisgenerousinhelpingthepoor.她很富有，而且她还乐于救济穷人。7.pickout:1)recognize;seesomeoneorsomethingclearlyamongothersShepickedoutthesuspectinthecrowd.Trytopickmeoutinthisoldphotograph.2)choosesomethingorsomeonespeciallyorcarefullyfromagroupHepickedoutabookforhismotherasabirthdaypresent.Pleasepickoneout.8.Tellfrom:从…中辨认出InEnglish,itiseasytotellwhatpartofthecountrysomeonewasbornin,fromhisspeech.Icouldtellthatyouwerelyingfromthelookonyourface.9.Infact,oneofthereasonsEnglish-dubbedforeignfilmsoftenseemflatisthatthegesturesjustdon'tmatchthelanguage.Meaning:Actually,foreignfilmsdubbedinEnglishoftenseemratherdull.Oneofthereasonsforthisisthatthegesturesintheoriginalfilmsdon'tgowithEnglish.10.Whatthenonverbalgesturesputacrossveryoftenandveryefficientlyistheemotionalsideofthemessage.Meaning:Veryoftenaperson‘sfeelingscanbeunderstoodbetterthroughhisnonverbalgestures.putacross:表达；使（自己的想法，感情等）被了解Theteacherknowshowtoputhisthoughtsacross.Sheisgoodatputtingherfeelingsacross.11.Thisisclearwhenapersonfee