高一英语教案：下学期Body Language

高一英语电子教案
Unit 21 Body Language
Reading comprehension
Teaching objectives:
1.To get the students familiar with the details of the passage;
2.To improve the students’ ability of reading comprehension;
3.To improve the students’ ability of doing oral present ation;
4.To develop the students’ awareness of cross-cultural communication. Teaching aid:projector, slides, tape-recorder,computer
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in
Watch video “Mr. Bean ”
Play Games:
Rules: Many verbs will appear on the screen one by one. Two pairs of your classmates will be asked to come to the front. One member of the pair is supposed to explain the word only by using body language, while the other one tries to guess what the word is. If he or she gets six words right within 1 minute, the pair wins the game. Otherwise, they lose it.
Words: come here ,yes , no , I don’t know,----
Step 2 Scanning
Get the students to scan the text and answer the questions.
1 .What is the theme of the passage ?
2 .What examples are given to show that body language varies from culture to culture ?
3 . What gestures are universal?
Suggested answers:
1 .Body talk ./Body language.
2.3 . .
Step 3 Skimming
Read the text and skim the passage to find the main idea of each paragraph. Suggested answers:
Para.1: What body language is and its function.
Para.2: Body language varies from culture to culture.
Para.3: More examples to show that body language varies from culture to culture. Para.4: Some gestures are universal in all cultures.
Para.5: The typical example of universal body language is the smile.
Step 4 Language points:
1.vary
vi.“改变、变化、变动”，常指伴随某种因素而产生的变化。

后面加介词with 和from等。

e.g. Her mood varies from day to day. 她的心情天天在变化。

Prices vary with the season. 物价随季节而变化。

vt. 常指使某事物产生变化，改变某事物。

e.g. A good driver varies the speed of his car according to the condition of the
roads.
优秀的司机会依照路况变换车子的速度。

2.手指的说法：
thumb（大拇指）；index finger / forefinger（食指）；middle finger（中指），ring finger（无名指）；little finger（小拇指）。

*五指不同名，拇指最不灵：You are all thumbs.你笨手笨脚。

3.while 虽然；尽管
e.g. While I admit his good points, I can see still his shortcomings.
尽管我承认他的优点，我还是看到它的缺点的。

4. get through (sth.) （设法）做或完成某事
e.g. I’ve got through a lot of work today. 今天我处理了很多工作。

Let’s start; there’s a lot of work to get through. 开始吧，有大批工作要做呢。

5. tear down拆除、弄倒
e.g. They are tearing down these old houses to build a new office building.
他们正在拆除这些旧房子以便建一座新办公楼。

6. at 表示“向；朝；以……为目标（或对象）”
e.g. He threw a stone at the dog. 他向狗扔了块石头。

She opened the door and stood there, frowning at me.
她打开门，站在那儿，冲着我皱眉头。

A.Grammar:
The –ing Form (2) ------used as Subject, Object and Predicative
Step 5 Further discussion
1.What are some situations where we need to be very careful about our body
language and gestures?
e.g. a job interview, a visit to a foreign country, a meeting, a speech, an oral
English test, etc.
2.How is body language different from spoken language? What do they have in
common?
Differences: a. Body language is in some ways more limited than spoken language. b. Some things would be very difficult to express using body language.
c. It is perhaps easier to misunderstand body language.
d. Body language tends to
support and add to spoken language.
Similarities: a. Both body language and spoken language use symbols to represent meaning. b. Both depend on our ability to interpret what we see or hear.
3.Sometimes we say one thing but our body language says something different.
Why does this happen? Can you think of any examples?
e.g. if a person covers his / her mouth with his / her hand, or if he / she puts his /
her finger over his / her mouth, he or she may be lying; a speaker who is trying to sound confident but whose hands are shaking; a person who says that he or she is interested in what we are saying but looks away or taps his or her feet; a person who says he or she likes the party very much but stands alone in a corner with his or her arms crossed, etc.
Reason: It probably happens because it is more difficult to control one’s body language than to control what one says.
Step 6 Group work 1: Performing
Act out the following situations by using both words and body language. Situation 1: A talkative person stays at late night in your home and doesn’t want to leave, while you feel sleepy.
Situation 2:You stop the passing cars to rescue someone who is injured at the roadside, but no car stops.
Situation 3:You are very hungry and want to go ahead of the queue in a KFC restaurant, but others refuse.
Situation 4:You and several other strangers are taking a lift together. Suddenly, it stops and the lights go out.
Step7 Group work 2: Dubbing
Rules: Watch a movie clip carefully first. Then you are supposed to make a short dialogue for the characters in it. Try to make the words match the body language. You are given 4 minutes to prepare, then two groups will be asked to dub it. The reasonable ones are preferred.
Step 8 Homework
Do the exercise in the workbook .。