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Body Language in Daily Use

Body Language in Daily Use. Unit Eight. Contents. Warming-up Discussion Background Information Key Language Points Explanation to some difficult sentences. Warming-up Discussion. 1.Do you know any gestures commonly used in the Chinese culture? Can you name some?

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Body Language in Daily Use

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  1. Body Language in Daily Use Unit Eight

  2. Contents • Warming-up Discussion • Background Information • Key Language Points • Explanation to some difficult sentences

  3. Warming-up Discussion • 1.Do you know any gestures commonly used in the Chinese culture? Can you name some? • 2.Why people usually use body movements to go with their oral communication. • 3.Ask the students to answer the questions in the “Exploring” part in the text book. Back

  4. Background Information • When you travel, you may think that if you don’t know the language, you can just communicate using gestures. BZZT! Knowing what gestures and body language mean in foreign countries can mean the difference between making friends and getting beaten up and it’s all too easy to make mistakes. Take the quiz to find out how much you know about body language, gestures and foreign customs:

  5. Back

  6. Key Language Points

  7. Verbal: • spoken, not written • Verbal communication is more informal. • A verbal promise is the same as an empty one. • Nonverbal: • the opposite of verbal; not using words • Nonverbal means of expression • Please notice the word formation with the prefix: “non-“ • Nonstop; nonstandard; nonsmoker; nonwhite

  8. Gesture: • v. call or direct with a movement of the body • The traffic police gestured the driver over with a movement of his head. • n. the use of movement of the body, especially of the hands, to express a certain meaning • He made a gesture to the left with his hands to show me the direction of the bookstore. • She did this only as a gesture; in fact, she was doing it unwillingly.

  9. Along with : together with • I was chosen, along with three other students, to take part in the speech contest. • End with: • bring something to an end with something or doing something • We’ll have some nice fruits to end with. • He ended his letter with good wishes to the family.

  10. Finish up: • be in the end (in the stated place, condition, etc.) • Having no children or relatives, the old couple thought they would finish up in loneliness. • Without the police, I would have finished up being drowned.

  11. Pick out: • 1) recognize; see someone or something clearly among others. • She picked out the suspect in the crowd. • Try to pick me out in this old photograph. • 2) choose something or someone specially or carefully from a group • He picked out a book for his mother as a birthday gift. • Please pick one out.

  12. Tell from: • know or recognize something by judging something • In England, it is easy to tell what part of the country someone was born in, from his speech. • I could tell that you were lying from the look on your face.

  13. Emphasize: • vt. Place emphasis on • Our parents always emphasize the importance of working hard. • The boss emphasized the importance of punctuality.

  14. Spell out : • write or explain in the most detailed way • Some people suggested that we spell out a book about these people and their special customs. • I don’t understand the process, would you please spell out it for me? Back

  15. Explanation to some difficult sentences

  16. We move around in our chairs, gesture with eyebrows or a hand, meet someone else’s eye and look away. (Para. 1.) Meaning: We change our positions while we are sitting in chairs, make gestures with our eyebrows or a hand, see someone else’s eyes by chance and then look away quickly.

  17. They finish up a question with a raise of the hand, a lift of the chin, or a widening of the eyes. (Para.2) Meaning: They end a question by raising one of their hands, raising their chin or opening their eyes widely.

  18. When films of his speeches are run without sound, it’s not too difficult to tell from his gestures the language being spoken. (Para. 4) • Meaning: When you watch films of his speeches that have no sound, you can easily know from his gestures what language he is speaking.

  19. What the nonverbal gestures put across very often and very efficiently is the emotional side of the message. (Para. 5) • Meaning: Very often a person’s feelings can be understood better through his nonverbal gestures.

  20. This is clear when a person feels liked or disliked, as he or she will often communicate emotion “not in what is said but in the way it is said”. (Para. 5) • Meaning: You can easily know a person’s feelings because he or she will often communicate them by using gestures along with words. Back

  21. The End Thanks for your appreciation! Back

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