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New Horizon College English Section A 4 Unit How to Make a Good Impression

Text Analysis Pre-reading Activities Watch & Discuss Main idea and devices for developing it Summary Expressions How to apply to our real life the typical expressions and patterns taken from the text Blank filling Language points Paragraph Writing Detail study of the text Tips for Para. Writing

Back I. Pre-reading Activities: Listen, Look & Say 1. How does our body language affect our social activities? key 2. How should we use our body language to make a good impression on others? key Video watching Directions: Watch the video and then discuss the topics as follows:

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As the lecturer in the video says, body language consists of five main aspects: appearance, posture, gestures, eye contact, and facial expressions. To put it in more detail, your appearance or the way you look always conveys to others something special, such as what taste you seek after. Posture — the way you stand, communicate with others, and even relax yourself — tells others more than your words do. Gestures usually add a visual dimension to what you are saying. Eye contact shows your interest, courage and confidence. Facial expressions are a mirror of your emotions. Summary: Briefly speaking, there are three main skills that affect our social activities. They are nonverbal skills, verbal skills, and techniques. Nonverbal skills are ruled by our body language. According to the lecturer in the video, half of our mark on society is achieved through our nonverbal skills. In other words, our body language reveals more the kind of person we are than it is widely believed to. Body language is a process of communication through conscious or unconscious gestures or poses. 返回 >>>more Path of thinking: • How many skills affect our success in social activities? • How does body language work in our social activities?

focused on the way we stand, the way we approach others, and the way we display our abilities. Gestures are often overdone by presenters. If we find someone’s ideas and charm glow with the help of gestures, we should keep in mind where they come in; but on the other hand, when we find someone’s gestures add nothing but boredom to his speech, we should see to it that such a thing will not happen to ours. We should apply our skills of “eye contact and facial expressions” to where we show respect or liking for the views of others, and where we feel confidence in ourselves. Summary: Now that we become aware of the importance of body language to our success in social contacts and we are also clear about its five major aspects through which our body language sends messages to others, it is quite necessary for us to better ourselves in the application of body language. Our positive appearance can be effected through the appropriate clothes we wear and the popular but well-dressed hairstyles we keep. The improvement of our posture should be 返回 >>>more Path of thinking: • Is it necessary to improve our body language? • What should we do with the five aspects of our body language?

II.Text Analysis: Main Idea and Devices for Developing It Main idea Part I Part II Part III Main idea of the textand devices for developing it Main idea of each part and devices for developing it Devices 列举法

Back II.Text Analysis: Main Idea and Devices for Developing It Main idea of the text ? Devices for developing it? When people want to make a good impression, the following advice can be of some help: you are the message; be yourself; use your eyes; and lighten up. 列举法

Back • He gives his four pieces of advice on “How to Make a Good Impression”by listing and expounding one after another: • You are the message. (Para.3) • Be yourself. (Para. 6) • Use your eyes. (Para.10) • Lighten up. (Para. 12) >>>more 1. Listing (列举法) The writer successfully presents the reader his ideas through the device of listing:

Back >>>more 1. Listing (列举法) 2) The writer supports his general statements very effectively through a list of examples, without having to go into details about them. Example 1: (His idea: We make up our minds about people within seven seconds of meeting them.) Think about some of your most unforgettable meetings: an introduction to your future spouse, a job interview, an encounter with a stranger. Focus on the first seven seconds. What did you feel and think? (L.5-6)

Back 1. Listing (列举法) Example 2 (His idea: Others will want to be with you and help you if you use your good qualities.) Your good qualities include: physical appearance, energy, rate of speech, pitch and tone of voice, gestures, expression through the eyes, and the ability to hold the interest of others. (Para. 4)

Back II. Text Analysis: Main Idea and Devices for Developing It Part II Part III For details For details Listing （列举法） Main idea ? Research shows that we make up our minds about people through unspoken communication within seven seconds of meeting them. Part I (Para.1-2) Devices for developing it ? Questioning（设问法）下一页

Back Listing (列举法) 1. Consciously or unconsciously, we show our true feelings with ____ ____, _____, ______ and __________, causing a chain of reactions, ranging from _______ to ____. our eyes faces bodies attitudes comfort fear 2. Think about some of your most unforgettable meetings: an _____________ __ ____ ______ ______, a ___ _________, an _________ ____ a ________. introduction spouse to your future job interview encounter with stranger 返回

Back Questioning (设问法) Set a scene: Focus on the first seven seconds. Q 1: ? What did you feel and think? Q 2: ? How did you “read” the other person? ? Q 3: How do you think he read you? 返回

3. Deduction (演绎法) (Para.6 – 11) Back II. Text Analysis: Main Idea and Devices for Developing It Part I Part III For details Main idea ? The four qualities we can use to impress others：you are the message; be yourself; use your eyes; lighten up Part II (Para.3-14) Devices for developing it ? • Listing (列举法) • (St. 1 of Para.3, 6, 10, 12, as shown above) 2. Exemplification (举例法) (Para.3, 12-13) 下一页上一页

3. Deduction (演绎法) Back to be continued General statement 1 : Be yourself. Specific deduction: Many how-to books advise you to stride into a room and impress others with your qualities. They instruct you to greet them with “power handshakes” and tell you to fix your eyes on the other person. If you follow all this advice. You’ll drive everyone crazy —including yourself. (保持自我。)许多指导性的书籍会建议你大步走进某一个房间，让你的优点给别人留下深刻的印象。这类书籍会教你以“有力的握手”问候他人，并且告诉你要用双眼注视对方。可你如果遵循了所有这些建议，你会使所有的人受不了包括你自己。

3. Deduction (演绎法) Back to be continued The trick is to be consistently you, at your best. (further statement) Specific deduction: The most effective people never change from one situation to another. They’re the same whether they’re having a conversation, addressing their garden club or being interviewed for a job. They communicate with their whole being; the tones of their voices and their gestures match their words. （诀窍在于要始终如一地保持自我，保持你最佳状态的自我。）给人印象最深的那些人从不随着情况的变化而改变自己。无论是在与人交谈时，在花园集会上发表演说时，还是在求职面试中，他们的表现是一样的。他们全身心与人交流；他们的音调和手势与他们说的话保持着一致。

3. Deduction (演绎法) Back to be continued General statement 2: Use your eyes. Specific deduction: Whether you’re talking to one person or one hundred, always remember to look at them. Some people start to say something while looking right at you, but three words into the sentence, they break eye contact and look out the window. （用你的眼睛。）不管你是和一个人交谈，还是对一百个人发表讲话，始终记住你要看着他们。有些人在开始说话时会直视你，但一句话刚说了几个字，他就会中断与你目光的接触，把目光移向窗外。

3. Deduction (演绎法) Back General statement 2 : Use your eyes. Specific deduction: As you enter a room, move your eyes comfortably; then look straight at those in the room and smile. Smiling is important. It shows you are relaxed. Some think entering a room full of people is like going into a lion’s cage. I disagree. If I did agree, I certainly wouldn’t look at my feet or at the ceiling. I’d keep my eye on the lion! 当你走进房间时，目光从容地扫视；然后直视房间里的人，并对他们微笑。微笑是很重要的，它表明你很放松。有人认为走进一个很多人的房间就像走进了一个狮子笼。我不同意这种说法。就算我同意，我也肯定不会看着自己的脚或是天花板。我会注视那头狮子。返回

II. Text Analysis: Main Idea and Devices for Developing It Part I Part II Main idea ? We all have within ourselves the power to make a good impression. Just be ourselves and we’ll make it. Devices for developing it ? Part III (Para.15) Induction through Questions & Answers (归纳法) Paragraph 15 上一页

II. Text Analysis: Main Idea and Devices for Developing It 仔细地观察一下你自己, 你说 “我” 的次数是否过多?你通常是否将注意力集中在你个人的问题上?你是否经常抱怨?对于上述问题, 那怕只有其中一个你给出的是肯定的答案,那么你就需要放松了。为了让别人感到自在, 你自己先要表现得轻松。不必作出巨大的改变,只需要保持自我。你本身已具备了给人留下良好印象的能力，因为要保持你的自我,只有你自己才能做得好,谁也代替不了你。返回 Take a good hard look at yourself. Do you say “I” too often? Are you usually focused on your own problems? Do you complain frequently? If you answered yes to even one of these questions, you need to lighten up. To make others comfortable, you have to appear comfortable yourself. Don't make any huge changes; just be yourself.You already have within you the power to make a good impression, because nobody can be you as well as you can.

III. Expressions Expressions: Back • to make up our minds about sb. • 2. to range from…to… • 3. to (be) focus(ed) sth. on • 4. to be committed to • 5. to be absorbed in • to impress sb. With • 7. to fix one’s eyes on / upon • 8. to drive everyone crazy • 9. to be at one’s best • 10. to match their words • 11. to take … too seriously

Back III. Expressions & Patterns A. Compatible Expressions 1.对某人的判断 to make up one’s mind about sb. (L. 1) 活学活用 It’s still premature to make up your mind about your future career. 现在决定自己的未来职业为时尚早。上一页下一页

Back III. Expressions 从……到…… to range from… to… (L. 4) 活学活用 The market prices of commercial housing range from 2,000 to 8,000 yuan per square meter. 商品房的市场价格每平方米从2000元到8000元不等。上一页下一页

Back III. Expressions 把(精力/注意力)集中于 to (be) focus(ed) sth. on (L. 6) 活学活用现在公众的注意力全都集中在如何改善居住环境上。 Public attention at the moment is focused on how to improve their living environments. 上一页下一页

Back III. Expressions & Patterns 致力于…… to be committed to (L. 20) 活学活用马丁 路德  金博士把他的一生都奉献给了美国的民权运动。 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. committed all his life to the civil rights movement in the US. 上一页下一页

Back III. Expressions & Patterns 集中精神，专注于…… to be absorbed in (L. 21) 活学活用 He was so absorbed in the popular PC game, Counter Strike，that he didn’t even notice that someone was entering the room. 他专心致志地玩流行电脑游戏——反恐精英，连有人进屋都不知道。上一页下一页

Back III. Expressions & Patterns 以……给某人留下深刻印象 to impress sb. with (L. 22) 活学活用他们以对事业的无私奉献和对祖国的无限热爱给全国人民留下了深刻的印象。 They impressed the whole nation with both their selfless devotion to their cause and their deep love for the motherland. 上一页下一页

Back III. Expressions 目不转睛地注视…… • to fix one’s eyes on/upon… (L. 24) 活学活用她充满深情地凝视着他，希望他能读懂她对他的热恋。 She fixed her eyes on him with deep feelings, wishing he could read her strong love for him. 上一页下一页

Back III. Expressions 使所有的人都受不了 • to drive everyone crazy (L. 24) 活学活用穷则思变，人之常情。 It is common to human nature that poverty drives one to think about changes. 上一页下一页

Back III. Expressions 处于全盛时期，在最佳状态 to be at one’s best (L. 26) 活学活用我早上的状态总是不好，因此总忍不住在课堂上睡觉，特别是当老师的课十分乏味时。 I’m never at my best in the morning; therefore I can’t help falling asleep in class, especially when the teacher’s lecture is dull. 上一页下一页

IV. Summary Scientific research _____ that within the first seven seconds of meeting others we can make __ our minds about them through a chain of ________; because ___________ or unconsciously, we show our ____ feelings with our eyes, faces, bodies and _________. If we want to leave a good impression on others and get their ___________ , we should make full ____ of our good qualities, such as physical __________, energy, rate of speech, pitch and tone of voice and ________. We should be ____________ ourselves, at our best when shows up reactions consciously true attitudes cooperation use appearance gestures consistently 下一页

IV. Summary communicating with others. _____ others believe what they see ____ what they hear, we must use our eyes to look directly at them and _____ to convey the ___________ that we are sincere and _______. Sometimes, ______ can work for us in a _________ situation. All we have to do is to _______ up and be our true selves. Once we have done the above, we already have within us the _____ to lead ourselves to _______ in social life. Since over information smile relaxed humor stressing lighten power success 上一页

V: language points You are the message. (Para. 3) Meaning: Your eyes, face, body, and attitudes—all the things send information about you to others.

V: language points • You were committed to what you were talking about and so absorbed in the moment you lost all self-consciousness. (Para. 5) • Meaning: You were giving all your attention to what you were saying and you were so interested in it that you lost all your worries about what you looked like, how you behaved, and what others thought of you. • The structure "so + a./ad. + (that)" is used to express to such a degree as to produce a particular result, causing a particular situation, etc. "That" can be omitted. • For example: He was so ill (that) we had to send for a doctor.<br>他病得很重，我们得派人去请医生。

V: language points • Public speakers, however, often send mixed messages. (Para. 8) • Meaning: Public speakers, however, often send confusing messages, that is, what they say does not agree with what they do.

V: language points • Some people start to say something while looking right at you, but three words into the sentence, they break eye contact and look out the window. (Para. 10) • Meaning: Some people look at you when they begin to say something, but after saying only three words or so, they stop looking into your eyes and look at something outside the window.

V: language points • Usually they are either brooding or talking a great deal about themselves. (Para. 14) • Meaning: Very often, they are either thinking or worrying a lot or talking a lot about themselves.

V: language points • You already have within you the power to make a good impression, because nobody can be you as well as you can. (Para. 15) • Meaning: You now have the power to make a good impression, because nobody can use your good qualities as well as you can.

Ⅵ. Paragraph Writing The Importance of Sth. to Sb. / Sth. Else The Importance of Health to Us The Benefits of Environmental Protection to Us The Harmfulness of Video Games to Us 下一页

Ⅵ. Paragraph Writing Topic Sentence 写作模式 2)To begin with, it has a strong hold on … 3)…(进一步阐述) Analysis1 Analysis2 Analysis3 4)Besides, it serves as a litmus test for… 5)…(进一步阐述) 6) And most of all, it has the power to determine whether or not… 7)…(进一步阐述) 8) In short, where there is a better employment of sth., there will be more hope of… Conclusion 1) The importance of sth. is now drawing more of our concern than ever before. （划线部分可替换）上一页下一页

Ⅵ. Paragraph Writing Reference model: The Importance of Body Language to Our Success in Social Contact 1)The importance of body language to our success in social contact is now drawing more of our concern than ever before. 2)To begin with,it has a strong hold on the reactions of others to us . 3)What we tend to show through our eyes, faces, bodies and gestures often brings about a chain of reactions from others, ranging from appreciation to disgust. 4) Besides, it serves as 下一页上一页

Ⅵ. Paragraph Writing a litmus test(试金石)for our true feelings. 5)Every time we make insincere remarks, our facial expressions, the tones of our voices and even our posture may reveal more to others than our speech. 6) And most of all, it has the power to determine whether or not we will succeed in social contact. 7) If you have a decisive date with a girl / boy and your manners or the way you conduct yourself doesn’t match your 下一页上一页

Ⅵ. Paragraph Writing social status, for example, your chances of winning the other’s heart will be slim. 8) In short, where there is a better exercise of body language in social contact, there will be more hope of success. THE END 上一页

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