book 1 unit 4 section a: how to make a good impression section b: body language section c: gestures

Book 1 Unit 4

Section A: How to Make a Good Impression

Section B: Body Language

Section C: Gestures

OBJECTIVES Learn how to make good impressions on others. Learn how to make good impressions on others.

Understand the importance of nonverbal Understand the importance of nonverbal communication. communication.

Master key words, phrases and sentence structures.

Appreciate the three passages on different levels and

catch the themes.

learn and improve reading skills---finding out the main

ideas in paragraphs.

practice writing skills--- example-supported paragraphs.

Practice practical translation methods.

Section A Section A

How to Make a

Good Impression

Contents:

Warming UpWarming Up

Pre-reading Pre-reading ActivitiesActivities Text AnalysisText Analysis

Language PointsLanguage Points

Structured WritingStructured Writing

Watch clips from the movie Pretty Women 《风月俏佳人》 and answer questions

Warming UpWarming Up Contents

http://www.mov99.com/movie/poster/view_poster.asp?id=po2000022903372

1. What is your first impression on the woman in the movie?

Tips: She is rude and uncivilized. Her dressing is revealing, her postures are not proper and she has bad behaviors. All these do not match the environment. So she is not popular among the people in the hotel.


2. How did you get your judgments on the woman?

Tips: Through unspoken communication or non-verbal communication (consciously or unconsciously): facial expressions, gestures, eye contact, etc.)


3.In your opinion, how to make a good impression on others?3.In your opinion, how to make a good impression on others?

• Be punctualBe punctual

• Dress AppropriatelyDress Appropriately

• SmileSmile

• Be sincereBe sincere

• Be honestBe honest

• Be humorousBe humorous

• Use eye contactUse eye contact

• Be a good listenerBe a good listener


1. How long does it take us to judge the people we meet?

2. What is one way you can have a positive effect on other people?

3. What is the key to being the best person you can be ?

Questions & Answers

Pre-reading Pre-reading ActivitiesActivities

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According to the passage, we judge other people within the first seven seconds of meeting them. But things are not always the same with everybody. As far as I am concerned, I won’t make a thorough judgment of others until I’m very familiar with them. However, I must admit that the first impression is really very important. It can greatly affect my judgments on others.

Pre-reading Pre-reading ActivitiesActivities1. How long does it take us to judge the people we meet?

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I think I can have a positive effect on other people by using unspoken languages, such as eye contacts, facial expressions and body movements. When I talk with others, I always look at them through the eye instead of looking at the ceiling or somewhere else. By doing so, they can tell that I am communicating with them and that I am sincere. Sometimes, a nod, a smile, or a gesture (e.g. thumb up, which means praise) can also make other people feel comfortable.

Pre-reading Pre-reading ActivitiesActivities2. What is one way you can have a positive effect on

other people?

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In my opinion, the key to being the best person is try to be oneself. In order to do that, I tend to see myself in perspective. In other words, I am so clear about my strong and weak points as to grow more and more into a fullness of my own. At the same time, I try to think as much of others as of myself. Only in this way can I have much chance to create a peaceful climate of campus living around me; only in this climate can I stand better chances of learning from others; and only through such a mutual learning will I enjoy more love and support from the people I cooperate with in society.

Pre-reading Pre-reading ActivitiesActivities3. What is the key to being the best person you

can be ?

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introductionintroduction (Para.1~2)(Para.1~2) Research shows we make up Research shows we make up our minds about people our minds about people through unspoken through unspoken communication within seven communication within seven seconds of meeting people. seconds of meeting people.

developmentdevelopment (Para3~14)(Para3~14) The secrets to make a good The secrets to make a good impression:impression:

• You are the messageYou are the message

• Be yourselfBe yourself

• Use your eyesUse your eyes

• Lighten up Lighten up

conclusionconclusion (para15)(para15) You already have within You already have within you the power to make a you the power to make a good impression, because good impression, because nobody can be you as well as nobody can be you as well as you can. you can.

Text Analysis: Text Analysis: Text Structure Text Structure Contents

Text Analysis: Text Analysis: Main Idea and Devices for Developing ItMain Idea and 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.

设问法设问法设问法设问法举例法举例法举例法举例法列举法列举法列举法列举法

Devices for developing it:

Main idea of the text:Contents

1.Listing ( 列举法 )

Example : (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)

The writer successfully presents the reader his ideas through the device of listing:


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2. Questioning （设问法）

Title:Title:How to MakeHow to Makea Gooda GoodImpression Impression

Part Ⅰ: What did you feel and think? Part Ⅰ: What did you feel and think? How did you “read” the other How did you “read” the other person? How do you think he read person? How do you think he read you? you?

Part Ⅱ: Think of times when you know Part Ⅱ: Think of times when you know you made a good impression. What you made a good impression. What made you successful? made you successful?

Part Ⅲ: Do you say “I” too often? Are Part Ⅲ: Do you say “I” too often? Are you usually focused on your own you usually focused on your own problems? Do you complain problems? Do you complain frequently? frequently?

The writer presents and expounds his ideas by asking a list of questions, thus arousing an active echo in the reader’s mind, and then bringing the reader round to his ways of thinking.


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Exemplification is applied to make the author’s advice or opinion more authentic and persuasive. And it is employed in the second part of the article as follows:

3. Exemplification ( 举例法 )


Example: For 25 years I’ve worked with thousands who want to be successful. I’ve helped them make persuasive presentations, answer unfriendly questions, communicate more effectively. The secret has always been you are the message. (Para.3)

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Language Points

to make up one’s mind about sb.

a chain of reactions to range from… to…

to (be) focus(ed) sth. on

to hold the interest of others

to be committed to

to be absorbed into drive everyone crazyto be at one’s best

to take … too seriously

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1. 对某人的判断 to make up one’s mind about sb. (L. 1)

现在决定自己的未来职业为时尚早。

It’s still premature to make up your mind about your future career.

活学活用

Language Points

2. 一连串的反应 a chain of reactions (L. 3)

一个 SARS 病毒携带者没有被隔离会导致一连串的人受害。The failure to isolate a single SARS virus carrier would lead to a chain of victims.

活学活用

Language Points

3.从……到…… to range from… to… (L. 4)

商品房的市场价格每平方米从 2000 元到 8000 元不等。The market prices of commercial housing range from 2,000 to 8,000 yuan per square meter.

活学活用

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Language Points

5. 把 (精力 /注意力 )集中于 to (be) focus(ed) sth. on (L. 6)

现在公众的注意力全都集中在如何改善居住环境上。

活学活用活学活用

Public attention at the moment is focused on how to improve their living environments.

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Language Points

7. 吸引住他人的兴趣

to hold the interest of others (L. 16)

知道听众被自己完全吸引住是一桩极为兴奋的事。


It’s a great thrill, knowing that you are holding all the attention of the audience.

Language Points

10. 致力于…… to be committed to (L. 20)

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.

Language Points

11. 集中精神，专注于…… to be absorbed in (L. 21)

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。


He was so absorbed in the popular PC game, Counter Strike ， that he didn’t even notice that someone was entering the room.

Language Points

穷则思变，人之常情。

14. 使所有的人都受不了to drive everyone crazy (L. 24)


It is common to human nature that poverty drives one to think about changes.

Language Points

15. 处于全盛时期，在最佳状态 to be at one’s best (L. 26)

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.


Language Points

23. 对……过于认真 to take … too seriously (L. 51)

要想给别人留下好印象，我们对任何事情既不能过于认真，也不能过于漫不经心。

To make a good impression on others, we should not take everything too seriously, nor should we take them too casually.


Language Points

Practice writing a paragraph that starts with a general statement and goes on t list several examples to support it.

1. You have to list examples, just by naming them as the list of examples is quite enough to support the point.

2. All the examples in the list must be supporting the point you are making.

Tips:

Structured WritingStructured WritingContents

A general statement: There are many ways for Ss to spend money.

List of examples: food / phone / mobile phone costs / weekend travel / birthday parties / hair care / clothes / pop music and movies / books and magazines, computers and gym memberships

Sample paragraph:

When students get money from their parents, there are many uses for the money: food, phone, mobile phone costs, weekend travel, birthday parties, hair care, clothes, pop music and movies. Then there are expenditures on books and magazines, computers and gym memberships. College life is varied and colorful; however, students should focus on their studies and not spend more than they can afford.

Structured Structured WritingWriting

Example Contents

Section BSection B

Body Language

Body LanguageBody Language

“Body language” ,or “nonverbal language”, is a term used to describe facial expressions, gestures, body movements, the way one dresses, etc, that send messages.

Example

Section B

Show TimeShow Time Act and GuessAct and Guess

• Work in groups of 4-6. Each member of a group Work in groups of 4-6. Each member of a group will be given a card printed with a verb phrase. will be given a card printed with a verb phrase. For example, brushing one’s teeth, making a bed, For example, brushing one’s teeth, making a bed, etc. Take turns to act out the meaning of the verb etc. Take turns to act out the meaning of the verb phrase on your card and ask the rest of the group phrase on your card and ask the rest of the group to guess the phrase.to guess the phrase.

Section B

READING SKILLS IN SECTION BREADING SKILLS IN SECTION B

In order to understand the information you are reading, In order to understand the information you are reading, you must know what the main idea of the paragraph is. you must know what the main idea of the paragraph is.

A paragraph is a group of sentences about the same idea, A paragraph is a group of sentences about the same idea, subjects or topic. As you read a paragraph, you look for subjects or topic. As you read a paragraph, you look for the key idea that each sentence presents.the key idea that each sentence presents.

Often one sentence in the paragraph tells the reader Often one sentence in the paragraph tells the reader exactly what the rest of the paragraph deals with and, exactly what the rest of the paragraph deals with and, therefore, gives the main idea. therefore, gives the main idea.

Section B

TIPS FOR YOUTIPS FOR YOU

The main idea of a paragraph The main idea of a paragraph may be clearlmay be clearly stated or may be only implied or suggey stated or may be only implied or suggested.sted.

The main idea The main idea may be stated anywhere in a may be stated anywhere in a paragraph.paragraph.

Very often Very often one sentence in a paragraph tellone sentence in a paragraph tells the reader exactly what the main idea is the reader exactly what the main idea iss. .

Section B

Section C

Section C

Gestures

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Learning LogLearning Log

• 1. I have learned 1. I have learned __________________________________________________________________________________________

• 2. I still have difficulty in 2. I still have difficulty in __________________________________________________________________________________________

• 3. I want to learn more about 3. I want to learn more about __________________________________________________________________________________________

• 4. Other things you want to tell your teacher:4. Other things you want to tell your teacher:

• __________________________________________________________________________________

book 1 unit 4 section a: how to make a good impression section b: body language section c: gestures

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