文档介绍：Unit 21 body language
Pre-reading
Discuss the following questions with your partner.
Can you guess what ss “ I’m tired〞.
“ I’m full〞.
“I’m hungry〞.
Read the last paragragh , and try to answer the question:
Is smiling very useful?
Give us some examples.
Understanding the text:
It can be learned that body language__________.
A. always takes place when we’re talking
B. can help us to read a person’s mind
C. is always necessary in communicating
D. can’t mean the same in different cultures
Eye contact ________
A. is actually a spoken language
B. is watching a person directly
C. has different meanings inside a country
D. is different in some parts of the world
B
D
3. When you make a circle with your thumb and index finger, people____think you’re rude.
A. in France B. in Germany
C. in Nigeria over the world
4. “ While there are many different interpretations of our body language, …(Para. 4)〞 The underlined word means the closest to the one in “______〞
A. He broke his leg while playing tennis.
B. Could you look after the children while I cook lunch?
C. The south of the country grows richer, while the north grows poorer.
D. While I admit that the problems are difficult, I don’t agree they cannot be solved.
B
D
5. In which two countries does the thumbs-up gesture mean the same thing?
A. In the US and Nigeria. B. In Japan and Germany
C. In Nigeria and Germany D. In Japan and Brazil
6. Which is NOT true about the gesture of smiling?
A. It’s suggested in the text that people should smile a lot in their lives.
B. Smiling can even help us to build up our self-confidence.
C. A person will probably smile to his/her friends when he /she feels down.
D. Smiling is widely used in different situations and is of great help.
D
C
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