课题	UNIT 4 BODY LANGUAGE Period 1 Reading and Thinking	学科	英语	班级	授课教师
教学目标	By the end of this section, students will be able to: learn some new words, such as interaction, appropriate and approve; read about the function of body language and its implications in different cultures; grasp the feature of expository writing, like its structure and language; learn a reading strategy about making inferences by looking at the clues in the passage; think critically about body language by relating it to their own culture and personal experiences; respect different cultures.
教学主题	该板块的活动主题是“理解（读懂）肢体语言”（Understand body language）。这部分主要从地域文化的角度解读肢体语言。学生需要理解肢体语言与言语表达在实际交流中是共存的，并在一定程度上承担着传情达意的功能；同时，学生还应理解，因为地域文化的不同，肢体语言也可能有相应的变化，同一个动作可能传递不同的意义或情绪。
教学重点	引导学生熟悉并掌握该部分的话题词汇；引导学生通过阅读理解不同国家、不同文化中的肢体语言所表达的意义；引导学生掌握说明文的篇章结构和语言特点。
教学难点	1. 培养学生读出言外之意的能力； 2. 引导学生结合自身经历和自己所处的文化背景批判地看待肢体语言，并学会尊重和包容与自己所处地域不同的文化现象。
教学内容与过程	Lead-in Task 1: Look and discuss 教师引导学生根据单元标题和主题图了解单元主题。  Where are they? What might the people be doing in the photos?  What do you think they might be feeling? Why do you think so?  When and how do you use body language to convey meaning? Task 2: Do a play 老师让学生两人一组，完成活动1，选择相关内容，一人表演，一人猜测。并结合学生的表演，让学生们归纳肢体语言的类型。 Step 1 Pre-reading Task: Prediction 老师引导学生结合语篇标题和图片，判断图中的肢体语言及传递的信息，并预测语篇可能涉及的内容。  Look at the picture. What do you think the young lady might to convey with her body language?  Look at the title of the text. What do you think will be talk about in the text? Step 2 While-reading Task 1: Global reading 引导学生浏览语篇，核查预测；梳理语篇结构，归纳段落大意。 Task 2: Detailed reading 引导学生分段阅读，完成下列任务：（1）阅读第1段回答以下问题：  Can you guess the meaning of the word “interaction” according to the text?（结合课本 P38右下角的学习策略）  What is the function of the last sentence in paragraph 1? （2）阅读第2-5段：  完成活动2，将表格补充完整；  分析2、3、4段的段落结构，将思维导图补充完整；（3）让学生阅读第6段并回答以下问题：  What different uses of smiling are mentioned in this paragraph? Find out the varied sentence structures used to show uses of smiling. Step 3 Post-reading Task 1: Discussion 老师引导学生思考活动3的三个问题。 Task 2: Watching & Discussing 老师播放视频，组织学生分组讨论活动4的三个问题。 Task 3: Exercise 老师结合文章脉络，设计填空，让学生完成练习。 Step 4 Homework Practise the words and expressions learned in this class. Learn more different meanings about body language in different countries. Then share with your classmates.					备注