九年级英语全册 Chapter 1 Body language教案 牛津深圳版.doc

Chapter 1 of Junior 9 Body Language
Lesson Plan
Teaching aims and demands:
1. Words and expressions:
a. Learn how to use 15 words :
employee, well-dressed, enter, sigh, senior, prefer, chance, gesture, appearance, impression, hesitation, remind, century, beauty, pronunciation, false, uniform, date, regards, invitation
b. Learn to use the following phrases:
body language, glance at someone,
greet someone cheerfully, rest one’s head on one’s hand ,
make a good impression on someone, hold one’s head up,
make eye contact with someone, without hesitation,
a few moments later, remind someone of something
take great care of one’s appearance, use gestures to communicate
free of charge, a travel agency ,
receive an invitation be in hospital
as a matter of fact
2. Be able to skillfully use the usage of zero article.
3. Read and comprehend the reading in Chapter One
4. Understand how to use gestures to communicate
5. Learn to write a short messages
Main and difficult points:
1. Phrases
2. Reading comprehension
Teaching Methods:
1. Listening, speaking and writing.
2. Watch and say
3. Pair / group work
Teaching aids: PPT and tape recorder
Periods needed: 10
Teaching procedures:
Period One

Teaching target
1. To know some new words about the reading
passage.Pronounce the words correctly.
2. Memorize the word spelling
3. Use the words and phrases to make the sentences.
4.To have a warm-up to know about some gestures and expressions.
Cartoon talk
1 Give students some time to look at the cartoon on SB 9, page 1. Tell them to read the sentences carefully.
2. Meaning of the cartoon:
This cartoon draws attebtion to the topic of the main passage by showing us a strage, frightening man. His appearance and body language make people run away, instead of attracting them to him.
Teaching courses:
a. Pre-chapter activities
Step1 Greetings and leading in.
1. How many ways do people communicate
in ?
Spoken language,
Written language,
Body language
2.What is Body language?
Gestures and expression.
Step2 Can you name the expressions shown by the hands below?
thumb a ride (You’re out of gas
and find yourself stuck on the road. You wave your thumb at the driver.)
thumbs up (This symbol means
“ok,” or “good,” in the U.S.)
thumbs down (You can’t get the
support you want.)
under one’s thumb (ruled by
another or control by him)
In the U.S. and other places, it means
“all right”; In Japan it means “money”; In France it means
“zero,”
The symbol is a way to ward off
( 守护； 防卫 ) bad luck, & the
evil (邪恶的, 不幸的)
Body language is the most important form of communication!You can express your thoughts and emotions even without speaking a word. The way you stand and sit and the expression on your face and the eyes can give people an impression.
b. Look at the pictures on page 2. What feelings does the girl’s body language show? Match the words with the pictures.
c. Watch a vedio
Watch a vedio and say how much you understand.
In the early 1900s, the first films were black and white, and there was no sound. We call them silent films. Actors and actresses used body language to tell people what they were acting about. Charles Chaplin was the most famous silent film actor. The following is part of his film named Modern Times. Watch it and try to understand as much as you can.
d. Vocabulary Box.
Guess the words according to the English meaning.
1.a business that makes its money esp. by bringing people into touch with others---agency
2. to give a quick short look---glance
3. to welcome with words or actions---greet
4. happy and lively, in good spirits---cheerful
5. to let out a deep breath slowly and with a sound, usu, expressing sadness , tiredness…sigh
6. (someone who is ) older ---senior
( someone ) of high or higher rank
7. a person who is employed---employee
8. the act or process of communicating---communication
9. the use of movement of the body ,esp. of the hands, to express a certain meaning--- gesture
10. the outside quantity of a person or a thing;
the act of appearing --- appearance
11. the state of having connection or exchanging information or idea with others---contact
12. state / act of hesitating --- hesitation
13. to tell or cause someone to remember a fact--- remind
14. the office desk or department that receive
victors to a hotel or an organization--- reception
15. something suggested--- suggestion
16. the state of being unhappy at not seeing
hopes come true--- disappointment
17. a planned way of doing
something---method
e. Learn to pronounce the words correctly.
f. Conclusion
g. Assignments.
a. Recite the new words and expressions.(from disappointed to appearance)
b. Listen to the tape about the reading passage three times.

Period Two
Teaching target
1. Review the new words and expressions.
2. While-reading.
a. Listen to the passage carefully and answer the questions
b. Look through the text and list the body languages between Debbie and Simon.
c. Read and think. Then answer some
questions about the reading.
d. Read and understand the reading passage further.
Teaching courses:
a. Review the new words and expressions.
Fill in the blanks with the correct words.
1. Next year we’ll go to s_______ middle
school.
2. I got this job through an employment a____.
3. He g________ at his watch and hurried out.
4. He g_______us by shouting a friendly “ Hello!”
5. The teacher made a g _______ of anger to show that he was not satisfied with our work.
6. The closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games was c____________.
7. You can tell from her a___________ that she
has been ill.
8. I’ve been trying to get in c_______ with him
since he left China.
9. When he heard the bad news, he was in great
d__________________.
10. The old actress s_______ for her lost youth.
11. I’d like to make a s__________ that we
should study harder in the new school year.
12. Without a moment’s h__________, he
offered to be volunteers, working day and
night in Wenchuan.
13. Athletes from all over the world got a very
friendly r________ in Beijing during the
Olympic Games.
14. The bank has introduced a new ________
of calculating the interest.
15. He applied for a job as an e____________
of the company.
16. Body language is one of the most
important form of c______________.
b. Listen and answer the questions
1. Where do Debbie and Simon have part-time jobs?
At a travel agency.
2. Who did the well-dressed laday prefer?
Debbie.
3. Does Simon make a good impression on people? Why?
No.Because he often rest his head on his hand. He doesn’t look up and never smiles.
c. Skim the text and list the body
languages between Debbie and Simon.
 Debbie’s

the result
 greets cheerfully, holds her
head up, makes eye contact
with customers, always smile,

The customers go to her.
 Simon’s

the result

 rests his head on his hand,
doesn’t look up, never smile,

Doesn’t make a good
impression on people.
d. To read it further and think. Then
answer some questions about the reading.
1. What is the main topic of the story?
2. Where are Debbie and Simon?
3. Who gives Simon advice?
4. In the photo, which person looks more
friendly, the boy or the girl?
5. How does Debbie make the customers feel
good?
6. Why does Simon’s body language keep the
customers away from him?
7. What did Simon do to improve his appearance?
8. Did Simon Really make a customer prefer
to him this time?
e. Read the whole passage and have a deeper understanding about it.
l The new words.
C1.Read and guess the meanings of some words. Then use them to complete the conversation.
1. How do you know she was disappointed at
the news?
She ________.
2. What does your sister do?
She works at the reception desk in a hotel.
She takes great care of her _____________.
3. Was it difficult to make him agree to your
suggestion?
No. He agreed _____________________.
4. Did you read the newspaper this morning?
No. I only ______________ the headlines.
5. How do people who cannot speak under one
another?
They use __________ to communicate.
6. Would rather go out or stay at home?
I’d ________ to stay at home.
C2 Read and find the words in the story that have meanings similar to the following.
1. wearing nice clothes---be well-dressed
2. come or go into a place---enter
3. holding a higher position---senior
4. a person who is paid to work for other
people---employee
5. What is the matter?---What’s up?
6. a suitable time when it is possible to do
something ---chance
7. make people think highly of you---make a
good impression on people
8. help somebody remember something
---remind
l Sentences
D Read and complete the questions below according to the answers.
1. Who walked over to Debbie?
A well-dressed lady.
2. How did Debbie greet to her?
Cheerfully.
3. Why did the customers always prefer
Debbie to Simon?
Because he doesn’t make a good
impression on them.
4. What did Simon decide to do?
To improve his body language.
f. Conclusion
g. Assignments.
1). Recite the new words and expressions.(from rest to false teeth)
2). Read the passage after the tape and try to recite paragraph 1- 7.

Period Three
Teaching target
1. To read it intensively and fill in the blanks
about the reading.
2. To explain the key points about the reading.
3. Conclude the key phrases.
Teaching courses:
a. Revision
1. Ask some students to try to recite paragraph 1- 7.
2. Have a dictation about the new words.
b. Read the story & complete the speech bubble.
I spoke to Mr. Young today. He’s one of
the 1)______ employees at the travel agency.
I told him that our customers always prefer
to talk to 2) _______. He told me the problem
might be the way I 3) ______________. He
explained to me about 4) ______ language.
He said that my body language was not
giving customers a good 5)__________. So
now I’m trying to 6) __________ my body
language.
c. Conclude some important phrases about the reading passage.
1 body language
2 a travel agency
3 a well-dressed lady
4 glance at…
5 walk over to someone
6 greet someone cheerfully
7 a senior employee
8 prefer Debbie to me
9 the way you communicate with others
10 a chance to speak to…
11 your gesture and the expression on your face
12 give sb. a good impression /
make a good impression on sb.
13 rest one’s head on one’s hand
14 look up; hold one’s head ( up)
15 make eye contact with …
16 improve his body language
17 without hesitation
18 remind me that tomorrow is her birthday
d. Importance and Difficulty
1. disappointment 失望,沮丧 n.
disappoint使(某人)失望, 沮丧v.
e.g. To our disappointment, it rained on the day of the picnic.
Don’t disappoint me again.
2. well-dressed 穿着讲究的adj
e.g. People are well-dressed at the wedding.
3. enter 进入,登台 v. entrance 入口 n.
e.g. Don’t enter the office without knocking.
exit 退出,退场 v.　出口 n.
exit visa出境签证
fire exit安全出口
4. glance at 匆匆一看
e.g. glance at the newspapers = read the newspaper quickly浏览报纸
5. greeting 问候，欢迎n.
e.g. People in France greet friends with kissing instead of shaking hands.
6. sigh 叹气 v. / n.
e.g. How can I lose my weight?’,he sighed.
Miss Cat left with a sigh.
7. a senior employee一位级别较高的职员
senior: holding a higher position
employee: a person who is paid to work for other people
8. What’s up, Simon?
What’s up? = What’s the matter?
9. The customers always prefer Debbie to me.
prefer A (to B)　选择Ａ(而不选择Ｂ)
Which would you prefer, tea or coffee?
你想喝什么，茶还是咖啡？
I prefer tea to coffee.
我想喝茶，不想喝咖啡．
She prefers walking to cycling.
她愿意步行，不愿意骑车．
10. It’s the way you communicate.
communicate with sb. 与某人沟通
e.g. Parents should always communicate with their children.
communication沟通，交流 n.
e.g. Speech is not the only method of communication.
语言并不是唯一的沟通方式．
11. I don’t even get a chance to speak to
them. 我甚至没有和他们说话的机会．
get a chance有机会
take a chance冒一冒险, 碰碰运气,
by chance偶然, 意外地
e.g. I met an old friend by chance.
12. What kind of language is that?
What kind/sort of…?什么类型…？
What kind/sort of shoes would you like?
13. You whole appearance communicates
things.
你的整体外貌都能传达信息．
appearance外观，外貌．出现n.
e.g. Don’t judge by appearances.切勿以貌取
人．
appear　出现 v.
e.g. He didn’t appear until 9 pm.
直到９点他才出现．
14. He does not make a good impression on people.
make a good imopression on sb.
给某人留下好印象
15. He rests his head on his hand.
rest 被支撑，托v.
16. make eye contact with 与某人眼神交流
e.g. She is holding her head up.
She smiles.
She makes eye contact with the customers.
contact n.接触;联系 (U)
lose contact with 和……失去联系
e.g. They lost contact with Jack.
make contact with 和……联系
Can you make contact with him?
keep in contact with保持联络
e.g. We still keep in contact with each other
after leaving school.
16. Without hesitation, she went to Simon and gave him a big smile.
hesitation 犹豫 n.
e.g. She agreed without hesitation.
她毫不犹豫地同意了．
hesitate犹豫 v.
e.g. Don’t hesitate to tell us if you have a
problem.
你有问题就直截了当地告诉我们。　
17. She wanted to remind me that tomorrow is her birthday.
remind 提醒 v.
e.g. Do I have to remind you again?
需要我再次提醒你吗？
remind sb of sth.提醒某人某事
e.g. This song reminds me of my hometown.这首让我想起了我的家乡．
reminder提示信，通知信 n.
e. Conclusion
f. Assignments:
1). Review the language points and finish doing Exx. in Workbook---Vocabulary (Page 2)
2). Recite paragraph 8-11.

Period Four
Teaching target
1. Review the reading passage.
2. Finish explaining some exercises about the reading passage.
3. To have a brainstorming to guess the meaning of the gestures.
Teaching courses:
a. Revision
1. Dictation---New words and expressions.
2. Go on reciting the reading passsage.
b. New lesson
1. Explain the exercises about the reading
passage.
2. Brain Storming
Guess the meaning of the gestures.
l A half-closed hand with a thumb up.
Good! Well done! You did a good job
l A half-closed hand with a thumb down.
Bad! I will have to refuse you
l palm up and wave the fingers to oneself
continuously
Come here!
l Hold up the forefinger and the middle
finger and across them
Good luck!
l Shrug(耸）the shoulder with the hands out
I don’t know.
l A smile and a handshake.
You are welcome.
l A frowned (皱眉）or upset look.
I am worried.
l Putting a hand on the stomach, patting or rubbing
I ate too much.
l Drooping or hanging the head.
I am sorry that I did something wrong.
l Putting the left palm on the forefinger of the right hand.
Stop here.
l Turning your back to someone on purpose.
You are angry.
l A loud laughter with a shinning fa