1、单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Unit 8 A Horse and Two Goats,Part I,Listening&Speaking Activities,Part II,Reading&Language Activities,Part III,Extended Activities,1,Part I Listening&Speaking Activities,Warming-up,Brainstorming,Listening,Speaking,2,Get Your Meanings Across,What is commun
2、ication?,How do people communicate?Work in groups to name as many mediums of communication as possible.,Verbal communication(oral,written),Nonverbal communication,e.g.signs,tones of voice,volume,speed,pausing,body languages(e.g.facial expression,eye movement such as winking,eye contact,foot tapping,
3、cupping the ear,folding arms,proximity,position of the body,etc.),Actions Speak Louder Than Words,3,What do these faces mean?,Can you guess the nonverbal body language the faces below are communicating?,Happy,Sad,Surprised,Thinking,Angry,Confused,Embarrassed,Sleepy,4,Can You Understand Me?,Work in g
4、roups to choose five of the situations listed as follows and act them out by using non-verbal communication:,1.You can not hear your friends voice.,2.You want a child to come to your side.,3.You smell something bad when you enter the dormitory.,4.Somebody has asked you a question,and you do not know
5、 the answer.,5.You want to tell your friend that the lecture is boring.,6.You signal to your friend who is talking on the phone to lower his/her voice.,7.You beg for some money from your friend.,8.Your friend keeps talking to you but you are already a bit late for class.,9.You want to tell your frie
6、nd that you have forgotten to bring something.,10.You want to tell your friend that everything is OK.,5,Cross-cultural Communication,Look at the following examples of body language.Do the messages conveyed by them differ among different cultures?,1.Beckon with index finger,-“Come here”in U.S.but ins
7、ulting in many cultures e.g.the Middle East,2.Eye contact,-encouraged in U.S.,but rude in Asia,3.Sit with sole of feet or shoes showing,-disrespect for others in some cultures e.g.Japan,4.The“Ring”or“OK”gesture,-“ok”in most cultures but an insult in Greece and“money”in Japan,5.Nod ones head,-“no”in
8、some parts of India,6,Brainstorming,1.Expressions for understanding/conveying messages:,understand,know,learn,acquire(knowledge,information),have an idea of,take/get the message,be well informed about something,get/put the message across,make oneself understood,sth.dawns on somebody,something occurs
9、 to someone,2.Expressions for failures of communication:,be confused about.,get sb.wrong,be ignorant about something,have misconceptions about.,be puzzling/puzzled,be mystifying/mystified,7,3.Expressions for emotional states:,satisfied/dissatisfied,hospitable,hostile,enthusiastic,be embarrassed/emba
10、rrassing,depressed,low-spirited,moody,cheerful,delighted,overjoyed,4.Expressions for body language:,nodding,winking,raise ones eye-brows,stare at somebody,eye contact,avert ones eyes from somebody,pout ones lips,stick out ones tongue,make a face,wave,take.into ones arms,kiss someone on the cheek,his
11、/her eyes speak for herself.,a cloud crosses his/her face.,be red in the face,blush,beam,5.Expressions for differentiating between various meanings:,meaning(s),nuances of meaning,(fine)shades of meaning,tell the slight differences between.,capture the delicate meaning of.,actions speak louder than w
12、ords,8,Listening:An unusual medium of communication,Listen and answer the following questions:,1.What unusual methods of communication can human beings employ to get their meaning across when they cannot communicate with spoken language?,-sign language,lip reading,2.Who and when will people use vari
13、ous,forms of sign language to communicate?,-deaf or dumb people,by football or,basketball referees,traffic policemen,auctioneers.,3.When and where did the speaker discover,the whistled speech?,-in a remote area in Mexico last month,9,2.How did Mr.Martinez and the corn seller communicate with each ot
14、her?,-The corn seller answered Mr.Martinez with whistling and the interchanges were repeated with different whistles.They talked,bargained over the price and came to an agreement satisfactory to both parties,only using whistling.,3.Why did the speaker decide to stay longer with Mr.and Mrs.Martinez?,
15、She was extremely interested to find more about the whistled speech.,4.What did the speaker finally find out about the whistled speech used in the community?,-Whistling was mens privilege,mostly for business purposes,for bargaining,selling,and buying in the market place.,Neither of the couple had t
16、he slightest idea of when and why,they had started the tradition and kept it up.,10,Part II Reading&Language Activities,Pre-reading Tasks,Read the Text,Words&Expressions,Language Work(B,C),11,Pre-reading Discussion,What do you think might cause,misunderstanding in communication?,List possible causes
17、language,cultural and personal backgrounds,religion(lack of shared information),lack of mutual trust(prejudice),Have you ever experienced some trouble understanding or being understood by other people?If any,how did you try to get your meanings across?,12,Read the Text,Questions for skimming:,1.,W
18、hat are the five Ws in the story?,(1)Where?,At the entrance of the small Indian village of Kiritan.,(2)When?,A summer afternoon.,(3)Who?,An old local man and an American tourist.,(4)What?,The tourist wanted to buy the horse-shape statue but ended up buying two goats from the old man.,(5)Why?,They fa
19、iled to understand each other due to language barrier and lack of shared information.,2.Summarize the story:,The story is about an encounter between an old Indian villager and an American tourist,neither of whom understand the others language.As a result,the Americans intention of buying the statue
20、of a horse is misunderstood by the Indian as an offer to buy his two goats.,13,Questions for close comprehension:,1.What was the old man doing at the beginning of the story?,He was drowsing in the shade of a tree and watching a pair of goats graze in the pasture.,2.What did the old man take the Amer
21、ican tourist for at the beginning?,The old man took the tourist for a police officer from the government.,3.Why did he think so?,Because the tourist wore in a Khaki-colored shirt and shorts,like a policeman in uniform.,A murder in the neighborhood.,4.How did the American tourist try to make himself
22、understood?,He tried to explain everything at length,uttering each syllable carefully;,He smiled politely every now and then,trying to be friendly.,5.What was the result?,Those didnt help at all;mutual mystification and misunderstanding continued.,14,6.Summarize the first half of the story from the
23、beginning to,Then,he turned to go.,The American tried to strike a conversation about the statue of the horse he admired,but the old man mistook him for a police officer investigating a recent murder in the neighbourhood.,7.What was special about the horse statue according,to the old man?,The horse w
24、as a sacred image and would appear,as the tenth avatar,the Redeemer,at the end of,the Yuga to help the good and punish the evil.,8.How did the old man understand the tourists,taking out a one-hundred rupee note?,He thought that the tourist wanted to change this,large note.,9.What did he suggest the
25、tourist to do then?,To turn to the village headman.,10.Why did the old man look at his goats?,The village headman goes mad whenever he sees the old man and his two goats.,15,11.What did the tourist do then?,He stroked the backs of the goats to please the old man by showing an interest in his pets.,1
26、2.What thought occurred to the old man?,The thought that the tourist in fact wanted to make him an offer for the goats.,13.What had the old been dreaming of all his life?,His dream of a lifetime was to sell the goats and open a small shop with the capital got from the selling.,14.What did the old ma
27、n mean by pointing at the wagon and what did the American tourist mean by saying“,Yes,of course,”?,For the old man:taking the goats away in the wagon;,For the tourist:taking the horse statue in the wagon.,15.Why did the tourist sit down waiting after the old man left?,He thought the old man must hav
28、e gone to fetch some help.,16.Summarize the second half of the story.,Both parties tried to employ different means of communication to work out the others intention.But the misunderstanding continued and got worse,finally leading to a hilarious ending when the American was left alone waiting with tw
29、o goats.,17.How do you think the story will end?,16,Words&Expressions,Prance pr:ns vi.,(马)腾跃,奔驰,.a prancing,light-footed,mare named Princess.,一匹脚步轻盈地疾跑着的名叫“公主”的母马,in the shape of a prancing horse =,having the shape of a horse springing up from its hind legs,17,with his tail looped up with a flourish
30、with his tail curled up spiritedly,with a flourish,with one big,noticeable movement,e.g.He took off his hat,with a flourish,.,drowse,fall into a light sleep,graze,feed on grass,at the sight of,when sb.sees,e.g.She fainted,at the sight of,blood.,at the thought of,when thinking of,at the mention of,w
31、hen mentioning,presence,being in a place,e.g.The document was signed,in the presence of,two witnesses.,18,respectfully,in a way to show respect,e.g.,Were so pleased to meet you at last,he said in a,respectful,tone of voice.,react to,respond to,ingratiatingly,(disapproving)behaving in a way to make o
32、thers like you by pleasing and praising them,e.g.Hes always trying to,ingratiate,himself,with,his boss.,have a clean record,have no criminal record,at length,for a long time,e.g.George went on,at great length,about his various illnesses.,19,relate,vt.narrate,tell,come to life,become alive,full of ac
33、tivity,e.g.The match finally,came to life,in the second half.,mutual mystification,mutual confusion and misunderstanding,chatter away,talk rapidly incessantly and on trivial things,peer,look carefully or with difficulty,e.g.,she,peered,at the tag to read the price.,I saw her,peeping,through,the curt
34、ains.,the like of sb./sth(sbs/sths like),n.similar things or persons,e.g.,He described a superlative meal,the like of,which hed never eaten.,20,flourish,wave,exhibit dramatically,e.g.She came in smiling,flourishing,her exam results.,It is sound policy to do,it is a wise decision to do,dawn on sb.,sb
35、suddenly realizes sth.,e.g.I was about to pay for the shopping when,it,suddenly dawned on me that,I had left my cheque book at home.,when,it suddenly came to me that,when,it suddenly occurred to me that,make sb.an offer for sth.,offer to buy sth.,on this very spot,in this very place,21,Language Wor
36、k(B),massive,disturb,sacred,capital,related,ingratiatingly,respectful,22,Language Work(C),It suddenly,dawned on,the father that his son was lying to him.,The foreigner,made the old woman an offer for,the old jar and she found herself unable to refuse.,The boy,reacted to,his teachers criticism by tur
37、ning his back on the teacher.,The prisoner felt very regretful,at the thought of,his past.,He stood at the street corner,following his mother with his eyes until she,got out of sight,.,I dont know which companies she was,referring to,when she spoke of competing firms.,Mother,paced,in the corridor wh
38、ile her daughter was having an operation inside the operating theatre.,I think that,it is sound policy to,ban smoking in all public places.,23,Part III Extended Activities,Dictation,Read More,Grammar Work,Vocabulary Work,Translation,Cultural Information,24,Dictation,Language is the commonest means o
39、f communication for human beings,/but if people speak different languages,/they usually turn to other means./Gesture,then,is often the first choice./Gestures in most cases help people a lot in getting their meanings across./However,since the same gestures may be used for different ideas in different
40、 cultures,/failures in communication often happen./Sometimes this may lead to terrible consequences./Several years ago,some European sailors were swimming near a coastal area in a foreign country,/which was closed to outsiders./Seeing these unknown swimmers,the guards on the coast wanted to question
41、 them./The guards shouted to them to come nearer,/and made at the same time their usual“come here”gesture./The sailors did not understand the language/and took the gesture to mean“go away”,/and they realized they might be near coastal defenses,/so they swam off./The consequence was that the guards w
42、ho were now highly suspicious,/opened fire,with tragic results./,25,Read More:Gestures,Questions for Reading Comprehension:,1.What usually will a person be doing while he/she is talking?,2.How do usually people describe things like a spiral staircase?,3.How do people across cultures convey certain m
43、essages by gestures,?,4.Do you know any special gestures used in your locality which have special meanings?,5.Why do you think human beings need,gestures to help in communication?,6.What do you think is/are the key factor(s)to,successful communication across,cultures?,26,What do these gestures mean
44、across cultures?,Intended Meanings,Gestures Used,“Come here!”,Spain:What it means in England?,“See you!”,Italy:What it means in England?,“Yes!”,Some parts of India:,Greece&Southern Italy:,“Hello!”,Britain:French:,Eskimos:Somoa:,Polynesia:,“Follow this way!”,East Africa:,“Good luck!”,Britain:Austria&
45、Germany:,“The performance sucks!Go away!”,Britain:,What it means in other parts of Europe?,“Wonderful!”,Britain:Some other countries:,27,Words&Expressions,though,adv.however,nevertheless,e.g.,We were at school together.I havent seen her for years,though,.,vary from one country to another,vary from c
46、ountry to country,beckon sb.with your palm down,call sb to you with your palm down,look up to sb.,respect sb.,While in Rome,do as the Romans do.,入国问禁,入乡随俗,28,Grammar Work,a.grateful,relieved,content,reluctant,determined,keen,due,fit,free,frightened,inclined,easy,cheap,pleasant,thrilling,b.1.It will
47、be difficult for me to do it.,2.Its sound policy to save regularly.,3.It was very dangerous for Mike to drive the car so fast.,4.It is a disadvantage for her to take part in a composition competition where all the other competitors are older than her.,5.It was a disgrace for her to quarrel with her
48、husband in public.,6.It was a shame for you cheat in the exam.,7.Its a convenient time for you to visit the hospital.,8.It was my honour to be invited to your party.,9.It was very generous,of,her to pay the bill.,10.It was mean,of,him to keep everything for himself.,29,Vocabulary Work,Expressions,Me
49、anings,start the ball rolling,start the discussion,speak ones mind,say exactly what one thinks,To put it in a nutshell,To say it in a few words,Sb.is long-winded,Sb.says things in a lengthy,indirect way,get to the point,come to the important part of the matter,talk rubbish,say stupid things,talk sen
50、se,say intelligent,reasonable things,wrap up the discussion,finish the discussion,30,Translation,In the traditional Chinese opera,The White Snake,the white snake(the lady white)comes down to the earth,in the shape of,a beautiful girl and falls in love with Xuxian to whom she gets married later.,She






