教材习题点拨
WARMING UP
Suggested answers to Exercise 1:
Top left:The mother is trying to quiet her crying child.
Top right:Someone is thinking deeply.
Bottom left:Someone is feeling ill/having a stomachache.
Bottom right:The policeman is directing traffic/telling cars to go.
PREREADING
Suggested answer to Question 1:
The purpose of language is to communicate with other people.
Suggested answer to Question 2:
I can use body language to communicate with someone if I cannot speak.For example,If I'm angry,I might turn away and not talk to others.If I'm happy to see someone,I might smile and hold out my hand or open my arms.
Suggested answer to Question 3:
Ways to greet someone without words:smile,wave,shake hands,hug,kiss,etc.
Suggested answer to Question 4:
Topic:different body language in different cultures
COMPREHENDING
Suggested answers to Exercise 1:
Name Description Body Language To Whom Tony Garcia man from Colombia kiss on the cheek everyone Julia Smith woman from Britain no touching everyone Akira Nagata man from Japan bowing everyone George Cook man from Canada shaking hands everyone Ahmed Aziz man from Jordan shaking hands,nodding to man to women Darlene Coulon woman from France shake hands and kiss twice on each cheek people she knows Suggested answers to Exercise 2:
1 The author is male.Ahmed Aziz will not shake hands with women,but he shakes hands with the author.
2 He noticed that the Colombian man kissed the British woman,but in her culture,a kiss from a stranger is not acceptable.He also noticed that the Japanese man bowed just as the Canadian man started to shake hands,so one man's nose touched the other man's hand.