Module 11 Body Language Unit 1 They touch noses.

Countries China Japan Britain America France Australia Canada Russia Germany India

People and languages Chinese Japanese British American French Australian Canadian Russian German Indian

People in different countries may use different body language to greet each other.

hug

smile bow various ways of greeting touch

wave

kiss

shake hands

Match the pictures with the words and expression from the box.

bow 3 kiss 1 shake hands 2 smile 1/2/3

Listen and match the pictures with the nationality(国籍).British German Russian 2 French1

Japanese 3

— Are they Russian?

— Yes, they are.— What are they doing?

— They’re shaking hands. say hello and kissingshake hands

smile at each other and bow

Lingling is going to welcome some foreign teachers.

1. Who will come to Lingling’s school?

Some Russian teachers.2. What will Maori people do when they

meet?They will touch noses.

Now complete the table with the correct form of the words from the box.India kiss Russia together touch visitor

In China, people shake hands andsmile American people shake hands and kiss sometimes (1) ______

In (2) ______, people put India their hands (3) ________ together and nod their heads In (4) _______, people kiss Russia each other three times touch Maori people (5) ______ noses.

when they meet (6) ________. visitors

A: What do Chinese people do when they meet visitors? B: They shake hands and smile.

Talk about what you do and say when you meet: your teacher your head teacher your parents after school your best friend your best friend’s parents

your favourite film star a visitor to your school

an American a Russian

People in different countries may use different body language to express the same meaning and feelings. When you speak with people from other countries, try to understand and respect their body language.

What! I didn’t know that.

That’s because people do different things in different countries. 那是因为不同国家的人们做法不同。 that’s because …是一个常用句式，表示 “那是因为……”,例如： That’s because you were not careful enough. 那是因为你不够仔细。 That’s because I didn’t know much about body language in this country.那是因为我对这个国家的肢体语言了解不够。

1. We Chinese often shake hands and

smile.shake hands 表示“握手”。

Shake hands with sb.表示“和某人握手”。

2. 名词的复数：

German → Germans Japanese → Japanese Russian → Russians 3. And some kiss or hug each other. each other 表示“彼此，互相”, 通常 放 在动词后。

4. In India people put their hands togetherand nod their heads. 5. They touch noses! touch noses 表示“碰鼻子”。 6. That’s because people do different things in different countries.

put … together 表示“把……放在一起”。

That’s because … 表示“那是因为……”。