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* Unit 21 body language Pre-reading Discuss the following questions with your partner. Can you guess what someone is thinking or feeling by looking at his or her body language? How do you communicate the following with body language? Thank you. No. Yes. I don’t know Come here Reading Body Talk Some basic gestures I.Read the passage as quickly as you can, find out the main idea of each paragraph. Para 1: Para 2: Para 3: Para4: Para 5: We communicate with people not only by words but also by body language. Gestures, a kind of body language, have different meanings in different cultures. The same body language has different meanings in different countries. Some gestures seem to be universal. Smiles may be the most commonly understood facial expression in the world. II. Read the passage again, try to answer the following questions: Do people express their thought and opinions and communicate with others only by words? What other ways can be used? In what countries does “shaking one’s head” mean “Yes”? No, not just by words. We communicate with others also by our expressions and body language. In Bulgaria , parts of Greece, and Iran, it means “ Yes”. Read the second paragragh , and answer the questions. 1. What did the young man in the picture want to express? How did he show the gesture? What did the Japanese think of the gesture? What about the lady? He wanted to express “OK”. He made a circle with his thumb and index finger. He thought it meant money. She thought it meant zero. Read the third paragragh , and answer the questions. 1. What do you think the man with glasses was going to do? 2. How was the other man feeling at that moment? Why? He was going to kiss the other man on the cheek. He was a bit surprised, because he was not used to that kind of greeting. Read the fourth paragragh , and try to do these gestures. How to express “ I