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* 牛津深圳版 九年级 Chapter 1 More practice and using English body language gestures facial expressions actions eye contact Eye contact is one of the most important forms of body language. It is often the key to successful communication. eye contact 1. Why is eye contact often the key to communication? Read the passage ‘Eye contact’ and answer the questions. In many situations, the way you say something is far more important than the thing you say. 2. Is eye contact important in Western cultures? Why or why not? 3. In which countries is eye contact more frequent between speakers? Yes. Because a Westerner might consider a lack of eye contact as a lack of interest. Spain, Italy and Greece. 4. What do people in many Asian cultures do when they talk with someone in senior positions or with someone older than themselves? Why do they do so? They avoid eye contact to when they talk with someone in senior positions or someone older than themselves. They do so to show respect. 5. What kind of eye contact is considered rude? Staring at others is considered rude. Language points 1. In many situations, the way you say something is far more important than the thing you say. 在很多情况下，说话的方式要远比说话的内容重要。 far 用于形容词的比较级或最高级之前。表示“很，非常”。此外，much, even, a little, etc. 这些单词可以用来修饰形容词的比较级, 序数词等单词可以用来修饰最高级! 2. Eye contact is one of the most important forms of body language. 形容词最高级的用法, 表示“ 最…当中之一”，例如： The Yangtze River is one of the longest rivers in the world. 3. It is often the key to successful communication. key to sth 关键，要诀。 Diet and exercises are the key to good health. 4. It is necessary to maintain eye contact. it is+形容词+to do这是一种固定结构, it作形式主语, 句子真正的主语是后面的不定式结构, 这种结构是为了避免句子的头重脚轻。 如: It is very important to keep our environment clean and tidy. 5. As a matter of fact 事实上 6. a lack of 固定短语 ：缺乏，短缺。 lack在这里作名词。 lack还可用作动词。表示“缺乏，缺 少，不足”。如： They lack the money to send him to university. 7. An Asian person might close his o