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Unit Four Section A
How to Make a Good
Impression
The First Two Periods
• Teacher’s explanation of the difficult
language points;
• Grammatical and writing structure
analysis;
• Summary of the text;
• Answering students’ questions.
Language Points
1.make up our minds-form our opinions
about him
unspoken communication-nonverbal com.
2.Consciously …-Whether we are aware of,
or unaware of it, we use our eyes, faces,
bodies and attitudes to express our
feelings. This causes a sequence of
various reactions from comfort to feel.
Language Points
a chain of events/accidents/thoughts/bad luck
ranging from comfort to fear-the reaction include
both of the opposites “comfort” and “fear” and
anything in between.
range from…to… occur between certain limits:
Their ages range from 20 to 40.
Prices range from $10 to $25.
3. An introduction to your spouse/a professor.
4. An encounter with a stranger- meeting by
chance
Language Points
5.Focus on – pay attention to; have as its main
point of interest
Our meeting will focus on the questions of the
children’s rights.
6.You are the message.-Your eyes, face,
body and attitudes-the whole you sends the
information about you to others.
7.I’ve helped them make persuasive/
complete/appealing presentations – give a
speech on sth.
Language Points
8.The secret….-The best/only way has
always been you yourself give off the
information about you to others.
9….committed to…You are giving all your
attention to what you were saying and you
were so interested in it that you lost all
your worries and embarrassments about
what you are looked like,how you behaved
and what others thought of you.
Language Points
10.be committed to-spend one’s time/
energy on sth.
She is very committed to the cause of
education.
11….so absorbed in: give all one’s attention
The artist is so absorbed in her work that she
didn’t hear her visitor enter the room.
so+adj./adv.+(that): to such a degree as to
produce a particular result, causing a particular
situation
Language Points
12….impress others with your qualities- Many
books that offer advice on how to make a good
impression tell you to walk into a room with quick,
long steps and make others feel admiration and
respect for your good qualities.
impress sb.with sth.: feel admiration and respect
for sth.
She ‘s always trying to impress people with her
new clothes.
She ‘s always trying to make an impression on
people with her new clothes.
Language Points
13….fix your eyes on: keep your eyes on
14….drive everyone crazy… If you act in the way
the how-to books tell you, you will make
everybody upset /annoyed, and make yourself
upset and annoyed, too.
15….consistently you, at your best.
The skilled way is that you always have your
same behavior, attitude and good qualities all
the time and perform as well as you are able to.
Language Points
• consistently: always having the same
opinions, standards, behaviour, attitudes,
qualities, etc. :前后一致
He was consistent in his attitude.态度前后一致
at one’s best: performing as well / as
perfectly as one is able to 最佳状态
At her best, she’s really a first-class dancer.
Language Points
16.The most effective…The most effective people
remain consistent in all situations.
They act in the same way whether they ‘re
talking with others, or they are giving a speech
to others in their garden club, or they are being
interviewed for a job. They communicate not
only with their speech, but also with their eyes,
faces, bodies and attitudes; the tunes of their
voices and their gestures are consistent with
their words.
Language Points
17….addressing …direct one’s speech to
The President addressed the Congress
to review the past year and announced
plans for the next. (讲话总结过去)
18….communicate with …talk with others
through means of
19….mixed messages. Public speakers, however
often send confusing messages, that is, what
they say does not agree with what they do.
Language Points
20.He is not being honest-He is ,for the
present time, not saying sth. honest. He is
lying. “Be” in progressive tenses to
describe one’s behaviour at a particular
time:
You ‘re being very silly.
I was being very careful.
He is being nice to me.
Language Points
21.If I did agree,…
“did” used for added stress:
I do feel sorry for him.
A little knowledge does seem to be a
dangerous thing.
“if ”clause talking about unreal situation
22.Roared with laughter-laughed in a very
loud, deep way. Roar with anger.
Language Points
23.Humor broke…: Humor ended the stress
of a very uncomfortable situation.
24….took themselves too seriously- You can
always find people who believe they
themselves are important, should be given
attention and are humorless
Don’t take him seriously. He’s always
joking.
Language Points
25….brooding or talking…-Very often, they are
either thinking or worrying a lot or they are
talking a lot about themselves.
26.Take a hard look…-Use enough time and
energy to think about yourself thoroughly.
27.You already have within you….-You now have
the ability that exists in yourself to produce a
good effect on other people, because nobody
can use your good qualities as well as you can.
The Second Two Periods
• 学生小组讨论：根据课文内容互相提问；
• 使用新词组、短语造句；
• 分析课文篇章结构，模仿篇章样段撰写段
落并互相批改评分；
• 小组推荐优秀作文展示；
• 教师在学生互相批改基础上亲自批改三分
之一作文，学生誊正作文。
Text Structure Analysis
• The author presents his idea about “How
to Make a Good Impression” with a
general statement/point and then
continues to support his general point with
a list of examples. This is one of the most
common ways to support an ideas or an
opinion, very effectively, especially for a
short paragraph.
• The key points for this structure are:
Text Structure Analysis
1.You have to list examples, just by naming
them. It is not necessary to go into details
about the examples, as the list of
examples is quite enough to support the
point.
2.All the examples in the list must be
supporting the point you are making.
Analyze Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 4.
Structured Writing
• Here is a general statement. You can
choose a topic for your own paragraph.
• A general statement: many kinds of sports
on our university grounds
• List of examples: football/baseball/tennis/
basketball/swimming/high jumping/weight
lifting
Summary of the Text
• Within seven seconds, a chain reaction helps
you start making up your mind about others you
meet. You show your true feelings consciously or
unconsciously through your eyes, face and body
because you are the message. You must use
your good qualities such as physical
appearance,rate of speech,pitch and tone of the
voice and gestures so others will cooperate with
you.When you are committed to what you are
talking about and absorbed beyond selfconsciousness,others listen to you. Because
Summary of the Text
• the most effective people never change, it is
important to be yourself at your best and
consistently communicate with your whole being.
Since others believe what they see before what
they hear, use your eyes to look directly at
others and smile to demonstrate your ease
during the exchange. You can lighten up the
situation by using humor and by being your true
self without any huge changes in personality.
You certainly can make a good impression since
only you can be you.
Read the passage and discuss the
questions with your partner
• How long does it take to judge the people
we meet?
• According to the passage, how do we
show our true feelings during the first
seven seconds when we meet someone?
• How did you read other people?
• How do you think he read you?
• What should you do if you want to be
successful?
Read the passage and discuss the
questions with your partner
• What good qualities do you use if you
want others to be with you and help you?
• Why do many how-to books fail to help us
make a good impression?
• What should you do if you want to be
consistently you at your best?
• When will you drive everyone crazy,
including yourselves?
Read the passage and discuss the
questions with your partner
• Why does the author disagree that
entering a room full of people is like going
into a lion’s cage?
• What should we do when we enter a room
full of people according to the author?
• What does the author mean by saying
“public speakers often send mixed
messages”?
• What do the audience always believe?
Read the passage and discuss the
questions with your partner
• What should you remember while you are
talking to people?
• Why is smiling important?
• Why does the author disagree that entering a
room full of people is like going into a lion’s cage?
• What should we do when we enter a room full of
people according to the author?
• Why does the author believe we have the power
to make a good impression?
Read the passage and discuss the
questions with your partner
• What happened in a staff meeting?
• How did the author deal with this most powerful
chairman?
• How did this uncomfortable scene end?
• Why did the author give the two words “Lighten
up” as his advice?
• What is one way you can have a positive effect
on other people?
• What is the key to being the best person you can
be?
Make sentences using the following
phrases and expressions
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make up one’s mind
range from…to…
focus on
drive sb. Crazy
at one’s best
communicate with
lighten up
take …seriously
Teacher’s Check-up
• Dictate the new words of Section A
• Recite the text of Section A
The Third Two Periods
• 听写课文A新单词、词组、句子并互相批改
评分；
• 分组背诵、口译课文A并评分；
• 教师抽查部分学生背诵课文A；
• 小组推荐课文背诵优秀者全班背诵口译表
演。
Structured Writing
• Write a paragraph that starts with a
general statement and goes on to list
several examples to support it.
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Unit Four Section B
Body Language
The Fourth Two Periods
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教师精讲课文B难点、重点，解答学生问题；
学生小组讨论阅读技巧;
根据课文B内容互相提问；
使用课文B词组、短语造句；
总结课文B中心思想；
Reading Skills
• Reading for main ideas in paragraphs:
• One sentence tells the reader exactly what the rest of
the paragraph deals with and therefore, gives the main
idea. The main idea sentence may appear in the
beginning, in the middle or at the end of the paragraph,
and be expressed in more than one simple sentence or
even to be implied / suggested.
• Analyze Para.7,Passage A.
• Main idea: How to project yourself as being consistent in
whatever you do.
• Analyze Passage B and find the main idea of each para.
Language Points
1….the minute I saw him.-I liked him as
soon as I saw him.
the moment (that), the instant (that), the
second (that) can be used in the same
way.
2. Such statements……- Such statements
are examples of “snap judgments”; they
are opinions formed suddenly and they
seemed not to be based on reasons.
Language Points
3….admit...:say sth. is true or accurate.承认
The man admitted that he had stolen….
4….if taken seriously: if they are taken
seriously, if they are believed to be worth
paying attention to, snap judgments have
been thought to be signs of not being
mature or not having common sense.
5.A sign of / signs of:sth. that shows the
evidence of sth.表现
Language Points
• Another sign of a person’s nature
• A nod is a sign of agreement.
6….has a feeling about…-when someone judges
somebody else by using his feeling instead of thinking
carefully, people more often laugh at his judgment than
pay attention to it.
7….actions speak louder than words…
Others say that people show what they really think and
feel by what they do, rather than by what they say. This
is usually connected to keeping a promise, paying bills or
sending money home.
Language Points
8….in relation to keeping…:with regard to;
concerned with;
Temperature changes in relation to pressure.(随压
力变化而变化)
keep a promise/keep one’s promise/keep
promises/keep one’s word;
9….assume…Because people believe that they
can judge a person by what he is talking about,
they talked a lot to become familiar with each
other.
Language Points
• assume: to accept or believe that something is
true even though one has no evidence
• Most people assume the lack of success is the
result of his carelessness.
9….become acquainted…-Once two people have
become familiar with each other, they think it is
through talking they get their information about
each other.
be/become/get acquainted with sb./sth.-get to
know sth./sb.
Language Points
10….it is …that…used to give special importance
to one part of a sentence.
11….overestimated…-However, with the
development of behavioral science, researchers
find that the role of speech has been thought to
be more important than it really is.
The sales manager overestimated the demand.
We have overestimated his ability.
Language Points
12.Although speech is the most……
Although
speech is the most obvious form of
communication, we do use other forms of
communication. We may be only partly aware of
these forms, or in some cases, we may be
completely unaware of them.
partially: ad. partly; not completely
You ‘re partially correct.
Much of the forest land was partially destroyed
by the forest fire in 1999.
Language Points
13….picked up…-We may without knowing
send messages with every action and
other people may also without knowing
receive them and use them in forming
opinions.
pick up: learn / get unconsciously and
without particular effort.
Children pick up foreign languages easier
than adults.
Language Points
14….account for…: These unconscious actions of
sending and receiving and reactions to them
may partially explain the cause of our “feelings”
and “snap judgments”.
account for: explain and give information about:
(解释)
Can you account for your being absent?
15. Imagine a few people waiting….Pretend you
see a few people sitting in a waiting room.
imagine sb./sth. + V-ing
Language Points
16….keeps rubbing…,keeps running fingers
keep (on) doing: continue to do sth.
keep trying/encouraging/crying
17….telling forms of behavior…-The way
one drives a car and plays a game shows
a great deal about one’s true feelings, or
thoughts.
telling forms of behavior- forms of behavior
that can tell or show a great deal
Language Points
18….reaction to…-reply to; sth. produced by
They have different reactions to the events.
19. Those who easily…….- When driving a car or
playing a game, those people who easily
become angry or excited, or accept what is
happening without attempting to change it, or
easily become upset about sth. that they think is
unfair may be telling us sth. useful and valuable
about their true nature.
Language Points
20…. giving insights into: enable sb.to see or to
understand sth. Very clearly.(深刻了解)
Learning a foreign language gave me insights
into another culture.
21.While clothing serves……(Para.7) While the
purpose of wearing clothes is simply practical,
the way you dress also sends information/
messages about your position in society, about
how you feel and drink, even about your strong
desires and dreams to do or be sth.
Language Points
22.What you communicate……(Para.7)
The message sent through what and how you dress
certainly have an effect on other people in regard to what
you are feeling and thinking about in your mind. For
example, a person in the business world who dresses in
a way a successful manager does is most likely to be
promoted to be a manager.
23….you are projecting…(Para.7) project oneselfpresent or show one’s qualitiesThe students tried to projected themselves to make a
good impression on the new teacher.
Body language helps project one’s self in a certain way.
Language Points
24….to be promoted into a position(Para.7)
raise someone to a higher level/position
The college has promoted her twice.
25.Such ornaments … (Para.8)
Ornaments like these are often used by people to tell
others about various things about themselves. For
example, a person wears a campaign button to show his
conviction, wears a religious token to his faith, wears a
club pin/badges to show he is a member of a certain
group, wears a college ring/Phi Beta Kappa key to show
he completed college studies, or wears diamonds to
show how rich he is.
Language Points
26….his convictions…(Para.8)
conviction: n. very strong opinion or
thought held to be true (信念)
He will not go against his convictions.
She has strong convictions about his
cause.
27.Another sign of …..(Para.9)
People believe that what furniture a person
chooses also tells us his nature .if a person
really would like to live in a castle, he would feel
more comfortable/relaxed in the Middle East.
Language Points
• feel/be at home: feel comfortable/relaxed
28.Those who like…(Para.9)
If people like Victorian family houses and furniture, they
might silently accept the ideas of going back to the strict
way of behaving that was normal in the Victorian times.
29.People who are content with …(Para.9)
If people are satisfied with modern design, they are likely
to feel at home with modern ways of life.
be content with: be satisfied with
She is quite content with the job/life/result.
Language Points
30.There’s a wealth of information(Para.10)
You can get a great quantity of information
from his action, clothing and many other
things if you know how to understand it.
a wealth of : a large number of/ quantity of;
He has a wealth of experience in this area.
Make sentences using the following
phrases and expressions
1…lack of…
2….find out…
3….in relation to…
4….become / be acquainted with…
5….pick up…
6….in part…
7….account for…
8….be / feel at home…
Make sentences using the following
phrases and expressions
9….be content with…
10….a wealth of…
The Fifth Two Periods
• 听写课文B新单词、词组、句子,学生互相批
改听写并评分；
• 分组背诵口译课文B并评分；学生互相批改
课文B作业并评分；教师抽查学生背诵课文
B和作业