Eye Contact teacher: Wang Hui class: senior one class two date: March 20th, 2009

1.You will __________ if you feel a little tired. 2.You __________ when taking a short nap. 3.The sleeping child _________ against her mother’s shoulder. 4.You will _____________ in the seat when feeling uneasy in your seat. 5.The teacher managed to ____________ curiosity in the students. doze arouse shift lean yawn yawn doze leaned shift arouse

me James offered to drive got out went quickly to his side opened the door leaned forward reached out backed off walked over to my place accepted the lift eyes met got out gave me a big smile Don’t you dare try to help me out of this car! No harm done. All is well.

Q: If a speech doesn’t go down well, what is the most obvious display of the audience? A: Their lack of attention. Q: What are the possible warnings from the audience? A: Yawning, programme studying, chatting in very low voices or dozing----silent communication. Q: What will such information lead to? A: It will lead to some change in the content, humour, style and attitude. Para D&E

para D&E If you’ve made a speech that hasn’t _____________, the audience will tell you with their body language. The most obvious _________ of an audience’s _______ communication is their ______ attention. Yawning, _______________, chatting _______________ or dozing, to ______________, are warnings. You know you have _______ them. Such information __________ some change in the ________, humour, style and an immediate change of attitude is _________. No speaker is ever _________ for _________ with the ship. gone down well displaysilent lake of lost content called for honouredgoing down programme studying in a low voice mention the worst lead to

uninteresting speech body language of audience speaker need to do silent communications yawning programme studying chatting in very low voices dozing change in the content, humour and style an immediate change of attitude

if…not go down well, obvious display… silent communication…lack of attention yawning, programme studying, ….warnings, lost them change …attitude in …call for no speaker… honour

Para C&F The audience are communicating with us even when they are not talking. If a person shift in the seat, that means the speech is boring. Our speech should based on the eyes of the audience. F T T

Para C&F Q: How do you know you have aroused the audience’s attention? A: The subject causes much movement in the audience. Q: What are the silent clues of an interesting speech? Shifting in the seat, exchanging looks with their neighbors, smiling, leaning forward, watching attentively.

uninteresting speech interesting speech body language of audience lecturer need to do yawning programme studying chatting in very low voice dozing shift in seats, exchange looks, smiling, leaning forward, watching attentively change in the content, humour and style an immediate change of attitude know what to drop, what to revise and what to add go ahead

Discussion: How do you understand the Chinese proverb “Eyes are the windows of one’s mind”?

Discussion: The World Expo will be held in Shanghai in Our government is advocating excellent manner( 礼 仪 ). As a native, what do you think you will do to greet friends both at home and abroad?

Tips on eye contact : Eye contact is important in many countries. In Western culture, maintaining eye contact in conversation is necessary. As a matter of fact, a Westerner might consider lack of eye contact as lack of attention or interest.

In Spain, France, Italy and Greece, where people stand close together talking to each other, eye contact is more frequent and lasts longer. Eye contact is a subtle thing. If you do not have it, you might be considered impolite. But too much eye contact could also lead to trouble, for staring at others is considered rude and should always be avoided.

Homework: 1.read the text three times 2. finish exercise c2 on page 42