Body Language and Non-verbal Communication Vocabulary By Zhang Jianhua

Words to revise position n. raise vt. trust vt. wave vt greet vt more than 1._______money for charity 2. a lying ________ 3. ____________ your hand 4. They don’t _______ each other any more. 5. ______ sheep on a farm 6. We are ____________ friends. 7. ______ an interesting question 8. I go across the street to _______my old friend. 9. ______ your voice 10. apply for a ________ 11. I love you _____________ I can say. position raise raise/wave raise trust more than greet

Read the passage for 3 minutes and underline the words you don’t know. …can be guessed …cannot be guessed formal bow slap involve make a deal vary on guard aggressive gesture threatening give away mind reader forehead outwards

…cannot be guessed formalformal adj bow vi.&vt. slap vt. involve vt. Find out the same “ involve ” A. The test will involve answering questions about “body language.” B. Parents should involve themselves in their child's education. C. I don’t want to get involved in your family arguments. The man is wearing ( ) clothes. The girl is wearing ( ) clothes. formal informal Bow: to bend the upper body forward The two girl ( ) as the boss left. bowed slap: to hit sb quickly People often ( ) hands to congratulate on winning slap Meaning:__________________________ Example: employee: What does the job require? employer: It involves a lot of working experience. to conclude or require

Fill in the blanks using the following words with proper forms formal, involve, bow, slap Sometimes, ________ one's head doesn't always mean you really want to show your respect. Sometimes, ________across one's face doesn't mean you dislike someone. Indeed, to some degree, our behaviors can't truly get our ideas across. If so, understanding others _________communicating, no matter in the _______ situation or informal one. involves formal bowing slapping

"We are opposite." formal in- informal possible legal regular conscious understand appear im- dis- il- mis- ir- un- disappear impossible irregular illegal unconscious misunderstand

21 22 …can be guessed make a deal vary on guard aggressive threatening gesture mind reader forehead outwards We shake hands when we make a deal. It means, " we agree and we trust each other.“ make a deal : make an agreement We see examples of unconscious body language very often, yet there's also "learned" body language, which varies from country to country. vary: to change or differ various: all kinds of… a variety of: all kinds of… Like other animals, we are on guard until we know it is safe to relax. on guard: paying careful attention Every culture has developed a formal way to greet strangers, to show them we are not aggressive. Traditionally, Europeans and Americans shake hands. They do this with the right hand -the strongest hand for most people. If our right hand is busy greeting someone, it cannot be holding a weapon. the gesture is saying:"Look,I trust you. I am not carrying a threatening weapon." read +mind=mind reader fore+head=forehead out+-wards =outwards "We are one." eye ice blood foot ear arm hair hand print ball chair ring gun cut cream pressure (verb.phr.) (v.) (prep.phr.) (a.) (n.) (adv.) People give away much more by their gestures than by their words. Find out the same “ give away ” A. His accent gave him away as a northerner. B. He gave away lots of money to charity. give away (verb.phr.)

Revision formal bow slap involve make a deal vary on guard aggressive threatening gesture give away mind reader forehead outwards

1. Don ’ t mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may ________ the shocking ending. A. give out B. give off C. give up D. give away Exercise

2. -- Do you need any help, Lucy? -- Yes. The job is ___ I could do myself. A. less than B. more than C. no more than D. not more than Exercise

3. I don ’ t want to get____ in this quarrel. It ’ s none of my business. A. involved B. involvement C. to involve D. involving Exercise

4. There is always a necessity for us to ____our studying methods to deal with ____problems. A. vary; variety B. vary; various C. differ; variety D. differ; various Exercise

5. Some people believe that watching violence on TV is one of the major causes of ___behavior and crime in society. A. childish B. artificial C. aggressive D. heroic Exercise

Make up a story about Samon greet, involve, gesture, bow, more than, aggressive, formal, slap, give away, vary, on guard, trust, make a deal, raise, threatening, wave, mind reader, outwards Story 1Story 3Story 2