泽熙美文31.【简答题】题目：Body Language
2.内容：
Yesterday, another student and I, representing our university’s student association, went to the Capital International Airport to meet this year’s international students. They were coming to study at Beijing University. We would take them first to their dormitories and then to the student canteen. After half an hour of waiting for their flight to arrive, I saw several young people enter the waiting area looking around curiously. I stood for a minute watching them and then went to greet them.
The first person to arrive was Tony Garcia from Colombia, closely followed by Julia Smith from Britain. After I met them and then introduced them to each other, I was very surprised. Tony approached Julia, touched her shoulder and kissed her on the cheek! She stepped back appearing surprised and put up her hands, as if in defence. I guessed that there was probably a major misunderstanding. Then Akira Nagata from Japan came in smiling, together with George Cook from Canada. As they were introduced, George reached his hand out to the Japanese student. Just at that moment, however, Akira bowed so his nose touched George’s moving hand. They both apologized – another cultural mistake!
Ahmed Aziz, another international student, was from Jordan. When we met yesterday, he moved very close to me as I introduced myself. I moved back a bit, but he came closer to ask a question and then shook my hand. When Darlene Coulon from France came dashing through the door, she recognized Tony Garcia’s smiling face. They shook hands and then kissed each other twice on each cheek, since that is the French custom when adults meet people they know. Ahmed Aziz, on the contrary, simply nodded at the girls. Men from Middle Eastern and other Muslim countries will often stand quite close to other men to talk but will usually not touch women.
As I get to know more international friends, I learn more about this cultural “body language”. Not all cultures greet each other the same way, nor are they comfortable in the same way with touching or distance between people. In the same way that people communicate with spoken language, they also express their feelings using unspoken “language” through physical distance, actions or posture. English people, for example, do not usually stand very close to others or touch strangers as soon as they meet. However, people from places like Spain, Italy or South American countries approach others closely and are more likely to touch them. Most people around the world now greet each other by shaking hands, but some cultures use other greetings as well, such as the Japanese, who prefer to bow.
These actions are not good or bad, but are simply ways in which cultures have developed. I have seen, however, that cultural customs for body language are very general – not all members of a culture behave in the same way. In general, though, studying international customs can certainly help avoid difficulties in today’s world of cultural crossroads!
3.基本要求：
(1)全英文试讲。
(2)设计语篇教学。
(3)有互动环节。
答辩题目
What can students get from this reading class?
How many steps are there in a complete class?
参考解析：【教学过程】
Teaching aims:
Knowledge aim:
Students can acquire some useful knowledge about different body languages and realize the culture differences they reflect.
Ability aim:
Students will use the reading skills proficiently.
Emotional aim:
Students will foster the awareness of cross-culture communication.
Key and difficult point:
Key Point: Students will be able to obtain the required information from the text.
Difficult Point: Students can recognize and be interested in the culture diversities.
Teaching procedure:
Step 1: Warming-up
1. Greet the students.
2. Do some actions and let students guess the meaning the teacher wants to convey.
Step 2: Pre-reading
Show the picture in the airport and ask students to predict what is going to happen. Several students will stand up and express their predictions.
Step 3: While-reading
1. Read the text for the first time and students need to check their guessing and find out how many countries are mentioned in this passage.
2. Read again, then complete the table with the detailed information they have found. The answers will be checked together.
【答辩题目解析】
What can students get from this reading class?
【参考答案】
I believe my students will not only obtain the knowledge of various body language used by people who have different backgrounds, but also get the practical reading skills after this class. For the cross-culture knowledge, students can acquire it from both this passage and the Internet, which helps them make full use of the textbook and extra curriculum resources. For the reading skills, I will remind them to pay attention to the key words and then locate the correct answers.
How many steps are there in a complete class?.
【参考答案】
When I was designing this reading course, the model I used is PWP. It contains five steps: warming-up, pre-reading, while-reading, post-reading, summary and homework. The main steps are pre-reading, while-reading, and post-reading. In each step, students need to finish different tasks, such as prediction, skimming or scanning, retelling or role-play. It is an efficient and rational way to design skill-based course. Thank you.
32.【简答题】题目：What has happened to Odysseus?
2.内容：
When the Trojan war ended, the other Greek leaders returned in triumph to their families and kingdoms, but the people of Ithaca waited in vain for their king, Odysseus! His son, Telemachus, arranged for men to watch the seas every day for a sign of his returning father’s ship, but there was none. What was he to do? Odysseus’ long absence had led to grow unrest in the country and there was always the possibility that it could split into smaller kingdoms. Telemachus was confused and needed to know what was really happening. Luckily the Goddess Athene, who was the friend and protector of Odysseus, appeared to Telemachus with some welcome news. She suggested that Telemachus should go and search for news of his father. She said:
“King Odysseus is not dead. His return has merely been postponed. On his way home he violated the rules of hospitality and attacked his host. The Gods have not forgiven him and he will be forced to wander for ten years before he can come home.”
Hearing this news Telemachus felt less anxious for his country but more anxious for his father. He would have to tell his mother and the people this news immediately. He knew his mother could remain as the temporary leader if the people really were sure Odysseus would return. So Telemachus went first to see his mother, Penelope. She was sitting with her advisers and being as charming and statesmanlike as always. She gladly gave Telemachus her permission to go and said:
“As Queen, I have unconditional faith that Odysseus will return home safely. We will not have funeral games or build a memorial statue yet in
