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第十课:形体语言
http://www.sina.com.cn 2003/10/17 12:38  新浪教育

 

  课文翻译

  1.Reading comprehension阅读理解………………

 

  BODY LANGUAGE (1)

 

  形体语言(一)

  Although we may not realize it, when we talk with others we make our

  当我们同别人谈话时,并不仅限于用语言来让人明白自己的意思,

  selves understood not just by words. We send messages to the people around us

  对于这一点我们可能并没有意识到。我们还用表情和身体的动作

  also by our expressions and body movements. A smile and handshake show

  来向周围的人传递信息。微笑和握手表示

  welcome. Waving one's hand is to say“Goodbye”. Nodding the head means

  欢迎,挥手表示“再见”。点头表示

  agreement, while shaking it means disagreement. These gestures are accepted

  同意,而摇头则表示不同意。这些姿势对

  both by Chinese and English speakers asshavingsthe same meanings.

  说汉语的人和说英语的人来说,都具有相同的意思。

  But not all body language means the same thing in different countries.

  但是,并非所有的形体语言在不同的国家里都有相同的意思。

  Take nodding the head for example. In some Asian countries it means not

  拿点头来说吧,在有些亚洲国家,点头并不表示

  “Yes”but“No”.

  “是”,而是表示“不”。

  In many countries in the world, men kiss each other when they meet, for

  在世界上许多国家,男人们会晤时彼此亲吻,

  example in Russia, France, Arab countries and some of the South American

  例如在俄罗斯、法国、阿拉伯国家和某些南美国家就是这样。

  countries. Men do not kiss each other in either China or Englishspeaking

  在中国或在英语国家,男人们彼此都不

  countries. In Britain, older people usually shake hands when they meet some

  亲吻。在英国,年纪较大的人第一次遇见某人时通常

  one for the first time; however, young people often do not shake hands. In

  都握手;而年轻人常常是不握手的。

  France, it is the custom to shake hands with people in the office every morning.

  在法国,每天早上在办公室里和人握手是一种习俗。

  French people kiss each other hello and goodbye more often than British people.

  法国人在问候和告别时相互亲吻要比英国人多。

  Generally, people from Englishspeaking countries do not touch each other

  通常说来,说英语的国家里的人不喜欢彼此触碰。

  very much. If you touch an English person, you should say“Sorry”.

  如果你碰了一下英国人,你应该说“对不起”。Scientists have done some research on“Touch”in different countries. They watched

  科学家们对不同国家的人相互“触碰”的情况作过调查研究。他们至少

  pairs of people who were sitting in college coffeeshops for at least an hour.

  用了一个小时来观察坐在学院咖啡馆里成双成对的人。

  They counted the number of times that the people touched each other: England—0;

  他们数了那些人相互触碰的次数:英国—0,

  USA—2;France—10;Puerto Rico—180.

  美国—2,法国—10,波多黎各—180。

  In some Asian countries, you must not touch the head of another person.

  在有些亚洲国家里,你不可以触摸别人的头。

  In Arab countries, you eat using the fingers of your right hand; the left hand is

  在阿拉伯国家,吃饭用右手的手指;根本

  not used at all. In parts of Asia you must not sit with your feet pointing at

  不用左手。在亚洲的某些地方,你不可以坐着把脚跷起

  another person. Foreigners should follow these customs when they are visiting these countries.

  对着别人。外国人到这些国家去参观访问的时候应该遵守这些习俗。

第十课:形体语言

 

  重点·难点·考点及疑点注释

  1.although是从属连词,意为“尽管,虽然”,引导一个表示让步的状语从句。这种从句相当于汉语中的“虽然……,但是……”。

  ◆注意◆在英语中要么用although或though,要么用but,一般不能同时使用。

  2.send messages to sb. by用……向某人传递信息

  They usually send messages to people around them by body language.

  他们通常用形体语言向周围的人传递信息。

  短语链接:leave a message留话;take a message for sb.给……捎口信;carry messages(为别人)带口信

  3.be accepted as...被认为是……

  Snake is accepted as our friends.蛇被认为是我们的朋友。

  短语链接:accept...as; regard...as; consider...as; look on(upon)...as; treat...as; think of...as; have...as认为……是;take...for把……误以为

  4.take...for example以……为例

  Many students like pop songs in our class, take Gu Lei and Tom for example.

  我们班有很多同学喜欢流行歌曲,比方说古雷和汤姆。

  同义词链接:take...for instance;such as

  5.do research on进行……的研究

  此动宾结构中可用make, carry out来代替do。

  We have done much research on these folk songs.

  我们对这些民歌进行了大量的研究。

  6.shake hands with sb.与某人握手

  He shook hands with every man at the meeting.他和出席会议的每个男士握手。




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