Unit2SectionⅠStep1Step2Step3Step4Step51．What'stheimportanceofunderstandingbodylanguage?2．Doyoulikeusingbodylanguagewhenyoucommunicatewithotherpeople?Intoday'ssocietywheneverySkillmatters,knowinghowtoreadbodylanguageisamust.Duringajobintervieworinasalesmeet-ing,athomeorintheschool,Understandingbodylanguagecangreatlyimproveyourcom-municationwithotherswhilehelpingyoutosucceedinlife.Bodylanguageisanynon-verbalcommuni-cationthatpeopleusetocommunicatewithotherpeople.Howyoustandandhowyouuseyoursmileandyoureyes,alldirectlyinfluencewhatotherpeoplethinkofyou.Whenyouwalkintoaroom,younaturallygiveanimpres-siontoeveryoneinthatroomexactlywhoandwhatyouare.Itmaynotbetheim-pressionthatyouwantthemtohaveofyoubutitistoolate.Beforeyousayaword,thepersonwithwhomyouaretry-ingtocommunicatemayalreadyknowwhetheryouareconfidentorshy,truthfulorlying.Howisthatpossible?Itisallinyourbodylanguage.Themessagethatapersonsendsoutisoftenverydifferentfromthemessagethatisspoken.Itistoyouradvantagetolearnhowtounderstandbodylanguageeffectively.Itisimpor-tantthatyouareabletounderstandthemessagesthatyouarereceivingfromotherscorrectly.Itisevenmoreimpor-tanttounderstandthemessagesthatyouaresending.Allinall,tobesuccessfulyouneedtoknowhowtomoveandactandhowtoreadotherpeople.Itmaynotalwayswinanargumentorcloseadeal,butitwillhelpyoualotwheneveryoucommunicatewithotherpeople.Be-comingskillfulatreadingandusingbodylanguagewillgiveyouagreatad-vantageinanysituation.Ⅰ.Doyourecognizeallthelanguagesbelow?1．新年快樂！

2．HappyNewYear!

3．BonneAnnée!

4．Glückliches

Neues

Jahr!

5．あけましておめでとうございます！

ChineseEnglishFrenchGermanJapaneseⅡ.Matchthefollowingpictureswiththemeaningofthesignlanguage.A．Callme！B．Thumbsdown！C．Applause!D．Victory/Win！E．Thumbsup！F．OK!答案：1.E

2.B

3.D

4.F

5.A

6.CⅢ.Guessthemoodfromthefacialexpressions.答案：1.confused

2.sad

3.tired

4.angry

5.happyScanthetextandchoosethebestanswers.1．WhatisthemainreasonforEnglish'sdevelopment?A．Theborrowingfromotherlanguages.B．Themixingofdifferentlanguagesfromdifferent

coun-tries.C．Theinvasions.D．Alloftheabove.2．OldEnglishconsistsofdifferentlanguagesusedbydif-ferent

people.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedinthetext?A．TheAnglesandtheSaxons.

B．TheVikings.C．French.

D．Celtic.3．WhichlanguagehadanimportanteffectontheEnglishlanguageduringMiddleEnglishperiod?A．German.

B．French.C．Latin. D．Greek.4．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaboutthehistoryofEnglish?A．Thelanguageusedbeforethemiddleofthe5th

centu-ryiscalledOldEnglish.B．MiddleEnglishstartedfromaboutthe12thcenturyandendedinthe15thcentury.C．OnlytheEnglishweareusingtodayisModernEng-lish.D．TheprocessofEnglish'sdevelopmentwillnot

contin-ueanymore.5．WhichofthefollowingtermscomefromFrench?A．Beef,sheepandbacon.B．Feet,childrenandshoe.C．Pig,muttonandtooth.D．Beef,porkandbacon.答案：1.D

2.C

3.B

4.B

5.DⅠ.Readthetextcarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions.1．Whatisthearticleabout?

答案：

2．Whathappenedinthe10thcentury?

答案：

Englishanditshistory.OldEnglishwastheofficiallanguageofEngland.3．Whyox,cow,sheepandpigcomefromOldEnglish?Whybeef,mutton,porkandbaconcomefromFrench?

答案：

EnglishpeopleraisedanimalsandcookedforNormanswhileNormansjustknewtoeatthemeatofanimals.Ⅱ.Readthetextagainandfillintheformbelow.PeriodsTimeEventsOldEnglishBeforethemiddleofthe5thcenturyPeopleinallspokealanguagecalled1.

.Attheendofthe2.

centuryTheVikings3.

toandbroughttheirlanguages.Bythe10thcenturyOldEnglishhadbecomethe4.

languageof.Celtic9thmovedofficialMiddleEnglishIn1066The5.

andtookcontrolofthecountry.Bythelatterhalfofthe6.

cen-tury7.

hadcomeintowidespreaduseamongallclassesin.In1399HenryⅣbecameKingofandusedEnglishforall8.

events.ModernEnglishDuringtheRenaissanceinthe9.

cen-tury10.

Englishap-peared.14th16thcon-queredEnglishofficialModernFillintheblanksaccordingtothetext.Englishisnowwidelyused1.

theworld.TheEnglishlanguageismadeupofgrammarand2.

becausepeoplefromdifferentcountriesandcultureshavelivedtogether.Itsdevelopment3.

threestages:OldEnglish,MiddleEnglishandModernEnglish.throughoutvocab-ularycontains/includesInthefifthcentury,twoGermanicgroupsoccupiedBritain.OldEnglishconsistedofa4.

oftheirlan-guages.UnlikeOldEnglish,MiddleEnglishcanberead,althoughwithdifficulty,bymodernEnglish-speaking

peo-ple.Manyfactors5.

tothedevelopmentofMiddleEnglish.In1066,theNormanstook6.

ofEngland,however,whichdidnothavethesameresultthattheGermanicmixturecontributedcontrolinvasionhadhadabout600yearsearlier.ButFrenchstillhadan7.

ontheEnglishlanguage.This8.

inevenmorepairsofsimilarwords.ModernEnglish9.

manyLatinandGreekwords.Asweallknow,Engli