高中基础 高中基础 (2251(2251 期期 20150428) 4-520150428) 4-5 版 版 A “Historic” HandshakeA “Historic” Handshake

Pre-reading Pre-reading

1. Do you think it important to learn about other

people’s body language? Why or why not?

2. Look at the following photos and pay attention

to the body language of the two presidents.

What can you learn from it?

• How much do you know about the diplomatic

relations between the United States and Cuba?

While reading While reading

• Complete the sentences according

to the article.

To maintain dominance while

meeting with Castro, Obama

_______1_______ across the table

because it is a sign of ______2______.

He also stared at Castro during the talk,

which was regarded as _____3_____.

leaned in and pointed

adversarial behavior

a threat display

As the two presidents

had neither ______4______

nor ______5______ with

each other, it can be

concluded that Obama was

still unwilling to treat Castro

as a friend.

shoulder embrace

diplomatic hug

Even when having

a lighter moment, the two

presidents showed totally

different facial

expressions with

Obama’s _____6_____

in contrast to Castro’s

self-contained smile.

expressive smile

• True or false

1. It has been about 60 years since Obama

and Castro had a bilateral meeting.

2. The body language experts thought

Obama’s gestures and facial expressions

were positive.

F

F

3. For some reasons, the two presidents always

kept a certain distance during the meeting.

4. According to professor Erik Bucy, Obama and

Castro must have different personalities.

5. Joseph Tecce agreed that President Obama w

as the one who had controlled the meeting.

T

F

T

Language study Language study • Complete the sentences with the words in t

heir proper forms.

1. China is soon to achieve a(n) __________ position in the world market.

2. He was __________ with a gun by the attacker.

3. It was not easy to reach the __________ that he was the murderer.

4. Red usually __________ a sense of energy and strength.

5. The book is a(n) __________ of climate change and solutions to it.

analyze conclude threat dominance convey

dominant

threatened conclusi

on

conveys

analysis

Sentence structure Sentence structure

• My conclusion is that the two personalities are quite d

ifferent with Castro being a bit on the shy side, lackin

g in confidence about the meeting, and being frighten

ed by the situation …

• 本句中含有“ with + 宾语 + 非谓语动词作宾语补足语”的句型结构，且现在分词表主动。此外，也可用过去分词表被动，不定式表将来。

• Translate the following sentences.

1. 在场所有人都盯着她看，她感到很紧张。

2. 有太多的问题要解决，科学家们只好停下来查明原因。

3. 随着所有问题得到解决，我们开始为新的实验做准备。

She felt very nervous with all the people present staring at her.

With too many problems to solve, scientists had to stop to find out the causes.

With all the problems solved, we began to prepare for a new experiment.

After reading After reading

• Discuss in groups

and work out what

you can learn from

the three people in

the picture.