U4 Body Language – Vocabulary I
Task 1
Question: Who hit Mr. Bean? Why?
Because of the incident, he was late for the movie. The lights had been off, so
while he was leaning forward to see the numbers of rows, he almost fell on someone
sitting there. He had no choice but to take the back row, sitting at the back of the
theatre.
Unfortunately, the movie didn’t arouse his interest; as a result, he started to
yawn and dozed in the end. He even leaned on the shoulder of the man who sat next
to him. That guy tried to wake Mr. Bean up but failed, so he hit him heavily on his
head. Mr. Bean was instantly aroused from sleep. Not knowing who had done so, he
looked around, confused.
Task 2
back content reaction block signal
Mr. Bean then decided to leave. He stood up and checked whether there was
something left on the seat. However, what he was doing _________ the view of those
sitting behind him. They angrily ________ him to sit down. Mr. Bean noticed that,
but he couldn’t realize what was the matter, so he didn’t react to others’ complaints.
Certainly, his _________ made them angrier, and even one guy rushed forward to
strike him. Mr. Bean was scared, _______ off to avoid being beaten. Although he
didn’t have a clue why others were not ________ with his existence, he knew just one
thing – he had to run away!
Task 3
A. 这是警告的信号。(signal)
B. 为您服务是我的荣幸。(honor )
C. 他愿意再等一小时。(content)
Mr. Bean rushed out of the cinema and decided to treat himself to a big dinner.
He went into a fancy restaurant. The doorman greeted him, saying,
“________________________________” Mr. Bean felt proud of himself, thinking of
himself as someone important. He took a seat and ordered some expensive dishes. It
was a long time before the food was served. It looked so nice that he thought
_______________________________. Before he started to taste it, the fire alarm
suddenly rang. _________________________ . Everybody all ran out except Mr.
Bean. The food was so delicious that he couldn’t drop his fork and knife. He just
shifted in his seat continually, with food poured into his mouth.
Assignments
1. Learn all the new words and their usages in heart, preparing for a dictation
tomorrow.
2. Find out the new words in the text on p41 and try to understand their
meanings in the context.
3. Translations:
1) 人们对这部电影的反应不一。(reaction)
2) 他从不满足于他所拥有的。(content)
3) 我很荣幸被他在演讲中提及。(honor)
4) 老师尽力引起学生参与课堂活动的兴趣。(arouse)
5) 如果你完成了试卷,你可以举手示意老师。(signal)