牛津版（深圳•广州）2017-2018学年初中英语八年级下册Module 1 Unit 2 基础训练（一）Reading

—Busy like a bee. I have taken a _______ job, working as a waiter in a coffee shop on Saturday and Sunday.

—I feel terrible. I'm afraid I have a cold.

—Thank you, dear. It's your mum. She _______ me to check your homework after dinner.

—Sorry to hear that. Did any body get hurt?

—No, she didn't.

—But I think a beautiful heart is more important.

—I've no idea. Let's go and see what we can help.

—Because she enjoyed the trip.

—Why not try _______ a fried egg instead?

—You'd better play some light music to make the baby _______ crying.

—It's my pleasure.

—I have some problems with my homework.

Mango pudding is desserts in this dessert shop.

Tina began to practise the piano .

Your body language, gestures and facial expressions, can tell others what you are thinking about.

, many people went looking for gold in California.

    Body language matters more than you think. You applied for a good school. You had written the perfect self-introduction, sent it directly to the school and finally you got an interview. You prepared well for both information about the school and the interviewers, practising a lot on interview questions and answers. During your interview, things went well. You answered all the questions perfectly. However, the last word you heard from your interviewer was "goodbye" as you left the room.

    What went wrong? Maybe you have got your body language for the interview wrong. Less than 10％ of what we really communicate comes from the way of spoken communication, with the rest coming from how we say it, how we speak, how we sit and what we look like. Slouch (无精打采) in your chaff and you look bored and uninterested. Cross your arms and you look unfriendly. Sitting up Straight means that you are interested and listening.

    If you want to succeed in your school interview, get your body language right and make sure what you say sounds polite. Interviewers care about not only what you say but also how you say it in a right way.

    People around the world use different Ways to communicate. We communicate with each other not only through 1 but also through body language. Because body language is so 2. You'll have to know what yours means and what other people's means. Here are some examples 3 body language.

    If you drop down heavily and your head is down, this may 4 that you are sad or not happy. If you sit with a smiling face and look 5, you are expressing friendliness. A smile is a way of expressing friendliness and interest. But people 6 smile just to be polite. Friendliness and interest are expressed when a person's eyes 7 yours, especially when you're talking. A person who doesn't 8 you is showing that he is not interested in your talk.

    Hand gestures can mean a person is interested in the conversation. But repeated (重复的) movements, like hitting a pencil lightly against something again and again, often mean the person is 9 or not patient. Stay away from someone who 10 at you while talking with you — that person might be angry with you or feel better than you.