1、Lesson 3 Your Life Is What You Make It (2) Unit 1 Life Choices What do you think of the two pictures? poor, old, rural, simple, dusty, muddy, tough, challenging, small, unstable power and water Read and answer the questions. 1. What did Zhang Tians parents want him to do? What did his friends do? 2.
2、 Where did he work as a volunteer teacher? Why did he choose to go there? 3. What did he decide to do after a year? Answer the following questions. 1. What did Zhang Tians parents want him to do? What did his friends do? They hoped he would go to a big city to find a teaching job. His friends all le
3、ft his hometown for work in Shanghai or Beijing. Answer the following questions. 2. Where did he work as a volunteer teacher? Why did he choose to go there? He went to a village in Guizhou Province. He wanted to start a new lifestyle and go to teach where he was needed the most. Answer the following
4、 questions. 3. What did he decide to do after a year? ( Line 56: he now feels ready to stay for another year.) He decided to stay in the village for another year. Read again and complete the flow chart. Reasons to Be a Volunteer Teacher Situation When He Arrived Changes He Made School: Living condit
5、ions: School subjects School activities Students learning Villagers life Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 Read again and complete the flow chart. Reasons to Be a Volunteer Teacher Situation When He Arrived Changes He Made School: Living conditions: School subjects: School activities: Students learning: V
6、illagers life: introduced more subjects; would organise the first school concert; He wanted to start a new lifestyle. He was inspired by the idea of going to teach where he was needed the most. much smaller; dusty and muddy playground unstable power and water supplies; one shower every three or four
7、 days; dishes cooked by himself learnt English; became more confident in learning; rebuilt the playground; set up a library; helped sell local products online How did Zhang Tian feel at different stages? How did the writer describe Zhang Tians feelings? satisfied He was inspired by the idea eager di
8、sappointed challenged inspired motivated travelled with an eager heart. The school was much smaller The power and water supplies were unstable Their school lives are now more attractive his students were able to read Use adj. Use contrast Para 1: Para 2: Para 3: Para 4: Para 5: A typical day in the
9、village school The reason to be a volunteer teacher Village school and living condition Changes of school subjects and activities Changes of students and the village Summary Discuss the following questions. Why did Zhang Tian choose to stay in the village when he saw the school and living conditions
10、 there? Would you go and continue teaching in the village if you were in Zhang Tians situation? Your Life is What You Make It It is our choices that show what we truly are. - J.K. Rowling. How do you understand the title? 人生可能很精彩， 人生可能很无奈， 人生更多的是快乐， 但有时也会有悲哀。 人生可能心怀梦想， 人生可能有远大志向， 人生可能是一个人 坐在审判席上。 人生
11、可能龌龊卑贱， 甚至可能痛苦不堪； 但人生全靠自己创造， 所以要加油把它变得美满。 Life is what you make it 兰斯顿休斯(Langston Hughes, (19021967)，美国诗人 By Langston Hughes Life can be good, Life can be bad, Life is mostly cheerful, But sometimes sad. Life can be dreams, Life can be great thoughts, Life can mean a person, Sitting in court. Life can be dirty, Life can even be painful; But life is what you make it, So try to make it beautiful. But life is what you make it, So try to make it beautiful.
