1、 To listen about Greenlife, a non-profit organisation To learn how to take notes while listening To practise asking questions after a presentation To role-play a presentation and a subsequent interviewWatch the video about Yi Jiefang, the founder of NPO-Greenlife. Answer the question: Who changed he
2、r life?1. What is the event about?2. What do you think the presenter is going to talk about?3. What does NPO stand for?The event is about a public speaking event on environmental protection.The presenter might talk about Yi Jiefang and a non-profit organisation.Look at the poster. Answer the questio
3、ns.ACTIVATE AND SHARENPO stands for the term “non-profit organisation”.123Listen to the first part of the presentation. Answer the questions.1. What was the terrible event that changed Yi Jiefangs life? 2. How did Yi Jiefang feel after the accident?3. What made her start NPO-Greenlife?Her 22-year-ol
4、d son died in a road accident.She was sad and life seemed to lose all meaning.Her sons dream.LISTEN FOR UNDERSTANDINGTaking Notes (1)Notes are summaries of the most important ideas and details in a presentation. Taking notes can help you understand and remember better. Listen for the first time. Foc
5、us on the general meaning. Listen again and take notes. Do not write down every single word. Only write the main ideas and key words. Use diagrams, tables or bullet points. Use abbreviations and symbols, e.g. org = organisation, yrs = years, = increase.Skill Builder Listen to the second part of the
6、presentation and take notes. Then ask and answer questions with your partner based on the notes.The early days of NPO-Greenlife 1_. Yi Jiefang went to 2 _ Inner Mongolia and saw 3 _ with little agriculture. So Yi Jiefang 4 _ to 5 _ in the region over 6 _ and the government agreed. Although the first
7、 trees were 7 _, her team continued planting more trees. Now the trees have 8 _. were not easy the deserts of vast areas of dry lands proposed plant one million trees ten years blown away a survival rate of 85%“You are _. Alive or fallen, you served a purpose. _, You stood proud against winds and sa
8、ndstorms; _, your brightness gave _ to others.”“Let life prosper _; let greenness last forever_.”Listen and complete the quotes written on the headstone of Yi Jiefangs son. Then read the quotes aloud. Explain the meaning of the quotes in your own words. a tree Alivefallenlight and warmthin greenness
9、in life What do you think of Yi Jiefang? What else do you want to know about Yi Jiefang?Listen to the Q&A session. Answer the questions.1. What helped Yi Jiefang work through her sadness?2. What changes has NPO-Greenlife brought to the desert?3. What did Yi Jiefang do in 2013?FOCUS ON FUNCTION: ASKI
10、NG QUESTIONSListen and imitate. Complete the Talk Builder.Asking Questions1. _: How did Ms Yi Jiefang work through her sadness after her sons death?2. _ the former and the current conditions in the desert?3. Im interested in what she is working on now. _?Could you tell us moreMy question isCan you s
11、ay something aboutTalk BuilderMy question isCan you say something aboutCould you tell us more Are the questions in Activity 6 formal or informal? Why are the questions asked this way.Formal as it is addressed in an interview.Imagine you have a chance to meet Ms Yi Jiefang. Prepare some questions that you would like to ask her. Then role play an interview.SPEAKWhat kind of person is Yi Jiefang?What factors helped Yi Jiefang succeed?Complete Exercise 5 on Page 84.
