1、Unit 4 sharing Reading and thinking What is sharing？ sharing is smiling Sharing is helping Sharing is enjoying Sharing is understanding Sharing is perfecting What is volunteer Volunteers are not paid, not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless. There are many volunteers working i
2、n different mountainous areas or developing countries.Planting trees and protecting our environment Helping the old, disabled, or the youngTeaching in poor areasPre-reading Have you ever been to a remote area? Do you visit or volunteer? Please share your experience with your classmates. A young Aust
3、ralian, Jo, worked for two years as a volunteer teacher in Papua New Guinea. What challenges do you think she might have faced?Yes, I have. I visited and saw that the people lived in very difficult conditions, but the people were very simple and warm and friendlyIt would be hard to get used to livin
4、g without a TV, computer, or other modern conveniences. The food and overall lifestyle might also be a challenge, as it is so different from her country. As a teacher, getting good teaching materials and supplies would also be hard. While-reading I. Reading for the main idea 1. What is the theme of
5、the text about? A. The bush school kids B. The story of being a volunteer at a bush school C Bush school childrens families D. The experience of a home visit 2. Find out the main idea of each part Part 1(Para1 ) A. A visit to a local village Part 2(Para2-3) B. The authors working environment and wor
6、k Part 3(Para4-8) C. The joy of getting home mail II. Reading for the detailsTask1. Read the first paragraph, and finish Exx 1-21. According to the first paragraph, we can learn that A. I was angry because my parcel was a bit damaged B. it took more than fourteen days for my parcel to arrive C. I wi
7、ll be dying because of eating some favorite sweets D. I was very happy and excited to receive a parcel from home2. Why is the author happy to get mail from home?The conditions where the author works are terribleTask2. Read paragraph 2 and 3, and finish Exx 3-43. Compared to students in my country, h
8、ow are the students of the bush school different? A. They study at a school in the jungle made of bamboo, with clay floors and roofs of grass B. They walk to school down a dusty track covered in weeds C. They greet the teacher with a chorus of “good morning” D. They dont wear school clothes made fro
9、m cotton and many students live far from school4. In a chemistry experiment the boys jumped out of the windows because they A were frightened by the bubbling mixture B. couldnt stand the terrible smell of the mixture C. didnt like doing chemistry experiments D. knew chemistry was not relevant to the
10、mTask3. Read the last paragraphs, and finish the Exx 5. Tombes mother started crying “leee ieee” because A. this was my first visit to a remote village B. she was expressing her friendliness and warmth C. we walked for two and a half hours to get there D. she was afraid of strangers6. Which of the d
11、escriptions is NOT right about Tombes house? A. It was a low bamboo hut with no windows, and with grass sticking out of the roof B. It was dark and there was a fireplace in the centre C. It was round-shaped, with small windows and a narrow doorway. D. There were only a few possessions in it.7. What
12、did the family do with the leftover food? A. They dried it up in a can and then threw it out B. They threw it out of the doorway directly C. They used it to attract bad spirits in the night D. They had it for the next meal8. How did the author feel after the visit to Tombes family? A Happy. B Sad C.
13、 Worried D. UpsetIII. Reading for the structureParagraph1 Its always nice to get 1._Paragraphs 2-3M y secondary school Is a 2._ schoolThe school has poor 3. _I doubt whether Im making any 4._ to these boys lives at allParagraphs 4-8 Last weekend I made my first visit to a 5._to one of our students,
14、Tombe.Tombes family was friendly but their housing was poor.We were 6._ but happymailbushoffice conditionsdifferenceremote villagetiredPost-reading I. In groups, discuss these questions. 1. What are the differences between the school you go to and the one described in the passage. 2. Would you like
15、to work as a volunteer in poor area? Why? I go to a school that has all the convenience of modern society, so there is no comparison at all. We have plenty of equipment and supplies, comfortable chairs, air conditioning, computers, etc Yes, Id like to. Because I want to enrich my knowledge and exper
16、ienceII. After reading , fill in the following blanks. I am volunteering in a bush school and I have adapted myself 1._ the hard conditions here, though I doubt 2._ Im making any difference to these boys lives at all. Every day when I arrive at school. I 3._ (greet) by a chorus of “good morning” fro
17、m the students. 4._ other day I was showing the boys a chemistry experiment 5._ the mixture was bubbling out of the test tube 6._ (spill) everywhere! The boys were so frightened. Last weekend I made my first visit to Tombes house. towhetherwas greetedThe whenspillingIt was dark inside and it took so
18、me time or our eyes 7._ (adjust). We 8._ (eat) inside the hut sitting round the fire and talking. 9._ (luck), Tombe interpreted for us. After the meal, the leftover food was dried out in a can and thrown out. We left the village the next morning after many good byes and firm handshakes. My muscles were aching as we dragged 10._ (we) down the mountain towards home.to adjustateLuckilyourselvesHOMEWORK Try to retell the experience of Jo, working as a volunteer teacher in Papua New Guinea.
