1、 Project Planning a gap year Tom is 18 .He is British. He has chosen to take a one-year break between finishing school and starting university .He just wants to broaden his horizons by visiting Australia. Branny has just left senior school. But she doesnt want to enter a university. She just wants t
2、o take a year off to do charity work around the world before going to university. She is taking a gap year. Do you know what is a gap year? Listen to the BBC real English. “Gap year” is a British English term that refers to a period of time, usually a year, when a student takes time off from full-ti
3、me education. This year generally taken before a student begins college or university. 1.图片对齐 在我们插入PPT图片或是输入文字的时候，为了整齐都需要将插入的文本框对齐 ，但是又不想一个一个的进行操作，这时按住Ctrl键将需要进行对齐的文本选中 ，点击开始排列对齐垂直居中即可； 2.巧用格式刷 在制作PPT的时候为了保证PPT风格的统一，很多任通常会使用复制粘贴来确保 每一页PPT格式相同，这样对于少页数来说可以进行操作，但是碎玉多页面的话 就有点麻烦了，其实我们可以巧用格式刷：首先，在开始菜单栏下方有
4、一个格式 刷，点击格式刷，很快就能看到效果； 3.去除所有动画效果 很多人在制作PPT的时候都是直接在模板库里下载模板进行使用的，但是下载的 模板大多数都是有幻灯片的，这样在演讲的时候很不方便，怎样将其进行去除呢 ？单击幻灯片放映选择设置幻灯片放映，放映类型选择演讲者放映；换片方式 选择手动即可； 4.PPT快键 PPT逼格提升技巧逼格提升技巧 skimming How many people have taken a gap year in the passage? Three people. Does the writer have a positive or negative attit
5、ude towards taking a gap year? The writer takes a positive attitude. Scanning: Para 1 1.What is the traditional course of a student leaving school? He or she would go straight to university and study for three or four years before joining the world of work and begin the slow climb up the career ladd
6、er. 2.How long is it since thousands of young people took the gap? Three years. 3.Which part of the world is not a destination of the students who take one year gap? The Antarctic Para 2-4 1.Who are in favour of the gap year? The government, universities and employers. 2.Why do more and more employe
7、rs prefer to hire graduates who have taken a gap year? Because a gap year gives young people an opportunity to learn skills and gain life experience. Para 5 1.What was Carols project last year? To help saving the Amazon rainforest. 2.What was the benefits of her gap year? She became more independent
8、 and Helped conserve the rainforest. Para 6. 1.What did Daniel Jones do in his gap year? Teaching in Ghana. 2.How did he feel living among poor local people? Challenging but rewarding. 3.How bad was the situation there? No basic things like fridge and kettles, no electricity. 4.What is he ready to d
9、o in the future? To face challenges. Para 7. 1.What did Martin do in his gap year? He helped build a school in a poor part of India. 2.What did he want to learn? How to deal with difficult situations. 3.What had he never done before? Helping people harvest their crops before they rotted. 4.How did h
10、e feel like being a part of another culture? special Para 8-9. 1.What are exactly the sort of skills employers are looking for? The skills of how to work with a group of strangers and how to look after themselves without the help of family and friends. 2.How do you understand the sentence “doing a g
11、ap year may give students an edge in the job market”? It is more likely to get a job. According to the passage, what are the benefits of taking a gap year? 1.gives young people 2.helps young people 3.teaches students 4.makes students 5.Doing a gap year may give students an opportunity to learn skill
12、s and gain life experience develop and grow how to look after themselves and how to work with a group of strangers without the help of family or friends more capable of working independently and working well with colleagues from different backgrounds an edge in the job market Who Where (1)_ Results
13、Carol Smith Brazil worked on a project to help keep the Amazon rainforest from being (2)_ became less (3)_; felt like she really made a difference and helped the rainforests (4)_ Daniel Jones Ghana taught English and maths to students who live in (5)_ from (6)_ found living among local people full o
14、f (7)_ and rewarding Martin Johnson India helped build a school in a poor part of India Learnt how to (8)_ difficult situations; learnt a lot about (9)_ with the local people and working with them; felt (10)_ in another culture; felt that it was a special experience damaged Activities conservation dependent poverty countryside challenges handle associating involved
