(共15张PPT)
Unit 5 Travelling Abroad
Keep it up, Xie Lei
Chinese student fitting in well
Reading:
1.Xie Lei’s preparation course is ______.
A. to help her to get used to academic requirements of a Western university
B. to help her to get used to academic requirements of an Eastern university
C. to help her to get used to the school life in a foreign country
D. to help her to get used to the future life in a foreign country
Fast reading
Choose the best answers.
2. What are the advantages of living with host families
A. Giving students the opportunity to learn more about everyday life.
B. Giving students the opportunity to learn more about customs in their new country.
C. Giving students the opportunity to get more good advice.
D. All of the above.
3. Which is right about her preparation course
A. She doesn’t like it. B. It is very difficult.
C. She has finished it. D. She thinks well of it.
4. We can infer that the teachers in the foreign country emphasize ______.
A. the abilities of doing something by oneself
B. the abilities of copying others
C. the abilities of referring to the Internet
D. the abilities of asking for help
5. What can we learn from Xie Lei according to the passage
A. She is lazy. B. She is brave.
C. She is determined. D. She is honest.
Careful reading
Main idea and the structure of the text.
The text describes Xie Lei’s life in the first months at a(n)__________ university, including some of the differences and __________ she experienced and how she solved the problems.
English
differences
A. Xie Lei is getting used to the Western University’s way of learning.
B. The newspaper will follow Xie Lei’s progress in later editions.
C. The general introduction to Xie Lei and her study.
D. The advantages of living with a host family.
E. Xie Lei,a Chinese girl, is studying in a foreign country—England.
F. The difficulties Xie Lei met while living in London.
G. Xie Lei feels much more at home in England now and is living an active life.
Para.1____
Para.2____
Para.3____
Para.4____
Para.5____
Para.6____
Para.7____
E
C
F
D
A
G
B
1. What is Xie Lei in England for How long has she been in England
Para.1-2
2. Why is she doing a preparation course first
She is in England to study at a university. She has been in England for six months.
Because studying in England is different from studying in China and she needs to learn about these differences and improve her English.
3. Why did Xie Lei feel like a child when she first arrived in England
She had to learn:
① ____________________
② ____________________
③ ________________________
________________________
She had to _______________________
how to use the phone
how to pay bus fare
how to ask a shopkeeper for things she didn’t know the English for
ask passers-by for directions
She didn’t
understand English in real life.
___________________________
Para.3
Para.4-5
4. Which two types of people have helped Xie Lei most since she came to England
Xie Lei’s host family and her teachers.
Para.6
5. Why has Xie Lei decided to join clubs
She thinks it’s __________________________
____________________________
important to have a balance
between study and a social life.
While studying in London, Xie Lei has some difficulties as well as benefits. Read the passage again, and try to find them.
Benefits
of doing a preparation course
1. to get used to a whole new ____________.
2. to learn how to __________ western academic requirements
get used to
way of life
of living with a host family
1. to learn more about the new ________
2. to ask my host family_______
culture
for help
of having a tutor
1. to explain about why I couldn't _____what other people had said without _______________them.
2. to ________ me to contradict the authors.
write
acknowledging
encourage
(Para.3-5)
Difficulties
at the university
1.learning to read lots of ________ texts and ________what I read.
2. ______my own opinion and _____ it.
different
analyze
giving
explain
of a new way of life
finding a __________ between study and a ________________.
making some new __________.
balance
social life
friends
(para5-6)
Xie Lei’s character
diligent
brave
strong-minded
adaptable
perseverant
serious
determined
enterprising
What good qualities does Xie Lei have
Find evidence to support your opinion.
Discussion