课件21张PPT。Unit 3 life in the futurePeriod 1&2 Warming up
and Reading IUnit 5 Traveling abroad Do you like traveling? If you have enough time and money, where do you want to go most?Which one would you prefer, traveling domestically or traveling abroad ?United States (New York & San Francisco )France (Paris) Italy (Rome)Australia (Sydney)India Sri LankaDo you want to go abroad for a further study?Cambridge Princeton Yale Harvard Traveling abroadReadingSkimming: answer the following questions:1.What is Xie Lei in England for? How long has she been in England?
2.Why is she doing a preparation course first?
3.What are some of the difficulties she faced when she first came to England?
4.Which two types of people have helped Xie Lei most since she came to England?1. What is Xie Lei in England for? How long has she been in England? 2. Why is she doing a preparation course first? Keys:Xie Lei is in England for a degree course. She has been in England for six months.
Xie Lei’s preparation course can help her to get used to academic requirements of a Western university. So she first finished the course.3. What are some of the difficulties she faced when she first came to England?
Keys:When she first came to England, she has to face the difficulties of daily life, for example, how to use the phone, how to pay on the bus. She has to face the difficulties of learning at the university, eg, she can’t understand the expressions other say.
4. Which two types of people have helped Xie Lei most since she came to England?
Keys: When she came to England, she lived with a host family, so the members of the family always helped her. The other type of people, I think, is her tutor and classmates, especially her tutor.
Detailed reading While studying in London, Xie Lei has some difficulties as well as benefits. Read the passage again, and try to find them according to the diagram given.Benefits of doing a preparation course
1. to learn how to ________ Western ____________ ____________ . 2. to get used to a new ____________. fulfillacademic requirementsway of lifeof living with a host family
1. to learn more about _____________ and ________. 2. to have people to explain things ________________everyday lifecustomsnot understoodof having a tutor
1. to explain about why you cannot ______ other people’s work without _______________it. 2. to ________ you to express your own ideas.useacknowledgingencourageDifficulties at the university
1.learning to read ________ and ________the texts.
2. ___________one’s own opinion with __________.widelyanalyzeexpressingreasonsof a new way of life
finding a __________ between study and a ________________.
making new __________.balancesocial lifefriendsDiscussion What kind of person do you think Xie Lei is? Discuss with you partners and find evidence in the article to support your opinion. I think Xie Lei is an excellent diligent girl, she can face difficulties bravely and she has firm determination, she studies well and has already made progress. Evidence: 1 “ It’s not just study that’s difficult. You have to get used to a whole new way of life.” 2 “ When I miss my family, it’s a great comfort to have a substitute family to come home to.”
3 “ I have been so occupied getting used to everything that I haven’t had time for social activities.”
Homework Surf the Internet to find more information about the life abroad and you are expected to present it to your peer in the next class.