课件26张PPT。Unit4 Sharing Jo was a volunteer worked in Papua New Guinea (PNG) for two years. A Letter HomeIndependent State of Papua New Guinea about 5.7 millionEnglish as the official language. Pidgin English as the language for communicationa poor country with most people living in tribal(部落的) villages and depending on subsistence farming(少有余粮的农场经营) to make a livingAbout 85% of children start school but only about 60% of them reach Year 8Village people Pre-reading Look at the photos from Jo and answer the questions.My Class1. What was Jo’s job in PNG?
2. What kind of students were in her class? Boys, girls, or both?
Jo was a teacher in PNG. Boys.3. What were the classrooms like?
Is the classroom well equipped?
No. The classrooms are very poor, made of bamboo and grass.Students putting new grass on classroom roofBuilding a new science labView of the village from the ridgeVillage hut It’s poor. The village was a place full of natural beauties. 4. What can you say about the village? New words and expressions1. relevant adj. closely connected
2. grill n. 烤架;大平底锅
3. leftover n. 剩余物;剩饭
4. privilege n. 特权,优惠
5. adapt to 适应
6. stick out 伸出
I.Skimming What is the letter mainly about?It’a about the __________ and _______ conditions in PNG and her _________ to a students’ village.educationallivingfirst visit Opening of the letterPart 1(Paragraph 1) :Try to divide it into four parts, and summarize what each part is about.Part 2(Paragraph 2-3): The school where Jo worked and Jo’s work at school.
Jo and Jenny visited Tombe’s home in the village.
Closing of the letter.Part 3 (Paragraph 4-9):Part 4 (Paragraph 10):Read paragraph 2-3 and finish the questions.
My teaching experience
1. Were the boys friendly to Jo? How do you know?
2. Why was science the most challenging subject for Jo?
Why did the boys start jumping out of the windows?
4.Why does Jo wonder how relevant chemistry is to the kids?
II. Detailed readingII. Detailed reading1. Read paragraph 2-3 and finish the questions.
1). Were the boys friendly to Jo? How do you know?
2). Why was science the most challenging subject for Jo?There are a lot of “good mornings” for Jo from the boys.There was no equipment.3). Why did the boys start jumping out of the windows?
The boys never came across anything like the bubbling mixture.4). Why does Jo wonder how relevant chemistry is to the kids?
Because she thinks chemistry is too difficult to learn.
Because she thinks chemistry may make little difference to the kids’ life.
Because the kids there hardly come across anything of chemistry.
Because she thinks chemistry useless.About the life in the village
2. Read paragraph 4-9 and look at her photos again. Then complete the table below.low bamboo hutsticking out of the roofwindowsdoorwayfresh grassrelativeoil drumbanana leavessteamedown hutplatformsweet potatocornsgreenstin platescupspotsbasicleftoversevil spiritsdried upthrown outIV. Summary Jo was happy to ______ Rosemary and Rosemary was ______ hear all about Jo’s life in PNG.
Jo taught in a ___ school and she became a lot more ________ in teaching. But she wondered whether she would ______________ to these boy’s lives at all.
_________ did visit a village that was the home of one of the boys,______.
___ started crying “ieee ieee” to welcome them. _______ led us to his house, a low bamboo hut with grass ________ of the roof. They had a good meal together and left the next morning.
Jo thought it was such a ______ to have spent with Tombe’s family.
Jo and JennyKiakTombehear fromimaginativedying tobushmake any differenceMukapsticking outprivilegeAccording to Xu Benyu’s and Jo’s stories, what other meaning to be the volunteers? an exchange of culture
social contact
learn new skills and language
develop and gain practical experience
develop leadership and teamwork skills
……DiscussionThe supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
----Voctor Hugo(雨果)生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们。Homework 1. Surf the Internet to find some information about the volunteers working in poor areas.
2. Underline some important language points in the passage.Have you ever thought of volunteering to work for the 2008 Beijing Olympics?