Unit 4 Sharing reading a letter home

课件21张PPT。Unit 4 Reading
A Letter Home Helpless HandsEager FacesVolunteers in actionVolunteers in actionHave a thinkWhat does the word “volunteer” mean?A person who offers service or help to others in need without being paid or rewarded. What does the sign remind you of?A hand: _________________
A heart:_________________
A dove: _________________
A letter:_________________helplove and carepeaceY stand for youthWhat do you know about Papua New Guinea?Quiz1. The country is located __________ of Australia.
A. north B. south C. east
2. The official language there is ___________.
A. French B. Russian C. English D. German
3. The population there is around ____________.
A. 5.7 million B. 11.2 million C. 1 billion
4. The houses people live in are made of ______.
A. bricks B. wood C. bamboo and grass
5. The annual income of one person there is ____.
A. 2,000 dollars B. 500 dollars C. 100 dollars ACACBHousing ConditionHutPrimitive lifestylePoor ChildrenPara 1
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Para 10SkimmingThe purpose of the letterWhat Jo’s school is like Poor teaching conditions Jo’s first visit to a village What the hut was like outside and insideHow the villagers cooked their mealsJo said goodbye to the villagers The way to deal with leftover foodThe ending of the letterWarm welcome from the family1. Why does Jo call the high school a “bush school”
2. Were the boys friendly to Jo? How do you know?
3. How long does it take the students to go to school?Because the classrooms are made from bamboo and the roofs from grass.There are a lot of “good mornings” for Jo from the boys.Sometimes up to 2 hours4. Why was science the most challenging subject for Jo?
5. Why did the boys start jumping out of the windows?
6. Why does Jo wonder how relevant chemistry is to the kids?Because most of the boys will go back to their villages after year 8 and she thinks chemistry may make little difference to the kids’ life.There was no equipment.The boys never came across anything like the bubbling mixture.Types of
housesFamily
relationshipsCooking
methodsSleeping arrangementsMen’s hut is a _____________ with _____________________. No _____, small ________. Floor was covered with ___________. low bamboo hutgrass sticking out of the roofwindowsdoorwayfresh grassEveryone seemed to be a ________of Tombe’s . (large extended family)relative____________ are placed in an _______, then _________ are placed in the drum, covered with ____________ and _________.Hot stonesoil drumvegetablesbanana leavessteamedKiak usually slept in her _________. A newly made ________ for Jenny and me to sleep on. own hutplatformDietPossessionsAgricultureBeliefs_____________, _____ and ________. sweet potatocornsgreensI could only see a few ________ and ______ and a couple of ______. tin platescupspotsTools are very basic. There is no __________. machineryThe villagers believe that any ________attract __________ in the night so the food is _________in the can and the can is then ________ of the hut. leftoversevil spiritsdried upthrown outBecause they were frightened; The mixture was bubbling over everywhere; They had never seenBecause most of them would live all their lives as farmers.It was her way to welcome visitors to the village.Perhaps in this way can prevent flies, mosquitoes and other insects from coming in.The tin can was standing upside down on the grill in order to get the leftover dry up quickly.Discussion1. Why do you think Jo become a volunteer in PNG? Give as many possible reasons as you can.
2. Would you like to work as a volunteer in a poor area? Give reasons.Homework1. Exercise 3 on Page 31.
2. Re-read the passage again and underline the key phrases or sentences.