Unit 4 Sharing Reading课件（57张）

课件57张PPT。Unit 4
SharingWarming upVolunteerThe definition of VolunteerPeople who help others in their community or outside their community would be called volunteers. However, they would not be called volunteers if they help their parents, other relatives or friends.What do the volunteers usually do to help other people?A possible version: The volunteers make their greatest efforts to help others. For example, they collect money for the Hope Project to help poor children afford their schooling; they go to serve old people in the community; they join “1 help 1” project to visit elderly people who live alone and help with shopping, do jobs in the house, etc.If we were volunteers, what could we do to help them?If everybody offers a little love, the world will become more beautiful.SharingIndependent State of Papua New Guinea 巴布亚新几内亚独立国 Do you know where PNG is?Pre-reading巴布亚新几内亚国旗和国徽 (极乐鸟) 巴布亚在马来语中意为“卷发人”。
16世纪中叶, 葡萄牙人来到该岛时, 见当地居民和自然景观很像非洲的几内亚, 故称之为新几内亚。 首 都: 莫尔兹比港 Port Moresby
面 积: 46.2万平方公里
人 口: 430万人
语 言: 英语
?民 族: 美拉尼西亚族
宗 教: 基督教新教、拜物教
?货 币: 基那 ?
国庆节: 9月16日
?时 差: 比北京时间早2小时
?气 候: 热带雨林气候 Look at the photos and answer the questions.1. What kind of
student was
in Jo’s class?A letter homeSecondary school children from a
developing country. We know this because there are no walls to the classroom so the climate must be hot. The desks are close together but there does not appear to be enough desks for each child. The students are poorly dressed.2. Describe the classrooms.The classrooms are made with wooden poles and have bamboo walls and grass roofs (except for the new science lab which has a metal roof). The floor has bamboo matting on it. The walls do not reach the roofs (except the walls of the science lab). There is no glass in the windows.3. What similarities and differences can you find between Jo’s classroom and yours? 1 There are desks.
2 There are both boys and girls in the
classroom.
3 There is no spare space in the
classroom.
4 There is a separate science laboratory.1 Some of the walls are missing.
2 There is a pole holding up the roof
in the middle of the room.
3 There is no school uniform.
4 The students have no textbooks.
5 There is no glass in the windows.
6 The students have to repair the
classroom themselves.View of the village from the ridge 山脊 doorwayvillage hut stick out4. What can you say about the village?
The village is very small. It is by a river at the bottom of a valley. It has steep slopes all around it.
5. What can you say about life in the village?
The village huts are small. They have no windows. They are made of wood and bamboo and have grass roofs. Meals are prepared and cooked outside. One of the crops grown is peanuts. The
tool used for this crop is a digging stick.
There is a woman carrying a naked baby
on her shoulders. She is also carrying a
heavy-looking bag. She has bare feet. Find out the names.1. _________ will receive this letter from Jo.
2. ____ become a lot more imaginative in teaching.
3. ____________ did visit a village that was the home of one of the boys, Tombe.RosemaryJoJo and JennySkimming4. _____ started crying “ieee ieee” to welcome them.
5. _______ led us to his house, a low
bamboo hut.
6. _______ was going to share the platform with Jenny and Jo.MukapKiakKiakDivide it into four parts, and summarize what each part is about. Opening of the letter and introduction to what will be talked about in the passage.Part 1 (Paragraph 1):Scanning 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 2 (Paragraph 2-3):Part 3 (Paragraph 4-8):Part 4 (Paragraph 9):1. Why did Jo send Rosemary some photos?

2. Why the high school was called a bush school?It’s difficult for Rosemary to imagine how life was hard / different in Jo’s description.The classroom was made from bamboo and the roofs were made from grass.Read the letter carefully and answer the questions.3. Were the boys and villagers friendly to Jo? How do you know?
4. Why was Science the most challenging subject for Jo?There was no equipment.Lots of “good mornings”; cry “ieee ieee”; shake hands.5. Why did the boys start jumping out the window?
6. Why should it take Jo and Jenny two and a half hours to get to the village? They had to climb up a mountain to a ridge first and then down a steep slope to the valley.The boy never came across something like bubbling mixture.EquippedNot equippedTable 1 (about the school)Read the passage carefully again to complete the tables below!Go to college or workReturn to the villagesYesYesNoNoManyFewelectricity or waterbushbambooConclusionTable 2 (about the life in the village)stickingoutInsideplatformfireplacea couple oflaidcovered1. The purpose that the author wrote the letter is that ______.
she wanted to tell Rosemary her
teaching life in the high school.
B. she wanted to tell Rosemary her learning life in the high school.
C. she wanted to tell Rosemary that she couldn’t get any money by teaching the poor students
D. she wanted to tell Rosemary how happy she was in the small village.AChoose the best answer.2. In a chemistry experiment the boys jumped out of the windows because they _____.
A. were frightened by the bubbling
mixture
B. couldn’t stand the terrible smell of the
mixture
C. didn’t like doing chemistry experiments
D. knew chemistry was not relevant to themA3. Which of the following is TRUE about Jo’s attitude?
A. She is sure that all the boys will go to
college in the future.
B. She believes that chemistry is very
useful to the boys.
C. She is wondering if she can make
any difference to the boys’ lives.
D. She doesn’t like the simple life in the
mountain village.C4. Which of the descriptions is NOT right about Tombe’s house?
A. It was a low bamboo hut with grass sticking out of the roof.
B. It was dark and there was a fireplace in the centre of it.
C. It was round-shaped, with small windows and a narrow doorway.
D. There were only a few possessions in it.C5. Why does Jo wonder how relevant
chemistry is to the kids?
A. Because she thinks chemistry is too
difficult to learn.
B. Because she thinks chemistry may
make little difference to the kids’ life.
C. Because the kids there hardly come
across anything of chemistry.
D. Because she thinks chemistry useless.B6. By writing “The only possessions that I could see were …”, the author wants to tell us ________.
A. Tombe’s family were kind-hearted
B. Tombe’s family were guest-lovers
C. Tombe’s family only used simple
things
D. Tombe’s family were too poorD7. Why did Tombe throw out the tin can?
A. Because he believed the can attracted
evil spirits.
B. Because he believed any leftovers
attracted evil spirits.
C. Because he believed the can has no use
at all.
D. Because he believed the grill attracted
evil spirits.B8. How did Jo feel after the visit to
Tombe’s family?
A. Happy B. Sad
C. Worried D. UpsetAFind or guess the reasons for these facts according to Jo’s letter.Because they were frightened; they had never seen anything like this before.Post-readingBecause most of them would live all their lives as farmers.It was her way to welcome visitors to the village and she drew everyone’s attention to their arrival.Perhaps it’s because that was a man’s house.The tin can was used to dry out the leftover food, which might attract evil spirits, so the tin can was thrown out of the hut.Now we have two topics to discuss:
Why do you think Jo became a
volunteer in PNG? Give as many
possible reasons as you can. Would you
like to work as a volunteer in a poor
area? Why?DiscussionA sample of the discussions:A: I’d like to go to a school described in the letter because it sounds more interesting than my school.
B: But what about going to university? You’d need a better school with more facilities for that, wouldn’t you?C: Yes, I suppose you’d need some textbooks. It must be hard to learn all the right things without a textbook.
D: True. It’d be difficult to pass the exams to get into college.
B: And you’d have to do so much walking every morning and evening!A: But think how fit you’d be!
D: And there’d be no time for homework after all that walking! You’d only have time to eat and go to bed.
C: Yes, you’re right. It sounds a hard life but in a different way from ours.
A: So would you like to go to this school?
B, C and D: No, thank you!Roses given, fragrance in hand. 赠人玫瑰, 手留余香。1. Finish Exercise 3 on Page 31.
2. Read the passage again after class and find all the attributive clauses in it.
3. Recite the key sentences in the text.
4. Preparations: Learning about Language on Page 32.HomeworkThank you!