课件20张PPT。Do you like working in the country?
Do you enjoy country life?What do you know about this part of China?Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia is the first national autonomous region established in 1947. It stretches along China's northern border with Mongolia and Russia and covers an area of 1,200,000 km2 , 12% of China's land area. Of all the Chinese provinces and autonomous regions, Inner Mongolia is the third largest after Xinjiang and Tibet.The go west program started in 2003. It is part of a government plan to develop the western part of the country .College graduates volunteer to work in the western regions of China for one or two years. Till July, 2003, about 43000 college graduates have volunteered and 6000 have gone to work in the twelve provinces and autonomous regions in the West. Some volunteers work in the education and health care. Some help farmers in the countryside. Some of them work on cultural programs. At the end of their service, volunteers can decide to stay in Western China or to look for work in other parts of the country. Many of them decided to stay.What can you say about the girl in the photo?volunteer, graduate, minus, basin, challenge, decision, dial, win support, prepare for, be proud ofKey Words1. ________ receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies
2. ___________ to get help and encouragement
3. _________ something new, exciting, or difficult to doTry your best to guess the word or phrase with its definition.graduatewin supportchallenge4. __________ to make yourself ready for something
5. ________ a choice that you make
6. ________ someone who do a job without being paid
7.________ lower than zero
8. ________ to use a telephone by pushing buttons make a callprepare fordecisionvolunteer minus dialYou are to listen to an interview. Try to get more details of the interview and work on the information. Then we will have a debate.ListeningBackground This is a real story. The girl’s name is Wang Shu, growing up in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Upon graduation from the English Department of Beijing Normal University, she left Beijing for Inner Mongolia working as a volunteer teacher. She is still there now.Listen and answer the question.If you have questions for Wang Shu, what
telephone number can you dial?555-6782.Listen again and fill in the form. Listen to Section 1 and answer the questions.What is Wang Shu’s future plan?
How does she feel about her work in Inner Mongolia?She’s going to work as a volunteer teacher
in a small country town in Inner Mongolia.She’s very excited.Listen to Section 2 and answer the question.3. Why did she decide to go there?Because she thinks as a teacher she feels it’s her duty to do something for students in poor areas.Listen to Section 3 and answer the questions.4. What is she going to do in Inner Mongolia?
5. What do her parents think of her decision?She’s going to teach middle school students.They didn’t like the idea when they first heard about her plan, but finally they supported her.Voice your opinionIs it a good idea to do voluntary work?
Do you want to be a volunteer?
Give some reasons for your answer.HomeworkDo the exercise 5
Students work individually, thinking about the cues and what they are going to do.
Students read the sentences, decide which words to use, and then complete the sentences.