unit 5 travelling abroad warming up and reading

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Warming up and reading
1. If you had chance to go abroad in the world, which country would you like to visit and why
埃及金字塔 The Pyramids
Warming up
United States (New York: Statue of Liberty & San Francisco )
France (Paris: Tour Eiffel )
Australia (Sydney Opera House )
新西兰
Do you want to go abroad for a further study
If you are offered a chance to study abroad for a year, where would you like to go
耶鲁大学 Yale University 总统的摇篮
Princeton University 普林斯顿大学
美国政治家的摇篮 33位诺贝尔奖得主
麻省理工学院 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 科技宠儿的摇篮
剑桥大学 University of Cambridge
牛津大学 University of Oxford
What should we take into account before we decide to travel abroad
Travel abroad
Money
ID card
Transportation
Local conditions and customs
Accommodation
Weather
Make plans
Apply for
a visa
What are the advantages and disadvantages of studying in a foreign country
Advantages Disadvantages
1. help us to be independent
2. easy to learn a foreign language
3. easy to learn advanced knowledge and technology
4. learn about different customs and views
5. have new experience
have communication
difficulties
2. cost a lot of money
3. it would be tiring to live
abroad
4. may feel alone
5. it’s not easy to take good care of oneself
6. feel homesick
6. fun to live in a new country
7.relax and get rid of anxiety
Reading
KEEP IT UP, XIE LEI
Chinese student fitting in well
Listen to the tape carefully and answer the three questions.
1. What is the main idea of the passage Give one sentence to describe it.
A．Xie Lei’s life and study in England.
B．Xie Lei’s social life.
C．Xie Lei’s essay.
D．Xie Lei’s life with a host family.
2. Xie Lei’s purpose of going to London is__.
A. for a travelling
B. for seeing her friends
C. for a business qualification
D. for finding a new job
3. You may read the text from a/an ________ .
A . newspaper B. magazine C .book D .advertisement
_____The difficulties Xie Lei met while living in London;
_____The newspaper will follow Xie Lei’s progress in later editions.
_____The general introduction to Xie Lei and her study;
_____The advantages that Xie Lei gained while living with a host family.
_____ Xie Lei is now getting along well and is living an active life.
_____ Xie Lei, a Chinese girl, is studying in a foreign country--London.
_____Xie Lei is getting used to the Western University’s way of learning.
First reading
II. Scan the text and put main idea of each paragraph the into order.
Carefully-reading (para1)
Which country does Xie Lie study in How long has she been there
She studies in England. She’s been there
for six months.
2. Xie Lei was very nervous when she left for London because ________ .
A . She was too young
B . She was a shy girl
C . She didn’t know what to expect
D . She didn’t know where to go
2．What does Xie Lei mean by saying “Sometimes I felt like a child.”？
A．Her lessons are difficult.
B．She is really like a child.
C．She is living with a different life from in China. She has had to learn almost everything again.
D．Beginning a new way of life in England is easy for her.
1. Why is she doing a preparation course first
Because studying in England is different from studying in China and she needs to learn about these differences and improve her English.
(para2-3) The benefits of preparation course
She has to get used to a whole new way of life, which can take up all her concentration in the beginning.
1.at a university------
Studying here is quite different from studying in China and she needs some preparation first, either here or in China .
2.Of a new life ---
(para2-3)
para4
Who does Xie Lei board with in England
A. Her classmates B. Herself
C. A host family D. Her family
2) Why does Xie Lei have such a decision that she would
like to board with while studying in England
A. She feels lonely while staying in a foreign country.
B. She is afraid to get used to a new life in a new country.
C. She can make good preparations for her courses.
D. She can have opportunities to learn more about life
and customs in a new country.
Her preparation course is to help her to
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________
get used to academic requirements of
a Western university.
2. She thinks having a tutor is to
_________________________________________________
encourage you to express your own
ideas with reasons.
para5
1.What benefits has she got from her preparation course and the tutor
(2) Xie Lei got an E for her first essay because _______ .
A. Because she didn’t give her own opinions at all.
B. Because there were too many mistakes in it.
C. Because what she wrote made no sense.
D. Because her opinions were different from her tutor’s.
(3) According to the text, two types of people helped Xie Lei . They were ________ .
A .a host family and a tutor
B .a host family and her classmates
C. her classmate and a tutor
D .a shopkeeper and a tutor
Xie Lei’s way
find…on the Internet
make a summary of…
Tutor’s requirements
couldn’t write …without acknowledging…
Your own opinion is the most important
writing an essay
para6
1.Why has Xie Lei decided to join a few clubs
Because she thinks it’s important to have a balance between study and a social life, and she wants to make new friends.
2) How does Xie Lei try to get used to the new life in England
A. She tries to avoid rising a feeling of homesick.
B. She tries to join in a few university clubs to share more social activities and meet some people she had much in common with.
C. She tries to put her heart into her preparation course.
D. She tries to protect herself from the strange environment and does nothing to make herself familiar with the culture.
The newspaper article is published to _______.
make Xie Lei well known to the students
keep Xie Lei up and cheer her on
recommend some ways to fit in well while studying abroad
wish Xie Lei all the best with her new enterprise
Benefits
of doing a preparation course
1. to get used to a new ____________. 2. to learn how to __________ Western academic requirements
get used to
way of life
of living with a host family
1. to learn more about _____________ and ________. 2. to ask my host family___ ____
everyday life
customs
for help
of having a tutor
1. to explain about why you cannot _____what other people had said without _______________them. 2. to ________ you to express your own ideas.
write
acknowledging
encourage
Difficulties
at the university
1.learning to read ________ texts and ________what you had read.
2. ______one’s own opinions and explained _____.
different
analyze
giving
why
of a new way of life
finding a __________ between study and a ________________.
making new __________.
balance
social life
friends
Xie Lei _______ a plane for London six months ago to complete a business ___________. She is now halfway through the __________ year. At the beginning, she had to learn almost everything again. She lives with a ____ family, which gives her the __________ to learn more about everyday life and _______ in her new country.
She wrote her first _____ to her ____, but she only got an E. Now she has _________ the life and she feels much more __ _____ and is going to join a few university _____ in order to have a _______ between study and a social life. We wish Xie lei all the best with her _________.
Keep it up ! Xie Lei.
boarded
preparation
host
opportunity
customs
essay
at
clubs
balance
qualification
tutor
home
enterprise
got used to
Discuss these questions.
What kind of person do you think Xie Lei is Find evidence in the article to support your opinion.
1) She is serious about her work. Evidence:
She did research on the Internet for her essay.
When her tutor did not give her a good mark she went to see him to find out why.
She put her tutor’s ideas into practice.
2) She perseveres. Evidence:
She had problems when she first arrived, but worked at them till she succeeded in getting over them.
She asks her host family for help with any language or culture issues.
She did not give up with her first setback over the essay.
3) She is enterprising and adaptable. Evidence:
She left her city to go to England even though she had never travelled abroad before.
She settled down well enough to feel at home in a strange country.
Thank you!