选修7_unit4,book7,unit4,A letter home

1、Warmingup and reading Unit 4 sharing Sharing is Sharing is helping. Sharing is giving. Sharing is understanding. Sharing is love. The sign of United Nations Volunteers in China (中国青年志中国青年志 愿者愿者) 1.What does the sign remind you of ? A hand: _ A heart:_ A dove: _ A letter:_ help love and care peace Y

2、stands for youth As young people,we should give others a hand, show our love and care to others, and bring peace together. 2.What do the volunteers usually do to help other people? Give some examples. What is a volunteer? Warming-up fight against the flood and rescue the old and the sick plant trees

3、 and protect our environment help the disabled clean the community 2.What do the volunteers usually do to help other people? Give more examples. In a word, the volunteers help to make the world a better place. to clean the community, streets or gardens to help the passers-by cross the road to help t

4、he disabled and the old people to fight against the flood and other disasters to help foreigners in the Olympic Games to donate blood to the hospital - Besides the volunteers that are mentioned above, there are many volunteers working in different mountainous areas or developing countries. Jo is one

5、 of the volunteers who worked as a volunteer teacher in Papua New Guinea (PNG) , a very poor area . Pre-reading A letter home : _ FromFrom: _ Jo RosemaryRosemary Rosemary, Rosemary, a friend of Jo in a friend of Jo in AustraliaAustralia is dying to is dying to know all about know all about Jos life

6、at Jos life at Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea. . JoJo, a young Australian woman of , a young Australian woman of Australian Volunteers International, , has worked as a has worked as a volunteervolunteer teacher in teacher in Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea for two years. for two years. In conclus

7、ion, she leads a difficult school life. But she is trying to _ these conditions, and she has become more _in her teaching. She not only tries to help the boys in teaching, but also tries to learn more about the local people. She even pays a visit to a _ village ,which is the home of one of the boys,

8、 Tombe. imaginative adapt to Conclusion: remote Part 1 (Para 1) Part2 (Para_) Part 3 (Para_) Part 4 (Para 9) A visit to a local village The end of the letter The beginning of the letter and introduction to the topic The school and Jos work as a teacher 2-3 4-8 Match each part with its main idea Fast

9、 reading 2. Fill in the blanks. Fast reading The passage is written in the form of a letter by a young 1 _woman named Jo. It is about her experience as a volunteer 2 _, and her first 3_ to a local village. Australian teacher visit Scanning 1. _ is a young Australian woman. 2. _ was dying to hear all

10、 about Jos life in Papua New Guinea. 3. _ walked a long way to get to the school. 4. _ didnt have any textbooks. 5. _ became a lot more imaginative when teaching. 6. _ started jumping out of the windows during a chemistry experiment. Jo Rosemary The boys The boys and Jo Jo The boys Scanning 7. _ vis

11、ited a village that was the home of one of the boys, Tombe. 8. _ started crying “ieee ieee” to welcome them. 9. _ led us to a low bamboo hut. 10. _ was going to share the platform with Jenny and Jo. 11. _ softly talked to each other in their language Jo didnt understand. Jenny and Jo Kiak Mukap Kiak

12、 Tombes family 2. Jo is popular with her students. How do you know? Detailed reading The classrooms are made of bamboo and the roofs of grass. 1. Describe her classrooms. There are lots of “good mornings” for Jo from the boys. 4. Why did the boys start jumping out of the windows? Because they had ne

13、ver come across anything like bubbling and they were frightened. Detailed reading 3. In the passage which sentence can be replaced by “But it is certain that I have had more imagination in teaching.”? However, one thing is for sure, Ive become more imaginative in my teaching. II. Read the 4th and 5t

14、h paragraphs and then try to describe the houses in the village. Low bamboo huts with grass sticking out of the roofs The huts are round, with no windows . The doorways are just big enough to get through, and they are dark inside. door way low bamboo huts with grass sticking out of the roofs stick o

15、ut (vi/ vt ) :to be further out than sth else 做出决定，并且要坚持下去。做出决定，并且要坚持下去。 _ stick to Just make a decision and stick to it! 1.She wore glasses and her front teeth stuck out. 2.His nose as well as ears sticks out. 3.He stuck his legs out and tripped the man up. Cooking methods Beliefs III. Read the res

16、t of the passage and try to complete the table below. Diet Cooking methods _ are placed in an _, then _ are placed in the drum, covered with _ and _. Hot stones empty oil drumvegetables banana leavessteamed Beliefs The villagers believe that any _attract _ in the night so the food is _in the can and

17、 the can is then _ of the hut. leftoversevil spirits dried up thrown out _, _ and _. Diet kau kau (sweet potato) corns greens Discussion: How can we help the children in poor areas? How can we help the children in poor areas? 1.Donate pocket moneyclothesbooks to them. 2.Raise money and send it to th

18、em. 3.Call on people to show their love. 4.Call on our government to take measures to help them. 5.Go there to work as a volunteer. We should treasure our present life and learn to share. If everybody offers a little love, the world will become more beautiful. Conclusion: Language pointsLanguage poi

19、nts 1. hear from . 意为意为“收到收到的信的信”， 相当于相当于receive a letter from . 。如：。如： 你收到你哥哥的信了吗？你收到你哥哥的信了吗？ _ 每星期我都收到妈妈的信。每星期我都收到妈妈的信。 _ Have you heard from your brother? I hear from my mother every week. 2. I know youre dying to hear all about my life here. Ive included some photos which will help you picture t

20、he places I talk about. 我知道你我知道你极想极想听到我在这儿的生活听到我在这儿的生活,我这儿我这儿 有一些照片有一些照片,它们会帮你它们会帮你构思构思出我要谈到的出我要谈到的 这个地方。这个地方。 be dying for/ to do sth. 渴望渴望, 极想极想, 渴望做某事渴望做某事 Im dying for a piece of cake. I am dying to know where you are from. (1)我极想出国我极想出国_ I am dying to go abroad. (2)他很渴望喝点酒他很渴望喝点酒 _He was dying

21、for a little wine. “渴望渴望”的类似说法的类似说法 1 be eager to do sth. / for sth 2 be thirsty to do sth. / for sth. 3 desire to do sth / for sth. 4 long to do sth. / for sth. 3. up to 多达多达 be up to sth = be busy doing sth. 忙于忙于 It is up to sb to do sth 由某人负责做某事由某人负责做某事 What is up? 怎么了怎么了? (1) 这些淘气的孩子在忙什么呢这些淘气的孩子

22、在忙什么呢? (2) 由我负责完成这项任务由我负责完成这项任务. (3) -What do you want to do next? We have half an hour until the football game? - _. Whatever you want to do is fine with me. A. It just depends B. Its up to you C. All right D. Glad to hear that B What are these naughty boys up to? It is up to me to do this task. 4.

23、 come across 偶然遇见偶然遇见/发现发现 The boys had never come across anything like this and started jumping out of the windows. 她在找东西时偶然发现了一些旧信件她在找东西时偶然发现了一些旧信件 She _ in the course of her search. came across some old letters 5. make a difference 有影响有影响,有作用有作用,有差别有差别 make no/ a little/ much/ some difference 无无/

24、 有一点有一点/ 有很大有很大/ 有一些差别有一些差别 tell the difference between 说出说出的差别的差别 be different from 与与不同不同 make a difference between 区分区分 (1) 我们应该区分开对错我们应该区分开对错. _ (2) 对我来说对我来说,他他 去不去都没关系去不去都没关系. _ We should make a difference between right and wrong. It makes no difference to me whether he goes or not. (3) Does it

25、 _ any difference whether we leave at 9:00 or at 10:00? A. tell B. be C. give D. make 6. Tombers father, Mukap, led us to his house, a low bamboo hut with grass sticking out of the roof- this shows its a mans house. Tomber的父亲的父亲Mukap领着我们到了他领着我们到了他 的房子的房子, 一间低矮的房顶外长满草的小一间低矮的房顶外长满草的小 竹屋竹屋,这表明它是一个男人的房子

26、。这表明它是一个男人的房子。 stick out (vi/ vt ) :to be further out than sth else 做出决定，并且要坚持下去。做出决定，并且要坚持下去。 _ stick to Just make a decision and stick to it! 1.She wore glasses and her front teeth stuck out. 2.His nose as well as ears sticks out. 3.He stuck his legs out and tripped the man up. (1) stick out 伸出伸出,

27、 突出突出 stick to sth 不放弃不放弃 (1) She _ (伸出脚伸出脚) and tripped him over. (2) 当车开动时不要把头伸出车窗外当车开动时不要把头伸出车窗外. Dont stick your head out of the window while it is running. (3) Once a decision has been made, all of us should _ it. A direct to B stick to C lead to D refer to stuck out her foot B He told me that

28、the can was heated to _ (2) Water the plant regularly, never letting_(让土壤干枯让土壤干枯) 7.dry out (使使)变干变干;干透干透 (1)他告诉我加热罐子是为了使剩余的食物他告诉我加热罐子是为了使剩余的食物 变干变干 dry out the leftover food. the soil dry out dry up (河流，湖泊等河流，湖泊等)干枯；弄干、晒干枯；弄干、晒 干、变干干、变干; (供应、思路供应、思路) 枯竭枯竭 (1) During the drought, the river dried up.

29、 (2) The writers long separation from social dried up his imagination. (3)太阳很快就会把马路晒干的太阳很快就会把马路晒干的 _ The sun will soon dry up the roads. relevantly (adv) 有关的有关的 ，有实际价值，有实际价值(重要性重要性)的的” 反义词反义词 ：irrelevant be relevant to “与与有关有关” = be connected with have sth to do with 这种工作与性别无关这种工作与性别无关 。 The work of

30、 this kind is not relevant to sex.The work of this kind is not relevant to sex. 这类课程与当今的社会问题的关系这类课程与当今的社会问题的关系 而论已毫无实而论已毫无实 际价值。际价值。 The type of the course is no longer relevantThe type of the course is no longer relevant to todays social to todays social problem. problem. 9.adapt adjust adapt (ones

31、elf) to “适应，适合适应，适合” 你应该适应新环境。你应该适应新环境。 adjust “适应适应” “调整调整”、“调节调节”使之适应使之适应 adjust (oneself) to =adapt (oneself) to “调整自己以适应调整自己以适应” The seat can be adjusted to different positions. It took several seconds for his eyes to adjust to the dark You should adapt yourself to the new environment. 10. privilege “ 殊荣殊荣” 能认识你真是荣幸之至。能认识你真是荣幸之至。 _ privilege 还表示还表示“特权特权”、“权利权利” have the privilege to do sth = have the right to do sth “有特权有特权(权利权利) 干某事干某事” Only members have the privilege to use the ground. It was a privilege to know you . 11. otherwise (adv. conj.) “用别的方法