英语选修7 unit4Reading

1、.,人教课标 高二 选修7 Unit 4,.,Unit 4 Sharing,Reading,.,Warming up,.,Volunteer,.,The definition of Volunteer,People 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.,W

2、hat 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”

3、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.,Sharing is perfecting,.,Independent State of Papua New Guinea,巴布亚新几内亚独立国,Do

4、 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 qu

5、estions.,1. What kind of student was in Jos class?,A letter home,.,Secondary 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 s

6、tudents 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 l

7、ab). There is no glass in the windows.,.,3. What similarities and differences can you find between Jos 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

8、 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 no repair the classroom themselves.,.,View of the village from the ridge 山脊,.,doorway,village hut,sti

9、ck out,.,.,4. 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

10、 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.,.,New words and expressions,1. fortnight two weeks

11、 2. relevant adj. 有关的 3. adjust v. 整理, 调整, 适应 4. doorway n. 门口 5. platform n. 平台; 讲台 6. grill n. 烤架; 大平底锅 7. leftover n. 剩余物; 剩饭 8. privilege n. 特权, 优惠,.,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 h

12、ome of one of the boys, Tombe.,Rosemary,Jo,Jo and Jenny,Skimming,.,4. _ 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.,Mukap,Kiak,Kiak,.,Divide it into four parts, and summarize what each part is about.,

13、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 Jos work at school. Jo and Jenny visited Tombes home in the village. Closing of the letter.,Part 2 (Paragraph 2-3):,Part 3 (Paragraph 4-8):,Part 4 (Para

14、graph 9):,.,1. Why did Jo send Rosemary some photos? 2. Why the high school was called a bush school?,Its difficult for Rosemary to imagine how life was hard / different in Jos description.,The classroom was made from bamboo and the roofs were made from grass.,Read the letter carefully and answer th

15、e 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

16、 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.,.,Equipped,Not equipped,Table 1 (about the school),Read the passage carefully again to complete the tabl

17、es below!,.,Go to college or work,Return to the villages,Yes,Yes,No,No,Many,Few,.,electricity or water,bush,bamboo,Conclusion,.,Table 2 (about the life in the village),sticking,out,.,Inside,platform,fireplace,a couple of,.,laid,covered,.,1. The purpose that the author wrote the letter is that _. she

18、 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 couldnt get any money by teaching the poor students D. she wanted to tell Rosemary how happy she was in the small village.,A,Cho

19、ose 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. couldnt stand the terrible smell of the mixture C. didnt like doing chemistry experiments D. knew chemistry was not relevant to them,A,.,3. Which of th

20、e following is TRUE about Jos 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 doesnt like the simple life in the mountain village.,C,.,

21、4. Which of the descriptions is NOT right about Tombes 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.,C,.

22、,5. 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 us

23、eless.,B,.,6. By writing “The only possessions that I could see were”, the author wants to tell us _. A. Tombes family were kind-hearted B. Tombes family were guest-lovers C. Tombes family only used simple things D. Tombes family were too poor,D,.,7. Why did Tombe throw out the tin can? A. Because h

24、e 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.,B,.,8. How did Jo feel after the visit to Tombes family? A. Happy B. Sad C. Worried D. Up

25、set,A,.,Find or guess the reasons for these facts according to Jos letter.,Because they were frightened; they had never seen anything like this before.,Post-reading,.,Because most of them would live all their lives as farmers.,.,It was her way to welcome visitors to the village and she drew everyone

26、s attention to their arrival.,.,Perhaps its because that was a mans 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?,Discussion,.,A sample of the discussions:,A: Id like to go to a school described in the letter because it sounds more interesting than my school. B: But wha