Unit 4' Sharing

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Reading A LETTER HOME
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• What does the sign stand for?

The sign of United Nations Volunteer in China
(???????)
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What do the volunteers usually do?
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What does a volunteer usually do?
fight against the flood and rescue the old and
the sick
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plant trees and protect our environment
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help the disabled
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clean the community
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Pre-reading (2m)

• Jo was an Australian volunteer working in Papua
  New Guinea (PNG) for two years.

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(No Transcript)
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• Location situated to the north of Australia
• Population about 5.7 million
• Language English as the official language
• Pidgin English as the language
  for communication
• Economy a poor country with most people living
  in tribal villages and depending on subsistence
  farming to make a living.
• Education About 85 of children start school but
  only about 60 of these reach Year 5

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Reading

• A Letter Home

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Reading --- Scanning 1. _________ is a
young Australian woman. 2. _________ was dying
to hear all all 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 the windows during a
chemistry experiment. 7. __________ visited 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.
Jo
Rosemary
The boys
The boys and Jo
Jo
The boys
Jenny and Jo
Kiak
Mucap
Kiak
Tombes family
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• Structure

(1)
Opening and introduction
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
The school and Jos work
(2-3)
A visit to Tombes home in the village
(4-8)
(9)
Closing of the letter
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Careful Reading Para1 Why did Jo write
this letter?
Jo wrote this letter to share her experience as a
volunteer teacher in PNG.
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Para2--3

• The school
• 1. It is made of _______ and ______.
• 2. Theres no ________, _______ ,__________ or
  ____________.

bamboo
grass
electricity
water
textbook
equipment
conditions
The __________ are very bad.
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Building a new science lab
Students putting new grass on classroom roof
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• The boys
• 1.They____________________ because there are lots
  of good mornings.
• 2. Why did they jump out of the windows?
• 3. What will be the future for most of them?

are friendly / polite
Because they are terrified.
Most of them will be going back to their village.
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• The teacher
• 1.Why did Jo say Ive become more imaginative?
• 2. Did she think she can change the boys life

Because the boys have no concept of doing
experiment and there is also no equipment. For
most of time she has to use her imagination to
teach them.
No, because she doubted whether she could make
any difference to these boys lives
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• Read Paragraph 4-7 and finish the chart

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relative
The relationships between Tombes family and
others are _______.
good
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low bamboo hut
grass sticking out of the roof
doorway
windows
fresh grass
share
newly made
small beds
bloom
tin plates
cups
jars
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poor
The family is _______.
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Hot stones
empty oil drum
the vegetables
banana leaves
steam
sweet potato
corn
greens
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leftovers
evil spirits
dried up
thrown out
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• 1. What kind of life do people in the village
  live?

They live a simple but happy life. They are poor
but live in harmony.
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• 2. What do you think of the work Jo is doing ?

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Group discussion
The Asian Games will be held in Guangzhou in
2010. If you are a volunteer in The Asian Games ,
what will you do? (write down at least 3 things)
and what can you get from being a volunteer?
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• Volunteers give people the chance to explore the
  world they are not familiar with. This experience
  enables people to exchange the cultural and
  social knowledge with those from other countries.
  It also enables people to learn language, to gain
  practical experience, and to develop teamwork
  skills. In addition, personal development is one
  of the greatest benefits.

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• Keep in mind
• Helping others is helping ourselves.

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Homework

• 1. Read the passage again after class and find
  all the attributive
  clauses in it.
• 2. Preparations Learning about Language on Page
  32. Ex12

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Thank you.