1、Unit 4 Reading A Letter Home What does the word“volunteer”mean?A person who offers service or help to others in need without being paid or rewarded.What does the sign remind you of?A hand:_A heart:_A dove:_A letter:_helplove and carepeaceY stand for youthHelpless HandsEager FacesVolunteers in action
2、Volunteers in actionWhat does a volunteer usually do?fighting against the flood and rescuing the old and the sickDoing rescue workin the earthquake stricken-area without considering their life planting trees and protecting our environmentDoing service workhelping the disabledcleaning the communitySu
3、n Lianfang,(孙莲芳)a girl from Ningbo,gave up her well-paid job in 2000 to teach English as a volunteer in the remote areas in Guizhou.Though her family disagree with it,she insists on her teaching up to now.teaching the kids in the mountainous areasThere are many volunteers working in different remote
4、 areas or developing countries,among which Papua New Guinea(PNG)is one.Pre-readingWhat do you know about Papua New Guinea?Independent State of Papua New Guinea 巴布亚新几内亚独立国Do you know where PNG is?Situated to the north of AustraliaAbout 5.7 millionEnglish as the official language.Pidgin English as the
5、 language for communication.A poor country with most people living in tribal villages and depending on subsistence farming to make a living.About 85%of children start school but only about 60%of these reach Year 5.Location:Population:Language:Economy:Education:Papua New Guinea巴布亚在马来语中意为“卷发人”。16世纪中叶，
6、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。红色象征剽悍、勇敢；极乐鸟亦称天堂鸟，是巴布亚新几内亚特有的鸟，象征国家、民族独立和自由与幸福；黑色代表国家领土处于“黑人群岛”之中；五颗星的排列位置象征南十字星座（南天小星座之一，星座虽小，但明亮的星很多），表明该国地处南半球。1.The country is located _ of Australia.A.north B.south C.east2.The official language there is _.A.French B.Russian C.English D.German3.The populat
7、ion there is around _.A.5.7 million B.11.2 million C.1 billion4.The houses people live in are made of _.A.bricks B.wood C.bamboo and grass 5.The annual income of one person there is _.A.2,000 dollars B.500 dollars C.100 dollars ACACBHousing ConditionPrimitive lifestylePoor ChildrenVillage people Jo
8、was a volunteer who worked in PNGfor two years.The following photoswere taken by Jo in PNG.Look at the photos and answer the questions.View of the village from the ridge山脊Village hutIts poor.The village is a place full of natural beauties.1.What do you think of the village?stick outdoorwayPre-readin
9、g Look at the photos from Jo and answer the questions.My Class1.What was Jos job in PNG?2.What kind of students were in her class?Boys,girls,or both?Jo was a teacher in PNG.Teenage boys.They are poorly dressed.3.What were the classrooms like?Is the classroom well equipped?The classrooms are very poo
10、rly equipped,made of bamboo and grass.Students putting new grass on classroom roofBuilding a new science lab Describe the classrooms.The classrooms are small.They have no windows.They are made of wood and bamboo and have grass roofs.3.What similarities and differences can you find between Jos classr
11、oom and yours?Similarities Differences 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 are missing.2.There is a pole holding up the roof in the middle of the room.3.There is no
12、school uniform.4.The students have no textbooks.5.There is no glass in the windows.6.The students have to repair the classroom themselves.Photos 1 to 34.Jo took many photos of a visit to a students village.What can you say about the village?The village is very small.It is by a river at the bottom of
13、 a valley.It has steep slopes all around it.Photos 4 to 105.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 roofs.Meals are prepared outside.One of the crops grown is peanuts.The tool used for this crop is a d
14、igging stick.There is a woman carrying a naked baby on her shoulders.She is also carrying a heavy-looking bag.She has bare feet.If everybody offers a little love,the world will become more beautiful.A Letter Home-By Jo(a volunteer works in Papua New Guinea)ReadingRosemary,a friend of Jo in Australia
15、 is dying to know all about Jos life at Papua New Guinea.Jo,a young Australian woman of Australian Volunteers International,has worked as a volunteer teacher in Papua New Guinea for two years.What is the letter mainly about?Its about Jos experience as a volunteer teacher and her first visit to a vil
16、lage in PNG.Task1 Fast-reading_Para 1_Para 2_Para 3_Para 4_Para 5_Para 6_Para 7_Para 8_Para 9I.The purpose of the letterA.What Jos school is likeG Poor school conditions B.Jos first visit to a village F.What the hut was like outside and insideC.How the villagers cooked their mealsD.Jo said goodbye t
17、o the villagers E.The way to deal with leftover foodH.The ending of the letterFast readingIAGBFCEDH Part 1(Para 1)Part2(Para_)Part 3(Para_)Part 4(Para 9)A visit to a local villageThe end of the letterThe beginning of the letter and introduction to the topicThe school and Jos work as a teacher2-34-8M
18、atch each part with its main ideaTask2 Detailed-readingComplete the sentences with the characters mentioned in the letter:1._ is a young Australian woman.2._ was dying to hear 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 l
19、ot more imaginative when teachingJoRosemaryThe boysThe boys and JoJo6._ started jumping out of the windows during a chemistry experiment.The boys7._ 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
20、 to share the platform with Jenny and Jo.11._ softly talked to each other in their language Jo didnt understand.Jenny and JoKiakMukapKiakTombes familyRead the passage carefully to complete the tables below!ConditionsOur schoolThe school described in the letterClassrooms(Equipped or not)EquippedNot e
21、quippedTable 1(about the school)Students futureElectricity and water(Y/N)Textbook(Y/N)Chemistry experiments(Many/few)Go to college or workReturn to the villagesYesYesNoNoManyFewJos high school Its a(n)1_ school the classrooms are made from 2_ and the roofs from grass.Theres no 3 _ and we don t have
22、any textbooks.Conclusion:electricity or waterbushbambooJos first visit to a village Time to get there Two and a half hours of walking Description of the house A low bamboo hut with grass 4_ of the roof No windows Narrow doorway Table 2(about the life in the village)sticking outJos first visit to a v
23、illage 5 _ the house A newly made 6_ for Jenny and me to sleep on A(n)7_ in the centre of the hut near the doorway A few tin plates and cups and 8_ pots Insideplatformfireplacea couple ofJos first visit to a village Outside the house Mukap 9_ stones in the fire,and he placed them in an empty oil dru
24、m with kau kau,corn and greens.He then 10_ the vegetables with banana leaves and left them to steam.laidcoveredDiscussion1.Why do you think Jo become a volunteer in PNG?Give as many possible reasons as you can.2.Would you like to work as a volunteer in a poor area?Give reasons.1.Exercise 3 on Page 31.2.Re-read the passage again and underline the key phrases or sentences.
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