1、Unit 4Section Step 1Step 2Step 3Step 4Step 5Do you know the Peace Corps and what the Peace Corps volunteers do?Read the following passage to get the answer.President John F.Kennedy began the program,Peace Corps,in 1961.The Peace Corps sends American volunteers to provide technical assistance in educ
2、ation and other areas in developing countries.Amanda Pease is one of almost 40 volunteers serving in rural schools in Sierra Leone.Ms.Pease teaches science at Saint Josephs,a high school in eastern Sierra Leone.She studied chemical engineering at the University of California,Los Angeles.She decided
3、to serve for two years in the Peace Corps after she finished her degree.“I was trying to decide between going the academic(学术的)route and doing a postdoctoral(博士后)degree and go into industry,and then I had been doing some volunteer work and the idea was always floating around，”she says.Peace Corps vo
4、lunteers left Sierra Leone in 1994 because of civil war.But now they are back.Science teachers are in especially short supply.Efforts in Sierra Leone to get more children through primary school have led to crowded high schools.Amanda Pease is the only chemistry and physics teacher at her school.She
5、says she has to work hard to getstudents more interested in learning,as she thought they would be.“I had sort of a romantic idea coming to a developing country where everyone is super motivated but just does not have opportunities,and that is not exactly how it is.Not that I am saying the opportunit
6、ies are so great,because of course there are limited opportunities if you compare it to America,but I think one of the biggest things is literally just motivation，”she says.What she loves best about her experience,she says,is the magical moment when students understand a chemical process or ask her
7、for more exercises.More than 8,000 Peace Corps volunteers are currently serving around the world.Volunteers become part of the community where they work and live.1Look at the following pictures and fill in the blanks.2What do the volunteers do?3The picture is the sign for Chinese YoungVolunteers Ass
8、ociation.Now you can tryyour best to match the meaning of each part to the divided signs.The heart stands forAhelpThe hand stands for Blove and careThe dove stands for CpeaceThe letter“Y”stands forDyoung答案：BACD1Read the text quickly and complete the main idea of it.The text is a letter written by Jo
9、,a young volunteer who teaches in a(n)_ school in a poor mountainous village.She writes of her experiences as a teacher and her _ to the village where one of her students lives.答案：high;visit2Read the text and then match the main idea with each part.Part 1(Paragraph 1)A.Jo and Jenny visited Tombes ho
10、me in the village.Part 2(Paragraph 23)B.Closing of the letter.Part 3(Paragraph 48)C.The school where Jo worked and Jos work at school.Part 4(Paragraph 9)D.Opening of the letter and introduction to what will be talked about in the passage.答案：Part 1：D；Part 2：C；Part 3：A；Part 4：B1Read the text and then
11、choose the best answers.(1)Jo wrote the letter to her friend to _.Aencourage her friend to come to Papua New GuineaBshare some photos she took in Papua New GuineaCdescribe her work experience in Papua New Guinea Dintroduce Papua New Guinea to her friend(2)The boys jumped out of the windows in the ch
12、emistry class because they_.Adidnt like doing chemistry experimentsBwere frightened by the bubbling mixtureCwanted to ask someone else for helpDcouldnt stand the smell of the mixture(3)Why does Jo wonder how relevant chemistry is to the kids?ABecause she thinks chemistry is too difficult to learn.BB
13、ecause she thinks chemistry may make little difference to the kids life.CBecause the kinds there hardly come across anything of chemistry.DBecause she thinks chemistry useless.(4)What can we learn about the school?AIt is located in a bush.BIts buildings are round.CIt is very dark inside.DIt is far f
14、rom most students homes.(5)Why did Tombe throw the leftover food out of the hut?AHe disliked the leftover food.BIt was too dry to eat.CHe believed leftovers attracted evil spirits.DHe always wasted food.答案：(1)(5)CBBDC2Read the text carefully and fill in the form.Thehigh schoola bush school the class
15、rooms are made of(1)and the roofs of grassno electricity or water and even no(2)bambootextbooksTombeshousea low bamboo hut with(3)sticking out of the roofno(4)the narrow(5)dark insidefresh grass laid on the floor and a newly made platform for us to sleep ona fireplace in the(6)of the hut near the do
16、orwayone broom,a few tin plates and cups and several(7)grasswindowsdoorwaycentrejarsLocal dietand customsStones are laid on the(8)once it is going.Hot stones are placed in a(n)(9)oil drum with sweet potato,corn and greens.The vegetables are covered with(10)leaves and left to steam.A tin can is heate
17、d over the fire to dry out the(11)food which they believe can attract evil spirits in the(12).The can is then thrown out of the(13).My feelingsThough my muscles were(14)and knees(15),I felt happy.fireemptybananaleftovernighthutachingshakingbushelectricitywater,equipmenta long wayget to knowtwo and a
18、 half hoursbamboosticking outdoorway,adjustprivilegeVolunteers will not get paid,not because the work they do is worthless,but priceless.What voluntary work have you done?If not,what will you do in the future?_答案：I feel very embarrassed for I havent done any kind of voluntary work.But if I have chance to do this kind of work,I will try my best.For example,I will help the old clean their houses or do some other household work for them,because it can not only help others but also make my life colorful.
