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Unit4 Sharing,Jo was a volunteer worked in Papua New Guinea (PNG) for two years.,A Letter Home,Independent State of Papua New Guinea,about 5.7 million,English as the official language. Pidgin English as the language for communication,a poor country with most people living in tribal(部落的) villages and depending on subsistence farming(少有余粮的农场经营) to make a living,About 85% of children start school but only about 60% of them reach Year 8,Village people,Pre-reading,Look at the photos from Jo and answer the questions.,My Class,1. 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.,Boys.,3. What were the classrooms like? Is the classroom well equipped? No. The classrooms are very poor, made of bamboo and grass.,Students putting new grass on classroom roof,Building a new science lab,View of the village from the ridge,Village hut,Its poor. The village was a place full of natural beauties.,4. What can you say about the village?,New words and expressions,1. relevant adj. closely connected 2. grill n. 烤架;大平底锅 3. leftover n. 剩余物;剩饭 4. privilege n. 特权,优惠 5. adapt to 适应 6. stick out 伸出,I.Skimming,What is the letter mainly about?,Ita about the _ and _ conditions in PNG and her _ to a students village.,educational,living,first visit,Opening of the letter,Part 1(Paragraph 1) :,Try to divide it into four parts, and summarize what each part is about.,Part 2(Paragraph 2-3):,The school where Jo worked and Jos work at school. Jo and Jenny visited Tombes home in the village. Closing of the letter.,Part 3 (Paragraph 4-9):,Part 4 (Paragraph 10):,Read paragraph 2-3 and finish the questions. My teaching experience 1. Were the boys friendly to Jo? How do you know? 2. Why was science the most challenging subject for Jo? Why did the boys start jumping out of the windows? 4.Why does Jo wonder how relevant chemistry is to the kids?,II. Detailed reading,II. Detailed reading,1. Read paragraph 2-3 and finish the questions. 1). Were the boys friendly to Jo? How do you know? 2). Why was science the most challenging subject for Jo?,There are a lot of “good mornings” for Jo from the boys.,There was no equipment.,3). Why did the boys start jumping out of the windows?,The boys never came across anything like the bubbling mixture.,4). Why does Jo wonder how relevant chemistry is to the kids? Because she thinks chemistry is too difficult to learn. Because she thinks chemistry may make little difference to the kids life. Because the kids there hardly come across anything of chemistry. Because she thinks chemistry useless.,About the life in the village,2. Read paragraph 4-9 and look at her photos again. Then complete the table below.,low bamboo hut,sticking out of the roof,windows,doorway,fresh grass,relative,oil drum,banana leaves,steamed,own hut,platform,sweet potato,corns,greens,tin plates,cups,pots,basic,leftovers,evil spirits,dried up,thrown out,IV. Summary,Jo was happy to _ Rosemary and Rosemary was _ hear all about Jos life in PNG. Jo taught in a _ school and she became a lot more _ in teaching. But she wondered whether she would _ to these boys lives at all. _ did visit a village that was the home of one of the boys,_. _ started crying “ieee ieee” to welcome them. _ led us to his house, a low bamboo hut with grass _ of the roof. They had a good meal together and left the next morning. Jo thought it was such a _ to have spent with Tombes family.,Jo and Jenny,Kiak,Tombe,hear from,imaginative,dying to,bush,make any difference,Mukap,sticking out,privilege,According to Xu Benyus and Jos stories, what other meaning to be the volunteers?,an exchange of culture social contact learn new skills and language develop and gain practical experience develop leadership and teamwork skills ,Discussion,The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. -Voctor Hugo(雨果),生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们。,Homework,1. Surf the Internet to find some information about the volunteers working in poor areas. 2. Underline some important language points in the passage.,Have you ever thought of volunteering to work for the 2008 Beijing Olympics?,同学们,来学校和回家的路上要注意安全,同学们,来学校和回家的路上要注意安全,
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