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Reading and Thinking
1. What do you think is happening in the photo
1 What do you think is happening in the photo
Open page
Some children and their teacher in Africa are enjoying water at a new well which was provided by China.
2 What do you think the theme of the title is according to the unit title “sharing”
I think the theme of this unit is volunteer work and helping others.
3 How do you understand the quote on the open page
It means we should take care of ourselfves, and that we should take care of others in an equal fashion(=way).
Predicting: What the text is possibly about
Step 1: Pre-reading
The text is probably about volunteering in the bush.
Step 1: Pre-reading
Step 2 : While-reading
Activity 1: Skim and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Para 1:
C The author’s feeling after visiting the village.
B Recieve a parcel from home.
A What the author witnessed in Tombe’s village.
D The conditions about the bush school and
the students.
Para 2-3:
Para 4-7:
Para 8:
Activity 1: Skim and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Para 1:
C The author’s feeling after visiting the village.
B Recieve a parcel from home.
A What the author witnessed in Tombe’s village.
D The conditions about the bush school and
the students.
Para 2-3:
Para 4-7:
Para 8:
Activity 1: Skim and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Activity 2 Look at the titles of the section and text and two pictures and predict what challenges do you think she might have faced.
Poor living, teaching and learning conditions;
Cultural shock;
Loneliness and homesickness;
Children of little education;
Language and customs
Safety problems;
Poor transportation
3 Answer the following questions. (Page 39, Ex.3)
1. What do you think “the bush” means
The jungle.
2. What has been Jo's most challenging subject to teach Why
It's science, because her students have no concept of doing experiments and there is no equipment.
Activity 3 Scanning
3. What did Jo notice about the homes in the village she visited
They were low, round bamboo huts with no windows, with a door just big enough to get through, and with grass sticking out of the roof.
4. What did Jo notice after the meal
A can standing upside down on the grill over the fire.
5. What is Jo’s general impression of the place and people there
She was happy to have been there and felt it was a privilege to have spent a day with them.
6. Who are the “needy” What do they need
Literally, the “needy” means needy people or people in need. Here it refers to the children such as thosei n the picture, who sit in poor classrooms are in urgent need of good education and various learning facilities.
food/restaurants
not polite
1. Jo felt very happy after receiving_________ with some
sweets and jam from home.
2. My secondary school is a bush school _______.
3. There is no electricity or ________ and not even textbooks.
4. My students have no concept of ______.
5. It took another teacher and me ______ to get to the village.
6. Tombe’s mother and all the villagers _______warmly.
7. I noticed a can standing _______ on the grill over the fire.
8. Though I was very tired, that evening I _____ into bed.
Volunteering in the bush
Jo got a parcel
from home
The situations
about the bush
school and students
Activity 4: Fill in the table after your reading.
Visit Tombe’s
village
My feelings
food/restaurants
not polite
1. Jo felt very happy after receiving_____________ with some
sweets and jam from home.
2. My secondary school is a bush school ____________________.
3. There is no electricity or ___________________ and not even textbooks.
4. My students have no concept of ____________________________.
5. It took another teacher and me __________________________ to get to the village.
6. Tombe’s mother and all the villagers ________________warmly.
7. I noticed a can standing __________________ on the grill over the fire.
8. Though I was very tired, that evening I _________________ into bed.
Volunteering in the bush
Jo got a parcel
from home
The situations
about the bush
school and students
Activity 4: Fill in the table after your reading.
Visit Tombe’s
village
My feelings
in the jungle
running water
a parcel
doing experiments
two and a half hour
greeted us
upside down
fell happily
Summary
Read the text again and try to summarize the main idea in one sentence.
Summary
The author told us about his experience when he worked as a volunteer in a remote place.
Read the text again and try to summarize the main idea in one sentence.
1. What words can you use to describe Jo’s feeling when she received a parcel from home
Excited, homesick, eager.
2. What words can you use to describe the school, students, the local people
The school: remote, inaccessible, shabby, crude, primitive, poorly equipped, poor quality of education.
The students: friendly, polite, badly off, pooly dressed, hardworking, poorly educated, eager for education.
The local people: friendly, polite, hospitable, badly off, living in remote villages, and poorly furnished houses, living a simple, and primitive life, superstitious [ su p st s](有迷信观念的).
Post-reading
Homework
Write a short essay
Would you like to become a volunteer teacher？Why or why not
A strong man stands up for himself;
A stronger man stands up for others!
Thank you !

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