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Unit 4
Helping out
Reading for writing
学习目标
To explore the theme of "kindness and goodwill" by answering questions about the writer’s experiences and making inferences about her character.
To write a coherent story about passing on help, using relevant expressions from the reading passage and including all planned details.
To reflect on the meaning of helping others and share your story to express ideas about goodwill and kindness.
What is happening in the pictures
新课讲授
Look at the title of the passage and the pictures. Predict what the passage is about. Use the words and expressions to help you.
reach out of
save
race against
helping hand
offer
a circle of goodwill
kindness
The circle of goodwill
Pre-reading
What does “the circle of goodwill” mean
The circle of goodwill
You start with goodwill. Then the goodwill is passed on to others. One day, others may give it back to you. This is called the circle of goodwill.
Fast reading
reach out of
save
race against
helping hand
offer
a circle of goodwill
kindness
The circle of goodwill
What is the passage about
The passage is about an earthquake
and the _________ that followed. After the disaster, soldiers, firemen, doctors and nurses _______________ the survivors, ______________ to help. Inspired by their ____________, the writer became a nurse after graduation and _______ help to others. This kindness created _________________.
a circle of goodwill
reached out to
racing against time
kindness
helping hands
offered
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
1. Who reached out to the writer and saved her during the Wenchuan earthquake
Soldiers, firemen, doctors and nurses reached out to her and saved her.
2. What did the writer do when she heard another hospital needed support
She signed up right away to offer her helping hand to help the hospital.
3. What surprising connection did the writer discover while helping at the other hospital
She found that Ye Man had offered help to Wenchuan 12 years ago.
Careful-reading
Next complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage.
When the writer was a student, she experienced a(n) 1 ____________. A pair of strong hands 2____________ her from disaster.
earthquake
She was deeply touched by the 3_________________
of those soldiers, firemen, doctors and nurses. So she decided to become one of them. After graduation, she became a(n) 4 ____________.
reached out to
courage and hard work
nurse
One day, another hospital needed 5____________. She 6____________ right away. The head nurse, Ye Man, gave her 7____________. To her surprise,
Ye Man had 8__________________ to Wenchuan 12 years ago.
support
signed up
help
offered a helping hand
be helped
become a helper
reunite with the helper
Then answer the questions.
1. What does “jumped to my feet” mean
It means “stood up quickly” (usually because of surprise, emergency, ect).
2. Why did the soldiers, firemen, doctors and nurses "race against time"
Because they wanted to save as many people as possible.
3. How do you understand "the circleof goodwill"
Kindness is passed from person to person—those who get help later offer help to others too.
1 Why did the writer decide to become a medical worker
Learning to think for question 1
Sometimes there is a cause-and-effect relationship between two ideas. This may help you understand someone's feelings or decision.
Because she was deeply moved by the courage and hard work of the doctors and nurses who saved people during the Wenchuan earthquake. She wanted to become one of them to help others just as they had helped her.
Think and share
Post-reading
2. What kind of person do you think she is
She is a grateful (she remembers the help she received and wants to pay it back) and kind (she actively offers help to others) person.
1. I was shocked to find all the other buildings were
reduced to pieces.
我震惊地发现其他所有建筑都变成了废墟。
reduce sth to pieces为固定说法，表示“把某物(尤指建筑物)夷为废墟”, 例如:
A massive earthquake reduced the city to pieces.
一场大地震把这座城市夷为废墟。
Language Points
2. I was deeply touched by their courage and hard
work. So I made up my mind to become one of them.
他们的勇气和努力深深地感动了我。所以，我下定决心成为他们中的一员。
(1)此处的touch作动词，意为“感动，触动，打动”, 例如:
Her kindness has touched the hearts of people around the world.
她的善良打动了全世界人民的心。
She could sense his concern and it touched her.
她能感受到他的关心，这让她很感动。
(2) make up one's mind是一个常见词组，有多种含义:
I wish he'd hurry up and make up his mind.
我希望他能快点拿定主意。
(表示“做出决定，拿定主意”)
He had clearly made up his mind to finish the game.
他下定决心要结束这场比赛。
(表示“下定决心，决意”同本文中含义)
You're old enough to make up your own mind about this matter.
你也不小了，应该对这件事有自己的想法了。
(表示“确定对某事或某人的看法”)
3. It was time for me to offer mine.
到我伸出援手的时候了。
(1) 需注意本句中的mine指代上文中的helping hands(意为“援手，援助”)。offer sb sth / offer sth to sb意为“提出，提供，自愿给某人某物”。例如:
Your doctor should be able to offer you some advice on your diet.
你的医生应该能够在饮食方面给你提供一些建议。
(2) 在这个句子中,“It + be + time + for sb + to do sth.”是一个常见的句式，表示“对某人来说，是时候做某事了”。例如: It is time for me to perform on stage.
现在到我上台表演的时间了。
It's time for her to make a decision about her career.
现在到了她对自己的职业生涯做出决定的时候了。
4. The work was by no means easy.
这项工作绝非易事。
by no means / not by any means意为“绝不，一点儿也不。
例如:
It is by no means certain that the game will take place.
比赛是否会举行完全不能确定。
Write a story about a person passing on help.
Writing task
Organise your story and complete the chart.
Step 1
The helped
The helper
When was the person helped
When did the person help others
E.g. on a rainy school day
E.g. last month
Where was the person helped
Where did the person help others
E.g. at the bus stop
E.g. at the library
Who offered the help
Whom did the person help
E.g. a classmate
E.g. a new student
What did others do to help the person
What did the person do to help
E.g. lent an umbrella and
walked her home
E.g. showed the library around and helped with the homework
What did it mean to the person
What did it mean to the person
E.g. felt warm and wanted to help others
E.g. felt happy to pass on the kindness
What can you learn from the story
Small acts of kindness can be passed on, and we should always be ready to help others.
Write your story with the help of the chart.
Step 2
Check. Did you:
include all the information in the chart in Step 1
use the words and expressions from the reading passage
express your ideas about offering help
Step 3
Share your story with the class.
Step 4
When I was in primary school, I was once helped by a kind stranger. It was a rainy afternoon, and I was waiting alone at the bus stop without an umbrella. A lady saw me and reached out to me with her umbrella. She even walked me home. I was deeply touched by her kindness.
That experience stayed in my heart. I always remembered the warmth of that helping hand. So last month, when I saw an old lady struggling with heavy bags in the rain, I made up my mind to help her. I signed up to carry her bags and walked her to her doorstep. She thanked me with a smile.
Helping her made me feel truly happy. I realized that love leads to love. Just as someone once helped me, I could also offer a helping hand to others. This is how a circle of goodwill and kindness is created.
Change your story into a poster. You can
add some photos to improve the layout.
Further polish your writing according to
the evaluation criteria.
Homework

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