英语选修7_unit4__Reading

Part 2 (Paragraph 2-3): The school where Jo worked and Jo’s work at school. Part 3 (Paragraph 4-8): Jo and Jenny visited Tombe’s home in the village. Part 4 (Paragraph 9):Closing of the letter.
listening: • 1.words and expressions in unit4 • 2.reading.
Look at the photos and answer the questions.
1. What kind of student was in Jo’s class?
Secondary school children from a developing country. We know this because there are no walls to the classroom so the climate must be hot. The desks are close together but there does not appear to be enough desks for each child. The students are poorly dressed.
5. 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 and cooked outside.
2. Why the high school was called a bush school? The classroom was made from bamboo and the roofs were made from grass.
3. Were the boys and villagers friendly to Jo? How do you know? Lots of “good mornings”; cry “ieee ieee”; shake hands.
2. In a chemistry experiment the boys jumped out of the windows because they _____.
A. were frightened by the bubbling mixture
B. couldn’t stand the terrible smell of the mixture
Lead-in
The definition of Volunteer
People who help others in their community or outside their community would be called volunteers. However, they would not be called volunteers if they help their parents, other relatives or friends.
C. didn’t like doing chemistry experiments D. knew chemistry was not relevant to them
3. Which of the following is TRUE about Jo’s attitude?
4. _K_i_a_k___ started crying “ieee ieee” to welcome them.
5. _M__u_k_a_p_ led us to his house, a low bamboo hut.
6. _K_i_a_k___ was goinh Jenny and Jo.
in the middle of the room. 3 There is no school uniform. 4 The students have no textbooks. 5 There is no glass in the windows. 6 The students have no repair the
6. Why should it take Jo and Jenny two and a half hours to get to the village? They had to climb up a mountain to a ridge first and then down a steep slope to the valley.
classroom themselves.
View of the village from the ridge 山脊
village hut
stick out doorway
4. What can you say about the village? The village is very small. It is by a river at the bottom of a valley. It has steep slopes all around it.
If everybody offers a little love, the world will become more beautiful.
Independent State of Papua New Guinea
巴布亚新几内亚独立国
Do you know where PNG is?
巴布亚在马来语中意为“卷发人”。 16世纪中叶, 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。
Choose the best answer. 1. The purpose that the author wrote the
letter is that ______. A. she wanted to tell Rosemary her
teaching life in the high school. B. she wanted to tell Rosemary her
巴布亚新几内亚国旗和国徽 (极乐鸟)
• 首 都: 莫尔兹比港 Port Moresby • 面 积: 46.2万平方公里 • 人 口: 430万人 • 语 言: 英语 • 民 族: 美拉尼西亚族 • 宗 教: 基督教新教、拜物教 • 货 币: 基那 • 国庆节: 9月16日 • 时 差: 比北京时间早2小时 • 气 候: 热带雨林气候
learning life in the high school. C. she wanted to tell Rosemary that she
couldn’t get any money by teaching the poor students D. she wanted to tell Rosemary how happy she was in the small village.
4. Why was Science the most challenging subject for Jo?
There was no equipment.
5. Why did the boys start jumping out the window? The boy never came across something like bubbling mixture.
3. What similarities and differences can you find between Jo’s classroom and yours?
Similarities to my classroom
1 There are desks. 2 There are both boys and girls in the
What do the volunteers usually do to help other people?
A possible version: The volunteers make their greatest efforts to help others. For example, they collect money for the Hope Project to help poor children afford their schooling; they go to serve old people in the communityetc.
2. Describe the classrooms.
The classrooms are made with wooden poles and have bamboo walls and grass roofs (except for the new science lab which has a metal roof). The floor has bamboo matting on it. The walls do not reach the roofs (except the walls of the science lab). There is no glass in the windows.
Divide it into four parts, and summarize what each part is about.
Part 1 (Paragraph 1): Opening of the letter and introduction to what will be talked about in the passage.
One of the crops grown is peanuts. The tool used for this crop is a digging stick. There is a woman carrying a naked baby on her shoulders. She is also carrying a heavy-looking bag. She has bare feet.