新课标人教版选修七Book7 Unit4 Reading

Complete the sentences with the characters mentioned in the letter: 1. ______ Jo heard from Rosemary whose letter took a fortnight to arrive 2.Rosemary ________ is Jo’s friend who was dying to hear all about Jo’s life in Papua New Guinea. Jenny and Jo visited a remote village that 3. ____________ was the home of one of the boys, Tombe. 4.________ Tombe could be the interpreter of his teacher when they could not participate in the conversation
• 2 Read part2 and fill in the blanks. bush • i) Jo’s school is a _____school whose classrooms are made of _________ bamboo and roofs of _____. ______, grass There is no _________ electricityorwater even no__________. __________, the textbooks Without equipment students have no concept ______ of doing experiment. Most of the students will be going back to their village after year 8 anyway, so I wonder how relevant chemistry isto these students and I doubt whether I’m making any difference tothese boys’ lives at all.
A Letter Home
--By Jo
(a volunteer works in
Papua New Guinea)
PREVIEW
Learning goals: 1 增强阅读理解能力；发展借助图片、 表格等非语言信息进行语言输出的能力。 2 帮助学生理解志愿者工作的意义， 培养学生在日常生活中帮助他人、扶贫救困的爱 心。 3 在小组合作互动中，增强学生的团队合作精神 与分享意识。
4. Why did Tombe throw out the tin can? A. Because he believed the can attracted evil spirits. B B. Because he believed any leftovers attracted evil spirits. C. Because he believed the can has no use at all. D. Because he believed the grill attracted evil spirits. 5. How did Jo feel after the visit to Tombe’s A family? A. Happy. B. Sad. C. Worried. D. Upset.
3. By writing “The only possessions that I could see were…”, the author wants to tell us ____. D A. Tombe’s family were kind-hearted B. Tombe’s family were guest-lovers C. Tombe’s family only used simple things D. Tombe’s family were too poor
Choose the best answer.
Jo was a volunteer who
worked in Papua New Guinea (PNG) for two years. The following photos were taken by Jo in PNG. Look at the photos and answer the questions.
Task 2 Part 1 (Paragraph ___): 1 Jo’s life in Papua New Guinea. Part 2 (Paragraphs ___): 2-3
Skimming
Jo’s school and her teaching work.
Part 3 (Paragraphs ___): 4-8 Jo’s visit to Tombe’s home in the village.
5. Mukap led Jo to his house, which was dark and it took time for eyes to adjust 6. _______ Kiak started crying “ieee ieee” to welcome them. Mukap led us to a low bamboo hut. 7. ______ 8. ______ Kiak was going to share the platform with Jenny and Jo. 9. _____________ softly talked to each Tombe’s family other in their language Jo didn’t understand.
• 位于南太平洋西部，是南太平洋地区仅次于澳大利亚的 第二大国，它由北部的新几内亚和南部的巴布亚两部分 组成。西与印度尼西亚的伊里安查亚省接壤，南隔托雷 斯海峡与澳大利亚相望。属美拉尼西亚群岛。全境共有 600多个岛屿。是大洋洲的第三大国。各岛多山，火山 较多，地震频繁。包括新几内亚岛（伊里安岛）东部、 新英格兰岛、新爱尔兰岛、曼纳斯岛、布干维尔岛、布 卡岛等。南部为平原和低地，中部是中央山系，北部山 岭走向与山系平行，由几个单独的山岭组成。海岸线全 长8300公里，包括200海里专属经济区在内的水域面积 达240万平方公里。海拔1000米以上属山地气候，其余 海拔较低地区属热带雨林气候。5～10月为旱季，11～ 4月为雨季，沿海地区平均温度21.1～32.2℃，山地比 沿海低5～6℃。年平均降水量2500毫米。新几内亚高 地地区早已有人定居。首都莫尔兹比港的热带自然风光 迷人，人称“无处不树，无处不花，无花不美”。
village hut stick out
doorway
Housing Condition

Primitive lifestyle
Poor Children
Village people
Jo, a young Australian woman of Australian Volunteers International, has worked as a volunteer teacher in Papua New Guinea for two years. Rosemary, a friend of Jo in Australia is dying to know all about Jo’s life at Papua New Guinea.
Part 4 (Paragraph ___): 9 closing of the letter.
Detailed reading
1. The purpose that the author wrote the A letter is that ___. A.she wanted to tell Rosemary her teaching life in the high school. B. she wanted to tell Rosemary her 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.
Skimming
Task 1 What’s the main idea of the text?
Jo wrote a letter to her friend
Rosemary to talk about her experience as a volunteer teacher in Papua New Guinea.
予人玫瑰，
手有余香
Give roses to others and the lasting fragrance will remain in your hand.
If everybody offers a little love, the world will become more beautiful.
Unit4 Sharing
1. The condition of Jo’s school is _____. C A.normal B. first class C. simple and rough D well-- equipped 2. Why does Jo wonder how relevant chemistry is to the kids? B A. Because she thinks chemistry is too difficult to learn. B. Because she thinks chemistry may make little difference to the kids’ life. C. Because the kids there hardly come across anything of chemistry. D. Because she thinks chemistry useless.