1. Number the 9 paragraphs
2. Form groups of four
3. Be active and answer questions
loudly.
教材知识
整合及处理help others
in need
for free
help their parents, other relatives or friends
Jo, a young Australian of
Australian Volunteers International,
has worked as a volunteer teacher in
Papua New Guinea for two years.
A Letter Home
--By Jo
A ______ from ____ to _________.letter Jo Rosemary
1. What were included in the envelope(信
封) besides the letter?
2. How did Jo feel physically and mentally
after the visit to the local village?
Skimming Para.1 and 8 (only two paragraphs)
教材知识
整合及处理
Physically Mentally
tired
aching
shaking
exhausted
privilege
happy
1 My class
3 Building a new
science lab
2 Students putting new
grass on classroom roofs
photos 1-3
photos 4-10
Para.2-3
Para.4-8
Para.1
Para.9
A
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h
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the beginning
the ending
the body
Structure
poor
bush
no electricity or water
no textbooks
carry water
in a bucket
bamboo
no equipment grass
muddy track
Para.2-3
up to two hours
Scanning
From what expressions can we know
the school conditions are very poor?
visit
house
cooking
leftover leave
doorway
fire
mountain
Choose one key word to sum up the
main idea of each paragraph.
Para.4-8
Para. 4____________________
Para. 5____________________
Para. 6____________________
Para. 7____________________
Para. 8____________________
4. visit
5. house
6. cooking
7. leftover
8. leave
①difficulty
②view
③characteristics
⑦feelings
⑤methods
④sleeping
arrangementsPara.4-8
⑥beliefs
Scanning
Role-play
Suppose you are a reporter and you got an
assignment of writing a report about volunteers.
Therefore, you decided to interview Jo.
Requirement:
One of you plays the role as a reporter and
the other acts as Jo to do the simulation
interview.(模拟采访)
Tips:①reasons why Jo became a volunteer
②poor condition and knowledge ③view ④house
⑤cooking methods ⑥leftover ⑦feelings
⑧future plan…
Homework
According to your interview,
please finish your report
Thank you!
Para. 4
Why is it difficult for Jo to get to know
any local people?
Jo doesn’t speak much of the local
English dialect.
Para. 4
Where did they enjoy the view?
From a ridge of a mountain.
4. view of the village from
the ridge(山脊)
1. Is it proper for your English tearcher,
MsYin, to live in a house with grass
sticking out of the roof?
No, because it is a man’s house.
2. Describe the huts.
made of bamboo, round, no windows, small doorway,
dark inside, floor covered with fresh grass
village hut
stick out
doorway
Para. 5
According to the sleeping arrangement,
please judge Jo’s gender(性别) .
Jo is a female, because Kiak, Tombe’s
mother shared her platform with Jo.
Para. 5
How can they perform their cooking
methods ?
build a fire lay stones on it
place stones and food in an oil drum
cover the vegetables with banana leaves
leave them to steam
6. Kiak preparing vegetables
7 Tombe’s family and Jenny waiting
for the meal to cook
Para. 6
Para. 7
How do they deal with the leftover? Why?
They believe that any leftovers attract evil
spirits in the night, so the food is dried up in
the can and the can is then thrown out of the
hut.
Para. 8
No questions. Congratulations!