Sharing
----Volunteers
What is a 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.
The definition of Volunteer
What do the volunteers usually
do to help other people?
1.give people advice;
2.offer friendship to the young;
3.drive the elderly to church (if up to the
driving age);
4.advise kids against drugs;
5.work as assistants in schools or nursing
homes;
6.raise funds;
7.plant trees;
8.help out in local libraries and do many
other things...
If you were a volunteer, what would
you do to help the persons in the
following pictures?
Independent State of Papua New Guinea
巴布亚新几内亚独立国
Do you know where PNG is?
PNG
Papua New Guinea is a country of about 5.7
million people and is situated to the north of
Australia. There are around 1,000 tribes and
over 800 different languages. English is the
official language. PNG is a poor country with
most people living in tribal villages and
depending on subsistence farming to make a
living. Only about 1% of land is suitable for
growing cash crops. The economy relies
heavily on the export of minerals,
hydrocarbons, tropical timber and crops.
General Information
A LETTER HOME
Unit 4 Reading
Jo was a volunteer
who worked in
Papua New Guinea
(PNG) for two years.
Part 1 (Paragraph 1):
Part 2 (Paragraphs 2-3):
Part 3 (Paragraphs 4-8):
Part 4 (Paragraph 9):
Let’s read the passage part by part and
find out main idea of each part..
Jo’s school and her teaching work.
Jo’s visit to Tombe’s home in the village.
Introducing the topic — Jo’s life in PNG.
Part 1 (Paragraph 1):
Part 2 (Paragraphs 2-3):
Part 3 (Paragraphs 4-8):
Part 4 (Paragraph 9):
End of the letter.
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.
Some details in your news paper
Exercises
1.Thanks for your letter, ______ took a
fortnight to arrive.
2.I have included some photos_____ will
help you picture the places I talk about.
3.In fact there is no ____________(equip).
4.You can never imagine _______ much he
has paid to improve his studies.
5.He thought _________hard he tried, he
would never catch up with others, which
was totally wrong.
which
which
equipment
how
however
6.I wonder _____ relevant chemistry is to
these students, most of ______ will be
going back to their villages after Year 8.
7.To be honest, I doubt _________ I’m
making any difference to these boy’s lives
at all.
8. We walked up a mountain to a ridge
from _______ we had fantastic views.
how
whom
whether
where
from where引导定于从句,意思为:从那儿…
• He climbed onto the top of the temple,
from where he could see some things in
the distance.
• His head soon appeared out of the
second storey windows, from where he
could see what was happening on the
street.
• Just stand in front of the room, from
where you can have a good view of the
event.
8. Tombe’s father led us to his house, a low
bamboo hut with grass__________
(stick) out of the roof.
9. There were no windows and the doorway
was just big enough _________(get)
through.
10. We ate inside the hut ______(sit) round
the fire.
11. I loved listening to the family softly____
(talk) to each other in their language.
sticking
to get
sitting
talking
12. It was such a privilege to ___________
(spend) a day with Tombe’s family.
13.There was a newly made platform for me
to sleep _______.
14.My muscles were aching and my knees
shaking __________ we climbed down the
mountain towards home.
15.With some problem __________(solve), I
can’t go out with you.
have spent
on
as/when
to solve
Translation.
1. I’ve included some photos __________
_______________ (能够帮助你想象出)
the places I talk about.
2. The boys _________________________
______________________ (以前从来没
有见过这种情况) started jumping out
of the windows.
who had never come across
anything like this before
which will
help you picture
3. Her two sons, _______________________
(都在国外工作), ring her up every week.
4. The machine must __________________
(每周检查).
5. The sun will soon __________________
(把马路晒干).
be checked weekly
both of whom work abroad
dry up the roads
6. I am ____________________________
(很想知道发生了什么事).
7. Helen ____________________________
(那天借走了我的书), saying that she
would return it soon.
8. He ______________________________
(很快使自己适应了) the heat of the
country.
9. Everyone in the class is expected to
________________________ (参加讨论).
dying to know what happened
borrowed my book the other day
adjusted himself very quickly to
participate in the discussion