Book7 Unit 4 Reading
1. 偶然遇见或发现_________________
2.伸出 _________________
3. 极想,渴望_________________
4. (河流,井等)干涸_________________
5. 完全变干,干透_________________
6. 接到...的来信_________________
7. 参加_________________
8. 想象出我谈到的地方 ______________
come across
stick out
be dying to
dry up
dry out
hear from
participate in
picture the places I talk about
• 9 adapt to
• 10. the other day
• 11 make a difference
• 12 get through
• 13 adjust to
• 14. a remote village
适应,适合
几天前,那天
有影响,有差别
穿过,通过
适应
偏僻的村子
A Letter Home
--By Jo
Jo, a young Australian woman of
Australian Volunteers International,
has worked as a volunteer teacher in
Papua New Guinea for two years.
____Para 1
____Para 2
____Para 3
____Para 4
____Para 5
____Para 6
____Para 7
____Para 8
____Para 9 I.The purpose of the letter
A. What Jo’s school is like
G Poor school conditions
B. Jo’s first visit to a village
F. What the hut was like outside and inside
C. How the villagers cooked their
meals
D. Jo said goodbye to the villagers
E. The way to deal with leftover food
H.The ending of the letter
Task 2 Fast reading
I
A
G
B
F
C
E
D
H
• Part 1 (Para 1)
• Part2
(Para______)
• Part 3
(Para______)
• Part 4 (Para 9)
A visit to a local village
The end of the letter
The beginning of the
letter and introduction
to the topic
The school and Jo’s
work as a teacher
2-3
4-8
Task 3: Match each part with its main idea
1. What kind of student
was in Jo’s class?
Teenage boys. They are poorly dressed.
Task 4 Scan the passage and answer the following questions
2. Describe the classrooms.
The classrooms are small. They are
made of wood and bamboo and have
grass roofs.
Photos 4 to 10
3. Jo took many photos of a visit to a
student's village. 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.
1. 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
C. didn’t like doing chemistry experiments
D. knew chemistry was not relevant to them
Task 5 Careful reading:read the passage carefully and
choose the best answer
2. Which of the following is TRUE about Jo’s
attitude?
A. She is sure that all the boys will go to
college in the future.
B. She believes that chemistry is very
useful to the boys.
C. She is wondering if she can make
any difference to the boys’ lives.
D. She doesn’t like the simple life in the
mountain village.
3. Which of the descriptions is NOT right
about Tombe’s house?
A. It was a low bamboo hut with grass
sticking out of the roof.
B. It was dark and there was a fireplace in
the centre of it.
C. It was round-shaped, with small
windows and a narrow doorway.
D. There were only a few possessions in it.
4. By writing “The only possessions that
I could see were…”, the author wants
to tell us ____.
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
5. Why did Tombe throw out the tin can?
A. Because he believed the can attracted
evil spirits.
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.
The customs and lives?
Types of houses Diet
Family relationships Possessions
Cooking methods Agriculture
Sleeping arrangements Beliefs
Task 6 Detailed Reading
Types of
houses
Cooking
methods
Sleeping
arrangements
Men’s hut is a _____________ .
No ___ __, small _______. Floor
was covered with ___________.
low bamboo hut
windows doorway
fresh grass
Everyone seemed to be a ________of
Tombe’s .
relative
________ are placed in an _______,
then _________ are placed in the drum,
covered with ____________.
Hot stones oil drum
vegetables
banana leaves
Kiak usually slept in her ________. A
newly made _____ _ for Jenny and me
to sleep on.
own hut
platform
Family
relationships
Possessions
Agriculture
Beliefs
_____________, _____ and ________. sweet potato corns greens
I could only see one broom a few
________ and ______ and a couple of
______.
tin plates cups
pots
Tools are very basic. There is no
__________. machinery
The villagers believe that any _______
attract ________ in the night so the food
is _______ in the can and the can is then
_______ of the hut.
leftovers
evil spirits
dried up
thrown out
Diet
Post-reading: Discussions
1. Would you like to go to a school like the one described in the
letter? Give reasons.
2. What are the differences between the school you go to and
the one described in the letter?
Homework
1 Read the text again and find out
the answers to the queations in the
pre-reading
2 Finish the ex on P-51-52