Unit 4 Sharing

1. Unit 4 Sharing Warming–up, Pre- reading & Reading

2. Warning-up and Pre-reading Enjoy what some famous people think about Sharing

3. As Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations said “ … each contribution- no matter how small- can help make a difference.” Enjoy

4. Give roses to others and the lasting fragrance will remain in your hand.

5. If everybody offers a little love, the world will become more beautiful.

6. Have you ever helped your parents, or other relatives, or your friends, or people in your community, or people outside your community? Would you be called a “ volunteer ”? Who would be called “ volunteers”?

7. Peoplewho help others in their community or outside their communitywould be called volunteers. However, they would not be called volunteers if they help their parents, other relatives or friends.

9. There are many volunteers working in different mountainous areas or developing countries, among which Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one. What do you know about Papua New Guinea?

10. Independent State of Papua New Guinea

11. PNG’s national flag and national emblem(国徽) 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.

12. PNG’s paper currency

14. houses made of bamboo and grass

15. the tribe (部落)

16. the villagers

17. 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.

18. 1 My class 2 Students putting new grass on classroom roofs 3 Building a new science lab

19. Photos 1 to 3 1 What was Jo's job in PNG? A teacher. 2 What kind of students were in her class? Teenage boys. They are poorly dressed.

20. 3 Describe the classrooms. The classrooms are small. They have no windows. They are made of wood and bamboo and have grass roofs.

21. 4 View of the village from the ridge 5 Some of Tombe’s family with Mukap on the left

22. 6 Kiak preparing vegetables 7 Tombe’s family and Jenny waiting for the meal to cook

23. 8 A woman and baby we saw on the way home 9 Tombe with his grandfather who’s digging up peanuts

24. 10 Village huts

25. Photos 4 to 10 1. 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.

26. 2. 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. 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.

27. A Letter Home --By Jo (a volunteer works in Papua New Guinea)

28. Fast reading I ____Para 1 ____Para 2 ____Para 3 ____Para 4 ____Para 5 ____Para 6 ____Para 7 ____Para 8 ____Para 9 A. What Jo’s school is like B. Jo’s first visit to a village A C. How the villagers cooked their meals G B D. Jo said goodbye to the villagers E. The way to deal with leftover food F F. What the hut was like outside and inside C E G Poor school conditions D H.The ending of the letter H I.The purpose of the letter

29. Match each part with its main idea 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 • Part 1 (Para 1) • Part2(Para______) • Part 3 (Para______) • Part 4 (Para 9) 2-3 4-8

30. Complete the sentences with the characters mentioned in the letter: Jo 1. ______ is a young Australian woman. 2. ________ was dying to hear all about Jo’s life in Papua New Guinea. 3. ________ walked a long way to get to the school . 4. ______________ didn’t have any textbooks. 5. ____became a lot more imaginative when teaching. 6. ________ started jumping out of the windows during a chemistry experiment. Rosemary The boys The boys and Jo Jo The boys

31. 7. ____________ visited a village that was the home of one of the boys, Tombe. 8. _______ started crying “ieee ieee” to welcome them. 9. ______ led us to a low bamboo hut. 10. ______ was going to share the platform with Jenny and Jo. 11. _____________ softly talked to each other in their language Jo didn’t understand. Jenny and Jo Kiak Mukap Kiak Tombe’s family

32. 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 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.

33. 2. Why does Jo wonder how relevant chemistry is to the kids? 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.

34. 3. 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

35. 4. 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.

36. 5. How did Jo feel after the visit to Tombe’s family? A. Happy. B. Sad. C. Worried. D. Upset.

37. True or false • The classrooms are made from bricks and the • roofs from grass. F 2. It always takes the boys only a few minutes to get to the school. F 3. Science is the most challenging subject for Jo. T 4. When Jo and Jenny arrived at the village, they shook hands with all the villagers. T 5. After Jo returned from the village, she felt unhappy because her muscles were aching. F

38. Detailed Reading The customs and lives?

39. Men’s hut is a _____________ with ____________________. No _____, small _______. Floor was covered with ___________. low bamboo hut Types of houses grass sticking out of the roof windows doorway fresh grass Everyone seemed to be a ________of Tombe’s . (large extended family) Family relationships relative Hot stones ________ are placed in an _______, then _________ are placed in the drum, covered with ____________ and _________. Cooking methods oil drum vegetables banana leaves steamed Kiak usually slept in her ________. A newly made ______ for Jenny and me to sleep on. own hut Sleeping arrangements platform

40. Diet sweet potato corns _____________, _____ and ________. greens Possessions I could only see one broom a few ________ and ______ and a couple of ______. tin plates cups jars Agriculture 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. Beliefs leftovers evil spirits dried up thrown out

41. Post-reading Find out which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following. 1.I believe you are eager to know my life here, so I have sent you some pictures to help you imagine the villages I mentioned. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2.The students were not familiar with my kind of teaching and they escaped through the windows out of fear._________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ I know you`ve dying to hear all about my life here, so I`ve inclouded some photos which will help you picture the places I talk about. The boys who had never come across anything like this before started jumping out of the windows.

42. 3.Now and then I think about how useful my form of teaching is to them .After all, the majority of them will remain farmers after they leave school. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sometimes I wonder how relevant chemisty is to these students, most of whom will be going back to their villages after Year 8 anyway.

43. Try to analyze the difficult sentences. • 1.We walked for two and a half hours to get there-----first up a mountain to a ridge from where we had fantastic views and then down a steep path to the valley below. • 翻译：_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________本句是一个____________句， • 中心句是________________________________. • 后面的first up a moutain to a ridge from where we had fantastic views and then down a steep path to the valley below 是对行程的解释说明；from where we had fantastic views是修饰a ridge 的___________从句。 我们走了两个半小时才到哪儿，先爬到了一座山的山顶，从哪儿我们欣赏到了优美的风景，然后又沿着陡峭的山坡到了下面的山谷。 简单 We walked for two and a half hours to get there. 定语

44. 2. Tombe’s father ,Mukap, led us to his house, a low bamboo hut with grass sticking out of the roof ----this shows it’s a man’s house. • 翻译：____________________________________________________________________________ • 本句的中心句是______________________________________ • Mukap 是Tombe’s father的______________. a low bamboo hut with grass sticking out of the roof 是his house的____________. with grass sticking out of the roof是a low bamboo hut的_______________. Tombe的父亲Mukap令我们到他的房子里去，那是一件低矮的竹棚，有草从房顶伸出，表明这是一件男人的房子。 Tombe`s father, Mukap, led us to his house. 同位语 同位语 后置定语

45. 我在信封里装了几张照片，他们会有利于你想象我所提及的地方。 • 3.I’ve included some photos which will help you picture the places I talk about. • 翻译_________________________________________ • ____________________________________________ • 本句是一个___________句，which will help you picture the places I talk about 作__________从句，修饰______________. • 而在which will help you picture the places I talk about中，又有一个_________从句，修饰___________. • 4.The other day I was showing the boys the weekly chemistry experiment when, before I knew it, the mixture was bubbling over everywhere. • 翻译：_________________________________________________________________________________________ • before I knew it 引导_______________从句。表示 “________________” • 目的在于强调从句动作发生之前，主句动作已发生。 复合 定语 some photos 定语 places 那天，我正在给孩子们做每周一次的化学实验，我还没意识到，混合物的泡泡已经溢的到处都是。 时间状语 “…还没来得及…就…”

46. 5.When I reach the school grounds there are lots of “good mornings” for me from the boys. • 翻译：_____________________________________________ • 本句是一个_________________句。中心句是______________________________. • 而When I reach the school grounds为___________从句。 每当我到达学校时，那儿有许多孩子向我说“早上好” 复合 There are lots of “goog things” 时间状语

47. Post-reading Guess the reasons for the facts according to the reading passage. 1. The boys jumped out of the windows in the science lesson. Because they were __________;they had never __________________________ before. frightened come across anything like this

48. 2. Jo wondered how relevant chemistry was to the boys. Because most of them would ____________ as______ live all their lives farmers.

49. 3. Tombe’s mother cried “ieee ieee” when she saw Jo. It was her way to ____________ to the village and she ______________ to their arrival. welcome visitors drew everyone’s attention

50. 4. There were no windows in Mukap’s hut. Perhaps it’s because that was____________ a man’s house.