Warming Up

1. Warming Up Think about the things you do to help other people. Interview your partner about this.

2. What do you do to help … • your parents? • your other relatives? • your friends? • your teachers? • people in your community? • people outside your community?

3. Prepare supper Clean the floor Wash dishes Lend my books and CDs to them Take care of my cousin while his parents are away Comfort them when they are sad Repair their computers Help them with the lessons Accompany them to do shopping Be a coach of the football lovers Help my neighbours carry things home Sing and dance for the old Help people with disabilities Return the wallet to the owner Plant trees

4. What is a volunteer? fight against the flood and rescue the old and the sick

5. plant trees and protect our environment

6. help the disabled

7. clean the community

8. teach the kids in the mountainous areas

9. Lily often helps her mother do some housework; Jim sometimes lends his books to his relatives; Mary always helps her friends with the lessons. Do you think they are volunteers? No

10. What does the word “volunteer” mean? Any examples? 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.

11. 徐本禹 Norman Bethune

12. 濮存昕 田家炳 丛飞

13. Have you ever worked as a volunteer? Why should people volunteer? • an exchange of culture • social contact • learn new skills and language • develop and gain practical experience • develop leadership and teamwork skills

14. Discuss the following in groups: • What voluntary work have you done? If not, what will you volunteer to do in the future? • Which countries do you think need help most? Why? • In which country do you want to do voluntary work? In China or abroad? Why?

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

16. Independent State of Papua New Guinea 巴布亚新几内亚独立国

17. 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. 巴布亚新几内亚国旗和国徽(极乐鸟 )

18. situated to the north of Australia about 5.7 million English as the official language. Pidgin English as the language for communication a poor country with most people living in tribal villages and depending on subsistence farming to make a living About 85% of children start school but only about 60% of these reach Year 5

19. Pre-reading Look at the photos and answer the questions.

23. A teacher in PNG. 1. What was Jo’s job in PNG? 2. What kind of students were in her class? 3. What were the classrooms like? Boys who were as young as we are. The classrooms are very poor, made of bamboo and grass.

26. The village was a place full of natural beauties. There were more trees and bamboos. 4. What can you say about the village? 5. What can you say about life in the village? People in the village lived a simple life.

27. Reading A Letter Home

28. Complete the sentences with the characters mentioned in the letter: Task 1 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. Rosemary The boys The boys and Jo Jo

29. The boys 6. ________ started jumping out of the windows during a chemistry experiment. 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

30. Scanning and answer the following questions: Task 2 1. What is the passage mainly about? 2. Why does Jo call the high school a “bush school”? 3. How long does it take the students to go to school? Jo’s teaching life in PNG. Because it is made of bamboo and grass. Up to two hours.

31. 4.Why was Science the most challenging subject for Jo? 5.Were the boys and villagers friendly to Jo? There was no equipment. Yes. 1) There are lots of “good mornings” for Jo from the boys. 2) When Jo and Jenny arrived at the village, Tombe’s mother started crying” ieee ieee”. Jo and Jenny shook hands with all the villagers.

32. 6.Why did the boys start jumping out of the windows? 7.Why should it take Jo and Jenny two and half hours to get to the village? 8. What’s the characteristics of a man’s house in Tombe’s village? The boys never came across anything like the bubbling mixture. They had to climb up a mountain to a ridge first and then down a steep slope to the valley below. The grass sticks out of the roof. There were no windows and the doorway was just big enough to get through.

33. 9.Why does Jo wonder how relevant chemistry is to the kids? • Because she thinks chemistry is too difficult to learn. • Because she thinks chemistry may make little difference to the kids’ life. • Because the kids there hardly come across anything of chemistry. • Because she thinks chemistry useless.

34. 10.We can infer that people in the village are______. • active and enthusiastic • quiet and cold • shy and superstitious(迷信) • kind and friendly

35. Task 3 Read the passage carefully to complete the tables below!

36. Table 1 Notequipped Equipped Go to college or work Return to the villages Yes No Yes No Many Few

37. Table 2 (about the life in the village)

38. low bamboo hut Men’s hut is a ______________ with _____________________. No _______, small __________. Floor was covered with ___________. grass sticking out of the roof windows doorway fresh grass Everyone seemed to be a ________ of Tombe’s. (large extended family) relative Hot stones __________ are placed in an ________, then ___________ are placed in the drum, covered with _____________ and ________. oil drum vegetables steamed banana leaves

39. own hut Kiak usually slept in her __________. A newly made _________ for Jenny and me to sleep on. platform sweet potato ___________, _____ and ______. corns greens tin plates I could only see a few __________ and _____ and a couple of ______. pots cups 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

40. Task 4 Guess the reasons for the facts according to the reading passage.

41. Because they were frightened; they had never seen anything like this before. Because most of them would live all their lives as farmers. It was her way to welcome visitors to the village and she drew everyone’s attention to their arrival.

42. Because it was a man’s house. The tin can was used to dry out the leftover food, which might attract evil spirits, so the tin can was thrown out of the hut.

43. discuss What do you think are the positive and negative things about living in a village in Papua New Guinea. Give your reasons. The first one is done for you.

44. 2.The village might be cut off from the outside world and might not have roads to and from it. 2.Everyone would know each other. 3.The village does not have to rely on outside sources for food. 3.the village might not have a school so students might have to walk a long way to the closest school. 4.People can live without many possessions. 4.There might not be any medical services close by.

45. Discussion Now we have two topics to discuss: 1. Why do you think Jo become a volunteer in PNG? Give as many possible reasons as you can. 2. Would you like to work as a volunteer in a poor area? Give reasons.

46. A sample of the discussions: A: I think, first of all, Jo was a kind-hearted woman, who is willing to help others. Second, she knew enough about the poor conditions in PNG and thought that she could help teach in the schools. If I am given the chance, I will do whatever I can to help. B: In my opinion, Jo must have worked as a teacher in Australia, and she applied to

47. become a volunteer abroad, and then she was sent to PNG as a volunteer. C: Maybe she thinks that education is the key to solving all the problems in PNG, so she, as a teacher, goes to PNG to help. D: Perhaps she likes traveling abroad, helping the poor wherever she goes. E: I don’t agree with you. You know, she stayed there for two years. A traveler once did that.She was willing to help the poor

48. children in PNG to be educated. She was doing her bit to change the poor’s state of living and education. If everyone in the rich countries should do like her, all the problems stemming from poverty could be solved easily. F: I would like to say something about the second topic. I think I will be a volunteer in a poor area. Whenever I do you bit 干分内的事

49. saw the poor living state of the poor in the western areas and mountainous areas, I was eager to do something for them. All are created equal. But they can’t get what we can enjoy. What a pity! If possible, I will try to help.