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Unit 1
Life Choices
Lesson 3
Your Life is What You Make it
Warm-up: Sing Together!
Be What You Wanna Be
So, what do you want to be?
Do you know what Zhang Tian want to be?
Volunteer Teacher
Would you like to do some
voluntary work?
A job done for the experience and not for money, usually done to help other people.
Would you like to be a volunteer teacher in a small village?
Or
Look at the following pictures:
beautiful environment
barren(贫瘠的) environment
new teaching building
old teaching building
bright/clean/high-technology classroom
dark/messy classroom
various subjects and activities
only Chinese and Maths
standard playground
sand and soil playground
experienced teachers
local teacher
Teachers’ apartment
Would you like to be a volunteer teacher in a small village?
Or
The following is a featured report. Look at the title and photos. Predict what you will read in the report.
Your Life is What You Make it
Make predictions
>>Skimming to check predictions
Skimming means reading very quickly to get a general idea of what a text is about.
• Look at the first and last paragraphs, but don’t read every word. Pick out key words.
• Read the first sentence of each paragraph very quickly.
Read the passage quickly and
skim the main idea for each paragraph and match.
Para. 1 Poor conditions in the village schooyl
Para. 2 Decision to teach in a small village
Para. 3 A typical work day of Zhang Tian
Para. 4 The contribution he made to the village
Para. 5 The changes he brought to the school
>>Answer the following questions after fast-reading.
A. He wanted to help the poor become richer.
B. He needed the experience to get a teacher’s certificate.
C. He was inspired by the teachers he had met during his
early school years.
D. He couldn't get a good job in the big city.
Para.2 Line18
2. What was quite out of his expectation after his arri