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Unit 1 Lesson 3
Your life is what you make it
Who is the boy?
Where is he?
What is he doing there?
Pre-reading: have a guess
Maybe he is a volunteer teacher. He is teaching in the village school.
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1.What did Zhang Tian’s parents want him to do? What did his friends do?
2.Where did he work as a volunteer teacher? Why did he choose to go there?
3. What did he decide to do after a year?
Fast Reading: 1.Skim the report and check your predictions. Answer the questions.
Skim to check predications
Skimming means reading very quickly to get a general idea of what a text is about. This will help check predications about the text.
Look at the first and last paragraph, but don’t read every word. Pick out key words.
Read the first sentence of each paragraph very quickly.
Answer the following questions.
What did Zhang Tian’s parents want him to do? What did his friends do?
They hoped that he would go to a big city to find a teaching job.
His friends all left his hometown for work in Shanghai or Beijing.
Answer the following questions.
2. Where did he work as a volunteer teacher? Why did he choose to go there?
He went to a village in Guizhou Province.He wanted to live a new lifestyle and was inspired by teachers he met during his early school years.
Answer the following questions.
3. What did he decide to do after a year?
He decided to stay in the village for another year.
Fast Reading: 2. Match the main idea with each part.
Reasons to be a volunteer teacher
Situation when he arrived
Changes Zhang Tian made
Part 1 (Par. 1)
Part 2 (Par. 2)
Part 3 (Par. 3)
Part 4 (Par. 4-5)
a typical day for Zhang Tian
Part 2 (Par. 2)
Reasons to Be a Volunteer Teacher
Situation When He Arrived
School:
Living conditions:
Changes/Contributions He Made
1.School subjects
2.School activities
3.Students’ learning
4.Villagers’ life
1.He wanted to start a new lifestyle.
2.He was inspired by the idea of going to teach where he was needed the most.
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