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Critical Thinking
Is stress always bad? Why?
Stress is not always a bad thing.
Proper amount of stress can motivate us to work harder, unlock our potential, keep us alert, and drive us move forward.
Unit 1 Life Choices
Lesson 3
Your Life is What You Make It
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Lesson 3 Your Life is What You Make It
Q1: What do you think is Zhang Tian’ job?Where did he teach?
Q2: What do you think will be talked about in this report about Zhang Tian?
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Read and check your predictions. P14
Skill Builder
Skimming to Check Predictions
Skimming means reading very quickly to get a general idea of what a text about. This will help you check predictions about the text.
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.
Q1: What do you think will be talked about in this article?
Q1:Does the report talk about the reasons?/contributions? Which paragraph?
Q2: Is there any other information covered in the report? What does paragraph 1 mainly talk about?
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Read Para. 2 and find out
Why did he choose to be a volunteer teacher?
Read Para. 3-5, underline the situation/difficulties when he arrived and the changes he made.
Read the flow chart.
Changes he made
Situations when he arrived
Reasons to be a volunteer teacher
School:
Living conditions:
much smaller;
Unstable power and water supplies;
A dusty and muddy playground
Learn how to cook
Shower every 3 or 4 days;
·He wanted to start a new lifestyle.
·He was inspired by the idea of going to teach where he was needed the most.
School subjects
introduced more subjects
School activities
played football; sang songs; would organize the first school concert
Students’ learning
learnt English; became
more confident
Villagers’ life
rebuilt the playground;
set up a library; helped
sell local products online
Underline the key information on your book.
Work in pairs and discuss with your parteners.
At the beginning, he was inspired. He felt hopeful. Did he feel