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Lesson 3 Your Life Is What You Make It —Reading Comprehension UNIT 1 LIFE CHOICES By the end of this period, students will be able to: read and talk about Your life is what you make it. get specific information and understand words in context. express another person’s life and why they are inspirational. CONTENTS Pre-reading I While-reading II Post-reading III Sentences analysis IV 3 Look at the photo. What do you think of the school? What would it be like to be a volunteer there? Use the words and phrases to help you. Pre-reading The shool yard might be _ and _. The classrooms might be _ and the power and water supplies are often _. To be a volunteer teacher there is _ and _. dusty muddy challenging tough small unstable Skim through the passage and fill in the blank. The main idea of the passage is Zhang Tian’s life as _. a volunteer teacher While-reading Activity 1 Fast-reading for main ideas 2. Read the text quickly to match the main idea with each part. Part 1 (Para. 1) Part 2 (Para. 2) Part 3 (Para. 3) Part 4 (Paras. 4-5) Changes Zhang Tian made Situation when he arrived Reasons to be a volunteer teacher A typical day for Zhang Tian Skill Builder Skimming to check predictions Skimming means reading very quickly to get a general idea of what a text is 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. 1. What was Zhang Tian’s typical day like? He started working at _ in the morning and kept working for about _ hours at school. In the evening, he had to _ for the following day. The job was quite _. tiring seven 13 prepare his lessons Para. 1 Activity 2 Careful-reading for details 1.What did Zhang Tian’s parents want him to do? A.To work in big companies in Shanghai or Beijing. B.To go to big cities to work as a teacher. C.To start a new life. D.To teach where he was needed most. √ 2. Why did he choose to go th