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Unit4 Sharing
Reading&Thinking
Volunteering in the bush
pre-reading
pre-reading
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1.Where does Jo volunteer?
In Papua New Guinea.
2.How long does he been a volunteer?
For two years.
3.Do you know Papua New Guinea?
Let’s watch a video.
While-reading
Blog1
8 March
Papua New Guinea
I just got a parcel from home! It took about two
weeks arrive, and it was a bit damaged, but it was so nice (get) some sweets and jam from home; I ’ve been dying to have some of my favourite sweets, and it ’s always nice get mail!
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parcel
sweet
jam
to
to get
to
Para2
So I 4 (be)here in the jungle for5 a
month now. My secondary school is a bush school.The classrooms are made 6. bamboo, with clay
floors and roofs of grass. It takes me only a few minutes 7. (walk)to school down a dusty track covered in weeds. When I reach the school grounds,I’m greeted 8. a chorus of “good morning ”from the boys. Unlike students in our country, these boys do not wear cotton uniforms, and many of them also have to walk a long way,sometimes9. up to two hours, just to get to school.
have been
about
of
to walk
by
for
Bush通常指的是灌木丛或矮树林,主要由灌木组成,这些灌木没有明显的主干,呈丛 生状态,比较矮小。灌木丛可以用于多种目的,包括观花、观果、观枝干等。
Jungle则特指热带的丛林,通常指的是密集的、茂密的热带森林。它不仅可以指代一 种自然环境,还可以用来形容处于压力、混乱或危险状态的环境,或者表示一团混乱、 杂乱无章的事物。
Para2
bamboo
jungle
bush
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roof of grass
clay floor
bamboo
clay
Para2
a dusty track weeds
cotton cotton uniform
cowerd in weeds
Unlike students in our country, these boys do not wear cotton uniforms, and many of them also
have to walk a long way, sometimes up to two hours, just to get to school.
What are the differences between these boys and the students in our country?
Para2
Para3
There ’s no electricity, running water or even textbooks, not to mention laptops, tablets, or other modern devices! All the students have10. pencils, rubbers, and paper. I ’m still trying to adapt to these conditions.I’ve had to become much 11 . (imaginative) in my teaching. Science is my most challenging subject as my students have no concept of 12. (do)experiments. There is no equipment, and since there isn’t even a washroom, if I need water I have to carry it13. my house in a basin! It’s important not to be too rigid about rules here, too.
are
more imaginative
doing
from
Para3
The other day I 14. (show)the boys a
chemistry experiment when, before I knew it, the mixture 15. (bubble)out of the test tube spilling everywhere! The class became a circus as the boys, who had never come across anything like his before, started16. (jump)out of the windows. Sometimes I wonder how relevant chemistry is to these students few will ever become chemists and most will be going back to17. (they)villages after Year 8 anyway. To be honest, I doubt whether I’m making any difference to these boys’ lives at all.
was showing
was bubbling
jumping
their
electriity
running water
modern devices
textbook
laptop
tablet
What did the writer think about the boys with chemistry?
Sometimes I wonder how relevant
chemistry is to these students—few will ever become chemists—and
most will be going back to their
villages after Year 8 anyway. To be honest, I doubt whether I ’m making any difference to these boys ’ lives at all.
chemistry (n) 化学
chemist (n) 化学家
chemical (adj) 化学的
circus
paper
more imaginative
equipment
rubbers
pencil
chemistry exprement
basin
test tube
bubbling
washroom
Blog2
17April
Last weekend I made ( make) my first visit to a
remote village, home to one of our students, Tombe.
Another teacher and I walked (walk) for two and a
half hours to get there—first, up a mountain from
where we had fantastic views, and then down a
shaded path to the valley below. When we arrived at
the village, Tombe ’s mother, Kiak, saw (see)us
coming and started crying “ieee ieee ”. We shook
hands with all the villagers. Everyone seemed to be
related to Tombe.
Para1
2.What is Tombe’s mother’s name?
Reading the first paragraph and Answer the following questions.
1.whose house did the writer go?
Para1
Tombe’s house.
Kiak
shake hands
Para1
fantastic view
shaded path
mountain
villager
village
Tombe ’s father, Mukap, a man with a strong jaw and a wrinkled forehead, led his house, a low,
round bamboo hut with no windows, with a door just big enough to get through, and grass sticking out of the roof—this shows it is a man ’s house. Such housing is dark inside so it took time for our eyes to
adjust. Fresh grass had been laid on the floor and
there was a platform for Jenny and me to sleep on.
There was a fireplace in the centre of the hut. The only possessions I could see (be)one broom, a few saucers, a kettle , cups ,pans, and a couple of
jars.
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to
with
were
Para2
Reading the second paragraph and Answer the following questions.
1.What is Tombe’s father’s name?
Mukap
2.What is Mukap look like?
A man with a strong jaw and a wrinkled forehead.
3.What does his house look like?
A low,round bamboo hut with no windows, with a door just big enough to get through, and with grass sticking out of the roof.
4.What kind of environment do we sleep in?
Fresh grass had been laid on the floor and there was a platform for Jenny and me to sleep on
Para2
grass
fireplace
broom
saucer
kettle
cup
pan
jar
Mukap built a fire outside and laid stones on it to heat. He then placed the hot stones an empty oil drum with kau kau, ripe corn, and greens. He then covered the vegetables with banana leaves and left them to
steam. It smelled delicious. We ate inside the hut sitting round the fire. I loved listening to the family talking softly to each other in their language, even
though I could not participate much in the
conversation. Luckily, Tombe interpreted for us.
Para3
in
Para3
build a fire
oil drum
stone
kau kau(sweet potato)
ripe corn
greens
banana
leaves
Later, I noticed a can standing upside down on the grill over the fire. After a while, Tombe threw it out of the
doorway. Tombe told me that the can was heated to dry out the leftover food. His family believes that leftovers attract bad spirits in the night, so any leftover food is
dried up in a can and the can is then thrown out of the hut.
We left the village the next morning after many
goodbyes and firm handshakes. My muscles were
aching and my knees shaking as we dragged ourselves down the mountain towards home. That evening I fell happily into bed. It was such a privilege to have spent a day with Tombe ’s family.
Para4.5
Para4
can
grill
1.What’s the use of the can?
the can was heated to dry out the leftover food
2.Why do they throw it out of the doorway?
His family believes that leftovers attract bad spirits in the night, so any leftover food is dried up in a can and the can is then thrown out of the hut.
Para5
Reading the fifth paragraph and answer the following questions.
drag oueselves down
1.What is the writer’s feeling when they drag themselves down?
His muscles wereaching and his knees shaking
2.What did the writer think about this visiting?Finger out the sentences into the passage.
That evening I fell happily into bed. It was such a privilege to have spent a day with Tombe ’s family.
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