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Unit 8
Making a Difference
Section B (1a–1e)
Engagement
1. What do you think the volunteers in blue are doing?
I think they are rescuing people from danger and teaching students practical life-saving skills.
2. Do you know who they are ?
Engagement
蓝天救援队是中国民间专业、独立的纯公益紧急救援机构。于2007年成立,中文名:蓝天救援队,英文名:BLUE SKY RESCUE(简称BSR)
Have you heard any stories about Blue Sky Rescue?
Engagement
Q1:What’s the type of this passage?
A. An advertisement.
B. A speech.
C. A book report.
Read the speech by a Blue Sky Rescue volunteer. What kind of hook does the speaker use? Which paragraph includes a call to action?
1b
Tips: 题目导读信息、
首尾段落关键词句均有提示和暗示
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③
④
⑤
Exploration
Skim and choose.
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Q2:How does the speaker start the speech?
A. By giving some examples.
B. By asking questions.
C. By sharing a story.
• What do speakers like to use a hook in a speech?
To catch the audience's interest.
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识别演讲的特征
演讲可以用一个"引子"作为开头,让听众对演讲者接下来要讲的内容产生好奇。一个故事,一个有趣的事实,甚至一个问题,都可以是"引子"。演讲还可以通过鼓励人们做某事来发出行动呼吁。
Exploration
Skim and choose.
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Q3:What’s the purpose of the last paragraph ?
Exploration
call to action (CTA):行动号召,指文中劝说读者立刻做出某种行为(用于广告,呼吁购买、加入、体验等,用于宣传,公益类活动或者旅游等)常见标志:祈使句、情态动词表邀请、建议等(Do… / Please… / come along…)
It makes a call to action.
It encourages people to be volunteers.
Skim and choose.
Read and translate
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for inviting me to speak to you about Blue Sky Rescue today. Let me begin with my own story.
Back in 2008, I was hiking in the mountains with some friends when one of them fell and got a bad head injury. We had to find help quickly, so we called an emergency number. It was already dark, and we couldn’t even see where we were. After some time, we heard dogs barking and the voices of the Blue Sky Rescue team. I nearly started crying. We were so thankful that they found us!
紧急电话
hear sb./sth. doing sth. 听到某人/某物正在做某事
Explanation
invit sb. to do sth.邀请某人做某事
早在2008年;记忆回到2008年
头部严重受伤
emergency/ɪˈmɜːdʒənsi/n.突发事件,紧急情况
I’ve never forgotten that day. Since then, I’ve wanted to help others too. I signed up with Blue Sky Rescue in 2009, and I’ve been a volunteer ever since. We’ve been to schools and other communities to teach children and adults how to stay safe and prepare for the worst. We’ve also rescued people during emergencies. We’ve provided medical aid and searched for missing people after natural disasters, like the 2013 earthquake in Ya’an and the typhoon in the Philippines in the same year. In 2023, we even helped in places as far away as Türkiye!
搜寻;查找
rescue /ˈreskjuː/v.营救,援救
emergency/ɪˈmɜːdʒənsi/n.突发事件,紧急情况
Explanation
报名
自从;自……以后
社区
为最坏的情况做准备
医疗救助
失踪人员
自然灾害
/ˈfɪlɪpiːnz/ 菲律宾
Türkiye土耳其本土名
Turkey n. 土耳其 /ˈtɜːki/
Read and translate
Working as a volunteer has taught me many practical life-saving skills. It has also helped me understand the power of teamwork because it’s the key to successful rescues. Most of all, being a volunteer has taught me the value of every life.
The work is difficult. It’s voluntary, so we aren’t paid. We often go without food or sleep. But our primary goal has always been to save as many people as we can. I’m just an ordinary person, but I’ll rush into danger, just like everyone else in Blue Sky Rescue. To the people we’ve saved and their loved ones, I know we’re their heroes. And that makes everything we do worth it. We want to do even more, but we can’t do it all alone. Will you join us as a volunteer? Together we can make a difference!
最重要的是
最重要的目标
一个普通人
冲进
这让我们所做的一切都值得。
实用的救生技能
Explanation
团队合作
成为一名志愿者让我懂得了每一个生命的价值。
be+ 动词过去分词,被动语态
这是自愿性质的所以我们没有报酬
爱的人来说,我知道我们是他们的英雄。
我们救过的人和他们
但是我们不能独立作战。
同心协力,我们定有所作为/产生影响
Read and translate
1c Read the speech again. Write the correct paragraph number next to each paragraph summary.
______ The speaker shares what he has learnt from his volunteer experience.
______ The speaker tells a story about how he got to know Blue Sky Rescue.
______ The speaker invites the audience to volunteer with Blue Sky Rescue.
______ The speaker greets the audience and thanks them.
______ The speaker talks about the work the Blue Sky Rescue volunteers have done.
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2
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3
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Explanation
观众;听众
对子速问速答
1. When did the speaker join Blue Sky Rescue? Why did he join the organization?
In 2009. Because he wanted to help others too.
2. What has he learnt from his volunteer experience?
He has learnt many practical life-saving skills, the power of teamwork and the value of every life.
Elaboration
学到什么
1d Read again and answer the questions.
3. What are some difficulties the Blue Sky Rescue volunteers face?
They may face dangerous situations during rescues. They aren’t paid and often go without food or sleep.
4. Why is the speaker willing to put his life in danger?
Because he wants to save as many people as he can. To the people he’s saved and their loved ones, he knows they are heroes. And that makes everything they do worth it.
处境危险
Elaboration
be willing to do sth 乐意做某事
1. What qualities do you think a Blue Sky Rescue volunteer should have?
Think deeply
I think they are strong/healthy, resposible(有责任心的)brave,calm, , selfless, team-spirited,practical and have vivid life-saving skills.
In this story, how did the speaker’s feelings change?
tips:关注形容
词和副词 ,体会事件的紧张感、危险性和情感冲击力。
(1) A friend fell and got a bad head injury.
(2) To find help quickly, they called an emergency number.
(3) It was already dark, and they couldn’t even see where they were.
(4) Blue Sky Rescue found them and the speaker nearly started crying.
Plot
Feeling
Plot
worried
afraid
thankful
Think deeply
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Summary
1. invite sb. to do sth. 邀请某人做某事
2. begin with sth. 以某事开始
3. get a bad injury 受重伤
4. find help quickly 快速寻求帮助
5. call an emergency number 拨打紧急电话
6. hear sb./sth. doing sth. 听见某人/某物正在做某事
7. be thankful that... 感激……
8. sign up with... 报名参加……
9. be a volunteer 成为一名志愿者
10. teach sb. how to do sth. 教某人如何做某事
11. stay safe 保持安全
12. prepare for the worst 做最坏的准备
13. rescue people during emergencies 在紧急情况下救援人员
14. provide medical aid 提供医疗援助
15. search for missing people 搜寻失踪人员
16. after natural disasters 自然灾害之后
17. teach sb. sth. 教某人某事
18. help sb. (to) do sth. 帮助某人做某事
19. the key to successful rescues 成功救援的关键
20. make a difference 有所作为/带来改变
21. the value of every life 每条生命的价值
22. without food or sleep 不吃不睡
23. primary goal 首要目标
24. save as many people as we can 尽可能多救人
25. rush into danger 冲向危险
26. just like 就像
27. make sth. worth it 让某事值得
28. do sth. all alone 独自做某事
29. join sb. as a volunteer 作为志愿者加入某人
Summary
1.I think this solution is very _________(practice).You can give it a try.
2.They ________(rescue) us when we were lost in the mountains.
3.With the help of the local villagers,Mr.Li found his ________(miss) son in the forest.
4. Timmy invites us_______(be) volunteers in an animal protection organization.
I. 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
practical
rescued
missing
to be
Evaluation
1.自从我上学期加入读书俱乐部,我读了很多书。
______ ______ I joined the reading club last term,I have read lots of books.
2.我奶奶经常告诉我要帮助那些需要帮助的人,最重要的是,永远要记得诚实。
My grandma often tells me to help those in need,and ______ ___ ____,never forget to be honest.
3.到目前为止,汤姆已经报名了。
Tom hasalready _______ ____ so far.
4.他们愿意住在海边,因为那里的空气清新。
They ___ _______ ___ _____ near the beach because the air there is fresh.
5.海伦正忙着准备学校的艺术节,所以她没有时间和我们一起去看电影。
Helen is busy _________ ____ the school art festival,so she has no time to go to the movies with us.
II. 根据汉语意思完成句子,每空一词。
Evaluation
Ever
since
most
of
all
signed
up
willing
to
live
are
preparing
for
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