Unit 4 Sharing Reading and Thinking 選擇性必修第四冊

Unit4Sharing

Period1ReadingandThinkingHelptheneedyWhatdoyouthinkishappeninginthephoto?SomeyoungpeopleinAfricaareenjoyingwateratanewwellwhichwasprovidedbyChina.

Asyougrowolder,youwilldiscoverthatyouhavetwohands,oneforhelpingyourself,theotherforhelpingothers.

——SamLevensonTheshortageofwaterisoneofmajorissuesinAfrica.First,thereisoftennotenoughwatertogrowcrops,leadingtofamine饑荒;andthewaterthatcanbefoundisoftenfilledwithviruses,bacteri,makingitunsafefordrinking,yetpeopledrinkitanyway.

second,Traditionally,inAfrica,womenorgirlsareresponsibleforfetchingthewater.theymayhavetowalkseveralkilometrestofetchthewater,whichmeansthatwivesdonothavetimetoearnmoney,andthatgirlshavenotimetogotoschool.

Theexistenceofawellinsuchaplacewillprovideplentyofeasy-to-access,safe,andcleanwaterandwillfreeupwomenandgirls.

Awellcanbealife-changingresourcetoasmallvillage.

VolunteeringtodigawellisimportantShareyourexperiencesasavolunteer,ifyouhaveany.ExampleIspentasummervolunteeringtohelpfeedhomelesspeople.Itwasawonderfulbutbusytime.Thoughtheworkwasquitehard,Ifeltgoodaboutmycontributiontosocietyandmyroleinhelpingothers.Howdoyouunderstandthisquote?Incontext,thequotemeansthatweshouldtakecareofourselves,andthatweshouldtakecareofothersinanequalfashion.隨著年齡的增長，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)你有兩只手，一只幫助自己，另一只幫助別人?！侥贰とR文森Asyougrowolder,youwilldiscoverthatyouhavetwohands,oneforhelpingyourself,theotherforhelpingothers.—SamLevensonHelptheneedyWhatdoes“needy”meanhere?Whoaretheneedy?Whatdotheyneed?Whyshouldwehelpthem?ReadingandthinkingLearningObjectivesTogetsomebasicinformationaboutvolunteering.TounderstandthepassageaboutvolunteeringinPapuaNewGuinea.Toknowabouttheeducationandlivingconditionsinlessdevelopedareas.Toincreasetheawarenessoftheimportanceofhelpingothers.localschoollocallifeReadingskill:picturescanhelpalot.Skimming1.Thepurposethattheauthorwrotetheletteristhat______.A.shewantedtotellRosemaryherteachinglifeinthehighschool.B.shewantedtotellRosemaryherlearninglifeinthehighschool.C.shewantedtotellRosemarythatshecouldn’tgetanymoneybyteachingthepoorstudentsD.shewantedtotellRosemaryhowhappyshewasinthesmallvillage.AFast-reading9技巧點撥：樹立語篇結(jié)構(gòu)意識Thetextcanbedividedinto4parts.Part1Paragraph__________Part2Paragraph__________Part3Paragraph_________Part4Paragraph12-34-8Canyouchoosetherightmainideasforthefourparts?A.AnintroductionB.TheconditionoftheschoolC.WhathesawundertheseaD.AvisittolocalfamilyE.TheendingStructure？（全文結(jié)構(gòu)）1para.12Para.2-33Para.4-8Mainidea

B.

TheconditionoftheschoolA.AnintroductionC.Whathesawunderthesea

D.Avisittolocalfamily.E.Ending4Para.9carefulreading1.WhydidJosendRosemarysomephotos?It’sdifficultforRosemarytoimaginehowlifewashard/differentinJo’sdescription.Listenandreadingafterthetapethenanswerthequestions.2.What'stheteachingconditionattheschool?3.Whatdidtheythemaboutthecustomsandlivesoflocalpeople?puttinggrass

bushschoolbamboo/roofsofgrassmyclassnoelectricitynotextbookschallengingimaginativealowbamboohut

stickout

doorway

nowindowsroundTombe’shouse135246TypeofhousesSleepingarrangementPossessionsDietandcookingmethodsFamilyrelationshipsBeliefsWhatdidtheylearnaboutthecustomsandlivesofthepeople?Avisittoavillage7agriculturepoor,backwardfriendlyhospitalbleJofeelsitisaprivilegeforJotohavespentadayinthevillage.SummaryTheauthortoldusabouthisexperiencewhenheworkedasavolunteerinaremoteplace.

Readthetextagainandtrytosummarizethemainideainonesentence.HomeworkWriteashortessay

Wouldyouliketobecomeavolunteerteacher？Whyorwhynot?1.bedyingfor/todosth.極想得到，渴望得到，渴望做某事I’vebeendyingtohavesomeofmyfavoritesweets,andit'salwaysnicetogetmail!我一直非?？释砸恍┪易钕矚g的糖果，而且收到郵包總是令人開心不已。

LanguagePointslong/beeager/desire/aspire/beanxioustodosth.渴望做某事long/beeager/beanxiousforsth.渴望得到某物【歸納拓展】用bedyingto/for翻譯下列句子(1)我非常想知道你在這里的所有生活情況。_______________________________________________(2)有時我真想把這件事告訴她。_______________________________________________(3)這個小女孩非常想喝杯熱水。_______________________________________________

I’mdyingtoknowallaboutyourlifehere.SometimesI’mdyingtotellheraboutthething.Thelittlegirlisdyingforaglassofhotwater.【即學(xué)即練】Ittakesmeonlyafewminutestowalktoschooldownadustytrackcoveredinweeds.我只要幾分鐘就走到學(xué)校，路上塵土飛揚，雜草叢生。adustyanswer(對要求的)輕率的回絕；淡然的拒絕notsodusty還好；還不壞dustn.灰塵，塵土

v.將塵土從……抹去或拂去dustsb.down/off將塵土從某人身上抹去或拂去duststh.off開始復(fù)習(xí)某事(尤指一段時間內(nèi)擱置不用的技藝或語言)2.dustyadj.布滿灰塵的【歸納拓展】There’snoelectricityorrunningwaterandnoteventextbooks，nottomentionlaptops，tablets，orothermoderndevices！這兒沒有電，也沒有自來水，甚至連課本也沒有，更別提筆記本電腦、平板電腦或者別的現(xiàn)代化設(shè)備了！mentionsb./sth.to...向……提起某人/某物mentiondoingsth.提到做某事mentionthat提到……Don’tmentionit.不客氣。asmentionedabove如上所述3.nottomention更不用說；且不說【歸納拓展】SometimesIwonderhowrelevantchemistryistothesestudents—fewwilleverbecomechemists—andmostwillbegoingbacktotheirvillagesafterYear8anyway.有時候，我真想知道，化學(xué)對這些學(xué)生究竟