Educational exchanges

An exchange visit

visit places of interest Brainstorm Why do people go on educational exchanges? learn about different cultures make new friends visit places of interest an educational exchange talk to the host family buy gifts for friends study at a local school learn a new language try local food

Sarah educational exchange

Which country does she go? British flag Britain

Eric Sarah

What do you know about …? Complete the sentences with the words from the box. Chinese culture host family local school new friends I stayed with a ______________ . host family I visited a ________________ . local school I made some ____________ . new friends I learnt a lot about _______________. Chinese culture

Skimming means to read an article quickly to get its general idea. Look at the title, the introduction and the pictures to the article on page 67. Then answer the questions below.

Prediction Look at the pictures, the title and the introduction to the article on page 67. Then answer the questions below. Which country are the students from? Where do they study during their exchange visit? What will they probably do during their exchange visit? What do they think of the exchange visit? The UK/Britain. At Xinhua Junior High School. They will probably learn about t’ai chi and Chinese painting. They think it is educational and interesting.

Skimming Who/What How (adj.) the exchange visit Sarah Skim the article. Complete the table. Who/What How (adj.) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. interesting educational the exchange visit nervous Sarah friendly Sarah’s host family glad Sarah fantastic Eric’s experience

Scanning What have the students done during the visit? chopsticks Sarah I’ve learnt to use 1. ________________. I’ve learnt a little 2. ______________. I’ve 3. _______ ________ ________ friends. All British students The students have spent the weekdays 4. ____________ with Chinese students. They have toured around Beijing and visited 5. ______ _____ ___________ with their host families. Eric I’ve learnt 6. ____ ______ _____ t’ai chi (太极拳). We’ve already learnt a lot about Chinese 7. ________ and 8. ________. We’ve learnt about 9. _________ _________ as well. Chinese made many new studying places of interest a bit of culture history Chinese painting

educational ? interesting ? Role Playing

More Practice: 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项  

Homework: Finish the reading exercises on Book B Page 88-89. Finish the vocabulary exercises on English Weekly.

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