She said helping others changed her life. 授课教师：王荣蓉 学生来源：山东省荣成市蜊江中学

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She said helping others changed her life. Teaching high school students in a poor mountain village, in Gansu Province may not sound like fun to you. However, it changed the life of Yang Lei from Beijing. The Peking University graduate first went there as a volunteer on a one-year program. The program was started by the Ministry of Education and the Chinese Young Pioneers. Every year they send 100 volunteers to teach in China’s rural areas. Life in the mountains was a new experience for Yang Lei. Her village was 2,000 meters above sea level, and at first the thin air made her feel sick. The food was very simple — teachers ate porridge three times a day. Most of the students live in school dormitories. They work very hard. They get up at 5 am and read books until 11 pm. They love having the volunteer teachers there. Some of the students may not be able to go to senior high school or college. Families are poor and there often isn’t money for education. “I can’t do anything about that,” says Yang Lei, “but I can open up my students’ eyes to the outside world and give them a good start in life.” Yang Lei enjoyed her time as a volunteer very much. So she now works as a math teacher at a high school in the city of Pingliang, Gansu Province.

She said helping others changed her life. 1. Extensive reading: Read the article quickly, try to answer some questions. (1) What was Yang Lei? (2) What is Yang Lei now? (3) What changed her life?

She said helping others changed her life. A Peking University graduate/ A volunteer Part 1 The volunteer experience / Helping others Part 2 A math teacher in a poor mountain village. Part 3

2. Intensive reading： Part 1: Something about a volunteer teacher. Read Part 1 carefully, choose one of the tasks that you can do. Task A: Read and make your own mind-map. Task B: Read and finish your own mind-map according to the questions. Task C: Read and finish the teacher’s mind-map.

Work by yourselves. Task A Task B Task C

Work in groups. Task A Task B Task C

Talent Show Task A Task B Task C

Part 1 What was Yang Lei? She was a volunteer on a one-year program. She was a Peking University graduate. The program was started by the Ministry of Education and the Chinese Young Pioneers. They send 100 volunteers to teach in China’s rural areas.

Part 1 what Who started the program? what Yang Lei Part 1 what what Who started the program? The program was started by the Ministry of Education and the Chinese Young Pioneers. They send 100 volunteers to teach in China’s rural areas.

Yang Lei Part 1 what what who They send 100 volunteers to teach in China’s rural areas.

Part 1 what what Where do they send the volunteers? who Yang Lei Part 1 what what who Where do they send the volunteers? They send 100 volunteers to teach in China’s rural areas.

Yang Lei Part 1 what what who where

The program was started by… Yang Lei Yang Lei She was a Peking University graduate. She was a volunteer on a one-year program. what what who The program was started by… where They send 100 volunteers to China’s rural areas. A Peking University graduate The volunteer experience A math teacher in a poor mountain village

The volunteer experience Part 2-3 The volunteer experience Task A Task B Task C

Make the mind-map for the whole article. A Peking University graduate/ A volunteer. Part 1 Part 2 The volunteer experience. A math teacher in a poor mountain village. Her students Her life Part 3

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Show your mind-map. 时间：7月22日 disaster area

Homework: Finish your writing. Teaching high school students in a poor mountain village, in Gansu Province may not sound like fun to you. However, it changed the life of Yang Lei from Beijing. The Peking University graduate first went there as a volunteer on a one-year program. The program was started by the Ministry of Education and the Chinese Young Pioneers. Every year they send 100 volunteers to teach in China’s rural areas. Life in the mountains was a new experience for Yang Lei. Her village was 2,000 meters above sea level, and at first the thin air made her feel sick. The food was very simple — teachers ate porridge three times a day. Most of the students live in school dormitories. They work very hard. They get up at 5 am and read books until 11 pm. They love having the volunteer teachers there. Some of the students may not be able to go to senior high school or college. Families are poor and there often isn’t money for education. “I can’t do anything about that,” says Yang Lei, “but I can open up my students’ eyes to the outside world and give them a good start in life.” Yang Lei enjoyed her time as a volunteer very much. So she now works as a math teacher at a high school in the city of Pingliang, Gansu Province. Tick out … after reading. Underline … while reading. Find … while doing tasks.

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