Unit 4 sharing

What are they doing? donating blood

fighting against the flood and rescuing the old and the sick

planting trees and protecting our environment

helping the disabled

Teaching the kids in the remote areas

The definition of “volunteer” outside People who help others ____ or _____ their community would be called volunteers. 英语学习辅导报 出品

The important factors of “volunteer” Not for rewards – esp. money and materials Volunteer – not forced to do so Not only the person but also the society and the environment benefit from it. With participation(分享；参与) 英语学习辅导报 出品

Do you know the sign for volunteers? Have a think Do you know the sign for volunteers? What does the sign remind you of? A hand: _________________ A heart:_________________ A dove: _________________ A letter:_________________ help love and care peace Y stands for youth

Who Where What Jo, a young Australian woman Papua New Guinea a volunteer teacher

located to the north of Australia Independent State of Papua New Guinea 巴布亚新几内亚独立国 located to the north of Australia Do you know where PNG is?

Location: Population: Language: Papua New Guinea Located to the north of Australia About 5.7 million English as the official language. Pidgin English (巴布亚皮钦语) as the language for communication.

PNG’s national flag and national emblem (国徽) PNG’s paper currency

Papua New Guinea Economy: Education: A poor country with most people living in tribal（部族的） villages and depending on subsistence farming（生存农业） to make a living. About 85% of children start school but only about 60% of these reach Year 5.

Housing Conditions Hut

the tribe (部落)

village people

Poor conditions in the classroom

A Letter Home --By Jo

of Australian Volunteers International, has worked as a Jo, a young Australian woman of Australian Volunteers International, has worked as a volunteer teacher in Papua New Guinea for two years. Rosemary, a friend of Jo in Australia is dying to know all about Jo’s life at Papua New Guinea.

Jo was a volunteer from Australia who worked in PNG for two years.

Number the paragraphs before reading. Read P1 and preview main idea of the text. The text is written in the form of a ______ by Jo, a young _________. She describes ________ in PNG and includes some _______. letter volunteer photos her life Now divide the text into 4 parts.

1 2-3 4-8 9 Part 1 (Para.____) Part 2 (Para. ____) Part 3 (Para. ____) Main idea of each paragraph Opening of the letter and introduction of the topic — Jo’s life in PNG. Part 1 (Para.____) 1 Part 2 (Para. ____) Jo’s school and her teaching work. 2-3 Part 3 (Para. ____) Jo’s visit to Tombe’s home in the village. 4-8 Part 4 (Para. ____) End of the letter. 9

Part 2 (Para.2-3) l. Why does Jo call the school where she teaches a bush school? Because the classrooms are made of bamboo and the roofs of grass. 2.Why did the boys jump out of the windows in the science lesson? Because they had never come across anything like this before.

1 My class 2 Students putting new grass on classroom roofs 3 Building a new science lab

Part 3(para .4--8) Jo’s visit to Tombe’s home in the village. The villagers Tombe’s mother---Kiak preparing vegetables Mukap ---Tombe’s father

View of the village from the ridge山脊 Village hut stick out doorway

the place for cooking

Part 3(para .4--8) Jo’s visit to Tombe’s home in the village. Jo’s first visit to a village Time to get there Description of the house A low bamboo hut with grass ______________ of the roof No _________ Narrow _________ Two and a half hours of walking sticking out windows doorway

platform fireplace broom a couple of laid placed covered Jo’s first visit to a village inside the house A newly made _________ for Jenny and me to sleep on A(n) __________ in the centre of the hut near the doorway A ______, a few tin plates and cups and _____________ jars. platform fireplace broom a couple of Jo’s first visit to a village Outside the house Mukap _____ stones in the fire, and he ______them in an empty oil drum with kau kau, corn and greens. He then ______ the vegetables with banana leaves and left them to steam. laid placed covered

What do you think of the life in the village according to Jo’s description? Their life is poor, simple, agricultural, primitive（原始的）and self-sufficient. What did Jo think of her visit and the day spent with Tombe’s family? Why did she think so? She considered it a privilege as she was warmly welcomed and had a close contact with them, feeling their hospitality（好客） and sincerity（真诚） although she couldn’t understand their language.