What’s your understanding of sharing? Sharing is …

Sharing Sharing is helping. Sharing is enjoying. Sharing is understanding. Sharing is perfecting.

Warming-up Enjoy what some famous people think about Sharing

As Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations said “ … each contribution- no matter how small- can help make a difference.” Enjoy

Give roses to others and the lasting fragrance will remain in your hand.

If everybody offers a little love, the world will become more beautiful.

Have you ever helped your parents, or other relatives, or your friends,or people in your community, or people outside your community? Who would be called “ volunteers”? Would you be called a “ volunteer ”? Group-work

People who help others in their community or outside their community would be called volunteers. However, they would not be called volunteers if they help their parents, other relatives or friends.

What does the sign remind you of? A hand: _________________ A heart:_________________ A dove: _________________ A letter:_________________ help love and care peace Y stand for youth What does the symble stand for ? Chinese Young Volunteers Association ( CYVA )

Guessing Game

1. He is the famous player who has become one of the volunteers of China Bone Marrow Bank ( 中华骨髓库 ).

2. He was the singer whose money was completely spent in sponsoring ( 资助 ) children who can’t go to school.

3. This is the volunteer sign which/that is designed for the 29th Beijing Olympic Games. The sign of United Nations Volunteer in China ( 中国青年志愿者 )

4. It is one part of our country where lots of graduates are willing to go and help poor people. A B C

November 15 September 20 July 5 December 5 5. I can well remember the date when the Chinese Young Volunteers Association was founded on 年 12 月 5 日成立了中国青年志愿者协会

濮存昕 The image ambassador for HIV // Aids

Norman Bethune 白求恩

Mother Teresa 特蕾莎修女 She lived in India ( ). She helped the poor and the sick and won the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE in 1979.

fight against the flood and rescue the old and the sick

plant trees and protect our environment

help the disabled

clean the community Teach the kids in the mountainous areas

Pre-reading What do you know about Papua New Guinea? There are many volunteers working in different mountainous areas or developing countries, among which Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one.

Independent State of Papua New Guinea 巴布亚新几内亚独立国 Do you know where PNG is? Pre-reading

巴布亚新几内亚国旗和国徽 ( 极乐鸟 ) 巴布亚在马来语中意为 “ 卷发人 ” 。 16 世纪中叶, 葡萄牙人来到该岛时, 见当地 居民和自然景观很像非洲的几内亚, 故称之 为新几内亚。

首 都 : 莫尔兹比港 Port Moresby 面 积 : 46.2 万平方公里 人 口 : 430 万人 语 言 : 英语 民 族 : 美拉尼西亚族 宗 教 : 基督教新教、拜物教 货 币 : 基那 国庆节 : 9 月 16 日 时 差 : 比北京时间早 2 小时 气 候 : 热带雨林气候

houses made of bamboo and grass

the tribe ( 部落 )

the villagers

Reading A Letter Home

Jo, a young Australian woman of Australian Volunteers International, has worked as a volunteer teacher in Papua New Guinea for two years. A Letter Home --By Jo

Fast reading

Part 1 (Para 1) Part2 (Para____) Part 3 (Para____) Part 4 (Para 9) A visit to a local village The end of the letter The beginning of the letter and introduction to the topic The school and Jo’s work as a teacher Match each part with its main idea Fast reading

______ heard from Rosemary whose letter took a fortnight to arrive. _________is Jo’s friend who is dying to know her life in Papua New Guinea. ___________visit a remote village which is the home of Tombe. _______could be the interpreter of his teacher when they could not participate in the conversation. ______led Jo to his house, which was dark and it took time for eyes to adjust. ______cried “ieee ieee” to show welcom. Jo Rosemary Jo and Jenny Tombe two weeks want to do something very much far away take part in receive the letter of Kiak Mukap Someone who changes spoken words from one language to another language get used to Find the names Can you guess the meaning

careful reading