Unit 6 Sunshine for all south-west north-west project adj.&adv. 西南方 adj.&adv. 西北方 n. 项目，工程； 课题 Words review To get a general understanding about volunteer project To respond to information obtained from listening by completing the notes To talk about ways to help people in need in our daily life Objectives Do you know this province? It is Guizhou Province. Most part of Guizhou Province is covered by mountains. There are not as many schools as big cities in Guizhou and a lot of children cant get good education. What do you know about this province? Now lets watch a video about it. Do you know volunteer teacher? A1 Peters cousin Judy is telling him about a volunteer project. Listen carefully. Help Peter answer the following questions by choosing the correct answers. 1. What is Judy? a A college student. b A primary school teacher. 2. Where is she going? a South-west China. b North-west China. 3. Why is she going there? a For a volunteer project. b For a training plan. 4. What will she do there? a Teach in a primary school. b Work in the fields. 5. How long will she stay there? a For a year. b For three months. 6. How can Peter and Judy keep in touch? a By writing emails. b By talking on the phone. A2 Judy is talking to Peter on the phone about her experience. Listen to their conversation and help Peter complete his notes. School: a very (1) _ school in a (2) _ area only (3) _ classrooms Students: live in villages (4) _ walk for more than (5) _ to get to school Judys life: teaches them Chinese, (6) _ and Maths small mountain six far away an hour English teaches them (7) _ after class gives them a lot of (8) _ meaningful to learn about (9) _ of China helpful to (10) _ the children there What she thinks: songs books the poor areas teach A3 Peter is writing about Judy and the village school in his diary. Help him complete his diary entry with the information in Parts A1 and A2. My cousin Judy has taken part in a (1) _ in her college. She works as a primary school (2) _ in North-west China for (3) _. volunteer project teacher one year The school is very (4) _. There are only (5) _ in the school. Most of the students live (6) _ and they have to walk for more than (7) _ to get to school. Judy works hard there. She teaches them Chinese, (8) _ and Maths. After class, she sometimes teaches them (9) _. She also gives them (10) _ to read. small six classrooms far away an hour English songs a lot of books Judy thinks it is meaningful for college students to learn more about (11) _ of China. It is also helpful of them to (12) _ the children there. In this way, they can help local people improve their lives. the poor areas teach Have a discussion Do you want to be a volunteer teacher in the future? Why? Speak up: How can we help people in our daily lives Listen to the conversation and list the ways they are talking about to help people in our daily life. save the pocket money and donate it to those in need work as a volunteer at community centres or in libraries at the weekend give food to homeless people give our seats on the bus to the elderly Talk Work in groups and talk about how you can help people in your daily lives. Use the conversation as a model. To preview Study skills on Page 89 To preview Task on Pages 90 and 91 Write a short passage about any volunteer project you know.