B7U4-A-Letter-HomeB7U4-A-Letter-Home阅读阅读课课件课课件Unit 4 Sharing Reading What do you know about Papua New Guinea?Pre-reading Independent State of Papua New Guinea There are many volunteers working in different mountainous areas or developing countries, among which Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one. Location: situated to the north of AustraliaPopulation: about 5.7 millionLanguage: English as the official language, Pidgin English as the language for communicationEconomy: a poor country with most people living in tribal villages and depending on subsistence farming to make a living.Education: About 85% of children start school but only about 60% of these reach Year 5PNGs national flag and national emblem (国徽国徽)PNGs paper currencyHouses are made of bamboo and grass.the tribe (部落部落)the villagers巴布亚在马来语中意为巴布亚在马来语中意为“卷发人卷发人”。16世纪中叶，世纪中叶，葡萄牙人来到该岛时葡萄牙人来到该岛时, 见当地居民和自然景观很像见当地居民和自然景观很像非洲的几内亚非洲的几内亚, 故称之为新几内亚。故称之为新几内亚。 capitalremote marketJungle highway cultural show warriors hunting kidsvillage people Beautiful & ModernPapua New Guinea (PNG) (巴布亚新几内亚巴布亚新几内亚) Rosemary, a friend of Jo in Australia is dying to know all about Jos life at Papua New Guinea. Jo, a young Australian woman of Australian Volunteers International, has worked as a volunteer teacher in Papua New Guinea for two years. want to do something so much that you do not want to waitJo was a volunteer worked in Papua New Guinea (PNG) for two years. The following photos were taken by Jo in PNG. Look at the photos and answer the questions.1 My class2 Students putting new grass on classroom roofs3 Building a new science lab Photos 1 to 31. What kind of student was in her class?Secondary children from a developing country. We know this because there are no walls to the classroom so the climate must be hot. The desks are close together but there does not appear to be enough desks for each child. The students are poorly dressed.2. Describe the classrooms.The classrooms are made with wooden poles and have bamboo walls and grass roofs (except for the new science lab which has a mental roof). The floor has bamboo matting on it. The walls do not reach the roofs (except the walls of the new science lab). There is no glass in the windows.3. What similarities and differences can you find between Jos classroom and yours?1. There are desks.2. There are both boys 3.and girls in the 4.classroom.5. 1. Some of the walls 2.are missing.2.There is a pole 3.holding up the roof in 4.the middle of the room. 5.3. There is no school 6.uniform.3. There is no spare space in the classroom.4. There is a separate science laboratory.4. The students have no textbooks.5. There is no glass in the windows. 6. The students have to repair the classroom themselves. 4 View of the village from the ridge5 Some of Tombes family with Mukap on the left6 Kiak preparing vegetables7 Tombes family and Jenny waiting for the meal to cook8 A woman and baby we saw on the way home9 Tombe with his grandfather whos digging up peanuts10 Village hutsPhotos 4 to 10 1. Jo took many photos of a visit to a 2. students village. What can you say 3. about the village?The village is very small. It is by a river at the bottom of a valley. It has steep slopes all around it. 2. What can you say about life in the village?The village huts are small. They have no windows. They are made of wood and bamboo and have grass roofs. Meals are prepared and cooked outside. One of the crops grown is peanuts. The tool used for this crop is a digging stick. There is a woman carrying a naked baby on her shoulders. She is also carrying a heavy-looking bag. She has bare feet.1. _ is a young Australian women.2. _ was dying to hear all about Jos life in Papua New Guinea.3. _ walked a long way to get to the school.4. _ didnt have any textbooks.5. _ became a lot more imaginative when teaching.6. _ started jumping out the windows during a chemistry experiment.JoRosemaryThe boysThe boys and Jo Jo The boysScanningReading7. _ visited a village that was the home of one of the boys, Tombe.8. _ started crying “ieee ieee” to welcome them.9. _ led us to a low bamboo hut.10. _ was going to share the platform with Jenny and Jo.11. _ softly talked to each other in their language Jo didnt understand. Jenny and Jo KiakMucap Kiak Tombes family1.The classrooms are made from bricks and the 2. roofs from grass.2. It always takes the boys only a few minutes to get to the school.3. Science is the most challenging subject for Jo.4. When Jo and Jean arrived at the village, they shook hands with all the villagers.5. Tombe threw out the tin can because its very dirty.F F T T F True or falseRead and try to divide it into four parts, and summarize what each part is about. Opening of the letter and introduction to what will be talked about in the passage.Part 1 ( Paragraph 1) : The school where Jo worked and Jos work at school. Jo and Jenny visited Tombes home in the village. End of the letter.Part 2 (Paragraph 2-3):Part 3 (Paragraph 4-8):Part 4 (Paragraph 9):return to the villagesNoNofewnot equippedFill in the chart. 1. What is the letter mainly about?Ita about Jos experience as a volunteer teacher and her first visit to a village in PNG.Answer the following questions.2. Why does Jo call the high school a “bush school”3. Were the boys friendly to Jo? How do you know?Because the classrooms are made of bamboo and the roofs of grass.Yes. There are a lot of “good mornings” for Jo from the boys.4. How long does it take the students to go to school?Sometimes up to 2 hours5. Why was science the most challenging subject for Jo?The students have no concept of doing experiments. In fact there is no equipment, and if she needs water she has to carry it from her house in a bucket!6. Why did the boys start jumping out of the windows?7. Why does Jo wonder how relevant chemistry is to the kids?Because most of the boys will go back to their villages after year 8 and she thinks chemistry may make little difference to the kids life.The boys never came across anything like the bubbling mixture.Comprehending 1 What have you learned about the customs and lives of the people in Tombes village? Small, round, made of, bamboo, grass roofs; mens huts have grass sticking out of the top of the roof, no windows (men and women have separate huts); small doorway, floor covered with fresh grassLarge extended families (Everyone seemed to be a relative of Tombes.)Hot stones are placed in an oil drum, then vegetables are placed in the drum, covered with banana leaves and steamed.a new sleeping platform for the guests, Kiak usually slept in her own hutsweet potato, corn and greens, banana leaves, peanuts Not manyone broom, a few tin plates and cups, a couple of potsTools are very basic, e.g. a digging stick. (There is no machinery).The villagers believe in evil spirits. They believe that leftover food attract evil spirits so they dry it out in the can over the fire. Then the can is thrown out of the hut.Speaking: Discussion: Would you like to work as a volunteer in a poor area?I think I will be a volunteer in a poor area.Whenever I saw the poor living state of the poor in the western areas and mountainousareas, I was eager to do something for them.All men are created equal. But they cant getwhat we can enjoy. What a pity! If possible,I will try to help.Homework Read the passage again after class and find all the attributive clauses in it.结束结束