A LETTER HOME

1. A LETTER HOME 高二(8)班 教师: 陈旭玲

2. Revision: A volunteer means someone who does a job willingly without being paid. Volunteer organizations: １.中国青年志愿者 ２.Hope project (希望工程) ３.Medicins Sans Frontieres (无国界医生) ４.Australian Volunteers International is an organization which offers job for volunteers to live, work and learn in 70 developing countries for two years.

3. 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? 下一页

4. Capital: 莫尔兹比港 Port Moresby Location: located to the north of Australia Population: about 5.7 million Economy: a poor country with most people living in tribal villages and depending on farming to make a living. Education: About 85% of children start school but only about 60% of them reach Year 5

5. 巴布亚新几内亚国旗和国徽(极乐鸟 )

6. A hut 竹屋

8. Pre-reading: • Look at the photos and make a guess: • What was Jo’s job in PNG? • What was the letter about?

9. Fast reading: Divide the passage into four parts and sum up the main idea of each part Part1(para1): Opening of the letter Part2(para2-3): The school where Jo worked and Jo’s work at the school Part3(para4-8): Jo and Jenny visited Tombe’s home in the village Part4(para9): Closing of the letter

10. Careful reading: Read part 2 again and fill in the table below: Table 1 (about the school): Made of bamboo and grass No electricity, water or textbooks Most return to the villages

11. Read part 3 again and fill in the table below: Table 2 (about life in the village): Bamboo huts no windows small doorways Kau kau, corn, greens A broom, a few tin plates and cups and a couple of jars Large extended families Placed, covered, steamed Digging sticks (no machinery) A new platform for guests Leftover food attracts evil spirits

12. Post-reading: Find or guess the reasons for these facts: • Many of the boys have walked a long way, • sometimes up to two hours to get to school. • 2.The boys jumped out of the windows in the • science lesson. • 3.Jo wondered how relevant chemistry was • to the boys. • 4.Tombe’s mother cried “ieee ieee” when • she saw Jo. • 5.Mukap led us to a low bamboo hut with • grass sticking out of the roof. • 6.The tin can was standing upside down on • the grill.

13. Reasons: • Because they lived in the villages far • away from the school. 2.Because they were frightened; they had never seen anything like this before. 3.Because most of them would live all their life as farmers. 4. It was her way to welcome the guests. 5.This shows it’s a man’s house. 6.The tin can was standing upside down in order to get the leftover dry up quickly.

14. 按课文填空 I’m glad to _________ you. I know you’re ________ hear about my life here. I’m still trying to _________ the conditions here. The other day I visited a _________ village with another teacher. We walked for two and a half hours ________ there. We spent a day in the home of Tombe, one of my students. The hut was dark inside so it took time for our eyes to __________. We also had a meal there. I don’t speak much of the local English dialect yet, so I could not_____________ in their conversation. hear from dying to adapt to remote to get adjust participate

15. Luckily, Tombe could act as our ___________. We left the village the next morning. It was such a ___________ to have spent a day with Tombe’s family. I’m thinking about the question whether I can ___________________ to their lives. interpreter privilege make any difference

16. Discussion Compare life in PNG with your own life, how do you feel after reading this letter? • Value what we own now 2. Study harder 3. Be kind to others 4. Do something useful to others if possible …

17. Homework: • Read the passage again • 2. Finish Reading task in E.W • 3. Underline the points and sentences • you don’t understand