Celebrating Volunteerism: A Journey of Giving and Growth

1. Unit 4 Sharing Warming–up and Pre- reading

2. Warning-up and Pre-reading Enjoy what some famous people think about Sharing

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

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

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

6. Be generous and you will be prosperous. Help others and you will be helped.

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

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

10. 3.Some famous volunteers you know. Now comes your turn to find some information (pictures) about “volunteer”. 1.some signs about volunteer 2.What do the volunteers usually do to help other people?

11. What do the signs stand for? The sign of United Nations Volunteer in China (中国青年志愿者) 北京2008年奥运会志愿者标志

12. December,5th is International Volunteer Day March,5th is UNV day. 80,000,000 volunteers in China.

13. What are the volunteers doing? fight against the flood and rescue the old and the sick

14. plant trees and protect our environment

15. help the disabled

16. clean the community

17. Teach the kids in the mountainous areas

19. The volunteers make their greatest efforts to help others. . Join the Go West Projectto improve the standard of education in the school. .Join “1 help1” projectto help elderly people who live alone

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

21. Independent State of Papua New Guinea

23. Location: situated to the north of Australia Population: about 5.7 million Language: English as the official language Pidgin English as the language for communication Economy: 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 5 Captial 莫尔兹比港 Port Moresby

24. PNG’s national flag and national emblem(国徽) 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.

25. PNG’s paper currency

27. houses made of bamboo and grass

28. the tribe (部落)

29. the villagers

30. Jo was a volunteer who 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.

31. 1 My class 2 Students putting new grass on classroom roofs 3 Building a new science lab

32. Photos 1 to 3 1 What was Jo's job in PNG? A teacher. 2 What kind of students were in her class? Teenage boys. They are poorly dressed.

33. 3 Describe the classrooms. The classrooms are small. They have no windows. They are made of wood and bamboo and have grass roofs.

34. 4 View of the village from the ridge 5 Some of Tombe’s family with Mukap on the left

35. 6 Kiak preparing vegetables 7 Tombe’s family and Jenny waiting for the meal to cook

36. 8 A woman and baby we saw on the way home 9 Tombe with his grandfather who’s digging up peanuts

37. 10 Village huts

38. village hut stick out doorway

39. Photos 4 to 10 1. Jo took many photos of a visit to a student's village. What can you say 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.

40. 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.

41. Scanning 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):

42. The school where Jo worked and Jo’s work at school. Jo and Jenny visited Tombe’s home in the village. Closing of the letter. Part 2 (Paragraph 2-3): Part 3 (Paragraph 4-8): Part 4 (Paragraph 9):

43. Sum up There are many people around us, in our country or even in the world who need different kinds of help. So voluntary work is an important and great cause. Not only can it make people live better but also it can bring happiness to volunteers. So we should form a sense of helping others and take an active part in any kind of voluntary activities from now on and try to make the world more beautiful and harmonious.

44. Homework: Search on the Internet or other sources for information about how to work as volunteers. Preview the text on page 29