义务教育课程标准实验教科书 五四制 八年级上册

Unit 4 She said helping others changed her life.

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Learning Tasks

To learn about a teaching experience of a volunteer teacher

To master some reading strategies

To remember helping others is a kind of love

Lei Feng was always ready to help others.

the old the blind

the disabled the poor

Pre-reading

2004 年度”感动中国人物”

徐本禹

Xu Benyu was a graduate from Hua Zhong Agriculture University. His hometown is a village of Liao Cheng in Shandong. In 2002, as a volunteer he went to a rural area of Gui Zhou to be a teacher. His dormitory was in the school. He gave up the good chance to go on learning. He believed his decision was right. He opened up his students’ eyes and madea good influence in their lives. Fortunately, he gets some help from the society now.

village ( ) graduate( ) university( ) fortunately ( )

dormitory( ) influence( ) volunteer( )

A. luckily B. a large room for sleeping

C. a person who has finished studying at a school D. a person who does something willingly( 自愿地）

E. a place of education at the highest level F. a power to gain an effect ( 影响） on the mind

G. countryside

A

DC

EF

B

G

Guess the meaning of the words according to the article Vocabulary

While we are reading, we can understand the meaning of a word you don’t know from the context( 上下文 ).

Reading strategy

kebentupin

While reading

Yang Lei

Yaoqiu 1

Put these words into the correct spaces as you read.

a) world b) brothers c) changedd) agreed e) mountains f) different

c) changed e) mountains

d) agreed f) different

b) brothers a) world

Fast reading

Number the main idea of each paragraph 1-5( 排列段意）( ) Pupils in the mountains work hard.( ) Yang Lei works as a math teacher now.( ) Yang Lei was a volunteer to teach in a poor mountain village.( ) Life in the mountains was a new experience for Yang Lei.( ) Yang Lei liked being a good influence in the children’s lives.

Skimming 跳读

Scanning 扫读

Try to answer these questions: 1. What did Yang Lei’s mother say?2. What did Yang Lei’s students’ say about their volunteer teachers?

3. What did Yang Lei say about her help?4. What did Yang Lei say about her time as a volunteer?

1. She said that both she and her husband thought this was a good idea and young people today needed to experience different things.

2. They said they loved having the volunteer teachers there.

3. She said that she couldopen up her students’eyes to the outside worldand give them a goodstart in life.

4. She said she enjoyed her time as a volunteer very much.

about her help

about her time as a volunteer

Careful reading

Yang Lei’s students

hometown

food

teachers

time to get up

time to finish

studying

You

5 am

11 pm

Mountain village in Gansu Province

porridge

Volunteer teachers

a city

all kinds ofdelicious food

many good teachers

6:30 am

9 pm

A is a reporter.B is a student from a poor village.C is a student from the city of Zibo.

You can act the interview like this in three. Here is some information for you:Reporter:Where are you from?What food do you often eat?What do you often do in your spare time?What kind of teachers do you have?

Post reading

Post reading

Yang Lei was a _________ from Peking University. As a __________ he went to a poor mountain _______ in Gansu Province . Her parents agreed with her ________. Life there was very hard. Yang Lei's studentsate porridge three times a day. Most of them lived in school ___________.But they studied very hard. Some of them may not go to senior high school or college. But they never lose their hope. They said they _______ their volunteer teachers.

graduatevolunteer

village decision

dormitories

loved

Tell a story

Yang Lei worked very hard for the children there. She said she could ________ their students' eyes to the outside world. She likes being a good ________ in the children's lives. Now she works there as a math teacher. Helping others ________ Yang Lei’s life. We should learn from her to try our best to help the children in villages.

open up

influence

changed

shipin

Time What can you do?

Now

Future

Discussion

What can you do to help thechildren in the west?

SummaryWe have known about a teaching experience of a teacher.We have learned some reading strategies: How to learn new words. First read for meaning. Then read for details.

Helping others is helping ourselves.

I’m grateful, I’m happy.

Summary

Homework

According to the discussion, Write a composition. The topic is: I want to be a volunteer. Target language: What do you want to do as a volunteer? Why do you want to do it? How do you make it come true?

1. 双基性作业

Homework

Search the Internet to get as much information about volunteer work as you can.

2. 开放性作业