Lesson 3 A Volunteer Teacher

荷山中学荷山中学周惠华

This is a real story. The girl’s name is

Wang Shu, grew up in Hangzhou, Zheji

ang Province. Upon graduation from th

e English department of Beijing Normal

University, she left Beijing for Inner M

ongolia working as a volunteer teacher.

She is still there now.

What do you

know about this

part of China?

Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol) is the fir

st national autonomous region establis

hed in China. It stretches along Chin

a's northern border with Mongolia an

d Russia and covers an oblong area of

over 1.28 million square kilometers, on

e eighth of China.

Of all the Chinese provinces and a

utonomous regions, Inner Mongoli

a is the third largest after Xinjiang

and Tibet.

What can you say about the girl in the

photo?

volunteer, graduate, prepare for,

challenge, win support, decision

Key Words

1. ________ to pass your final exam at

university.

2. ___________ to get help and

encouragement.

3. _________ something new, exciting,

or difficult to do.

Match the word with its definition

Graduate

Win support

Challenge

4. __________ to make yourself ready

for something.

5. ________ a choice that you make.

6. ________ someone who do a job

without being paid.

Prepare for

Decision

Volunteer

1. What is Wang Shu’s future plan? I’m going to work as a volunteer tea

cher in a small country town in Inner Mongolia.

2. How does she feel about her work in Inner Mongolia?

Excited.

Listen to the interview and answer these questions.Listen to the interview and answer these questions.

3. Why did she

decide to go

there?It is my duty to do something for

students in poor areas.

4. What is she going to do in Inner

Mongolia?

A teacher.

5. What do her parents think of her

decision?

At first they didn’t like the idea

and finally she won their support.

Is it a good idea to do voluntary

work?

What reasons do people have for

doing voluntary work?

Voice your opinion

Complete the sentences with the words in Exercise 2.

1. Kate _________ from medical school last year and she’s working in a big hospital now.

2. His idea to organise a big party has ___________ from his friends.

3. The captain told the soldiers to __________ action.

graduated

won support

prepare for

4. The company is ready to meet the

________ of the next few years.

5. His _______ to study medicine has

made his father proud.

6. I need a ________ to help with the

cooking.

challenge

decision

volunteer

GrammarGrammar

Listen to the interview again. Pay

attention to these sentences from the

interview. What verb forms are used

to talk about the future?

1. The train leaves at 9 o’clock tomorrow

morning.

2. So I’m getting up at about 6 go get

everything ready.

Present Simple

Present Continuous

b

a

3. I’m going to work as a volunteer

teacher in a small country town

in Inner Mongolia.

Which sentence says something about:

a) Wang Shu’s personal arrangement?

b) a scheduled event?

c) Wang Shu’s intention to do something?

going to + infinitive

c

Match the types of sentences with a,

b, or c.

1. The new school term begins the day

after I arrive.

2. I’m taking a box of those.

3. I’m going to give some to the

students too.

b

a

c

a) Wang Shu’s personal arrangement?

b) a scheduled event?

c) Wang Shu’s intention to do somethi

ng?

Look at the English language summe

r camp program. Imagine the organis

er telling the group about it. Write se

ntences.

What are the people in the pictures

going to do ? Write sentences.

1. He is going to play the guitar.

2. He is going to change the tyre.

3. She is going to dance.

4. They are going to have a party.

Expressing future arrangements

and intentions.

be going to-- to express an intention to

do something.

Present Continuous-- to talk about

future events that we have already fixed

or arranged.

Present Simple-- to talk about official

events or timetables which we cannot

change.

be going to do 与 be doing 的区别be going to do 表示事先经过考虑过 ,

然后计划好将做某事 ; 迹象将发生某事。We are going to go climbing this week.

My sister is going to go to Australia

in a week.

It is going to snow.

be doing 指立刻决定的计划 , 没有经过一段时间 的考虑 , 意思上相当于 b

e about to do, 但后者不能接时间状语 ;

多用于表示位置移动的动词中 , 如 :

go, come, arrive, leave, reach, start;

I am going to hometown this

afternoon.

He is leaving.

We are playing the piano at six.

I am about to go out.

1. We are going to do some shopping next

Tuesday.( 变成否定句 )

We ____________________ shopping n

ext Tuesday.

2. I’m going to see my mother on Mother

s’ Day. ( 变成一般疑问句 , 并作否定回答 )

aren’t going to do some

句型转换

— _______ going to see your mother on

Mothers’ Day?

─No, ________.

3. She is going to carry these luggage to th

e train station. ( 对划线部分提问 ) ____

_ is she going _____?

Are you

I am not

What to do

4. Sophie is going to France the day

after tomorrow. ( 对划线部分提问 )

_______ Sophie _____ to France?When is going

补全对话：A: (1) _____________________ tomorrow?

B: I’m going to buy a gift.

A: (2) ___________________________?

B: I’m going to give it to my mother.

A: (3) _______________________ ？ B: I'm going to buy a bunch of flower.

What are you going to do

Who are you going to give it to

What are you going to buy

A: (4) __________________________?

B: I'm going to buy it in the Flower

World.

A: Are you going there alone?

B: No. (5)

__________________________.

A: Your mother will be happy.

I’m going there with my sister

Where are you going to buy it

1.我们要两点半出发。 _________

_________________

2. 明年我们要去加拿大度假。 ___

_________________________ __

______________.

Translate sentencesTranslate sentences

We are going to take a holiday in

Canada next year

We are going to start at 2:30.

3. 我将派约翰去帮助你。 ___________

___________________

4. 约翰和玛丽买了一些家具 , 他们打算 下个月结婚。 ___________________

______________ _________________

________________

I’m going to send John to help you.

John and Mary bought some

furniture, they are going to marry

next month.

You have just started your senior high

school . You must have a lot of plans.

Choose from the following and write

about one of your plans:

Your plan for the next three years.

Your plan for the coming holiday.

Your plan for the coming weekend.

Homework: writing