Lesson 3 A Volunteer Teacher
What do you
know about this
part of China?
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia is the first national
autonomous region established in
China. It stretches along China's
northern border with Mongolia and
Russia and covers an oblong area of
over 1.28 million square kilometers,
one eighth of China.
自治区
延伸边缘 ,边界
长条形的
平方公里
Of all the Chinese provinces and a
utonomous regions, Inner Mongoli
a is the third largest after Xinjiang
and Tibet.
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.
1. ________ to pass your final exam at
university.
2. ________ help and encouragement.
3. ________ something new, exciting, or
difficult to do.
4. _____________ a round container.
Match the word with its definition
Graduate
Support
Challenge
volunteer, graduate, minus, basin,
challenge, decision, support, dial
Basin
5. _______ a choice that you made.
6. _____ being the stated number of
degree below the freezing point of
water.
7. ________ someone who do a job
without being paid.
8. _____ to make a telephone call.
Decision
Minus
Volunteer
Dial
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?
She is going to teach middle school
students.
5. What do her parents think of her
decision?
At first they didn’t like the idea
and finally she won their support.
1. tell us about her plan for the future
tell sb. (about / of sth.) 把 (某事 )告诉 (某人 )
He’s good at telling jokes.
Tell me all about your new job.
I always tell the children a story.
I always tell a story to the
children.
2. work as a volunteer teacher
work as … 以 (某种身份 )工作
be excited about sth. 为 (某事物 )感到兴奋
She’s excited about getting a part in the film.
The scientists are excited about
the results of the experiment.
3. I’m really excited about it.
4. It is my duty to …这是我的责任去…5. Life in Inner Mongolia is quite
different from that in Beijing.
内蒙古的生活和北京的生活很不一样 .
6. Are you prepared for that?对某事物做好准备
be prepared to do sth. 能够并愿意
做某事
7. the only child 独生子女8. enjoy meeting new challenges
9. win their support 赢得他们的支持
issue / accept a challenge 发出 /接受挑战
a serious challenge to the authority
对权威的严重挑战
support (for sth.)
in support of 支持或支援
10. I can’t wait to meet the students.
I can’t wait to …
11. Your parents are proud of you. 为你而骄傲
12. Dial 555-6782 拨打…You’ve dialled the wrong number
你打错电话了
You are the pride of your parents.
Is it a good idea to do
voluntary work?
What reasons do people
have for doing voluntary
work?
Voice your opinion