Unit 4

Sharing

Warming–up and Pre- reading

Warning-up and Pre-reading

Enjoy what some famouspeople think about Sharing

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

Enjoy

Give roses to others and the lasting

fragrance will remain

in your hand.

If everybody offers a little

love, the world will become

more beautiful.

Be generous and you will

be prosperous. Help others and you will be helped.

Have you ever helped your parents, or other relatives, or your friends, or people in your community, or people outside your community?

Who would be called “ volunteers”?

Have you ever done a voluntary work?

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 What do you know about Papua New Guinea?New Guinea?

Skimming

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):

The school wh

ere Jo worked and Jo’s work at school.

Jo and Jenny

visited Tombe’s home in the village.

Closing of the le

tter.

Part 2(Paragraph 2-3):

Part 3(Paragraph 4-8):

Part 4 (Paragraph 9):

1.Why did Jo send Rosemary some photos?2. Why the high school was called a bush school?3. Were the boys and villagers friendly to Jo? How do you know?4. Why was Science the most challenging subject for Jo?5. Why did the boys start jumping out the window?6. Why should it take Jo and Jenny two and a half hours to get to the village? 7. What is Tombe’s hut like?and the possessions?8. Why did Tombe throw the tin can out of the doorway?

1.Why did Jo send Rosemary some photos?

2. Why the high school was called a bush sc

hool?

It’s difficult for Rosemary to imagine how l

ife was hard / different in Jo’s description.

The classroom was made from

bamboo and the roofs were made from

grass.

Careful-reading

3. Were the boys and villagers friendly to

Jo? How do you know?

4. Why was Science the most challenging

subject for Jo?

There was no equipment.

Lots of “good mornings”; cry “ieee ieee”;

shake hands.

5. Why did the boys start jumping out the wi

ndow?

6. Why should it take Jo and Jenny two and a

half hours to get to the village?

They had to climb up a mountain to a ridge

first and then down a steep slope to the

valley.

The boy never came across something like

bubbling mixture.

1. The purpose that the author wrote the letter is that ___.

A. she wanted to tell Rosemary her teaching life in the high school.B. she wanted to tell Rosemary her learni

ng life in the high school.C. she wanted to tell Rosemary that she co

uldn’t get any money by teaching the poor students

D. she wanted to tell Rosemary how happy she was in the small village.

A

Choose the best answer.

2. In a chemistry experiment the boys jumped out of the windows because they _____.

A. were frightened by the bubbling mixtureB. couldn’t stand the terrible smell of the mixtureC. didn’t like doing chemistry experimentsD. knew chemistry was not relevant to them

A

3. Which of the following is TRUE about Jo’s attitude?

A. She is sure that all the boys will go to college in the future.B. She believes that chemistry is very useful to the boys.C. She is wondering if she can make any difference to the boys’ lives.D. She doesn’t like the simple life in the mountain village.

C

4. Which of the descriptions is NOT right about Tombe’s house?

A. It was a low bamboo hut with grass sticking out of the roof.

B. It was dark and there was a fireplace in the centre of it.

C. It was round-shaped, with small windows and a narrow doorway.

D. There were only a few possessions in it.

C

5. Why does Jo wonder how relevant

chemistry is to the kids?

A. Because she thinks chemistry is too

difficult to learn.

B. Because she thinks chemistry may

make little difference to the kids’ life.

C. Because the kids there hardly come

across anything of chemistry.

D. Because she thinks chemistry useless.

B

6. By writing “The only possessions that I could see were…”, the author wants to tell us ____.

A. Tombe’s family were kind-heartedB. Tombe’s family were guest-loversC. Tombe’s family only used simple thingsD. Tombe’s family were too poor

D

7. Why did Tombe throw out the tin can?

A. Because he believed the can attracted evil spirits.B. Because he believed any leftovers attracted evil spirits.C. Because he believed the can has no use at all.D. Because he believed the grill attracted evil spirits.

B

8. How did Jo feel after the visit to

Tombe’s family?

A. Happy B. Sad

C. Worried D. Upset

A

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.

Sum up