Unit 5 Travelling abroad

We have more and more opportunities to travel or study abroad. Travelling helps us learn a lot about local customs and broaden our views. So, quite a few people try to study abroad. If you have such chance, which country or university would you like to choose?

Introduction

Harvard University

哈佛大学

The University of Sydney悉尼大学

耶鲁大学 Yale University总统的摇篮

Princeton University 普林斯顿大学

美国政治家的摇篮 33 位诺贝尔奖得主

麻省理工学院（ Massachusetts Institute of Technolog

y ) 科技宠儿的摇篮

University of Cambridge

牛津大学（ University of Oxford ）

What should we take into account( 考虑 ) before we decide to travel abroad?

Travel abroad

Local conditions and

customs

Applyfor a visa

Making plans

Money(traveller’s cheque)

Transportation

Thinking

Language

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Pre-reading 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of studying abroad? Discuss in groups,please.

Advantageshelp us to be independent.

would be easier to learn a foreign language

easier to learn advanced knowledge and technologylearn a lot about local customs and broaden our views

fun to live in a new country.relaxing

get rid of anxiety

have many new experiences

Disadvantages

difficult to communicate with others

will cost a lot of money.

may be tiring to live in a new country.

must look after oneself.

What are the advantages and disadvantages

of studying in a foreign country?

A: The advantages of studying in a foreign

country are that we could learn standard

English. We can communicate with the

local people, and we could know the

manners and customs of the country

better.

B: But there are still many disadvantages of studying there. It would be difficult for us to communicate with the foreign people, and we should adapt to the situation quickly. We can’t understand the language very well, so it’s difficult for us to do everything even some simple things. What’s more, we will miss our homes, miss our parents and friends.

B: But there are still many disadvantages of studying there. It would be difficult for us to communicate with the foreign people, and we should adapt to the situation quickly. We can’t understand the language very well, so it’s difficult for us to do everything even some simple things. What’s more, we will miss our homes, miss our parents and friends.

2. What do you think a Chinese student

will find different from studying at a

Chinese university?

They will find it’s not easy to study

in a foreign country. The different

teaching methods, different learning

methods and different situations, they

should adapt to all things quickly.

Reading Keep it up, Xie Lei Chinese student fitting in well

Task1. Skim the text and answer the questions.

1. What is Xie Lei in England for?How long has she been in England?

2. Which two types of people have helped Xie Lei most since she came to England? A. Her classmates. B. Tutors C.A host family D. Her family

She is in England to study at a university.She’s been in England for six months.

Reading

Match the main idea with each paragraph.

PP11

PP22

PP33

PP44

PP55

PP66

PP77

No.6Xie Lei, a Chinese girl, came to study in London

No.1 XieLei’s preparation year

No.7Xie Lei’s difficulty getting used tonew way of life

No.4 Benefits of living with a host family

No.2 Benefits of her preparation course

No.5Xie Lei’s new plan

No.3 The author’s best wish for XieLei

ReadingTask2. Scan the passage and give the answers to the following questions

1.How did Xie lei feel?

2.Which is right about her preparation course?

A. She doesn’t like it. B. It is very difficult. C. She has finished it. D. She thinks well of it.

She’s very excited but very nervous.

(para.1)

(Para.2)

Reading3.What are some of difficulties she faced when she first came to England?

4.Why does Xie Lei choose to board with a host family while studying in England?

A. She feels lonely while staying in a foreign country. B. She is afraid to get used to a new life in a new country. C. She can make good preparations for her courses. D. She can have opportunities to learn more about everyday life and customs in a new country.

Learning how to do everyday things like using a phone, paying on a bus, finding her way, understanding English in real life

(para.3)

(para.4)

5. Why is she doing a preparation course first?

6. How does Xie Lei try to get used to the new social life in England?

A. She tried to avoid rising a feeling of homesick. B. She tries to join in a few university clubs to share more social activities and meet some people she had much in common with. C. She tries to put her heart into her preparation for her courses. D. She tries to protect herself from the strange enviroment and does nothing to make herself familiar with the culture.

Reading

Xie Lei’s preparation course can help her to get used to academic requirements of a Western university. So she first finished the course.

(para.5)

(para.6)

Task4 Detailed reading

While studying in London, Xie Lei has some difficulties as well as benefits. Read the passage again, and try to find them according to the diagram given. (P39-2)

Benefits

of doing a preparation course

1. to learn how to fulfill Western academic ___________ . 2. to get used to a new____ ____ ____. requirements

of living with a host family

1. to learn more about everyday life and ________. 2. to have people explain things not understood.

customs

of having a tutor

1. to explain about why you cannot use other people’s work without _____________them. 2. to encourage you to express your own ideas.

acknowledging

way of lifeTask 3

Para.3Para.4Para.5

Difficulties

at the university

1.learning to read widely and ________the texts.

2. expressing one’s own _______with reasons.

analyse

of a new way of life

1. finding a __________ between study and a social life.

2. making new __________.

balance

friends

opinionsTask 4

Para.5Para.6

Correct the following sentences if necessary

1.He has got used to go swimming in winter.

2.It’s great comfort to talk about it with you .

3. She is halfway through the preparation year, when most foreign students complete before applying for a degree course.

4. As far as I concerned, I was willing to settle down in the countryside.

5. He is an advanced worker, from who we should learn.

6. I am too occupation with my work to help you.

7. I think I’ll fit in with well.

8. He is going to spend his holiday in London, where he once visited.

9. This is the first time we have studied together in this room.

1.He has got used to going swimming in winter.2.It’s a great comfort to talk about it with you .3. She is halfway through the preparation year ,which most foreign students complete before applying for a degree course.4. As far as I was concerned, I was willing to settle down in the countryside.

5. He is an advanced worker, from whom we should learn.6. I am too occupied with my work to help you.7. I think I’ll fit in well. 8. He is going to spend his holiday in London, which he once visited.

with

9. This is the first time we have studied together in this room.

There is no mistake.

Summary1.To the passage

2.To the phrases

1. Try telling us what you have learned about travelling abroad or about Xie Lei.

2.Complete the sentences with the correct phrases. (The phrases have been referred to and been written on t

he blackboard during the reading.)1) She took a long time to _________ driving on the left-hand side of the road. 2) They were very friendly people and they made me ____________ right away. 3) If only he could___________, he would break the world record. 4) I don’t care what you think. __________________ what they did was wrong. 5) He is _____________ preparing for the mid-term exams. 6) I found it really easy to _________because her family is similar to mine.

get used to

feel at homekeep it up

As far as I am concerned

occupiedfit it

Homework

Read the passage carefully and find the difficult language points