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课件网) Section B (2a-2d) Unit 10 I’ve had this bike for three years. Key words & phrases: nowadays, search, among, crayon, shame, regard, count, century, according to, opposite, especially, childhood, consider, close to, hold Key sentences: 1. Many people choose to leave their towns and villages to search for work in the city. 2. Thanks to the new roads around his village, Zhong Wei will now be able to open an online shop that sells delicious food from his hometown. 3. Zhong Wei regards such developments as important steps for his hometown. To learn an article about hometown feeling. 学习目标 Warm up There’s a beautiful word for the people who have been a long time away from home and miss their hometown. Can you guess what it is It is homesickness, or ... nostalgia n. 思乡；怀旧 Free Talk How do you feel when enjoying the poetry and the music Is anyone in our class away from his/her hometown If you are away from your hometown, will you miss it What will you miss about your hometown Do your parents leave your hometown for work every year hometown n. 家乡；故乡 Pre-reading 2a Answer the questions before you read. Then read the passage to find out how similar your answers are to the passage. 1. What changes have you seen in your hometown 2.What has stayed the same in your hometown Discussion Instructions: Work in groups of four. First, discuss the three questions together. Next, read the passage and find the answers. Compare your answers with those from the text. Reading Strategy Using Previous Knowledge We can often guess what a text is about by using what we already know. Answering questions before we read can also help us do this. Hometown Feelings Paragraph 1: Many people choose to leave their towns and villages to search for work in the city. Among these people is Zhong Wei, a 46-year-old husband and father. He has worked in Wenzhou for almost 13 years. With a busy job in a crayon factory, he doesn’t have time to return to his village often. On a recent visit, he said, “It’s a shame that I had to leave my hometown. I’ve always wanted to move back.It has improved so much since I left.” Paragraph 2: Nowadays, more and more hometowns are changing for the better. Large hospitals and new schools have appeared. And in many places, the government has also built new roads and bridges. This has made traveling between villages, towns, and cities much easier. Thanks to the new roads around his village, Zhong Wei will now be able to open an online shop that sells delicious food from his hometown. Paragraph 3: Zhong Wei also likes the new school in his village.?“The old school opened in the middle of the last century,” said Zhong Wei.“The classrooms we used to read and count in were really small. Now there’s a completely new school with a big library. Some city schools have also sent teachers to help out.” Paragraph 4: Zhong Wei regards such developments as important steps for his hometow ... ...
