(
课件网) + Your Life is What You Make it Lead-in Let’s appreciate a short video together. 1. What do you think of his working condition 2. Do you want to work in such working condition Pre-reading Look at the pictures and predict what the passage is talking about. The text talks about a volunteer teacher at a village school. Task 1 Match the main idea with each part. Part 1 (Para. 1) Part 2 (Para. 2) Part 3 (Para. 3) Part 4 (Paras. 4-5) Changes Zhang Tian made Reasons to be a volunteer teacher Situations when he arrived A typical day for Zhang Tian Fast reading Task 2--Part 1 ———Para. 1 Name Job Work Schedule Where Zhang Tian a teacher started working at seven in the morning until late in the evening in Guizhou Province Careful-reading Para1: After a long day, Zhang Tian finally got back to his small room, feeling tired.He had started working at seven in the morning and it was eight in the evening now.He had to prepare his lessons for the following day. This is a typical day for Zhang Tian. Coming to Guizhou Province to teach has been quite an experience for him. Careful-reading Task 3--Part2 What did Zhang Tian’s parents want him to do 1 What did his friends do 2 Why did he want to become a volunteer teacher 3 Read Para 2 and try to answer the following questions. Para2: Zhang Tian graduated from university and got a teacher's certificate last year. His parents, like most, hoped he would go to a big city to find a teaching job. Likewise, his friends all left his hometown for work in Shanghai or Beijing. Zhang Tian felt differently, however he wanted to start a new lifestyle. He had met wonderful teachers from small villages during his early school years and he was inspired by them to go and teach where he was needed the most ! Careful-reading Para2: For that reason he applied, and became a volunteer teacher in a village school.Bringing with him lots of books, clothes, and two pairs of trainers, Zhang Tian travelled to the village with an eager heart. He imagined all sorts of exciting things about living independently and teaching in a village. Careful-reading Task 3--Part2 What did Zhang Tian’s parents want him to do 1 What did his friends do 2 Why did he want to become a volunteer teacher 3 Read Para 2 and try to answer the following questions. His parents wanted him to go to a big city to find a teaching job. His friends all left his hometown for work in Shanghai or Beijing. He wanted to a new lifestyle. Read Para 3 and try to find out the situations when he arrived at the school. Task 4--part3 The school Living conditions Para3: However, not everything lived up to Zhang Tian's hopes. The school was much smaller than he had expected, with only three classrooms.In front of the classrooms, there was a playground which got dusty on windy days and muddy on rainy days. Living in the village was also more challenging than he had thought. The power and water supplies were unstable, so he c ... ...
