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