Lesson 3 A Volunteer Teacher

Which part of China do you think the picture is from?

Inner Mongolia

North China

Autonomous Region

Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol) 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.

Of all the Chinese provinces and autonomous regions, Inner Mongolia is the third largest after Xinjiang and Tibet.

Grassland

Tent

Cattle

Volunteer

volunteer, graduate, minus, basin, challenge, decision, win support, dial,

prepare for

Key Words

1. ________ to pass your final exam at university.

2. ___________ to get help and encouragement.

3. _________ something new, exciting, or difficult to do.

Match the word with its definitionGraduate

Win support

Challenge

4. __________ to make yourself ready for something.

5. ________ a choice that you make.

6. ________ someone who do a job without being paid.

Prepare for

Decision

Volunteer

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.

3. Why did she decide to go there?

It is her duty to do

something for students

in poor areas.

4. What is she going to do in Inner Mongolia?

A teacher.5. What do her parents think of her

decision? At first they didn’t like the idea

and finally she won their support.

Is it a good idea to do voluntary work?What reasons do people have for doing voluntary work?

Voice your opinion

Grammar

Listen to the interview again. Pay attention to these sentences from the interview. What verb forms are used to talk about the future?

1. The train leaves at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning.

2. So I’m getting up at about 6 go get everything ready.

Present Simple

Present Continuous3. I’m going to work as a volunteer

teacher in a small country town in Inner Mongolia. going to + infinitive

Look at the English language summer camp program. Imagine the organiser telling the group about it. Write sentences.

What are the people in the pictures going to do ? Write sentences.

1. He is going to play the guitar. 2. He is going to change the tyre. 3. She is going to dance. 4. They are going to have a party.

Expressing future arrangements and intentions.be going to-- to express an intention to do something.Present Continuous-- to talk about future events that we have already fixed or

arranged.

Present Simple-- to talk about official events or timetables which we cannot change.

be going to do 与 be doing 的区别be going to do 表示事先经过考虑过 , 然后计划好将做某事 ; 迹象将发生某事。We are going to go climbing this week.My sister is going to go to Australia in a week.It is going to snow.

be doing 指立刻决定的计划 , 没有经过一段时间 的考虑 , 意思上相当于 be about to do, 但后者不能接时间状语 ; 多用于表示位置移动的动词中 , 如 : go, come, arrive, leave, reach, start;

I am going to hometown this afternoon. He is leaving.We are playing the piano at six.I am about to go out.

1. —Smoking is bad for you. —I know. I __________________ (give) it up soon.

2. The art exhibition _____ (open) on 3 May and ________ (finish) on 15 July.

am going to give

opens

finishes

3. We _______ (go) to a concert tonight. We’ve already got the tickets.

4. Sue _________ (come) to see us tomorrow. Her train _____ (arrive) at 10:15. I ___________ (meet) her at the station.

are going

is comingarrives

am meeting

You have just started your senior high school . You must have a lot of plans. Choose from the following and write about one of your plans:

Your plan for the next three years.Your plan for the coming holiday.Your plan for the coming weekend.

Homework: writing