* * Reading  八年级人教新目标下册 Unit 4  He said I was hard-working. 2004年度"感动中国"人物--徐本禹  a rural area Xu Benyu is a volunteer teacher. He volunteered to  teach in a rural area in Guizhou. And worked there  for years. Section 1  Before You Read We can clean their home. Old people Something we can do for them People who need help The  kids Your classmates The poor    Section 2  While  You  Read Put these words into the correct space as you read. a) world                 b) brothers  c) changed             d) agreed  e) mountains         f) different         She said helping others changed her life.     Teaching high school students in a poor mountain  village in Gansu Province may not sound like fun to  you. However, it                     the life of Yang Lei from  Beijing. The Peking University graduate first went  there as a volunteer on a one-year program.  village 乡村 Peking University 北京大学 graduate (大学)毕业生 volunteer 志愿者 changed The program was started by the Ministry of Education and the Chinese Young pioneers. Every year they send  100 volunteers to teach in China’s rural areas.      Life in the _________ was a new experience for Yang Lei. Her village was 2,000 meters above sea level, and  at first the thin air made her feel sick.  the Ministry of Education 教育部 Chinese Young Pioneer 中国少年先锋队 rural 乡下的; 乡村的 area 地区; 地域 mountains meter 米; 公尺 sea level 海平面 thin 稀薄的 make sb. do sth.  使某人做某事 The food was very simple--teachers ate porridge three  times a day. Fortunately, Yang Lei’s mother _______ with her. She said that both she and her husband  thought this was a good idea. “Young people today  need to experience ________ things,” she said. eat--ate fortunately 幸运地 husband 丈夫  agreed different     Most of the pupils live in school dormitories. They  work very hard. They get up at 5 am and read books until 11pm. They love having the volunteer teachers there. “There is no difference between you and them,”  says yang Lei. “They say that we are like big ________  or sisters to them, and they feel lucky.”   dormitory 宿舍 brothers love having  喜欢有 between…and…   在……两者之间     Some of the students may not be able to go to senior  high school or college. Families are poor and there  often isn’t money for education. “I can’t do anything  about that,” says Yang lei, “but I can open up my  students’ eyes to the outside _______ and give them  a good start in life.” She said she likes being a good  influence in the children’s lives. senior high school 高中 college 学院; 大学 open up 打开   open up one’s eyes   使……开眼界, 使认识 start 开始; 开端 influence 影响 world      Yang Lei enjoyed her time as a volunteer very  much. When her year was over, she said that she  would return to the area after finishing her studies.  She now works as a math teacher at a high school  in the city of Pingliang, Gansu Province. enjoy   享受…的乐趣; 喜欢enjoy oneself 过得快乐     enjoy doing sth.   喜欢做某事 1. Yang Lei is a volenteer teacher from Gansu Province.  2. The life in the mountains was hard for Yang Lei.  3. Yang’s parents agreed with their daughter.  4. Most of students live at home because they have no      money.  5. Yang said that she could open up the students’ eyes      to the outside world and be a good influence in the      children’s lives. True or false. F   T    T    F   T    Section 3  After You Read 3a. Complete the chart. Discuss with your partner. time to finish studying time to get up teachers food hometown    You    Yang Lei’s students mountain village in Gansu Province a city in … porridge three times  a day different kinds of delicious food almost no good teachers some good teachers 5 a.m. 6 a.m. 11 p.m. 9 p.m. 3b. Ask and answer these questions. What did Yang Lei’s mother say about her      daughter’s volunteer work?    2. What did the children say about their volunteer      teachers? She said that both she and her husband thought  this was a good idea. Young people today needed  to experience different things. The children said that the teachers were like big  brothers or sisters to them and they felt lucky. 3. How did Yang Lei say she could help?   4. What did Yang
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