Give roses to others and the lasting fragrance( 芳香 ) will remain in your hand. 予人玫瑰，手留余香。

What message is this old saying trying to convey?

It is about the value of______. It is important for us to learn to ________and offer our _____________to those in need. _________brings us happiness and joy. Helping others is helping___________.

sharing

share

love and careSharing

ourselves

In every part of the world, there is a particular group of people who have understood the message very well and they offer their service to those in or outside their community without asking for pay or any other rewards.

volunteers

Jo, a young Australian woman

one of them

worked as a volunteer teacher away from her own country.

the name of the country is PNG

Independent State of Papua New Guinea

In the Pacific Ocean;

located to the north of Australia;

a developing country;

English as official language;

traditional farming;

Tools are very basic. There is no machinery

little education;

85% of children start school

60% of these reach Year 5

Basic information of PNG

A

Letter

Home

From Jo

To Rosemary

Part 1 (Para 1)

Part2(Para______)

Part 3 (Para______)

Part 4 (Para 9)

A visit to a local village

The closing of the letter

The opening of the letter and introduction to the topic

The school and Jo’s work as a teacher

2-3

4-8

Skimming

Match each part with its main idea.

Main idea: Jo's __________as a volunteer teacher in PNG.

experience

Circle the names of those people who are mentioned

Rosemary

the boys

Tombe

Jenny

Kiak

Mukap

Scanning

1. _________ was dying to hear all about Jo’s life in Papua New Guinea. 2. _________ walked a long way to get to the school. 3. ___________ didn’t have any textbooks.4. ___________ became a lot more imaginative when teaching. 5. ____________ started jumping out the windows during a chemistry experiment.

Rosemary

The boys

The boys and Jo Jo

The boys

6. __________ visited a village that was the home of one of the boys, Tombe. 7. _________ started crying “ieee ieee” to welcome them 8. _________ led us to a low bamboo hut. 9. _________ was going to share the platform with Jenny and Jo. 10. ____________ softly talked to each other in their language Jo didn’t understand.

Jenny and Jo

Kiak

Mucap

Kiak

Tombe’s family

Difficulties and ways to solve them

her lifeschool

the lifevillagers’

By comparison, we’ll find their teaching

conditions are extremely ______.

Undoubtedly, teaching there is rather

____________.

It is __________ to work as a teacher

there and the teacher has to be

_____________in teaching.

poor

challenging

demanding

imaginative

Para. 4 – 8:

A. We left and felt privileged.B. We had a meal and I saw a strange custom.C. The poor condition of the room.D. A special custom of the tin can.E. My first visit to a village

Part 3: A visit to a local family

Para. 4

Para. 5

Para. 6

Para. 7

Para. 8

B

A

C

D

E

Family relationships

Everyone seemed to be a ________ of Tombe’s.

Type of houses

Mukap’s house is a _____________ hut with grass ________________________. No ___________, the doorway was just big enough to _____________. ___________ had been laid on the floor.

Sleeping arrangements

A newly made ________ for Jenny and me to sleep on. Mukap and Tombe were to sleep on ____________.

Possessions

I could only see one _______, a few ___________________and a couple of ________.

low bamboosticking out of the

roofwindowsget through

relative

Fresh grassplatform

tin plates and cupsbroom

jars

Read Paragraph 4-5 and finish the chart

small beds

Read Paragraph 6-8 and finish the chart

Cooking methods

Hot stones are placed in an empty __________ with vegetables, then the vegetables are covered with _________________ and left to _______.

Diet ______________, ______ and greens.

Beliefs

The villagers believe that leftovers ________ evil spirits in the night, so the food is _________ in the can and __________ out of the hut.

Jo’s feeling It was such a _________ to have spent a day with Tombe’s family.

oil drum

banana leaves

steamsweet potatoes corn

dried up

attract

thrownprivilege

FF

TT

FF

FF

TT1. It’s difficult for Jo to know local people because of the language.2. Jo has been to the remote village many times.

4. The huts were rectangular like the school buildings.

3. When Jo and Jenny arrived at the village, they shook hands with all the villagers.

5. Tombe threw out the tin can because it was very dirty.

T or FT or F

The summer vacation is coming. The good news is that there is no homework for you. The only assignment for you is to do some voluntary work in groups. Every group consists of four members. Now

1. What kind of voluntary work will you choose to do?2. How can the receiver be helped? 3. What kind of difficulties will you meet with?4. How can this experience help you?

Orphanagehome for the aged

Cherish what we have

Offer our little love

Roses given, fragrance in hand

Share love with others, love spreads.

Each contribution- no matter how small- can help make a difference.