Travelling abroad

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Unit 5 Travelling abroad

Teaching goals

1. Develop the students`ability of predicting and catching the main information by using some reading strategies;

2. Develop the students` ability of discovering , analyzing and solving the problems.

3. Build up the students` confidence and determination of facing difficulties and challenges

Do you like traveling? If you could go anywhere in the world, which country would you like to visit? Why?

Warming up

What should we take into account before we decide to travel abroad?

Travel abroad

Money

ID card

Transportation

Local conditions and customs

Accommodation

Weather

Make plans

Apply for

a visa

Thinking

We have more and more opportunities to travel or study abroad. Travellinghelps us learn a lot about local customs and broaden our views. So, quite a few people try to study abroad.

Pre-reading

Do you want to go abroad for a further study?

Oxford University

Cambridge University

Princeton University

普林斯顿大学

美国政治家的摇篮 33位诺贝尔奖得主

Harvard University

Yale University

总统的摇篮

Massachusetts Institute of Technology麻省***

科技宠儿的摇篮

What are the advantages and disadvantages of studying in a foreign country?

Advantages

help us to be independent.

would be easier to learn a foreign language

easier to learn advanced knowledge and technology

learn a lot about local customs and broaden our views

fun to live in a new country.

relaxing

get rid of anxiety

have many new experiences

Disadvantages

difficult to communicate with others

will cost a lot of money.

may be tiring to live in a new country.

must look after oneself.

What do you think a Chinese student will find different from studying at a Chinese university?

Keep it up, Xie Lei

Chinese student fitting in well

Reading

The main idea of the whole text.

It mainly talks about the Chinese student Xie Lei’s __________ ______ ____ ______, especially about some _______ she gets as well as some _______ she faces while studying in London.

benefits

difficulties

university study

and life

Fast reading:

motherland

What to expect

qualification

beneficial

concentration

host family

new culture

essay

opinions

at home

balance

social life

enterprise

1 It was the first time that Xie Lei had left her home country.

2 She has come to the England University to complete a literature qualification.

3 Most foreign students must complete the preparation course before entering a course.

4 Xie Lei lives in student apartments with her students.

5 Now ,Xie Lei doesn’t feel much more at home in England.

F

F

T

T

F

True or false

business

with a host family.

Xie Lei, a 21-year-old girl, for the first time left her motherland  China to study for a business ____________ in London. Like most foreign students, she has to complete the preparation course before applying for a _______ course.

Read the text carefully and fill in the blanks.

degree

qualification

Xie Lei explained it took up all her ____________ in the beginning to get used to a new way of life there. Sometimes she felt like a child because she had to learn almost everything again. Luckily, she lives with a ____ family who can give her good advice, and also the chance to learn more about the new culture. Meanwhile, it is a substitute family to give her comfort when she ______ her family.

misses

concentration

host

The ___________ course, in Xie Lei’s opinion, is most beneficial, making her understand the ____________________ of a Western university. To write an essay, ________ Xie Lei’s tutor was concerned, the most important thing was her own opinion. He required her to read lots of texts containing different opinions and _______ them.

preparation

academic requirements

as far as

analyse

Remember the information and try to fill in the blanks.

Benefits

of doing a preparation course

____________________________

____________________________.

2. ____________________________

____________________________.

to learn how to fulfill Western academic requirements

to get used to a new way of life and improve her English

of living with a host family

_____________________________

_____________________________.

2. _____________________________

_____________________________.

to learn more about everyday life and customs

to have people to explain things not understood

of having a tutor

______________________________

______________________________

______________________________.

2. ______________________________

______________________________.

to explain about why you cannot use other people’s work without acknowledging it

to encourage you to express your own ideas with reasons

Difficulties

at the university

___________________________

___________________________.

2. ___________________________

___________________________.

learning to read widely and analyze the texts

expressing one’s own opinion with reasons

1. What kind of person do you think Xie Lei is? Find evidence in the article to support your opinion.

1) She is serious about her work.

Evidence:

She did research on the Internet for her essay.

Discuss these questions in groups.

3) She is enterprising and adaptable.

Evidence:

She left her city to go to England even though she had never travelled abroad before.

She settled down well enough to feel at home in a strange country.

3) She is enterprising and adaptable.

Evidence:

She left her city to go to England even though she had never travelled abroad before.

She settled down well enough to feel at home in a strange country.

Suppose you are a newspaper reporter. Please interview Xie Lei using the following words or phrases and write a passage.

keep it up, get along, make progress, board, adjust to, It is the first time XXXXX, get used to, as far as one is concerned, feel at home, all the best, etc.

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