Chapter 2 If you have a chance to go overseas, and which country would you like to go? Why?Have you ever been aboard? Reasons for an Educational Trip?• It helps us to see how other people live.• It’s good to learn another language.• It’s nice to make new friends. • We can try other types of food. • We can play sports and activities which we cannot do in China.• We can visit a school in another country to see how the students learn there. What do you know about…?merlionSingapore/the Lion CityThe White House The United StatesWashington DC What do you know about…?The Eiffel Tower FranceAyres RockAustraliaThe largest monolith（单块巨石） Find the factsWhere did he/she go?Which organization arranged the trip?How long did he/she stay for?Tammy LuoOne yearEdwin SuTen daysSylvia Wang Japan AucklandNew ZealandAmerican Field ServiceThailand World VisionSix weeksJapan Airline A wonderful year in New Zealand◆ What question worried me when the American Field Service programme accepted me?◆ What do I find was quite difficult at first?◆ What did I do during the programme? Visiting the poor in ThailandLast year I went to Thailand for ten years. The trip was ________ by World Vision, which helps poor people _________ the world. I went with ________ students and two _________. The aim of the trip was to see the __________ for ourselves. We were ________affected by what we saw. There is a big _________between the lives of the rich and the poor. In some areas we saw families living in _______ ________. However, the Thai Government is working hard to ________ the situation.fundedthroughoutanotherreportersproblemsdeeplygaprubbish dumpsimprove Scholarship to Japan• Sylvia thought that their visits were useful in some way. • She flew to Japan on a JAL plane. • After the first five weeks, Sylvia Wang visited five cities.• Sylvia wrote the article in winter.• The word We in the article refers the foreign students in Japan. TTFFT Phrases in the text• educational visits to sp. ﹡win a …scholarship• give a talk about… ﹡ enable sb. To do sth.• become more confident ﹡attend the language class• throughout the world ﹡go on sightseeing tours• be deeply affected by… ﹡go abroad • the poor/the rich ﹡turn out to be• improve the situation ﹡keep in touch with• a valuable experience
