Good morning, everyone. Thank you. Okay, do you know who I am? Yeah, thank you. Okay, you can call me Miss Tender. I've traveled for about eight hours, covering more than 700 meters to get to your city. Does it sound a bit far? Yes, a little. Actually, as you can see from the map, we're quite close. We're neighbors. Okay. So, if possible, if you ever get a chance to visit my hometown, welcome! Just like the song we often sing, “我在贵州等你和我相遇”。
OK, so welcome to my hometown. Actually, when the high - speed railway line is expected to open at the end of next year, traveling from my city to Nanning, your city, will only take two hours.
This is amazing news for me because I like traveling. Do you like traveling? Oh, good. Okay. So, can you tell me why you like traveling? Right? Okay. Yeah, enjoy different beautiful scenery. Thank you. How about you? Okay, try delicious food. Maybe you're a food lover, right? Me too. Okay, what else? Okay. See beautiful scenery or meet new friends like you and me, right? Okay, thank you. What else? Pardon? Travel can make you relax, right? Get away from stress. So people often say travel broadens the mind. Do you agree? Yes. Okay. What does this saying mean from your point of view? Would anyone like to try? Okay, thank you. Please. You say you can try different foods, enjoy different cultures. Okay, appreciate cultures. Very good.
Okay, so today we're going to read a passage and see how travel broadens the mind. But before reading, please focus on the title and the pictures. What catches your eye?
Firstly, pictures, especially pictures of beautiful scenery, right? What else? A woman. Okay, now, first, please focus on this. Where do you usually see these words? On the website. You're so clever. Okay, on the website. And what else can you say? A blog here, right?
And just now you saw the woman. Can you guess what the woman's job might be? Photographer. Thank you. So follow me. Photographer. Okay, good. Then look at the title “Blog in Australia”. What is a blog? Where can you see a blog? On websites. Okay. A blog is usually a website where people can share and post their stories or pictures about their experiences or things that interest them. So now let's make a prediction. What will the passage talk about? A blog and traveling, right? What else? Australia. Okay, can you say it in a whole sentence? Blog about Australia. Okay, maybe it's about traveling in Australia. Maybe it is about... Okay, that girl, can you share your idea? Yes, you're so active today. Thank you. Okay, thank you. Quite reasonable.
Let's read the passage and check if your prediction is right or wrong. Okay, yes. So when you're reading, please focus on the keywords and expressions in the passage and in the questions. Please remember not to read word by word. Okay? Then understand the structure to know the type of the passage and match the questions with the paragraphs. Are you ready? Yes, here we go.
Hi, everybody. Have you finished? Yes. Okay. So who'd like to tell us what type of passage it is? What does it talk about? Okay, so if you don't know, please look at the questions here. Someone is asking some questions and someone is answering questions about something. So what kind of passage is it? Interview. Quite good, an interview.
Okay, now let's find out the main ideas corresponding to the paragraphs. Have you found them? Who'd like to share your findings?
Okay. Yeah, from the keywords and expressions, we know the first paragraph is about her personal information, right? Yes. Okay, thank you. The second one is about her connection to Western Australia. Yes. For the third group, it's about her favorite region. Good. And how about paragraph 4? Wow, amazing. Quite good. The influence of her love of nature. The last one, Shirley? Yes. Okay. It's about environmental protection, quite good.
Now let's check your prediction and choose your opinion about the main idea. Which one do you agree with? Yes, C is right. Okay, can you read it for us? “How Lauren Beth turned her hobby into a career and her story of being a blogger.” Quite good. Thank you, Simon. Please. Okay. Can you tell me what “career” means here? What does it mean? Okay, about somebody's job, profession, or life, right? Okay, so if we want to know how someone turned their hobby into a career, what information should we know about them?
Okay, good. What is the hobby? What? Good. Thank you. Pattern. Who is the person? Right? Just now you told me, right? Okay. What else do you want to know? What do you want to know? Okay, thank you. Please. Okay, her experience, quite good. What else do you want to know? Why? Yes, why? Who is speaking? Is that you, girl? Lovely. Okay, why did she do that? Right? Thank you. Okay. What else do you want to know? How? Yeah, who said “how”? Amazing answer. How did she achieve this goal? Her goal, right? Good. And do you want to know where she went? Yes, me too. Okay, so let's read paragraph 1 very carefully and note the three elements about the person clearly. Here we go.
Okay, time's up. Any volunteer to share what you've found about the person? Very good. She is Lauren Elizabeth Pierrebeth. Oh, it's a long name, quite difficult. So we usually call her Lauren Beth or Lauren for short.
Okay. And what information have you found about her? She was a chef, right? How did she feel about being a chef? Okay, good. Happy. So she was a happy chef. And now what does she do? Okay, a blogger, a professional photo - blogger. More exactly. So how does she feel about being a professional photoblogger? Happier? No, right? Challenging. So I'm very curious why she chose to change her job from a happy one to a challenging one. Are you curious? Yes. Okay. Who has found the reasons? Okay, good. Thank you.