S: They will find it's not easy to study in a foreign country. Different teaching method, different learning method and different education system, they should adapt to all these things quickly.

Step Ⅲ While-reading

Get the students to comprehend the passage quickly and accurately, meanwhile help the students to form a good habit of reading.

T: Now please skim the passage fast to obtain a general understanding of the whole passage. While reading, try to find out the main idea of each paragraph.

Several minutes later, ask the students to talk about the main idea of each paragraph. At the same time, show the suggested main ideas on the screen.

Main idea of each paragraph:

Para.1: Xie Lei, a Chinese girl, is studying in a foreign country - London.

Para.2: General introduction to Xie Lei and her study.

Para.3: The difficulties Xie Lei met while living in London.

Para.4: The advantages of living with a host family.

Para.5: Xie Lei is getting used to the Western Univer sity's way of learning.

Para.6: Xie Lei feels much more at home in England now and is living an active life.

Para.7: The newspaper will follow Xie Lei's progress in later editions.

T: Well done. Now please read the text carefully to have a better understanding of the text. Then we will look at some detailed information of the text. Studying in London, Xie Lei has to face some difficulties. While on the other hand, she also gets some benefits. Try to find the difficulties and benefits from the text and fill in the diagram on Page 39.

To finish this task, the students need to scan the text and make a summary. After they have finished it, check the answers by asking some students to tell what they have written.

T: Who would like to tell your answers?

S: I would like to say something about the benefits. The benefit of doing a preparation course is helping her to get used to academic requirements of a Western University.

S: I think that the benefit of living with a host family is that she can get lots of advice; she has the opportunity to learn more about everyday life and customs of the new country. Living with a host family is a great comfort when she misses her family.

S: And I think the benefit of having a tutor is getting some good advice on study and he or she can coach you with your article; you can make great progress with the help of a tutor.

T: Very good! Then, what about the difficulties?

S: The difficulties that Xie Lei met at the University were that when she heard an expression, she couldn't understand. It seems strange to her that someone does something. She didn't know how to write a good essay on her own.

S: In order to get used to a new way of life, she had to learn almost everything again. For example, how to use the phone, how to pay on the bus, how to ask a shopkeeper for things she didn't know the English for. She didn't understand the words that the