《跨文化交际》第三、四单元 补充阅读.docVIP

《跨文化交际第三、四单元 补充阅读 When you finish the following reading, you should be able to: 1. Find out how VSO started and what it does. 2. Analyse the effect of VSO on volunteers themselves. Focus questions for text 1. Who started VSO and when? 2. Who make up the three-way partnership? 3. What is the effect of the experience on the VSOs themselves? Text Norman The north-western university of xian, hosting the annual VSO training conference for the 144 volunteers in China who make up the largest single VSO project in the world. Its a time to meet up with other volunteers … to attend lectures and workshops … and to present the results of their own experience in China. Ding bao qing ( office manager ) VSO began to erm send teachers of English to China in er 1981 … in that year VSO sent 6 English teachers to er teachers colleges in er remote areas in China … er in the past more than twenty years er VSOs projects in China have been increasing. Now we have altogether about 144 volunteers working in China. Paul turner (chief representative VSO China) Well VSO was really the brainchild of erm alec and mora dixon erm who were working in the colonial service in … overseas for Britain for a number of years before and after the war er and they joined forces with launcelot fleming who was the bishop of portsmouth erm and they decided to try and set up a scheme where they could send British youth overseas to assist in the development process and more specifically to assist in … people in ordinary lives, helping them in terms of being teachers and technicians and assistants erm it was very much an establishment set-up which was established by the great and the good er we had the bishop of portsmouth and alec himself came from rugby which is a very er important British school er and indeed the volunteers who went out er back in 1958 that was the year when it all started er and the first volunteer went from er marlborough college er which is also a very important establishment