M6U4Helpingpeoplearoundtheworld.doc

M6U4 Helping people around the worldReading (1) 预习案Learning objectives:1. Students can be familiar with some difficult words and phrases.2. Students can learn something about the UN.Step 1: Guess the meaning of the following difficult words and phrases.(1) promote (Line 3) _(2) take on this role (Line 7) _(3) function (Line 12) _(4) promote respect for human rights (Line 14) _(5) touch (Line 16) _(6) press (Line 28) _(7) approximately (Line 34) _(8) transform (Line 39) _(9) lots of worthwhile programmes (Line 40) _(10) be available to sb (Line 46) _(11) complete primary education (Line 48) _(12) look up (Line 49) _Step 2: Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1. The UN is an international organization made up of countries that want to promote world peace._2. One of the goals is to ensure that clean water is available everyone, as in many places water is not safe to drink unless it is boiled._Step 3: Fast reading 1. Who is Tang Ning?_2. How many countries belong to the UN?_3. Which countries has Tang Ning visited?_你在预习过程中还有其它问题吗？_M6U4 Helping people around the worldReading (1) 导学案Learning objectives:1. To grasp the main idea of the passage and be familiar with the detailed information about the text. 2. Develop the reading ability-how to understand a speakers attitude during a speech.3. To gain a good knowledge of the UN and better know the work and responsibility of a UN Goodwill Ambassador.Learning procedures:Step 1: Check the answers of the preview paperStep 2: Lead in1. What can you see in those pictures? How can we help them?2. Which organization do you think can help these people?3. What do you know about the UN?Step 3: Fast readingTang Ning is a successful businesswoman and a UN Goodwill Ambassador. Read the speech she gave about the work she has been doing.Task: Read the speech quickly and answer the following questions.1. How does Tang Ning feel about being a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN?2. Where do the UN soldiers come from?3. In addition to wars and conflicts, what other problems does the UN help with?Step 4: Careful readingTask 1: Read the text and divide it into three parts. Part 1 (Para1_ ) A brief _ of the UN and working as a Goodwill AmbassadorPart 2 (Para _)The work which the author has been doing with the UN.Part 3 (Para 6) The _ the UN helps solve and the _ they will reach.Task 2: Decide whether the sentences are true or false according to Para 4-5.( ) 1. Although not well-paid for her work, Tang Ning is willing to take on her role as a UN Goodwill Ambassador. ( ) 2. Tang Ning usually pays visits to the countries which receive aid from the UN. ( ) 3. At a UN meeting in 2000, the majority of member countries agreed to try and meet 8 development goals in the following decade.( ) 4. One of the 8 goals is to guarantee all children will be able to attend university.Step 5: Further reading Task 1: Task-based readingThe UNbringing everyone closer together Its an international organization consisting of countries devoted to (2)_ world peace.NatureIt has no army of its own. Instead, its members (3) _ it soldiers.Foundation It was (4) _ in October 1945 by 51 countries.To keep international peaceA brief (1)_ of the UNTo develop friendly relationships among nations(5) _To work together in solving international political conflicts and in promoting respect for human rightsTo be a centre for organizing the actions or work of different nationsDevelopmentNow it has 192 countries (6) _To ensure that everyone has access to clean waterTwo of the development goals by 2015To offer each child a complete (7) _ educationMaking people (8) _ more about the UNs work with the help of the television and pressThe authors job as a Goodwill AmbassadorVisiting countries where the UN has programmes to help people, which is voluntary workGiving people working on the projects great (9)_(10) _ local peoples attention on the situationTask 2: Reading strategyunderstanding a speakers attitudePositiveA speakers attitudeNegative(1) In your opinion, what is the authors attitude towards the work of the UN? (2) Find more sentences in paragraph 1 to 2 to support your views.Step 6: Discussion1. Would you like to be a Goodwill Ambassador? Why or why not?2. If you were a Goodwill Ambassador, where were you likely to visit and what would you do? Step 7: Homework1. Reading comprehension AThe UN Security Council was created in 1945. It is made up of 10 rotating (轮值的) members and five permanent members, which have a veto, the power to stop a resolution (决议). Most UN members now consider the organizations structure outdated. But any changes need the agreement of two thirds of the 191 members, and no veto from any of the five permanent council members.Last year, Japan, Germany, Brazil and India formed a lobbying (游说) group to get permanent council seats. But North and South Korea have doubts about Japan, Italy opposes Germany for a seat, Pakistan is against Indias candidacy (候选资格) and Mexico and Argentina frown on Brazil.A wave of emotion swept through China last week as millions of Chinese voiced their opposition to Japans permanent membership of the United Nations (UN) Security Council. By last Friday over 22 million Chinese had signed an online petition (请愿) against Japans bid for a permanent seat on the council.According to major Chinese websites, such as , more than 170,000 overseas Chinese also signed. This is the first online activity of its kind.The petition was started by USbased Alliance for Preserving the Truth of the SinoJapanese War (抗日战争史实维护会). They want Japan to apologize for crimes during World War . The group also plans to present the petition to the UN this autumn.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said he didnt think the petition shows antiJapanese feeling. He believed instead it is a request for Japan to take a responsible attitude towards history.1. Whats the main idea of the first paragraph?A. Function of the UN in world affairs.B. Members of the UN.C. Facts about the UN Security Council.D. Reform of the UN Security Council.2. The underlined phrase “frown on” in the second paragraph can be replaced by _.A. agree on B. disapprove ofC. give a firm support to D. say yes to3. Whats the main reason for Chinas opposition to Japans permanent membership of the Council?A. Japan is unwilling to admit to its crimes against the Chinese in the World War .B. Millions of people in Asia signed a petition against it.C. The Chinese people have strong antiJapanese feeling.D. Japan is an irresponsible country that once had a history of invasion.BIt was shortly after her daughter was born in 2005 that Deng Zhixin gave birth to an idea to help children who had been abandoned by their parents.While exchanging ideas online with a group of new moms on how to take care of children, Deng came across stories of children born with diseases being left by their parents on the street or in hospitals.“My original intention was to find medical aid for those kids, and give them the love they deserve as much as other children,” said Deng, 41.With a group of mothers in Beijing in 2007, Deng cofounded Angel Mom, an organization that helps poor orphans who might die without receiving timely medical treatment.Angel Mom collects funds from wealthy people to provide medical help to the disabled children and finds adoptive parents for them.“We concentrated on seeking financial support for their operations and finding them a family capable of and truly willing to adopt them,” she said.Weeks ago, Deng quit her job for the third time in three years. Before she quit, she was the chief financial operator in a company with an annual salary of more than 500，000 yuan.“I couldnt handle the heavy work while taking care of the children at the same time,” Deng said.Angel Mom now maintains cooperation with more than 15 hospitals across the country.As soon as a child arrives, Deng and her partners immediately start seeking financial help from wealthy people through personal relationships or accept assistance from certain charities, such as Smile Angel Foundation, founded in 2006 by Chinese singer Faye Wong and her husband Li Yapeng to help children with cleft lips (兔唇).“It usually takes days or even weeks to find someone who would like to donate a sufficient amount if the childs illness doesnt meet the charity funds requirements,” Deng said, adding that six children have passed away, some due to lack of timely medication.“For me, those children mean res