M6U4 Reading.ppt

1、Two themes,for the world today,peace and development,war,Fire,sandstorm,desertification,volcano,drought,So make a better world Make a better world .,tsunami,earthquake,famine,poverty,Who can help those in need?,organizations,national organizations,governmental organizations,international organizatio

2、ns,non-governmental organizations,outstanding people,common people,The UN,Unit 4 Reading,bringing everyone closer together,What do you know about the UN?,A General Assembly meeting,The UN peace-keepers,The UN headquarters (New York),The UN logo,Ban Ki-moon,Kofi Annan,Brainstorm,October 24 United Nat

3、ions Day is celebrated by all member countries in order to inform the world of the aims, purposes and achievements of the UN.,Brainstorm,Skimming,Read the text quickly and divide the text into three parts.,Part 1,Part 2,Part 3,Brief introduction of the UN,What Tang Ning has done as a UN Goodwill Amb

4、assador,The problems the UN helps solve and its goals to achieve by 2015,Para_,Para_,Para_,(1-3),(4-5),(6),The United Nations (the UN),When it was set up,Countries in the UN,Fill in as much information as you can.,After the Second World War in October 1945,(originally) 51 countries,(recently) 192 co

5、untries,Fill in as much information as you can.,The United Nations (the UN),Its four main functions,_,2._,_,3._,_,_,4._,to keep international peace;,_,_,to develop friendly relationships among nations;,to be a center for organizing the actions or work of different nations.,to work together in solvin

6、g international political conflicts and in promoting respect for human rights;,4._,_,Helps end some of the worlds most horrible conflicts;,Fill in as much information as you can.,The United Nations (the UN),Problems it helps to deal with,_,_,_,5._,_,2._,assists the victims of wars and disasters;,3._

7、,improves international laws;,protects human rights;,helps with other problems such as lack of education, starvation, disasters,AIDS and other diseases.,Read para.6 to find the rest information,Find the rest information in para. 6.,The United Nations (the UN),Goals it promises to achieve by 2015,_ i

8、n all, including: _ available to everyone; _ of all children.,Eight,clean water,primary education,Read Para(4-5) carefully and try to answer these questions.,What occupation does the speaker take up in the UN? How much money does she earn by doing this job? What countries has she visited? How does s

9、he help by visiting these countries?,What occupation does the speaker take up in the UN? How much money does she earn by doing this job? What countries has she visited?,A Goodwill Ambassador.,She volunteers. She gets no salary for the job.,She has visited many countries in Africa.,4.How does she hel

10、p by visiting these countries?,Her visits are reported by the television and press.,increase peoples knowledge of the UNs work,encourage people working there,draw local peoples attention,Reading strategy: happy pleased honored fortunate,positive,horrible difficult angry unhappy,negative,United Natio

11、ns International Childrens Fund 联合国儿童基金会,Jackie Chan actor to develop friendly relationships among nations ; to co-operate in solving international problems and in promoting respect for human rights ; and to be a center for organizing the actions or work of different nations.,The UNa charter that ha

12、s four:to.;toamong nations; toin .international problems and infor human rights; and to be a centre forthe actions or work of different nations.,5 The organization is involved in peacekeeping operations to help end some of the worlds most horrible conflicts . 6 Watch any TV report on places where th

13、ere is a war , and you will see soldiers wearing blue berets , 7 With the help of these armies and other worthy organizations the UN assists the victims of wars and disasters .,该组织参与维和行动， 协助终止世界上最为恐怖的冲突。,8 My job with the UN is not paid , but voluntary and as I said before , I mainly visit countries

14、 where the UN has programmes to help people . 9 In addition , my visits will encourage people working on the projects and draw local peoples attention to the situation .,10 Recently , I was fortunate enough to travel to South Africa , where I met some women who have organized themselves into a group

15、. 11 They collect one rand ( approximately 1.35 yuan ) per day from each member and add it to a sum of money the government gives them. 12 With luck their group will be able to expand and maybe set up a shop .,13 There are lots of such programmes and funds under the umbrella of the UN , and these ha

16、ve helped millions of people across the world . 14 Apart from urgent problems caused by wars and conflicts , the UN helps countries with other problems such as lack of education , lack of food , poverty , disasters and disease.,15 At a UN meeting in 2000, all 191 members agree to try and meet eight

17、development goals by the year 2015 . 16 One of the goals is to ensure that fresh drinking water is available to everyone .,Find out the following phrases,1 have this chance to do sth. 2 refer to 3 operate programmes to help people 4 be chosen to 5 feel honoured to do sth. 6 take on this role,7 belon

18、g to 8 be based on 9 keep international peace 10 develop friendly relationships among nations 11 co-operate in solving intenational problems,12 promote respect for human rights 13 organize the actions or work of different nations 14 touch the lives of people everywhere 15 be involved in peacekeeping operations end the worlds most horrible conflicts protect human rights,18 work to improve international laws 19 those ( laws ) on child labour 20 follow and record my