Helping people around the world Unit 4

the beauty of Africa

the life of African people

problems Africa is facing now Lack of food Lack of education Lack of drinking water

causes of the problems war Desertification drought flood

What should we do to solve these problems? We should try our best to help the people in these poor areas.

A diary entry of a nurse who works for MSF. MSF is an international organization that provides free medical services around the world. 无国界医生组织

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Every year, about 3,000 MSF volunteers from all over the world are sent to more than 80 countries to provide humanitarian ( 人道主义的 ) and medical aid to people in need.

Listen to the passage and try to find the answers to the following questions. 1. What disaster does the place where the nurse stays suffer? 2. Can she communicate with the local people easily? Why? 3. How does she feel when thinking of her experiences as a member of MSF?

1. What disaster does the place where the nurse stays suffer? 2. Can she communicate with the local people easily? Why? 3. How does she feel when thinking of her experiences as a member of MSF? Floods. Yes. Because many people can speak English and French. She feels that she has been very lucky to be able to help others and do something worthwhile.

Read the diary carefully and try to find the answers to some more questions. 1. Where do you think she works most of the time? 2. What’s the situation in the flooded area? 3. What dangers do you think she feels about her job? 4. What dangers and problems do you think the people on the island face?

1. Where do you think she works most of the time? 3. What dangers do you think she feels about her job? Usually, she is working in areas that have no water such as Kenya and Sudan, where famine is the problem. Sometimes there is lots of fighting. There is not enough clean water. 2. What’s the situation in the flooded area? Everything is in chaos. The whole island is flooded. People have fled to the mountains. The hospital is badly damaged, and is completely unusable.

4. What dangers and problems do you think the people on the island face? The outbreak of water-borne diseases such as malaria and typhoid. People who have regular medication cannot get hold of it in a disaster. It’s difficult for cuts and wounds to heal and easy for bacteria to spread. Shelter and access to food and clean water are big problems.

Everything was in chaos. The island is flooded. The hospital is damaged, in a mess and unusable. 1.How are things there in the island ? Para 1 Detailed reading How are things in Kenya and Sudan? no waterfamine

set up feeding centers to ensure that people got food checked the health of babies to make sure they were putting on weight had a vaccination campaign to stop children dying from measles 2.How did she help in Kenya and Sudan?

3. What dangers did she face in Kenya and Sudan? fighting in villages look out for bullets run from one place to another outbreak of water borne diseases mud and water evrywhere What dangers is she facing there now ? difficult to travel from one place to place

A temporary clinic Where? In a vacant health center on the north side of the town People who have regular medication cannot get hold of it in a disaster. Minor injuries also need to be taken care of. What to solve? Para 2

problems shelter and access to food and clean water The fields and harvest have been destroyed What? malnutrition Why? Worry about? They will not get enough.

By speaking English or French. 1. How do they communicate? Para 3 2. How do they communicate when there is a language barrier ? Using acting skills. 3. What does she do besides as a nurse ? A person who can listen to and comfort others.

4. What was a horrible job for her? To bury the dead bodies as quickly as possible to stop disease spreading.

1.What is the main idea of this paragraph? About the MSF nurse’s feelings of working there. Para 4 2. Does she enjoy the experience of working there? Why? Yes. This experience makes her appreciate all the things she has and gives her the chance to see things from another side.

Find the proper information from the passage, and fill in the chart.

Ways that the MSF nurses help people set up feeding centers to make sure that people get food check the health of babies to make sure that they put on weight give vaccinations to stop children dying from measles set up a clinic to take care of injuries bury the dead bodies as quickly as possible to stop disease spreading listen to and comfort people.

Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box, using the proper form.

convenience lucky pride difference give work destroy far cause act preserve Before I came here, I once worked as an nurse in the areas, such as Sudan and Kenya, where there was no enough water. there, we usually helped people, babies or children by setting up feeding centers, checking the health of babies or injection of vaccination to children., the life there was full of fighting and we had to look out for bullets and from time to time moved from one place to another. However, things are entirely here. The problem people meet here is not the lack of water but the mud and water everywhere. It is not for people to travel from place to place. Working giving Unluckily different convenient

convenience lucky pride difference give work destroy far cause act preserve The water makes it hard for the cuts and wounds to heal and the fields and harvests, the problem of people’s malnutrition. Sometimes, when food came, people fight with each other to get it. Luckily, I can communicate with the people with the help of my good skills. Thinking of what I did and am doing, I feel so of myself because I do all I can to make a difference to people’s life on an individual level. destroys causing further acting proud

Parts D1 and D2 on P127 in Workbook. Homework