Unit 4 Helping people around the world Welcome to the unit Unit 4 Helping people around the world Welcome to the unit

International aid helps many people around the world, especially when things go wrong. Look at the following pictures :

Have you ever seen any natural disasters in real life or on TV? What were they like? Brainstorming

On April 14th, 2010, a powerful earthquake recording M7.1 took place in Yushu, Qinghai province. earthquake

drought In 2010, severe drought hit China’s south-west region and in some places it’s the worst drought for a century.

Continuing rains in the summer of 2010 caused great flooding in the Yangtze River Basin and Northeast China. flood

The 2010, three continuing typhoons and tropical storms have swept through China leaving a trail of destruction( 毁坏 ). Typhoon

volcano eruption In August 2010, a volcano in the province of North Sumatra, Indonesia, erupted for the first time in 400 years.

After decades of decline( 衰落 ), that number has actually been growing by four million each year since the mid-1990s. Today, hunger still kills more people than AIDS, tuberculosis ( 结核 ) and malaria( 疟疾 ). famine( 饥荒 )

Discussion If you were involved in a natural disaster, will you ask for help? Which organization or person would you turn to for help?

Can you guess what the main tasks of peacekeeping soldiers are?

How do you feel when you see this picture? Can you imagine what will happen to those hungry children if nobody helps?

Do you think children can receive good education and good medical care in poor areas?

Work in groups. What organizations do you know of that can help with the situations in the pictures we just saw?

Quiz Food and agricultural organization

World Health Organization Quiz

United Nations Educational, Scientifc and Cultural Organization Quiz

International Committee of the Red Cross Quiz

International labour organization Quiz

1. Write a short essay about your feelings of helping others. 2. Finish the exercises A and C on page 123. Homework