Unit 4 Helping people around the world

Helping poor children

When you listen to a weather report, what phrases should you pay attention to? The temperature today is … It will be … Skills building 1: listening for problems and causes

If you are at a station, what information is important to you in the broadcast? The next bus to … will … The bus from … has arrived …

If we want to know what the problem is when we are listening to a news report, what phrases or sentences should we pay special attention to? The problem is that … As you can see …? The result is … This means …

If we want to know what has caused the problem when we are listening to a news report, what should we pay special attention to? This is because … This problem has been caused by … Unfortunately, …

Read the directions in Part A on Page 58 to find out what you will listen or and what you are asked to do in this part. Step 1: finding out about problems and causes

Listen and answer the questions. 1.How long do the villagers have to walk to get water? 2. How long do the villagers have to walk to get to the nearest road? Six kilometers. Ten minutes.

1.The families are living in very poor conditions. 2.Getting water is very convenient for people. 3.People there live in strong houses made of stone. T F F

4. People have to walk a long way to catch a bus. 5. People there can use candles when they have no light. 6. People can get enough firewood easily. T F F

Answers: 1. running water 3. money 4. furniture or clothes 5. electricity 6. cut down Listen again and complete the table in Part A.

Now listen to the second part of the news report and fill in as much of the table as you can in Part B.

Answers: 1. poverty 2. go to school 4. by hand 5. land and water 6. poor diets 7. grow properly 8. died of AIDS 9. bring up children 10. old and poor

Read Part C and complete the tables in Parts A and B. Answers: Part A 2. repairing of pumps Part B 3. enough money

Do you know how to make suggestions? Skills building 2: discussing in groups Would you like / love … Shall I / we …? Let’s … You’d better … Why not …? What / How about …? If I were you, I would (not) … I think it would be a good idea to …

Do you know how to ask for opinions? What do you think of it ？ What’s your opinion on this matter ？ Please tell me frankly your opinion. How do you see things like this ？ How did you find / like / enjoy the performance ？ I’d like to hear your opinion about … We’d like you to give us your suggestions.

Do you know how to express agreement? Exactly. / Absolutely. That’s right / correct. That’s a good point. I agree with you. I cannot agree with you more. I feel much the same way!

Do you know how to express disagreement? That’s more or less true, but … I understand what you mean, but … I guess that’s true, but… Yes, but isn’t it also true that…? This is hard to say, but honestly … I'm not sure I agree with you. (I'm afraid) I don't agree / I disagree. (I'm afraid) I can't agree with you. (I'm afraid) I don't share your opinion.

Do you know how to make conclusions? In conclusion, … In summary, … In a word, … In short / In brief, … To sum up, …

After learning about the problems of the children in northern Thailand, have a discussion with your classmates and give suggestions about how to help them. Step 2: discussing ways to help poor children

1. donate money 2. work as volunteers 3. be teachers there 4. be image ambassadors 5. set up some organizations to raise money 6. increase investment in education in poor areas 7. help to raise the public’s awareness about the plight of the poor

Work in groups. Make a dialogue about how to help poor children.

What is a proposal? Skills building 3: writing a proposal Basically, a proposal is a document that persuades the reader(s).

Write a proposal to UNICEF based on the information you have gathered about how to help the children in northern Thailand. Step 3: writing a proposal to UNICEF

Your proposal should include: Title Group members Introduction Proposal Benefits

(2011 浙江卷 ) 假设你是高中生李越，有感于校园中存在 的随意涂写 (to scribble) 和乱丢垃圾 (to litter) 的行为，请用英语给校长写一封 个词的信。信中应包括以下内容： 1. 说明写信目的； 2. 对这些行为进行批评； 3. 提出建议。 [ 高考真题 ]

A Sample June 8, 2011 Dear Mr. Headmaster, I am Li Yue, a student from Class I, Senior II. I am writing to draw your attention to some improper behavior among us students: littering and scribbling. It makes us school dirty and unpleasant, and does harm to the image of our school. I always feel ashamed whenever I see this. It is clearly not appropriate for a student to

litter and scribble about. I wonder if the school could place more dustbins around and set up specific rules against such behavior. At the same time, students should be encouraged to develop good habits and better behave themselves. I believe that, with the joint efforts of both teachers and students, our school will become a more enjoyable place in the near future. Thank you for your consideration. Yours faithfully, Li Yue

(2011 四川卷 ) 最近，某中学生英文报开设了 “After-class Activities” 的栏目。请你根据以下提示，为该栏目写一篇英文 稿件，并鼓励同学们积极参加课外活动。 1. 你校开展课外互动的情况； 2. 你参加过的课外活动及给你带来的益处； 3. 为同学选择课外互动提出建议； 4. 为学校开展课外活动提供建议。 注意： 1. 词数 100 左右； 2. 稿件的开头已为你写好 ( 不计入总词数 ) 。 After-class Activities Nowadays, after-class activities are becoming more and more popular in high schools. ________________

After-class Activities Nowadays, after-class activities are becoming more and more popular in high schools. In our school, there are various kinds of activities, such as arts and sports. We enjoy them very much. Playing football and reading stories are my favorites which do me lots of good. Besides building my body and enriching my knowledge, they also free me from the heavy work of study. Here I have A Sample

some suggestions. To students, you’d better choose the activities which interest you; to schools, they should organize more activities for students and leave students more time for activities by giving them less homework. Dear friends, please actively take part in after-class activities, which will not only make your school life colorful, but also improve your learning.