Unit 4

Helping people around the world

welcome

Disasters, caused both by nature and mankind, strike different areas and regions every year. It’s very difficult to predict when and where they will take place.

Could you think of some disasters that impressed you deeply? And what effect did these disasters have on people’s lives?

Brainstorming 1:

drought

This often results in f________. And many people may die of h_____ since there is a s_______(短缺 ) of food.

……

amine

ungerhortage

earthquake

Houses are seriously d________________, and thousands of people are left h___________.

estroyed/ damaged

omeless

flood

It sometimes causes the s___________ of diseases.

pread

warMuch of the fighting starts because people have different c___________, r___________, b__________ and so on.

But people often forget the costs of war, especially the emotional e__________ on soldiers and their parents or children. Some of them never r______________.

ulture/ customseligionseliefs

ecover

ffects

In some d_________ areas, children have no chance to go to school .

Some people still live in p_______. They have no running water or electricity.

overty

eserted

Fortunately, there are many organizations

which can help people around the world to

have better lives, especially when things

go wrong.

Do you know some national and

international organizations?

Brainstorming 2:

China Youth

Development

Foundation

CYDF

Its goal is to help teenagers

i___________ their overall

abilities and make the

e_____________ better for

them to live in.

mprove

nvironment

United Nations

Peacekeeping

Forces

The Department of Peacekeeping Operations

(DPKO) is dedicated to assisting the M__________

States in the efforts to m_________ international

p_________ and s___________.

emberaintain

eace ecurity

Food and

Agriculture

Organization of

the United

Nations

FAO leads international efforts to d______ hunger.

It helps improve a____________, forestry and

fisheries practices and ensure good n________ for

all. It has f_______ special attention on developing

r________ areas, home to 70% of the world’s poor

and hungry people.

efeatgriculture

utrition

ocusedural

It was established in _______. It’s objective is the

attainment by all peoples of the highest possible

l_______ of health. Health is defined in WHO’s

Constitution as a state of complete p_________,

mental and social well-being and not merely the

absence of disease of infirmity.

WHO

1948

evel

hysical

International

Committee of

the Red Cross

It was e___________ in 1863 in Geneva, Swiss. It is

an impartial, neutral and independent organization,

whose mission is to p________ the lives and

d________ of victims of war and internal violence

and to p___________ them with assistance.

stablished

rotect

ignity

rovide

1945191

educationree

pportunities

It was founded on Nov.16, _______ in Paris. Today, ______ nations are members of UNESCO.

Its biggest concern is ___________. Their goal is f________ education for all children around the world. And they are especially concerned about educational o_____________ for girls.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Let’s enjoy a song — Heal the worldHeal the worldThere's a place in your heartAnd I know that it is loveAnd this place could be muchBrighter than tomorrowAnd if you really tryYou'll find there's no need to cryIn this place you'll feelThere's no hurt or sorrow

There are ways to get thereIf you care enough for the livingMake a little spaceMake a better place ...

Heal the worldHeal the worldMake it a better placeFor you and for meAnd the entire human raceThere are people dyingIf you care enough for the livingMake it a better placeFor you and for me

If you want to know whyThere's love that cannot lieLove is strongIt only cares of joyful givingIf we try we shall seeIn this bliss we cannot feelFear or dreadWe stop existing and start livingThen it feels that alwaysLove's enough for us growingSo make a better worldMake a better place ...

And the dream we were conceived inWill reveal a joyful faceAnd the world we once believed inWill shine again in graceThen why do we keep strangling lifeWound this earth, crucify its soulThough it's plain to seeThis world is heavenlyBe god's glow

We could fly so highLet our spirits never dieIn my heart I feel you are all my brothersCreate a world with no fearTogether we'll cry happy tearsSee the nations turn their swords into plowshares

We could really get thereIf you cared enough for the livingMake a little spaceTo make a better place ...

Heal the world we are livingSave it for our children

You and for me ...

by Michael Jackson

1. Do relevant exercises in

Assessment Book.

2. Finish the reading Ex on

P128 in Workbook.

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