高中英语 Unit 4《helping people around the world-task》教

●Task Helping poor children
Skills building 1: listening for specifics
In this part, you will learn how to listen for problems and the
causes of the problems. We always have something specific to listen
for when we listen to something. We should try to seize the key
phrases or sentences that are relevant.
First let’s have a discussion about the following questions: 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, …/…as…) Step 1: finding out about problems
1. Now read the guidelines in Part A on page 58 to find out what you’ll listen for and what you are asked to do in this part. Go over the table in Part A. Then listen to the tape, trying to plete the table.
Tapescript
Reporter: Here I am in northern Thailand. As you can see,
the families living here are living in very poor
conditions. There is no running water and no electricity
in this village. Water has to be collected from the river
10 minutes’ walk away. This may seem near but when you
need water for many things, walking 10 minutes is a long time. The water
then needs to be boiled before it can be used. The result of not boiling
the water is illness. As you can see, the villagers’ houses are built of
wood and are not very strong. This is because they have no money and cannot
get hold of any materials. The people have very few things like clothes or
furniture because they have no money and they are a long way from the nearest
town. There is a bus but you have to walk six kilometers to get to the nearest
road.
As I said earlier, there is no electricity in this village, so when it
is dark, the only light es from the small fires that the family cooks over. Unfortunately, much of the forest around the village has been cut down for
firewood and so the villagers have to walk further and further away from
the village to get wood. This also means that water may not be boiled for
long enough as there is very little wood. This is going to be a big problem
in the future.
Answers
A (1) no running water (3) no money (4) few clothes or furniture
(5) no electricity (6) forest has been cut down
2. Listen to the second part of the report and finish the table in Part B on P59. Now listen to the lecture for a second time, and finish Part A & Part B on P3
3. Tapescript
Reporter: Over there you can see the school. As the
village is poor, the school has no roof. There are no
chairs either, so the children have to sit on the floor.
When it rains, school is stopped. Many children,
especially the girls, do not go to school because they
have to stay at home and help their parents or grandparents with the farming of their small pieces of land. All the farming
is done by hand as the villagers have no money for equipment. It is difficult
to raise animals because of the small amount of land and water available.
Because of this and the lack of fresh water, many of the children have poor
diets. A mon problem is that they de not eat enough meat to get the amount
of protein that they need. As a result, they do not grow properly and cannot concentrate on learning. Another problem is that many of the children’s
parents have died because of AIDS. This means that the grandparents have
to bring up the children. That is very difficult because they are already
old and poor.
Answers
B
(1) poverty
(2) many children, especially girls, do not go to
school
(4) all farming is done by hand
(5) small amount of land and water available
(6) children have poor diets
(7) children do not grow properly
(8) many of the children’s parents have died of AIDS
(9) grandparents have to bring up children
(10) grandparents are old and poor
3. Read the report in Part C. Try to get more information needed to finish the two tables.
Answers
A (2) repairing of pumps takes several days
Skills building 2: discussing in groups
In this unit, you will review the sentence structures used to make suggestions, ask for opinions, express agreement or disagreement and make conclusions.
1. In a discussion, people usually give suggestions. There are some sentences or sentence structures used particularly for this purpose. What sentences do you know are often used to make suggestions? Remember you should be polite or not too blunt when giving suggestions. Please make some sentences using the structures given on P60.
2. In a discussion, we also need to know opinions from others, and we often use questions to ask for other people’s opinions. Now please make some sentences to ask others for their opinions.
3. Now, use the skills we have learned in part A to skim and scan for specific information from the newspaper article in Part B and answer the four questions.
4. There are many ways to express personal opinions about a suggestion. Let’s learn how to express disagreement in a polite way. Please make some sentences to express agreement or disagreement using the sentence structures given in point 3 on P60.
I’m sorry but I don’t think that will work because we will need lots of
money for the show.
5. At the end of the discussion, the group members should make conclusions and work out a solution. Please make some sentences to give conclusion or solution using the sentence structures given in point 4 on P60.
For reference
So to summarize, our group has decided to organize a charity show.
In conclusion, we have decided to organize a charity show.
Step 2: making suggestions
Now, let’s use the speaking skills we just learned. Let’s have a discussion: What can we do to help the poor children in northern Thailand?
Sample answers
S1: All of us have listened to the news report
and read the article about the poor children in
northern Thailand. I feel really sorry for
them. What do you think we can do to help them?
Does anyone have any suggestions? I’ll write down your ideas.
S2: I think we could help by raising some money for them. I’d like to donate
my pocket money.
S3: That’s a good idea. I suggest that we make a poster telling the students
in our school about what kind of life these children have. We can ask all
the students to donate some of their pocket money.
S4: OK, that sounds like a good idea. I would like to donate some books.
S2: I’m sorry but I don’t think that would work. They won’t be able to
read the books because they don’t understand Chinese. Maybe we can give
them some English books. Does anyone have any other ideas?
Skills building 3: writing a proposal
When we want to give some suggestion, we sometimes need to write a proposal. In this unit, we’ll learn the s tructure of a proposal and what should be included in a proposal.
Read the six points in this part and try to find out which is the most important point in a proposal.
Step 3: posing a proposal
In this part, you’re required to write a proposal to UNICEF a bout how to help the hill tribe children in northern Thailand with information that you have learnt in Steps 1and 2.
1. Work in pairs and have a discussion: What should you write on the proposal to UNICEF? What title will you give to your proposal?
2. Now, work in groups of four to write the proposal.
3. Now, let’s share you proposals.
Introduction: We have been researching the problems faced by the children in northern Thailand. There are many villages in northern Thailand where children do not have books. Their classrooms have no roofs. Many girls cannot go to school. Our group would like to help them.
Proposal:
We would like to help the children by:
●donating the money collected from the students and teachers in our school ●donating English books collected from the students in our school
●donating clothes collected from the students in our school
●writing a letter to them to tell them that we want
to do what we can to help them
Benefits:
●Helping the hill tribe children in northern
Thailand to go to school and live a better life
●Helping us recognize that there are many people in the world that need
help
We would be pleased if you would approve our proposal. If you require any further information, please contact us.
Our contact details are:
(Students’ school address)。