1、Section_Welcome_to_the_unit_&_Reading_PrereadingHave you ever been a volunteer? If so, can you tell your classmates your experience?President John F. Kennedy began the program, Peace Corps, in 1961. The Peace Corps sends American volunteers to provide technical assistance in education and other area
2、s in developing countries. Amanda Pease is one of almost 40 volunteers serving in rural schools in Sierra Leone.Science teachers are in especially short supply. Efforts in Sierra Leone to get more children through primary school have led to crowded high schools. Amanda Pease is the only chemistry an
3、d physics teacher at her school. She says she has to work hard to get students more interested in learning, as she thought they would be.“I had sort of a romantic idea coming to a developing country where everyone is super motivated but just does not have opportunities, and that is not exactly how i
4、t is. Not that I am saying the opportunities are so great, because of course there are limited opportunities if you compare it to America, but I think one of the biggest things is literally just motivation，” she says. Ms. Pease teaches science at Saint Josephs, a high school in eastern Sierra Leone.
5、 She studied chemical engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles. She decided to serve for two years in the Peace Corps after she finished her degree.“I was trying to decide between going the academic (学术的) route and doing a postdoctoral (博士后) degree and go into industry, and then I ha
6、d been doing some volunteer work and the idea was always floating around，” she says.Peace Corps volunteers left Sierra Leone in 1994 because of civil war. But now they are back. What she loves best about her experience, she says, is the magical moment when students understand a chemical process or a
7、sk her for more exercises. More than 8,000 Peace Corps volunteers are currently serving around the world. Volunteers become part of the community where they work and live.Welcome to the unit1Look and think.参考答案：It_is_better_to_teach_a_man_to_fish_than_to_give_him_a_fish.2. Answer the following quest
8、ions.(1) What do you think may lead to poverty?答案：diseases/natural disasters/unemployment/local environment/wars/growing population/wrong policies and strategies(2) What possible solutions can you find to the problem?答案：provide educational training / donate food and money / provide medical care / im
9、prove environment and develop renewable energyFastreadingChoose the best answers according to the text.1When was the concert Live Aid held?AJuly 13,1984. BJuly 15,1985.CJuly 13,1985. DJune 13,1985.2Why did Bob Geldof hold such a charity concert?ABecause Ethiopia suffered from serious flood.BBecause
10、many people in Ethiopia were suffering hunger.CBecause he wanted to be famous.DBecause he and his friends loved music very much.3What is the biggest health risk in the world?ACancer. BHeart disease.CBird flu. DHunger.4What does the WFP stand for?AThe World Food Programme.BThe World Fire Programme.CT
11、he World Food Plan.DThe World Flood Programme.5What do the developing countries really need to do?ATo borrow more money.BTo plant more crops.CTo fight the causes of poverty.DTo develop the economy.答案：15CBDACCarefulreading.Read the text carefully and answer the following questions.1What was the chari
12、ty concert organized by Bob Geldof called?答案：Live Aid2Why is food aid alone not enough to help poor countries?答案：Because poverty still exists after the food has been eaten up.3What things are included in the infrastructure of a country?答案：Things like transport, irrigation, electricity, telephones an
13、d schools are included.4Why is education and training for young people in developing countries so important?答案：Because the future of developing countries lies in the hands of young people.Read the text carefully and fill in the form.Problems in developing countriesIn 1985, little rainfall in Ethiopi
14、a 1. resulted in poor harvests and the death of many cattle.In the developing world, 2. disease and poverty are still a serious problem.Every year ten million people die of 3. starvation or problems related to having a poor diet.4. Measures taken to solve the problem of poverty To give a man a fishI
15、n 1985, Live Aid, a charity concert, intended to raise money and make the 5. public aware of the problem, was organized by Bob Geldof. In 1963, the WFP was set up by the UN, which has helped more than one billion people since its 6. establishment/foundation.To teach a man to fishTo improve a country
16、s infrastructure like transport, irrigation, electricity, telephones and schools to stop poverty can help 7. create more jobs for people.The development of private 8. enterprise along with job training can help address the problem of unemployment.Education and training for young people is important
17、as the 9. future of developing countries lies in the hands of children.ConclusionFood aid and development aid need to be combined together, which is the 10. permanent solution to the problem of poverty.SummaryFill in the blanks according to the text.For many people in the developing world, disease a
18、nd 1. poverty are still a serious problem. Every year ten million people die of 2. starvation or problems related to having a poor diet. In wrestling with the 3. dilemma of worldwide hunger, the UN set up an agency called the WFP, which has organized a number of programmes. Through the programmes, t
19、he WFP has helped more than one billion people, which is 4. beyond_doubt an amazing achievement. However, merely sending 5. emergency food aid is not enough. 6. What developing countries really need to do is to stop poverty by fighting the 7. causes of it. One way to help a country develop is to imp
20、rove its infrastructure. Another way to help a country is through the development of 8. private enterprise along with job training so as to address the problem of 9. unemployment. Finally, education and 10. training for young people is also important for a country.DiscussionDo you think that giving
21、food and money to poor people will solve all their problems? Why or why not?_参考答案：I do not think giving food and money to poor people will solve all their problems. Food aid is merely a shortterm solution to a longterm problem. Giving food and money will probably solve the immediate problem of hunger and food shortages, yet the problem will still exist after the food has been eaten up and the money has been used up. There are many causes of poverty. In order to solve the problem, we need to identify what causes poverty and then try to combat it.
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