1、高二（上）Unit 4 Helping people around the worldTaskSkills building 1:listening for problems and causesWhen you are listening to a news report,you often need to think about the problems being discussed and their causes.Here are some key expressions to listen for:ProblemsAs you can seeThe result isAs a re
2、sult,As I said earlier and soThis means A common problem is that Another problem is that Causes This is because Unfortunately,because because of as Step 1:finding out about problems and causesRead the report in Part C and listen to the tape to complete the table in Part A and Part B.Part A Key point
3、sProblemsCausesWaterneed to be collected from river no(1)_not boiled for long enough very little wood(2)_ takes several days engineer has to come from nearest townHouses built of wood,not strong no(3)_POVERTYPossessi-onsFew things like(4)_no moneya long way from nearest townHave to walk six kilomete
4、rs to catch busLightno lights,except from small fire family cooks overNo(5)_POVERTY wood for firesneed to walk further and further away from village to fetch woodForest has been(6)_POVERTY (1)running water (3)money (4)furniture or clothes (5)electricity (6)cut downCheck the answers (Part A)Tapescrip
5、t(Page 58)Reporter:As you can see,the families 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 ten minutes walk away.This may seem near,but,when you need water for many things,walking ten minutes is a long
6、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 any other materials.The people have very few things like clothes
7、 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 comes from the small fires that the family
8、cooks over.Unfortunately,much of the forest around the village has been cut down,so the villagers have to walkfurther and further away from the village to get wood.This also means that drinking water may not be boiled for long enough as there is very little wood.This is going to be a big problem in
9、the future.AnswersA (1)running water (3)money (4)furniture or clothes (5)electricity (6)cut down Part BKey points Problems CausesSchool/Ed-ucationschool has no roof or chairs(1)_Many children,especially girls,do not _e.g.Have to help with farmingCollect wood and fetch waterPOVERTYKey points Problems
10、 CausesSchool/Ed-ucationonly one teacherNot(3)_FarmingAll farming is done(4)_no money for equipmentdifficult to raise animalsSmall amount of(5)_ availablePOVERTYFood/DietChildren have(6)_lack of meat and fresh waterHealth/Health careChildren dont(7)_Cannot concentrate on learningdo not eat enough me
11、at.Many of the childrens parents have(8)_no doctors or nurses and no money to pay themPOVERTYFamilyGrandparents have to(9)_Parents died of AIDSbring up children is difficult Grandparents are(10)_POVERTY(6)poor diets (7)grow properly (8)died of AIDS (9)bring up children (10)old and poorTapescript(Pag
12、e 59)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 pa
13、rents or grandparents with the farming of their small pieces of land.All the farming is done by hand since they do not have enough 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 chil
14、dren have poor diets and do not eat enough meat.As a result,they do not grow properly and cannot concentrate on learning.Another problem is that many of the childrens parents have died because of AIDS.This means that the grandparents have to bring up the children.That is very difficult because they
15、are already old and poor.Check the answers (Part C)A(2)repairing of pumps B(3)enough money Skills building 2:discussing in groupsDifferent sentences or sentence structures can be used to perform different functions.Some of the functions are:discussionexpressing agreement/dis-agreementasking for opin
16、ionsmaking suggestionsmaking conclusions making suggestions:I think it would be a good idea to.We could help by.I would like to suggest that It would be a good idea if we could asking for opinions:What do you think?Does anyone else have any suggestions?Does anyone else have any other ideas?Can you s
17、uggest anything else?expressing agreement/disagreement:I agree/disagree because Ok,that sounds like a good idea.Thats a great idea,but Im sorry but I dont think that would work because Unfortunately,I dont think that will work.making conclusions:In summary,our group has decided to In conclusion,we h
18、ave decided toStep 2:discussing ways to help poor children:Discussion After learning about the problems of the children in northern Thailand,your class is going to have a discussion about what to do to help them.Suggestions:ways to raise money sending old clothes,English books,etc.,to the children p
19、aying for a childs education.Use the language in skills building 2 tohelp you.One person from your groupshould report to the class.Skills building 3:writing a proposalA proposal should include:title group members introduction proposal benefitsLanguage points1.face （1）n.面孔，表面；e.g.He was so ashamed th
20、at he hid his face in his hands.(2)v.面对The window faces the street.-What does your house face?-It faces south.some phrases:face to face with sth.面临某种处境have the face to do sth.恬不知耻做某事in the face of sth.不顾；由于；因为lose face丢脸face the music 承担批评；接受惩罚face up to sth.敢于面对；敢于正视face-to-face adj.面对面的be faced wi
21、th面对；面临 e.g.I was faced with a new problem.Youve been caught cheating-now you must face the music.你的骗局已经揭穿-这下子你得自食其果了。How can you have the face toask for more money when you do so little work?2.break down(1)(因机械，电力等故障）停止运转失灵，失效 The telephone system has broken down.Our car broke down on the motorway.
22、汽车在高速公路上抛锚了。(2)失败，崩溃，瓦解Negotiations between the two sides have broken down.双方谈判已经破裂。(3)lose control of ones feelings感情失去控制 When she heard the bad news,she broke down and wept.(4)(of sb.s health)become very bad;collapse(指某人健康状况）变的恶劣；垮His health broke down under the pressure of work.Phrases:break into
23、 闯入；打断；突然起来break away 突然离开，逃走，脱离，废除break forth 突然发出break in 闯入，打断（谈话）break off 暂停，绝交break out 发生，爆发break through 突破break up 散开，分解，解散，打断break with sb.与某人决裂break ones heart 使人心碎 His bedroom was broken intoyesterday evening.Fire broke out during the night.He broke off in the middle of a sentence.The me
24、eting broke up at eleven oclock.A shout of joy broke forth.3.means 方式；方法；手段（单复数同形）e.g.Television is an effective means of communication.by all means 务必by no means 绝不，一点也不by means of 通过，用，借助于by this means 用这种方法 Homework:Write a proposal to UNICEF based on the information you have gathered about how to help the children in northern Thailand.
