1、高考资源网（ ），您身边的高考专家Task Helping poor childrenSkills building 1: listening for specificsIn 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 sentence
2、s that are relevant.First lets 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 kno
3、w 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 problems1. Now read the guidelines in Part A on page 58 to find out what youll listen for and w
4、hat you are asked to do in this part. Go over the table in Part A. Then listen to the tape, trying to complete the table.TapescriptReporter: 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 th
5、is 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 villa
6、gers 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
7、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 cooks over. Unfortunately, much of the forest around the village has been cut down for firewood and so the villagers have to
8、 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) fore
9、st 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 P33.Tapescript Reporter: Over there you can see the school. As the village is poor, the school has no roof. There are no c
10、hairs 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
11、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 common problem is that they de not eat enough meat to get the amount of protein
12、 that they need. 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 are already old and poor.An
13、swersB (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 childrens parents have died of AIDS(9) grandparents have to bring up c
14、hildren (10) grandparents are old and poor3. Read the report in Part C. Try to get more information needed to finish the two tables.AnswersA (2) repairing of pumps takes several daysB (3) not enough moneySkills building 2: discussing in groupsIn this unit, you will review the sentence structures use
15、d 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? Reme
16、mber you should be polite or not too blunt when giving suggestions. Please make some sentences using the structures given on P60.For referenceI think it would be a good idea to post our proposal on the Internet.We could help by giving out leaflets to ask people to donate money.I would like to sugges
17、t that we organize a charity show.It would be a good idea if we sell old books to raise money2. In a discussion, we also need to know opinions from others, and we often use questions to ask for other peoples opinions. Now please make some sentences to ask others for their opinions.3. Now, use the sk
18、ills 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. Lets learn how to express disagreement in a polite way. Please make some sentences to ex
19、press agreement or disagreement using the sentence structures given in point 3 on P60.For referenceI agree to organize a charity show because more people will come and help.Thats a great idea, but who will star in the show, who will be the host, and where we will hold the show are all problems we mu
20、st think about.Im sorry but I dont 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
21、 point 4 on P60.For referenceSo to summarize, our group has decided to organize a charity show.In conclusion, we have decided to organize a charity show.Step 2: making suggestionsNow, lets use the speaking skills we just learned. Lets have a discussion: What can we do to help the poor children in no
22、rthern 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? Ill write down your ideas.S2: I think we could hel
23、p by raising some money for them. Id like to donate my pocket money.S3: Thats 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
24、idea. I would like to donate some books.S2: Im sorry but I dont think that would work. They wont be able to read the books because they dont understand Chinese. Maybe we can give them some English books. Does anyone have any other ideas?S3: I think we can sell the old Chinese books to get some more
25、money.S4: Good idea. I would like to suggest giving them some clothes. I have many old clothes that I no longer wear. I think I could give them to the children there.S2: I agree, but how can we send these books and clothes to them?S3: We can go to a shipping company and ask if they can help to ship
26、these things there.S1: OK, so weve decided to raise as much money as we can and donate English books and clothes to children. We can also write a letter to them and tell them we want to help them.Skills building 3: writing a proposalWhen we want to give some suggestion, we sometimes need to write a
27、proposal. In this unit, well learn the structure 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: composing a proposalIn this part, youre required to write a proposal to UNICEF about
28、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. N
29、ow, lets share you proposals.Possible exampleTitle: Helping the hill tribe children in northern Thailand Group members: (Students own names)Introduction: We have been researching the problems faced by the children in northern Thailand. There are many villages in northern Thailand where children do n
30、ot 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:l donating the money collected from the students and teachers in our schooll donating English books collected from the students in our schoo
31、l l donating clothes collected from the students in our school l writing a letter to them to tell them that we want to do what we can to help themBenefits:l Helping the hill tribe children in northern Thailand to go to school and live a better life l 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)欢迎广大教师踊跃来稿，稿酬丰厚。