helping people around the world教案

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2. listen to the tape and choose the best answers to the following questions:
(1) what occupation does tang ning take up in the un?
a. the secretary-general.
b. a goodwill ambassador.
c. the spoken man.
d. a clerk.
(2) how much money does she earn by doing the job?
 a. she earns a lot.
 b. she volunteers. she gets no salary for t he job.
 c. she earns some, though not much.
 d. it isn’t mentioned in the article.
(3) what project or projects has she been involved in?
 a. she helps develop the world’s education.
 b. she helps deal with such problems as poverty and disasters.
 c. she vis its countries where the un has programmes to help people.
 d. she visits the poorest areas in the world.
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3. now read the speech a third time and fill in the table with the correct answers.

the united nations

when it was set up  after the second world war in october 1945
countries in the un(originally) 51 countries
 (recently) 191 countries
problems it deals with  helps end some of the world’s most horrible conflicts; assists the victims of wars and disasters; protects human rights; improves international laws; helps with other problems such as lack of education, lack of food, poverty, disasters and diseases
its four main purposes  to keep international peace
to develop friendly relationships among nations
to cooperate in solving international problems and in promoting respect for human rights
to be a center for organizing the actions or work of different nations
goals it prom ises to achieve by  eight goals, one of which is to ensure that fresh drinking water is available to everyone and another is that all children complete primary education
step 4: practice
1. let’s complete parts d (refer to the text while completing part d)
answers
d  1. d  2. f  3. a  4. g  5. i  6.h  7. e  8. c  9. b
2. now, let’s read an article about tang ning’s speech by a newspaper reporter and fill in the blanks with the given words. after that, you’ll be more familiar with the speech. finish the exercise by yourselves and we’ll check the answers later together.
answers
(1)honoured    (2)international
(3)purposes     (4)laws
(5)poverty      (6)disasters
(7)encourage    (8)drinking water
step 5: post-reading activities
1. pair work:
now, have a d iscussion with your partner. suppose you are a journalist from a local newspaper and have the chance to interview tang ning. what other thins do you want to ask her apart from what you already know?