Sharing  Period 2　Speaking

project hope
project hope has brought hope to children over the past 10 years，said a national working conference held in harbin on saturday.
project hope，which was first launched in october 1989，is a nationwide educational project to help mainly school dropouts in outlying，poverty－stricken areas resume their schooling.
according to the latest statistics，project hope raised 1.78 billion yuan(us $ 214 million)by june,1999，which aided 2.209 million education－deprived children to go to school and 7549 hope schools to be built.
it is said that the past three years witnessed the largest amount of funds raised for project hope.the volume accounted for nearly half of the total raised in the last 10 years while the number of hope schools built made up more than half.
since last year，the strategic focus of project hope has gradually been shifted from the previous widespread aid to the cultivation of excellent students and follow－up support for hope schools.
the main tasks of project hope in the future will concentrate on building more hope schools，strengthening the training of teachers of these schools，equipping the schools with computers and related education software，and developing long－range education.
t：who has ever sponsored a child or is sponsoring a child from a poor area？have your parents，relatives or friends sponsored a child through project hope?
when you grow up and get a job，would you like to participate in project hope by sponsoring a child from a poor area？and why?
four students a group.share your opinions with your partner.try to find out reasons for your answer.if you decided to sponsor a child，how would you do it？the expressions below may be useful in your discussion.
why would you...?
because i want to share with others...
the reason is that...　then...　next...　finally...
how could you do that?
first，find some information through...
a sample discussion：
s1：i would like to sponsor a child from a poor area through project hope.
s2：why would you like to do that?
s1：because i think school education is very important for a person，especially those in poor areas.if they fail to receive education，they will get poorer and poorer.don't you know the saying that “knowledge changes fate”？
s2：sure i know that.but how could you do that?
s1：first，find some information through newspapers and the internet，and get in touch with some children.after knowing their conditions，we can do something to help.for example，if they can't afford the money to go to school or don't have books and schoolbags，we can use our pocket money to help them.