牛津译林版高中英语选修六《Unit 4 Helping people around the world》 Task 教案 2

牛津译林版高中英语选修六Unit 4 Helping people around the world Task教案Helping poor childrenAims and requirements♦ Read a speech made by a UN Goodwill Ambassador and the diary entry of a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) nurse♦ Listen to a news report about problems in the mountains in northern Thailand♦Discuss the work and skills of a UN Goodwill Ambassador and talk about ways in which students could help children in poor areas♦ Write a proposal suggesting ways to help poor children♦ Make an action plan of things you could do to help your communityProceduresSkills building 1: listening for specificsIn this part, you will learn how to listen for problems and the causes of theproblems. We always have something specific to listen for when we listen tosomething. We should try to seize the key phrases or sentences that arerelevant.First let’s 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 know 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 you’ll listen for and what 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.Tapescript[Reporter: Here I am in northern Thailand. As you can see, thefamilies living here are living in very poor conditions. There is norunning water and no electricity in this village. Water has to becollected from the river 10 minutes’ walk away. This may seemnear but when you need water for many things, walking 10minutes is a long time. The water then needs to be boiled beforeit 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 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 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 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.AnswersA (1) no running water (3) no money (4) few clothes or furniture(5) no electricity (6) forest has been cut down2. 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.TapescriptReporter: Over there you can see the school. As the village ispoor, the school has no roof. There are no chairs either, so thechildren have to sit on the floor. When it rains, school is stopped.Many children, especially the girls, do not go to school becausethey have to stay at home and help their parents or grandparentswith the farming of their small pieces of land. All the farming is done by hand 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 that they need. As a result, they do not grow properly and cannot concentrate on learning. Another problem is that many of the children’s 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.AnswersB(1) poverty(2) many children, especially girls, do not go to school(4) all farming is done by hand [来源: ](5) small amount of land and water available(6) children have poor diets(7) children do not grow properly(8) many of the children’s parents have died of AIDS(9) grandparents have to bring up children(10) grandparents are old and poor3. Read the report in Part C. Try to get more information needed to finish the two tables. Answers[A (2) repairing of pumps takes several daysSkills building 2: discussing in groupsIn this unit, you will review the sentence structures used 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? Remember you should be polite or not too blunt when giving suggestions. Please make some sentences using the structures given on P60.2. In a discussion, we also need to know opinions from others, and we often use questions to ask for other people’s opinions. Now please make some sentences to ask others for their opinions.3. Now, use the skills 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. Let’s learn how to express disagreement in a polite way. Please make some sentences to express agreement or disagreement using the sentence structures given in point 3 on P60.5. 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 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, let’s use the speaking skills we just learned. Let’s have a discussion: What can we do to help the poor children in northern Thailand?Sample answersS1: All of us have listened to the news report and readthe article about the poor children in northernThailand. I feel really sorry for them. What do youthink we can do to help them?Does anyone have any suggestions? I’ll write down your ideas.S2: I think we could help by raising some money for them. I’d like to donate my pocket money.S3: That’s a good idea. I suggest that we make a poster telling the students in our schoolabout what kind of life these children have. We can ask all the students to donate some oftheir pocket money. ]S4: OK, that sounds like a good idea. I would like to donate some books.S2: I’m sorry but I don’t think that would work. They won’t be able to read the books because they don’t 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 money.S4: Good idea. I would like to suggest giving them some clothes. I have many old clothesthat 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 these things there.S1: OK, so we’ve decided to raise as much money as we can and donate English booksand 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 proposal. In this unit, we’ll 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, you’re required to write a proposal to UNICEF about 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. Now, let’s share you proposals.Possible example[Title: Helping the hill tribe children in northern ThailandGroup 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 not have books. Their classrooms have no roofs. Many girls cannot go to school. Our group wouldlike to help them.Proposal:We would like to help the children by:●donating the money collected from the students and teachers in our school●donating English books collected from the students in our school●donating clothes collected from the students in our school●writing a letter to them to tell them that we want to dowhat we can to help themBenefits:●Helping the hill tribe children in northern Thailand to go toschool and live a better life。