泗洪县洪翔中学 赵小永. M10U1 Reading Give a man a fish In your opinion, what serious problems are the developing countries facing?

泗洪县洪翔中学 赵小永

M10U1 Reading

Give a man a fish

In your opinion, what serious problems are In your opinion, what serious problems are the developing countries facing?the developing countries facing?

World Hunger and Poverty

Over 50 million children died between 2000 and 2005.

●It means that there is 1 child dying every 3 seconds.

● 20 children dying ____________.

● Around the world, _____________ children die every day.

every minute

27,000–30,000

2005 年“现场八方 Live 8” 慈善演唱会，仍旧是由 20 年前发起 Live Aid 的爱尔兰籍歌星鲍勃 · 格尔多夫（ Bob Geldof ）发起。

Bob Geldof

The World Food Program, set up in 1963, aims at ending world hunger, which is the number one risk to global health today.

Over the past 40 years, the WFP has worked hard to provide food aid for the weak and the poor, and to improve the nutrition and quality of life.

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Is it enough?

Fast reading

Scan the passage quickly and find the

answers to the following questions.

Only focus on the information needed to

answer the questions, please.

1.When was Live Aid held?

2. How many people has the WFP helped

since it was established?

3. What is the saying mentioned in the

passage?

On 13 July 1985.

More than one billion.

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him a lifetime.

Careful reading

Read the passage carefully and deal

with the following exercises .

1. Find special information to

answer the following questions.

1) Why was the Live Aid concert so important?

2)What has the United Nations done to fight the problem of world hunger?

3) Why is food aid alone not enough to help poor countries?

4) What things are included in the infrastructure of a

country?

5) What is the long-term solution to the problem of

poverty?

6) Why is education and training for young people in

developing countries so important?

(L7) Because it raised ＄ 100 million for famine victims in Ethiopia and also raised public attention. It also put pressure on politicians to do something about the famine.

1.Why was the Live Aid concert so important?

2.What has the United Nations done to fight the problem of world hunger?(L7) WFP was set up in1963

(L38) The poverty will still exist after the food has been eaten up.

3. Why is food aid alone not enough to help poor countries?

4. What things are included in the infrastructure of a country?

(L38) Things like transport, irrigation, electricity, postal service, telephones and schools are included.

5. What is the long-term solution to the problem of poverty?

6. Why is education and training for young people in developing countries so important?

(L41)Development aid together with

food aid.

(L43)Because the future of developing

countries lies in the hands of children.

2. Choose the right answer according to

the text.

1)In countries where there are too many

unemployed people, which help would

they receive from WFP? ( 推断题 )

A. Food-for-Life B. Food-for-Growth

C. Food-for-Work

2. Among the following sentences, which one is not right according to the text? ( 细节判断题 ) A. The Ethiopian famine led to destroyed harvests and killed cattle. B. is the number one global health risk, killing more people than any disease. C. Development aid together with food aid is the long-term solution to the problem . D. Young people in eastern Nigeria are being trained to use computer technology to develop their problem solving and communication skills.

Disease

Hunger

3) From the passage we know the author

thinks the most important thing to help

developing countries fight hunger and

poverty is_______. ( 写作意图推测 )

A. to appeal to people to donate

B. to speak highly of Bob Geldof

C. to develop the work of WFP

D. to help them help themselves

Consolidation

Fill in the blanks according to the text.

The Ethiopia __________ was in 1985,

which shocked Bob. He organized a

charity __________ called ___________

and ___________ it to raise money for and

public _________of the famine. The

World Food Programmer also gave the

help. They need help, but the sad truth

is that ______ aid alone is not enough.

famine

concert Live Aid

intended

awareness

food

What developing countries really need to do is to stop poverty by fighting the _______ of it. One way to do this is to _________ a country’s ______________. Clearly, ____________ aid together with food aid is the ___________ solution to the problem of poverty. Another important thing to remember is that the _______ of developing countries lies in the hands of children. This is why __________ and ________ for young people is so important.

causesimprove

infrastructure developmentlong-term

future

educationtraining

Fill in the chart according to the passage.

problems solutions

a short-term solution

development aid as well as food aid

give a man a fish

feed him for a lifetime

disease

poverty

hunger

a long-term solution

food aid

teach a man to fish

feed him for a day

1. In your opinion, what can we do to help solve the food problem in Africa?

2. What can we do to help improve the education and training of the young people in Africa?

Discussion:

Choose one of the following questions to discuss in groups.

Language points:

1.(L2-4)The severity of this catastrophe shocked Bob Geldof, an Irish musician who organized a charity concert called Live Aid to raise money for famine victims in Ethiopia.

●shock 让… . 震惊

e.g. I was shocked at the news that bird flu had been found in our city.

shock 名词 震动 , 冲突 , 震惊

e.g. He got a shock when he touched the

water.

She said the scary movie gave her the

shock of her life.

2. (L6) Geldof intended the concert

called Live Aid to raise money for and

public awareness of the famine.

省略句

The completed sentence is that Geldof

intended the concert called Live Aid to

raise money for the famine and to raise

public awareness of the famine.

• 3. claim ( 回归课本 ) hunger and malnutrition claim……(P2)

• claim sth 值得 , 需要 , 夺去生命 , 要求 • sb claim (that) 声称…… ; 断言 The earthquake __________. 那次地震夺

走了数千条人命 .

• They ______________. 他们要求报酬 .

• He claimed (that) he had seen the picture.

• 他声称他曾看过这幅画 .

• give up a claim 放弃要求

5. alone ( 回归课本 ) …… food aid alone is not enough……(P3)

adj. 只有…… ; 仅仅……You cannot _____________. 你不能单靠吃肉生活 .

( 重点提示 ) 当 alone 作此意解时 , 只能置于相关名词或代词之后 , 而 only 只能作前置定语 .

adj./adv. 独自的 , 孤独的 , 单独的alone 作形容词用 , 意思为 “单独 , 独自一个人” , 不

带感情色彩 .

lonely 只作形容词用 , 意思为 “孤独的 , 寂寞的” , 表示主观上 “孤独 , 寂寞” , 可作定语 , 也可作表语 .

( 归纳拓展三 ) leave/let…… alone 不理会

6 go ( 回归课本 ) There is a saying that goes……(P3)

流传 , ( 谣言等 ) 散布 + (adv.)

The story goes that she’s been married five times.

go 系动词

go bad/mad/crazy/blind/

7.Spread 传播1 张开 ; 展开 ; 摊开

Mom spread a new table-cloth on the table.

2. 涂 ; 敷 [(+on/with)]

Spread the butter thinly.

3. 撒 ; 散布 , 传播 ; 普及She was told not to spread this secret around. 传出秘密

8. without doubt

beyond doubt 无容置疑，确实地

There is no doubt that……

There is some doubt whether/what/when/how ……

No wonder 难怪____you are tired, you’ve been working for hours.

Do you doubt what he said at the meeting?

I do not doubt that he is capable of doing the job.

I doubt very much whether he will come to my party tonight.

Have a try:

I don’t doubt ____ he took the first

place in his class, but I do doubt_____

he will succeed in the end.

A. if, that B. but that, which

C. whether, whether

D. that, whether