Unit 4 Helping people around the world

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Unit 4 Helping people around the world
Welcome to the Unit
What natural disasters do you know about?
Flood, fire, volcano, tsunami, sandstorm,
drought, desertification, famine,
Who will save people in a natural disaster?
PLA (Peoples liberation army) ??????? Doctors
volunteers soldiers
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• Project Hope
• Red Cross Society of China
• Spring Bud Project
• United Nations Peacekeeping Forces(??????)
• United Nations Security Council(??????)
• World Health Organization(??????)
• United Nations Childrens Fund---UNIEF(????????)

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The UN
bringing everyone closer together
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Fast reading
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Go through the passage as quickly as possible
and try to find answers to the three questions
in part A

• 1 A businesswoman and a Goodwill Ambassador.
• 2 191 countries.
• 3 Countries in Africa.

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Detailed reading
Read the speech a second time and complete Parts
C1 and C2
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1 1 An international group made up of
countries that want to increase peace. 2
Honoured and happy. 3 They come from different
countries that belong to the UN. 4 She mainly
visits countries where the UN has programmes to
help people. 5 Baskets. They sell them at the
market. 6 Lack of education, lack of money,
lack of food, poverty, disasters and disease.
7 Access to fresh drinking water for everyone and
primary education for all children. 1 F 2 F 3 T
4 F 5 T 6 T
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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.
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How much money does she earn by doing the
job? A. She earns a lot. B. She volunteers. She
gets no salary for the job. C. She earns some,
though not much. D. It isnt mentioned in the
article.
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What project or projects has she been
involved in? A. She helps develop the worlds
education. B. She helps deal with such problems
as poverty and disasters. C. She visits
countries where the UN has programmes to help
people. D. She visits the poorest areas in the
world.
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After the Second World War in October 1945
(originally) 51 countries
(recently) 191 countries
Helps end some of the worlds 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 disease
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
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
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Discussion
What qualities should a Goodwill Ambassador
have?
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famous
rich
good-looking
a Goodwill Ambassador
honest
young
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Thank you