howtheunitednationstriestokeepthepeace[14页]

1、Cultural Corner,helmet peacekeeper arm disagreement personnel civilian despite,n.头盔 n.维和人员 v.装备，武装 n.争论，矛盾 n.全体人员 n.平民，文职人员 prep.不管，不顾,Words Preview,As we know, war is a terrible thing to all the people in the world.Where there is a war, there is miserable thing happening. People will suffer a lot f

2、rom the war. So in the world most of people prevent the war and how do people prevent the war? There is an organization which can help prevent the war and save the people who suffer from the war. Do you know its name? Lets look at some photos.,The organisation is the United Nations.,Kofi Annan, the

3、seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations,Ban Ki-Moon, the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations,United Nations peacekeepers,Peacekeepers,Read the passage and answer the questions:,What is the purpose of UN peacekeeping forces? To prevent wars starting, or to keep a difficult peace wh

4、ich has just been made. Do you think the need for UN peacekeeping forces will increase or decrease in the future?,What happened in the following years?,Over 60 years ago _ _ In 1948 _ _ In 1957 _ _ _,the idea of UN peacekeepers began.,the first UN peacekeepers were sent to the Middle East.,the first

5、 armed UN peacekeepers were sent to the Middle East.,During the 1990s _ _ In 2003 _ _ _,eastern European countries also sent personnel.,There were 15 UN peacekeeping operations ,involving nearly 37,000personnel.,Discussion,What the main reason why countries go to wars? What is the best way to keep p

6、eace between countries?,Language points,arm: n. 常用复武器, 军械, 兵种 e.g. Having failed to settle their disputes at the conference table, the two countries appealed to arms.和平解决争端的谈判失败以后, 两国便诉诸武力。,vt., vi. 武装; 装备 arm oneself against danger 武装起来, 对付危险 armed to the teeth 武装到牙齿; 全副武装,involve: vt. involved, in

7、volving 1) (常与in连用)牵涉; 拖累 Dont involve other people in your trouble. 别把别人牵涉进你的麻烦中去。 2) (常与in连用)使陷入 be involved in trouble卷入纠纷 be involved in disaster陷入不幸,3) 包括, 涉及 All the children were involved in the school play. 所有的孩子都参加了学校排练的剧。 This lesson involves a lot of work. 这一课需要做的工作有很多。,Despite,prep. in spite of尽管, 不管;不顾;即使 Despite the bad weather we enjoyed our holiday. 尽管天气不好, 我们