高中英语 Unit4《helping people around the world-Task》教案 牛津译林版选修6

1、Unit 4 Helping people around the worldPart One Teaching Design第一部分 教学设计Aims 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

2、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 communityProceduresTask Helping poor childrenSkills building 1: listening for spec

3、ificsIn this part, you will learn how to listen for problems and the causes of the problems. We always have something specific to listen for when we listen to something. We should try to seize the key phrases or sentences that are relevant.First lets have a discussion about the following questions:I

4、f 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 shoul

5、d 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 youll listen for and what you are asked to do in this part. Go over the table in Part A. Then listen t

6、o the tape, trying to complete the table.TapescriptReporter: Here I am in northern Thailand. As you can see, the families living here are living in very poor conditions. There is no running water and no electricity in this village. Water has to be collected from the river 10 minutes walk away. This

7、may seem near but when you need water for many things, walking 10 minutes is a long time. The water then needs to be boiled before it 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

8、 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

9、 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 tha

10、t 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.Answers A (1) no running water (3) no money (4) few clothes or furniture (5) no electricity (6) forest has been cut down 2. Listen to the second part of the report and finish the t

11、able in Part B on P59. Now listen to the lecture for a second time, and finish Part A & Part B on P33.Tapescript Reporter: Over there you can see the school. As the village is poor, the school has no roof. There are no chairs either, so the children have to sit on the floor. When it rains, schoo

12、l is stopped. Many children, especially the girls, do not go to school because they have to stay at home and help their parents or grandparents with 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 anima

13、ls 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 concentra

14、te on learning. Another problem is that many of the childrens 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

15、) all farming is done by hand (5) small amount of land and water available (6) children have poor diets (7) children do not grow properly (8) many of the childrens 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

16、to get more information needed to finish the two tables.AnswersA (2) repairing of pumps takes several daysB (3) not enough moneySkills building 2: discussing in groupsIn this unit, you will review the sentence structures used to make suggestions, ask for opinions, express agreement or disagreement a

17、nd 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 m

18、ake some sentences using the structures given on P60For referenceI think it would be a good idea to post our proposal on the Internet. We could help by giving out leaflets to ask people to donate money.I would like to suggest that we organize a charity show.It would be a good idea if we sell old boo

19、ks to raise money2. In a discussion, we also need to know opinions from others, and we often use questions to ask for other peoples 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 fro

20、m the newspaper article in Part B and answer the four questions.4. There are many ways to express personal opinions about a suggestion. Lets 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

21、 3 on P60.For referenceI agree to organize a charity show because more people will come and help.Thats a great idea, but who will star in the show, who will be the host, and where we will hold the show are all problems we must think about.Im sorry but I dont think that will work because we will need

22、 lots of money for the show.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 organ

23、ize a charity show.In conclusion, we have decided to organize a charity show.Step 2: making suggestionsNow, lets use the speaking skills we just learned. Lets have a discussion: What can we do to help the poor children in northern Thailand?Sample answers S1: All of us have listened to the news repor

24、t and read the article about the poor children in northern Thailand. I feel really sorry for them. What do you think we can do to help them?Does anyone have any suggestions? Ill write down your ideas.S2: I think we could help by raising some money for them. Id like to donate my pocket money.S3: That

25、s a good idea. I suggest that we make a poster telling the students in our school about what kind of life these children have. We can ask all the students to donate some of their pocket money.S4: OK, that sounds like a good idea. I would like to donate some books.S2: Im sorry but I dont think that w

26、ould work. They wont be able to read the books because they dont 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 hav

27、e many old clothes that 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 weve decided to raise as much money as we can

28、and donate English books and 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, well learn the structure of a proposal and what shou

29、ld 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, youre required to write a proposal to UNICEF about how to help the hill tribe children in northern Thailand with information th

30、at 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, lets share you proposals.Possible exampleTitle: Helping the hill tribe children in northern T