(共35张PPT)
Unit 2
Unit 2
Making a difference
To learn to talk about water problems in Africa, and give some effective solutions
To read Ryan’s story and find out what he did to help solve the problem
To learn to describe an event with a timeline;
To learn to summarize someone’s personal qualities from what he/she has done
Which areas in China are suffering from water shortage problems What are their solutions
If you were a volunteer in Africa, what would you do to help people deal with water problems
Look at the map and talk about water problems in Africa.
Freshwater shortage
Freshwater stress
Freshwater problems in Africa by 2025
What is the map about
What do different colors stand for
Globally, renewable internal freshwater resource per capita was around 6000 m in 2014.
Video time
This 13-year-old African girl has to spend 8 hours a day to fetch water. What’s worse, this is the normal life for the people around her.
What should we do to solve the problem
Now tick the solutions that you think are most effective to supply Africa with fresh water.
collect and purify rainwater
fund (provide money for sth) water projects
build wells and pumps
recycle (use sth again) waste water
set up facilities to purify water
develop new water conservation (protection) technologies
Read the passage and find out what Ryan did to help solve the problem of water shortage in Africa.
The Well that
Changed the World
How much money does it cost to build a well
How many people benefited from the clean, safe water in Africa
Ryan raised $2,000 to build a well near a primary school in Ugada, and later set up a foundation to attract more support to provide clean, safe water for people in Africa.
Over 800,000 people in 16 countries across Africa have benefited from the life-changing gift of clean, safe water.
Choose the best explanation of the title and give your reasons.
The well built by Ryan solved the problem of worldwide water shortage.
The more wells you dig, the better the world will be.
The well built by Ryan encouraged more people to help make the world a better place.
Read the text carefully and get the line of efforts that Ryan made to help set up wells in Africa.
The passage is arranged in the order of time. We should find out what Ryan did at different periods.
During each period, he met different difficulties. We should find out what the difficulties were.
first heard of water problem in Africa
went to Uganda to see the wells
earned enough money for a hand pump
asked others for help to donate money
set up a foundation for more help
(know the problem)
(find a solution)
(solve the problem)
(evaluate the results)
(raise the theme into a higher lever)
Find the main idea in each paragraph.
Thinking:
Why does the author use three interrogative questions (疑问句) at the end of first paragraph
to arouse the readers’ interest
to lead to the following paragraphs
Ryan learnt some African children suffered from water shortage.
Thinking:
1. How did Ryan raise money
work for others
ask others to donate
make his story go public
2. What’s the function of the last sentence in Paragraph 3
It is a transitional sentence.
The money Ryan had earned was not enough for building a well.
How did Ryan raise the money to build a well
Thinking:
1. What kind of warm welcome did Ryan get
sing and dance
offer him food and gifts
2. What’s his attitude towards the students
At first he was nervous, but soon he realized he had made a real difference for them and he smiled at last.
Ryan saw the difference he had made to the children's life.
In Uganda, Ryan met Jimmy who had written to Ryan to show his thanks for Ryan’s well.
Later, Ryan invited Jimmy to come to Canada to live with his family and helped Jimmy to study in Canada.
Friendship
Ryan's foundation brings far-reaching benefits.
Ryan's courage and perseverance made his dream come true.
Name Ryan Nationality 1. ________
Situation Many people in 2. ___________ African countries couldn’t get enough clean water.
Ryan’s plan He wanted to earn money to build a single well somewhere in Africa.
Cost It actually cost 3. ________ to build a well.
Fill in the boxes with the corresponding information.
Canadian
developing
$2,000
How to raise money ★ cleaning windows and doing gardening for his
family and neighbours
★ persuading his classmates and neighbours to 4.
_______________.
★ making his story go public.
Results ★ A well was built near a 5.____________ school in
Uganda.
★ The children appreciated Ryan and invited him to visit.
donate money
primary
Influences ★ A foundation was set up.
★ Many 6. ________ people offered Ryan their support.
★ Over 800, 000 people in 7. ________ countries across Africa have benefited from clean and safe water.
inspired
16
help
Please fill in the blanks in the chart and state what Ryan did to reach his goal in order of time.
70 / seventy
Uganda
adult
Complete Ryan’s story with expressions from the passage.
Ryan could get clean drinking water within ten steps, but some African children had to _____________________________________. So Ryan decided to help.
Ryan cleaned windows and did gardening, and reached ___________________. But when he ___________________________, he was told it cost $2,000 to build a well.
walk ten kilometers to get water every day
his first target of $70
gave the money to a charity
3. Ryan persuaded his classmates and neighbours to _______________. His mother’s friend also helped him. After several months, he raised enough money and a well was built in Uganda.
4. Ryan visited Uganda.
He saw ______________
______. He also saw
_______________________________
who had turned out to welcome him.
donate money
the finished well
hundreds of delighted students
5. Later, Ryan’s experience led him to __________________ to encourage more people to help.
6. Today, the life-changing gift of clean water _________________________________________________
_________________________.
set up a foundation
has benefited over 800,000 people in 16 countries across Africa
What kind of person do you think Ryan is Which of his qualities do you admire most Why
2. As a senior high school student, what can you do to help people in need
Choose the right qualities from the box to describe Ryan.
devoted, determined, helpful, curious, hardworking
1. He looked across the classroom at the drinking fountain.
________
2. Young Ryan thought, “Life is easy for me, but hard for
those people. Why don’t I help ” ________
curious
helpful
3. He cleaned windows and did gardening for his family and
neighbours. ____________
4. Two thousand dollars was a lot of money, but Ryan didn’t
give up. ___________
5. Later, Ryan’s experience led him to set up a foundation to
encourage more people to help. ________
devoted, determined, helpful, curious, hardworking
hardworking
determined
devoted
Below is a summary of the text with some content missing. Choose the right item from the box and make the summary complete. Change the form when necessary.
break into a smile, build a well, donate money, courage and perseverance, invite him to visit, African children
Ryan, a six-year-old Canadian schoolboy, wanted to help 1. _______________ to get enough clean water. First, he earned $70 by cleaning windows and doing gardening for his family and neighbours to 2. _____________ in Africa.
African children
build a well
But later, he found out that a well cost $2, 000. Yet, Ryan didn’t give up and started to ask his classmates and neighbours for assistance to 3. _____________. A friend of Ryan’s mother helped make his story go public, and Ryan raised enough funds to build a well near a primary school in Uganda. The children were grateful for his aid and 4. _________________.
break into a smile, build a well, donate money, courage and perseverance, invite him to visit, African children
donate money
invited him to visit
In Uganda, Ryan saw the finished well with his own eyes. He 5. _________________ on realising that he had made a difference for these children. Ryan’s experience led him to set up a foundation later to encourage more people to help. Over 800, 000 people in 16 countries across Africa have benefited from clean water today. With 6. _______________________, the six-year-old boy made his dream a reality.
break into a smile, build a well, donate money, courage and perseverance, invite him to visit, African children
broke into a smile
courage and perseverance
Key expressions
look across
drinking fountain
earn money
turn out
make a difference
set up
benefit from
make one’s dream a reality
What kind of person do you think Ryan is Write a passage about him.
