课件32张PPT。Unit 4 Helping poor children TaskSkills building 1: listening for specifics If 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 … Discussion If we want to know what has caused the problem when we are listening to a news report, what should we pay special attention to? This is because…/This problem has been caused by…/Unfortunately, …/…as… DiscussionStep 1: finding out about problems:ListeningA (1) no running water
(3) no money
(4) few clothes or furniture
(5) no electricity
(6) forest has been cut down B (1) poverty
(2) many children, especially girls, do not go to school
(4) 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 children’s parents have died of AID
(9) grandparents have to bring up children
(10) grandparents are old and poor A (2) repairing of pumps takes several days
B (3) not enough money Skills building 2: discussing in groupsmaking suggestionsasking for opinionsexpressing agreement/disagreementmaking conclusionStep 2: making suggestions:What can we do to help the poor children in northern Thailand?Discussion raise some money for them
donate pocket money
give away some books
give them some clothes Skills building 3: composing a proposal a proposal to UNICEF _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Possible example
Title: Helping the hill tribe children in northern Thailand
Group members: (Students’ owe names)
Introduction: We have been researching the problems faced by the children in northern Thailand. There are many villages in northern Thailand where children do not have books . Their classrooms have no roofs. Many girls cannot go to school.
Our group would like to help them.
Proposal:
We would like to help the children by:
donating the money collected from the students and teachers in our school
donating English books collected from the students in our school
donating clothes collected from the students in our school
writing a letter to them to tell them that we want to do what we can to help themHelping us recognize that there are many people in the world that need help
We would be pleased if you woukd approve our proposal. If you require any further information, please contact us.
Our contact details are:
(Students’ school address) Benefits:
Helping the hill tribe children in northern Thailand to go to school and live a better life Language pointsface ?
1) v. [I usually + adverb or preposition; T] to turn or be turned towards something physically; to be opposite: 面对,面向
The terrace faces towards the sea/faces south.
Their houses face each other across the street.
2)[T]
If you face a problem, or a problem faces you, you have to deal with it: 面临问题,(问题等)逼近
This is one of the many problems faced by working mothers.
Passengers could face long delays.
You're faced with a very difficult choice there.3)[T] to accept that something unpleasant is true and start to deal with the situation: 正视(问题)
I think Phil has to face the fact that she no longer loves him.
We have to face facts here - we simply don't have enough money.
He's dying but he refuses to face the truth.face up to sth phrasal verb
to accept that a difficult situation exists:
She's going to have to face up to the fact that he's not going to marry her.
face-to-face ? adv. , adj. [before noun]
directly, meeting someone in the same place:
We've spoken on the phone but never face-to-face.
She came face-to-face with the gunman as he strode into the playground.
to sb's face
If you say something unpleasant to someone's face, you say it to them directly, when you are with them:
If you've got something to say, say it to my face.
in the face of sth
despite having to deal with a difficult situation or problem:
She left home in the face of strong opposition from her parents.高考链接(06 四川)
________ with so much trouble, we failed to complete the task on time.
A. Faced B. Face C. Facing D. To face
(05 春季北京)
__________with a difficult situation, Arnold decided to ask his boss for advice.
A. To face B. Having faced C. Faced D. Facingbreak down
1)If a machine or vehicle breaks down, it stops working: 机器出故障,汽车抛锚
Our car broke down and we had to push it off the road.
2)If a system, relationship or discussion breaks down, it fails because there is a problem or disagreement. 计划等失败
3)to be unable to control your feelings and to start to cry: 精神崩溃
When we gave her the bad news, she broke down and cried.break 常用短语:
break away vt./vi. 断掉;拆除;剪掉;与。。。断绝关 系(from)
break in vi. 强行闯入;打岔
break into vt. 闯入,进入
break off vt. 折断,拆掉;vi. 停止说话,稍事休息
break out vi. 突然发生, 爆发
break through vt./vi. 突破(障碍)
break up vt./vi. 击碎,拆散; 结束;终止; (与)人分 He grabbed her, but she managed to break away.
The burglars broke in through the kitchen window.
My car's been broken into twice this month.
As she was talking, he suddenly broke in, saying, "That's a lie".
War broke out in 1914.
Fighting has broken out all over the city.
He broke off a piece of chocolate.
She broke off in the middle of a sentence.
Protesters broke through the barriers.
She's just broken up with her boyfriend.
We broke up for the holidays in June.高考链接1.(NMET 03)
News reports say peace talks between the two countries _________ with no agreement reached.
A. have broken down B. have broken out
C. have broken in D. have broken up
2.(06 辽宁)
The computer system suddenly_______ while he was searching for information on the Internet.
A.broke down B.broke out
C.broke up D.broke in高考链接
3. (06 广东)
I was still sleeping when the fire , and then it spread quickly.
A. broke out B. put out
C. came out D. got out
4. (06 浙江)
We’re trying to ring you back, Bryan, but we think we ________ your number incorrectly.
A. looked up B. took down
C. worked out D. brought about means: [c] a method or way of doing something: 方法
They had no means of communication.
We need to find some other means of transportation.
We must use every means at our disposal.
She tried to explain by means of sign language.
There is no means of tracing the debt at all.
The family had no means of support (= way of getting money).means常用短语;
by all means
used to give permission: of course 当然可以
"May I borrow this book?" "By all means.“
by no means (ALSO not by any means)
not at all: 决不
It is by no means certain that we'll finish the project by June.
This isn't the last we'll hear of it by any means. 高考链接I’ve tried very hard to improve my English. But by no means?__________? with my? progress. A. the teacher is not satisfied??
B. is the teacher not satisfied
C. the teacher is satisfied
D. is the teacher satisfied
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