1、Unit 4 Helping people around the world,Unit 4,Helping poor children,Task,Skills 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 resu

2、lt 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,Discussion,Step 1: finding out about problems:,Listening,A (1) no running w

3、ater (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 pro

4、perly (8) many of the childrens 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 groups,making suggestions,asking for opinions,expressing agreemen

5、t/disagreement,making conclusion,Step 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 exa

6、mple 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 n

7、o 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

8、students in our school writing a letter to them to tell them that we want to do what we can to help them,Helping 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 c

9、ontact details are: (Students school address),Benefits: Helping the hill tribe children in northern Thailand to go to school and live a better life,Language points,face 1） v. I usually + adverb or preposition; T to turn or be turned towards something physically; to be opposite: 面對，面向 The terrace fac

10、es 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: 面臨問題，（問題等）逼近 This is one of the many problems faced by working mothers. Passengers could face long delays. Youre faced with a very difficult ch

11、oice there.,3）T to accept that something unpleasant is true and start to deal with the situation: 正視（問題） I think Phil has to face the fact that she no longer loves him. We have to face facts here - we simply dont have enough money. Hes dying but he refuses to face the truth.,face up to sth phrasal v

12、erb to accept that a difficult situation exists: Shes going to have to face up to the fact that hes not going to marry her. face-to-face adv. , adj. before noun directly, meeting someone in the same place: Weve spoken on the phone but never face-to-face. She came face-to-face with the gunman as he s

13、trode into the playground. to sbs face If you say something unpleasant to someones face, you say it to them directly, when you are with them: If youve 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 o

14、f strong opposition from her parents.,_ with so much trouble, we failed to complete the task on time. A. Faced B. Face C. Facing D. To face _with a difficult situation, Arnold decided to ask his boss for advice. A. To face B. Having faced C. Faced D. Facing,break down 1)If a machine or vehicle break

15、s down, it stops working: 機(jī)器出故障，汽車拋錨 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. 計(jì)劃等失敗 3）to be unable to control your feelings and to start to cry: 精神崩潰 When we gave her the bad new

16、s, she broke down and cried.,break 常用短語： break away vt./vi. 斷掉;拆除;剪掉;與。斷絕關(guān) 系(from) break in vi. 強(qiáng)行闖入；打岔 break into vt. 闖入，進(jìn)入 break off vt. 折斷，拆掉；vi. 停止說話，稍事休息 break out vi. 突然發(fā)生， 爆發(fā) break through vt./vi. 突破（障礙） break up vt./vi. 擊碎，拆散； 結(jié)束；終止； （與）人分,He grabbed her, but she managed to break away. The b

17、urglars broke in through the kitchen window. My cars been broken into twice this month. As she was talking, he suddenly broke in, saying, Thats 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. Shes just broken up with her boyfriend. We broke up for the holidays in June.,1. 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 u