牛津版 高三 模块十 Unit 1 Building the future. Reading Give a man a fish

牛津版 高三 模块十Unit 1 Building the future

Reading

Give a man a fish

In your opinion, what serious problems are In your opinion, what serious problems are the developing countries facing?the developing countries facing?In your opinion, what serious problems are In your opinion, what serious problems are the developing countries facing?the developing countries facing?

What happened in Wenchuan?

What happened to the children?

They lost parents and became orphans.

How to help them?

Look and think

It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.

Over 50 million children died between

2000 and 2005.

It means that there is 1 child dying

every 3 seconds.

20 children dying ____________.

Around the world, _____________

children die every day.

every minute

27,000–30,000

World Hunger and Poverty

2005 年“现场八方 Live 8” 慈善演唱会，仍旧是由 20 年前发起 Live Aid 的爱尔兰籍歌星鲍勃 · 格尔多夫 (Bob Geldof)发起。

Bob Geldof

The World Food Program, set up in 1963, aims at ending world hunger, which is the number one risk to global health today.Over the past 40 years, the WFP has worked hard to provide food aid for the weak and the poor, and to improve the nutrition and quality of life.

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a donation to the Jet Li One

Foundation Project.

Is it enough?

Fast reading

Scan the passage quickly and find

the answers to the following questions.

Only focus on the information needed

to answer the questions, please.

1. When was Live Aid held?

2. How many people has the WFP

helped since it was established?

3. What is the saying mentioned in the

passage?

On 13 July 1985.

More than one billion.

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him a lifetime.

Careful readingCareful reading

1. Find special information to answer

the following questions.

Read the passage carefully and deal

with the following exercises.

1) Why was the Live Aid concert so important?

2) What things are included in the infrastructure of a country?

3) What is the long-term solution to the problem of poverty?

4) Why is education and training for young people in developing countries so important?

(L7) Because it raised ＄ 100 million f

or famine victims in Ethiopia and also

raised public attention. It also put pres

sure on politicians to do something ab

out the famine.

1. Why was the Live Aid concert so important?

2. What things are included in the

infrastructure of a country?

(L38) Things like transport,

irrigation, electricity, postal service,

telephones and schools are included.

3. What is the long-term solution to the problem of poverty?

4. Why is education and training for young people in developing countries so important?

(L41)Development aid together with food aid.

(L43)Because the future of developing countries lies in the hands of children.

2. Choose the right answer according to the text.

1) In countries where there are too many unemployed people, which help would they receive from WFP? ( 推断题 )

A. Food-for-Life B. Food-for-Growth

C. Food-for-Work

2. Among the following sentences, which one is not right according to the text? ( 细节判断题 ) A. The Ethiopian famine led to destroyed harvests and killed cattle. B. Disease is the number one global health risk, killing more people than any disease. C. Development aid together with food aid is the long-term solution to the problem. D. Young people in eastern Nigeria are being trained to use computer technology to develop their problem solving and communication skills.

Hunger

3) From the passage we know the author

thinks the most important thing to hel

p developing countries fight hunger an

d poverty is_______. ( 写作意图推测 )

A. to appeal to people to donate

B. to speak highly of Bob Geldof

C. to develop the work of WFP

D. to help them help themselv

es

3. Work in pairs and fill in the form. Problems in developing countries

In the developing world, serious problems like disease and poverty are still _______.● Famine: In 1985, little rainfall in Ethiopia _______ in destroyed harvests and killed cattle.● Disease: Malaria, _______ by mosquitoes, kills over one million children yearly.● Hunger & malnutrition: Every year ten million lives are ____ related to hunger and malnutrition. Hunger kills more people than any disease, ________ the first global health risk.

existing

resulted

spread

lost

ranking

Measures taken to solve problems

● To give a man a fish ● To teach a man to fish

● In 1985, Live Aid, a ch

arity concert __________

by Bob Geldof helped rai

se $100 million,

which was sent as food ai

d and famine relief fundi

ng.

● To improve a country’

s infrastructure like tran

sport, irrigation, electrici

ty, postal service, telepho

nes and schools to stop p

overty can help ______

more jobs for people.

organized

create

Measures taken to solve problems

● To give a man a fish ● To teach a man to fish

● In 1963, the WFP was

set up by the UN, which

has helped more than

one billion people since

its __________.

● To _________

education and training

for young people is

important as the future

of developing countries

lies in the hands of

children.

foundation

develop

Conclusion: Food aid alone is not enough as the

fight against poverty is never ____.

Therefore, development aim together with food aid

can be the long-term solution to the problem of

poverty because teaching a man to fish can help

him fill his belly for a lifetime.

over

Choose the best answer to each question.1. What was the purpose of Bob Geldof by organizing Live Aid? A. To achieve fame. B. To raise money for himself. C. To raise money for famine victims as well as to raise public awareness of the famine. D. To put great pressure on politicians and statesmen.

2. In order to fight worldwide hunger,

the WFP has carried out the following

programmes EXCEPT _____.

A. Food-for-Aid programme

B. Food-for-Life programme

C. Food-for-Growth programme

D. Food-for-Work programme

3. The author of this passage seems to agree that _____. A. it is better to teach a man to fish rather than to give a man a fish B. it is enough for the UN to set up the World Food Programme to help poor people C. more food aid should be offered to help the developing countries D. it’s politicians and statesmen in developing countries that are to blame for poverty

Fill in the blanks according to the text. The Ethiopia _______ was in 1985, which shocked Bob. He organized a charity _______ called ________ and ________ it to raise money for and public _________of the famine. The World Food Programmer also gave the help. They need help, but the sad truth is that ____ aid alone is not enough.

famine

concert Live Aid intendedawareness

food

Consolidation

What developing countries really need

to do is to stop poverty by fighting the

______ of it. One way to do this is to

_______ a country’s _____________.

Clearly, ___________ aid together with

food aid is the _________ solution to

the problem of poverty.

causes

improve infrastructure

development

long-term

Another important thing to remember

is that the ______ of developing

countries lies in the hands of children.

This is why ________ and _______ for

young people is so important.

future

education training

Fill in the chart according to the passage.

problems solutions

a short-term solution

development aid as well as food aid

give a man a fish

feed him for a lifetime

disease

poverty

hunger

a long-term solution

food aid

teach a man to fish

feed him for a day

Match work

1. In a poor country, this programme focuses on development and reducing unemployment.

2.In a country that suffers a natural disaster such as an earthquake, or a man-made disaster such as war, this programme will help.

3. In a poor country, this programme targets those most at risk such as babies, children, pregnant women and the elderly.

Food for Life

Food for growth

Food for work

TitlePara4 and para7

ProblemsParas1~3

SolutionsParas4~6

Conclusionpara7

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

structure

Give a man a fish

1. In your opinion, what can we do to

help solve the food problem in

Africa?

2. What can we do to help improve the

education and training of the young

people in Africa?

Discussion:

Choose one of the following questions to

discuss in groups.

1. Read the passage again and finish

off exercises D & E on pages 4-5.

2. Write down the results of the

discussion.

Homework

“Big eyes” Su Mingjuan

Long for schooling Study at school Work as a teacher

Help poor children

1. What can we learn from “Big eyes” Su Mingjuan’s experience?

2. If you were Su Mingjuan, in what way would you like to help those in need?