Helping poor children Task Skills building 1: listening for specifics

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 result is …/This means …

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…

Step 1: finding out about problems:

A (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 groups

making suggestions

asking for opinions

expressing agreement/disagreement

making conclusion

Step 2: making suggestions:

What can we do to help the poor children in northern Thailand?

raise some money for them

donate pocket money

give away some books

give them some clothes

Skills building 3: Writing a proposal

Title:

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Helping the poor children in the mountain villages in Yunnan Province

It is reported that children in the mountain villages in Yunnan Province are faced with many problems, such as ---Today we had a heated discussion about how to help them. Some of us think ---; Others suggest that we---.As far as I’m concerned, I would---.Only in this way can they live

a better life

Possible exampleTitle: Helping the hill tribe children in northern Thailand Group members: (Students’ own 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 schooldonating some 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 them

1. Helping us recognize that there are many people in the world that need help 2. We would be pleased if you would approve

our proposal. If you require any further information, please contact us.

3. Our contact details are:4. (Students’ school address)

Benefits:Helping the hill tribe children in poor areas to go to school and live a better life

face  1 ） v. 面对，面向The window faces towards the sea/faces south.Their houses face each other across the street.2） v. 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 due to the fog.You're faced with a very difficult choice there.

3 ）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.

1. face up to sth She's going to have to face up to the fact that he's not going to marry her.face-to-face   adv. , adj.We've spoken on the phone but never face-to-face.She came face-to-face with the gunman as he hurried onto the playground.to sb's faceIf you've got something to say, say it to my face.in the face of sthShe left home in the face of strong opposition from her parents.

(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. Facing

2. break down 1) 机器出故障，汽车抛锚Our car broke down and we had to push it off the road.2）计划等失败3）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), 脱离 ---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（火，战争）break through vt./vi. 突破（障碍）break up vt./vi. 击碎，拆散；结束；终止； （与）人分 手

1. He grabbed her, but she managed to break away.2. The burglars broke in through the kitchen window.3. My car's been broken into twice this month.4. As she was talking, he suddenly broke in, saying "That's a lie".5. World War II broke out in 1939.6. A big fire broke out in the supermarket yesterday.7. She broke off in the middle of a sentence.8. The opponents broke through the barriers.9. She's just broken up with her boyfriend.10. We broke up for the holidays in June.

1.（ NMET 03）News reports say peace talks between the two coun

tries _________ with no agreement reached. A. have broken down B. have broken out C. have broken in D. have broken up2.（ 06 辽宁）The computer system suddenly_______ while he w

as searching for information on the Internet. A. broke down B. broke out C. broke up D. broke in

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 out4. (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: 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 : of course 当然可以"May I borrow this book?" "By all means.“by no means : not at all: 决不It is by no means certain that we'll finish the project by June.

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