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What do you know more about this

organization? What organization

is it?

What does it do?

It gives medical aids, takes care of victims of poverty, wars…

humanitarian (a) [hju:,mæni'teəriən]

Dedicate (v) ['dedikeit]E.g.: Ho Chi Minh dedicated his

whole life to Vietnamese people.

Flood

epidemic

Famine

tsunami

Earthquake

disaster

tsunamiEarthquake

Flood Famine

disaster- stricken (n) [di‘zɑ:stə'strikən]

She appealed to volunteers for giving blood.

appalled (a) [ə'pɔ:ld]

E.g.: I was appalled when I heard the bad news

wounded (a) ['wu:ndid]

The crash resulted in the deaths of 4 people.

result in [ri'zʌlt] (v):

United Nations Headquarters

headquarters (n) ['hed'kwɔ:təz]

humanitarian (a) [hju:,mæni'teəriən]

result in [ri'zʌlt] (v): wounded (a) ['wu:ndid]

dedicate (v) ['dedikeit] appeal (v) [ə'pi:l]

appalled (v) [ə'pɔ:ld] disaster (n) [di'zɑ:stə]

disaster- stricken (n) headquarters (n) [di‘zɑ:stə 'strikən] ['hed'kwɔ:təz]initiate (n) [i'ni∫ieit] Initiative (n): [i'ni∫ətiv]

Task 1: Choose the best words in the box to complete the following sentences.

dedicated initiated appealed resulted appalled

1. This woman has ____________ her whole life to helping people.

2. Police have _____________ for witnesses to the accident.

3. The company ________________ a management training programme for small business.

4. She was ________________ to hear that her husband had been arrested.

5. The crash______________ in the deaths of 10 passengers.

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Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. The Red Cross is aimed at providing medical aid and other help to victims of natural disasters.2. The foundation of International Red Cross was inspired by a Swiss man called Henry Dunant.3. The Geneva Convention was first signed in 1864.

4. The symbol of the Red Cross has three colours.

5. The International Red Cross has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

T F

Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. The Red Cross is aimed at providing medical aid and other help to victims of natural disasters.

T F

The Red Cross is an international humanitarian agency. In times of war, it is dedicated to reducing the sufferings of wounded soldiers, civilians, and prisoners of war. In time of peace, it gives medical aid and other help to victims of major disasters such as floods, earthquakes, epidemics, and famines.

Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

2. The foundation of International Red Cross was inspired by a Swiss man called Henry Dunant.

T F

The initiative for founding the Red Cross came from a Swiss man called Jean Henri Dunant. Appalled by the almost complete lack of care for wounded soldiers, he appealed to the leaders of nations to found societies devoted to the aid of the wounded in wartime. A conference was held in Geneva in 1864, and official delegates of 12 nations signed the first Geneva Convention, laying down rules for the treatment and protection of the wounded and the disaster-stricken. It was also at this meeting that the famous symbol of the organization, the white flag bearing a red cross, was adopted.

Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

3. The Geneva Convention was first signed in 1864

T F

The initiative for founding the Red Cross came from a Swiss man called Jean Henri Dunant. Appalled by the almost complete lack of care for wounded soldiers, he appealed to the leaders of nations to found societies devoted to the aid of the wounded in wartime. A conference was held in Geneva in 1864, and official delegates of 12 nations signed the first Geneva Convention, laying down rules for the treatment and protection of the wounded and the disaster-stricken. It was also at this meeting that the famous symbol of the organization, the white flag bearing a red cross, was adopted.

Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

4. The symbol of the Red Cross has three colours.

T F

The initiative for founding the Red Cross came from a Swiss man called Jean Henri Dunant. Appalled by the almost complete lack of care for wounded soldiers, he appealed to the leaders of nations to found societies devoted to the aid of the wounded in wartime. A conference was help in Geneva in 1864, and official delegates of 12 nations signed the first Geneva Convention, laying down rules for the treatment and protection of the wounded and the disaster-stricken. It was also at this meeting that the famous symbol of the organization, the white flag bearing a red cross, was adopted.

Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

5. The International Red Cross has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

T F

The International Red Cross has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Today, the total number of national Red Cross societies from all over the world has mounted to 186. So help and support are able to be rapidly sent to wherever there are victims of catastrophe, for example, to help the victims of Asia tsunami in 2004.

Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. The Red Cross is aimed at providing medical aid and other help to victims of natural disasters.2. The foundation of International Red Cross was inspired by a Swiss man called Henry Dunant.3. The Geneva Convention was first signed in 1864.

4. The symbol of the Red Cross has three colours.

5. The International Red Cross has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

T F

Game:

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UNUNICEF

WHO

What is the Red Cross?

A. It is an international humanitarian agency.B. It is the World health organization.C. World Wildlife FundD. World Trade organization

The Red Cross Federation’s mission is …………..

A. to help old people.B. to give money to the poor. C. to improve the lives of vulnerable people who are victims of natural disasters, poverty, and health emergencies. D. to help soldiers.

…………. appealed to the leaders of nations to found societies devoted to the aid of the wounded in wartime.

A. Geneva Convention B. Henri DunantC. Henry DavisonD. American Red Cross War Committee

Official delegates of 12 nations signed the first….............

A. Red cross

B.National Society

C.American Red Cross War Committee

D.Geneva Convention

Summarize the passage using these suggestions.

The Red Cross

Foundation

When?

Where?

Who?

Headquarters

Activities

Symbol

-was inspired by a Swiss

man called Henry Dunant

in 1864.

the white flag bearing a red cross

in Geneva, Switzerland

*sending goods and medicine to wherever there are victims of catastrophe quickly. * sending volunteers to help the victims of disasters without hesitation.

Jean Henri Dunant

Some activities of the Vietnamese Red Cross:

- Learn by heart new words.

- Do the tasks in the book again.

- Prepare the next lessons: Unit 14: Lesson A 2nd period.