Module 6 Unit 4 Helping people around the world

Welcome to the unit

Have you ever seen any disasters

in real life or on TV?

What are they?

Questions

On July 28th, 1976, at 3:42 a.m. local time, a powerful earthquake recording M8.2 took place in northeastern China about 95 miles east of Beijing near Tang Shan, an industrial city of about 1 million people.

earthquake

Many eye witnesses said they saw a

bright flashed across the sky which

was followed by a deafening roar just

before the shaking began.

the blaze in the Hannuohe forestry center in the Greater Hinggan Mountains, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on May 4, 2007. The fire ravaged 10,400 ha of land, including 10,317 ha grassland and 83 ha forest,

fire

Persistent torrential rains in the

summer of 1998 caused enormous

flooding in the Yangtze River Basin

and Northeast China.

flood

The floods have affected one-fifth of China's population in 29 provinces, over 3,600 people have died, and about 5 millions hectares of crops were destroyed. There has been severe damage to infrastructure and social service facilities, disrupting economic production and activities. Economic losses are estimated at over US$ 36 billion.

The 2006 typhoon season is one of the most serious in recent years. Between May and July, five consecutive typhoons and tropical storms have swept through China leaving a trail of devastation.

Typhoon

The total estimated human loss of life caused by World War II, irrespective of political alignment, was roughly 62 million people. The civilian toll was around 37 million, the military toll about 25 million. The Allies lost around 51 million people, and the Axis lost 11 million.

War

October 16 is World Food Day, an

occasion to remember the plight of

the world's 850 million chronically

hungry people.

Famine

After decades of decline, that number

has actually been growing by four

million each year since the mid-

1990s. Today, hunger still kills more

people than AIDS, tuberculosis and

malaria combined

If you were involved in a disaster,

what would you do?

Would you ask for help?

Which organization or person would

you turn to for help?

Questions

Did you do something to help them?

What did you do? Why?

Tsunami

What happened in

Dec. 2004 in the

Indian Ocean?

What did China do for them?

Do you think it right for China to do so? Why?

Look at the picture and guess what the

main tasks of peacekeeping soldiers are?

Do you think these soldiers play an

important role in maintaining the world

peace?

Do you think this kind of job is very de

manding, challenging and risky? Why

or why not?

When you grow up, would you like to d

o this kind of job if you had the chance?

Why or why not?

What can you see in these pictures?

Can you imagine what will happen to those

hungry children if nobody helps?

How do you feel when you see this picture?

How can we help them?

What can you see in the pictures?Suppose your home was struck by a flood, what would your life like?Would you still live a normal life as before?What problems would you meet?

What can you see in the pictures?

What factors can ensure a good harvest?

What would happen if there was not

enough water for farming?

What can you see in the

pictures?

What is the doctor

doing?

Why do you think that

doctors and nurses need

to go to poor areas or

countries to help?

What can you see in the pictures?Do you think children can receive good education and good medical care in poor areas?Can their daily necessities be guaranteed? If not, what will happen?

Quiz

Food and

agricultural

organization

Look at the following and tell what

organization you know it stand for?

World Health Organization

Quiz

Look at the following and tell what

organization you know it stand for?

United Nations Educational, Scientifc and CulturalOrganization

Quiz

Look at the following and tell what

organization you know it stand for?

International

Committee of

the Red Cross

Quiz

Look at the following and tell what

organization you know it stand for?

Quiz

Look at the following and tell what

organization you know it stand for?

International

labour organization

Quiz

Look at the following and tell what

organization you know it stand for?

Discussion

Look at the following and tell what

organization you know it stand for?

1.Preview “Reading”

2.Write a short essay about your

feelings of helping others.

Homework