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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