Teach a man to fish

Period one

Teaching objectives

• Read an article about helping the developing countries.

• Learn how to read for the structure of this article .

• Discuss about the theme of the article.• Write a passage about how to reconstruct an

earthquake-stricken area.

poverty

What do you think may lead to poverty?

poverty

What do you think may lead to poverty?

disasters

diseases

wars

poor environment

growing population

limited natural resources

wrong policies &strategies

How to help them?

Can you find some good ways to help people in poverty?

• Why was Live Aid held?Why was Live Aid held? To raise money for and public To raise money for and public

awareness of the famine.awareness of the famine.

• What does WFP stand for?What does WFP stand for? The World Food Programme.The World Food Programme.

• How many people has the WFP helped How many people has the WFP helped since it was established?since it was established?

More than one billion. More than one billion.

Detailed reading • Paragraph1• Why did Geldof organize the Live Aid?• Geldof intended the concert to raise

money for hunger relief and to make the public more aware of the problem.

• Geldof intended the concert to raise money to _______ hunger and _____ public awareness of the problem.

relieve raise

Paragraph 2What is the world’s number one health risk?•. In fact, hunger is the number one global health risk, killing more people than any diseases.•= In fact, hunger is the number one global health risk, _______ ________more people than any diseases

which kills

Oil prices have risen by 32 percent since the start of the year, _____a record Us $57.65 a barrel on April 4.A.have reached B. reachingC. to reach D. to be reaching

• paragraph 3

What programs are included in the World Food Programme?

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

Paragraph 3 measures already taken(WFP)

• Paragrap4 • Why food aid alone is not enough to help

poor countries?• Because it is only a ________________ to a

__________ problem• What does developing countries really

need?• Development help.

short-term solution

long-term

There is a saying that goes ‘ Give a man a fish , and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.’

_______ the saying goes, a problem

shared is a problem halved. ________________ an old saying that

honesty is the best policy.

As

There’ s/It’ s

Paragraph 5

• What is infrastructure?

• What things are included in the

infrastructure of a country?

• Why should the developing countries

develop the infrastructure?

The infrastructure of a country is what makes everything run smoothly.

what = the thing which/ that(1)The art center is _______ used to be a factory, where millions of tractors were made.

(2) The other day my brother drove his car down the street at________ I thought was dangerous speed.

what = the place that/which

what = the speed that/which

It includes things like transport, irrigation,electricity, telephone and schools.

Because these things provide a frame work for new jobs to be created, allowing people to help themselves so that they no longer need to depend on others.

Paragraph 6• How many examples are listed to address the

problem of unemployment? What are they?

•Teach housewives and widows to sew clothing

•Train young people to use computer technology

•Train the unemployed or homeless people to make works of art

Paragraph 7

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

Because the future of developing countries lies in the hands of children.

TitlePara4,8

ProblemsPara1-2

solutionsPara3.5.6.7

Conclusion

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

Teach a man to

fish

What’s the function of Paragraph 4?

A. concluding B. linking C. supporting

• What’s the disadvantage of giving a man a fish?

• What’s the advantage of teaching a man to fish?

• Write a passage about how to reconstruct an earthquake-stricken area using what we have learned today.

• Improve your composition.• Preview the language points of this article.• Finish exercise PartD andE on page4 and 5.