Unit 4 Helping people around the worldr课件6（牛津高中选修6）.ppt

Helping people around the worldWelcome to the unit 1. Have you ever seen any natural disasters in real life or on TV? What were they like? 2. If you were involved in a natural disaster, what would you do? On April 14th, 2010, a powerful earthquake recording M7.1 took place in Yushu, Qing hai province. In 2010, severe draught hit China’s south-west region and in some places it’s the worst drought for a century. volcano eruption In August 2010, a volcano in the province of North Sumatra, Indonesia, erupted for the first time in 400 years. Discussion If you were involved in a natural disaster, will you ask for help? Which organization or person would you turn to for help? 3. Do you think this kind of job is very demanding, challenging and risky? Why or why not? 4. When you grow up, would you like to do this kind of job if you had the chance? Why or why not? Work in groups. What organizations do you know of that can help with the situations in the pictures we just saw? Discussion 1. Have you ever helped people in need? What did you do to help them? 2. When earthquake destroyed Yushu, have you ever considered to be a volunteer? What did you do? * 牛津版 高二模块六 Unit 4 Brainstorming earthquake drought Persistent torrential rains in the summer of 2010 caused enormous flooding in the Yangtze River Basin and Northeast China. flood The 2010, three consecutive typhoons and tropical storms have swept through China leaving a trail of devastation. Typhoon 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 famine 1. Can you guess what the main tasks of peacekeeping soldiers are? 2. Do you think these soldiers play an important role in maintaining the world peace? What can you see in these pictures? Can you imagine what will happen to those hungry children if nobody h