M6U4reading3.pptVIP

 True or False 1. The UN was set up in 1945 by 57 countries. 2. The UN has five main functions. 3. The UN has a greater influence on the lives of people everywhere. 4. Tang Ning gets paid for her work as a UN Goodwill Ambassador. 5. The UN helps people who suffer from hunger. 6. The UN has its own website. Reading strategy: happy pleased honored fortunate to sell… Who? some women What? add it to… to expand… In South Africa organize…collect to acquire… 4. What did the local people do to support themselves in South Africa? Jackie Chan actor martial arts expert Cambodia, in April 2004 Lang Lang Pianist of our time on 20 May 2004 David Beckham Football player NEW YORK, 12 January 2005 UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, actress 20 June 2006 UNHCR the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees 联合国难民事务高级专员(办事处) Nicol Kidman actress 26 Jan, 2006 UNIFEM 51 F T four F is not paid F T T positive horrible difficult angry unhappy negative Reading strategy Understanding a speaker’s attitude Favorable Unfavorable enthusiastic tone; positive adjectives/ aspects negative adjectives I am pleased to have… I’m very happy to have … As you know, …everywhere. …horrible conflicts. Now please find more sentences to express the writer’s attitudes in the passage. Positive Negative 1.I am very happy to have been chosen to… 2.I feel honoured to have been able to … 3.The UN assists the victims of …,the UN helps protect… 4.I was fortune enough to … 5. So you see ,with the work of the UN the world has been brought closer together. … problems such as lack of education, lack of food ,poverty, disease and disasters. the UN As common people, what can we do to help those in need? The whole world is a large family. We should make every effort to help the people in trouble, no matter who they are. 1. Read the conversation in Part A on page 128 in Workbook and you’ll know more about the UNESCO. 2. Read the passage on page 129 in Workbook, a