Reading(2)：The UN—bringing everyone closer togetherppt配用优秀获奖教案

Book 6 Unit 4 Reading (2) 1.

I am pleased to have this chance today to talk to you about the United Nations, or the UN, as it is more often___________________. 一词多义：

1.While giving the English speech, one is not allowed to refer to the notes. _______________ 2.The scientist referred to global warming at least five times in his speech. ________________ 3.The word business also refers to an organization that provides goods and services.

refer to的意思有______________

_______________

__________________

2.

The UN is an international organization________________countries that want to promote world peace. make up of= consist of由…组成

make up for弥补

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（1）天文学是一门由数学和物理组成的自然学科。

Astronomy is a scientific subject ___________ __________ _________ maths and physics. (2)耽搁了那么久，我们急着想弥补失去的时间。

After all the delays, we were anxious to __________ ________ ________ the lost time.

3.

I feel very honoured to have been able to _______________ this role. 一词多义：

(1). Shortly after suffering from an earthquake, the city took on a new look. ______________ (2). No more workers are being taken on at present. ________________ (3). His secretary will have to take on most of his work while he’s gone. _________________

take on 的意思有______________

_______________

__________________

4.

Such programmes can transform people’s lives by giving them the ability to ____________themselves and their families. 一词多义：

(1)She needs her new, busy work to provide for her family. ________________

(2)We did not provide for such a great increase in prices. __________________

5.

There are lots of ______________ programmes like this under the umbrella of the UN that have…

worthwhile值得花时间的

It is worthwhile doing/to do sth.

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(1)

The smile on her face made it all worthwhile. 翻译：________________________________________________________ (2)

有必要比较一下价格。

翻译：_________________________________________________________

6.

Apart from the urgent problems caused by wars and conflicts, the UN helps countries with other problems such as _______________ education, starvation, disasters, AIDS and other diseases.

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作名词：

a lack of food/money/skills缺乏食物、金钱、技能

for lack of因缺乏…

作动词：

lack sth.缺少某物

形容词：lacking be lacking in sth.缺少某物

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(1)这些孩子有与不良饮食和缺乏运动相关的健康问题。

The children have health problems linking to poor diet and ________ _________ __________ exercise. （2）由于缺少光照，叶子变黄了。

The leaves turned yellow __________ ___________ ___________ light. （3）起初，我缺乏自信。

At first, I ____________ confidence. = At first, I __________ ____________ ___________ confidence. (4)大城市因为缺少空间建起了越来越多高楼。

More and more high-rise buildings have been built in big cities ________ ________ _________ space.

(5)Though ___________ money, his parents managed to send him to university.

A. lacked

B. lacking of

C. lacking

D. lacked in

7.

One of the goals is to ensure that clean water _____________________ everyone, as in many places water is not safe to drink unless it is boiled. aavailable 1.可用的；可得到的

2.（人）有空的

注：不用于名词前

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(1)--- Can you lend me the book Gone with the Wind?

--- Sorry. I returned it to the library just now. Maybe it is still ____________ A.

Available

B. affordable

C. acceptable

D. valuable (3)

There are plenty of jobs _________ in the western part of the country. A.

present

B. available

C. precious

D. convenient (4)

昨天晚上我本想去参加堂兄的生日聚会，但我没空。

I would have gone to my cousin’s birthday party last night, but ______________________________

8.

For more information, you may like to look it up on the UN website. look up 抬头看；（在词典、计算机等中）查阅

look up to尊敬

look into调查

look through浏览

look out(for)当心；留神

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（1）

If there are words you don’t understand, _________ them _________ in a dictionary. （2）

Doctors are __________ ____________ the case for new treatment. （3）

I ___________ __________ today’s newspaper but I found nothing important. （4）

I ___________________________ him because he is a real artist. （5）

This is a good place for camping but you have to _________________________ snakes.

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