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模块6 unit4 task Step1：Fast-reading 1. What's the main idea of this part? A. the problems in northern Thailand. B. children not getting enough meat to eat in northern Thailand. C. water being a constant problem in northern Thailand. D. children in northern Thailand needing to help their parents farm the land.

2.What problems in northern Thailand are mentioned in the passage? A. poverty. B. conditions being primitive. C.education. D. All of the above.

Step2：detailed reading poverty One of the major problems facing the children living in this remote mountainous area is poverty. Children do not get enough meat to eat. There is little money coming to their families and often they cannot afford to purchase important things like medicine. Health care is limited as there are no doctors or nurses in the villages--no one has the means to pay them conditions being primitive. Conditions can be primitive. The trees around the villages are gone, so people have to walk further and further away to obtain wood for cooking and heating. Water is also a constant problem. Some villages do not have a well and pump, so they have to fetch water with containers from miles away. Wells need to be dug and pumps need to be put in to pump water into some of the villages. However, if the pump breaks down,repairing it can be troublesome, as an engineer has to come from the nearest town to repair It. Education Education is another area affected by hardship. Many schools are very small. Some classrooms do not even have a roof. Children sit on the floor, and there is often only one teacher to teach all the children even though they are of different ages. There is not enough money to pay the wages of more than one teacher in a village. Another big problem is that many children do not go to school, because they need to help their parents farm the land, collect wood and fetch water.

Step3: writing skills

1.Use synonyms Once upon a time, industrial goods were made to last forever. ___________________,industrial goods were made _____________. 2.use non-finite verbs

Because you paid good money for these industrial goods , you took care of it. _________ (spend) much money on these goods, you treasure it. 3.Use attributive clauses (1).Decades ago, industrial goods were made durable. (2). You spent much money on these goods and you treasure it. Decades ago, industrial goods were made durable, _____ you spent much money on, so you treasure it.

Step4:rewrite the key information in your own words 1.you can use synonyms (近义词) and non-finite verbs One of the major problems facing the children living in this remote mountainous area is poverty. Children do not get enough meat to eat. Health care is limited as there are no doctors or nurses in the villagers.

The children living in this remote area are

_____ (face) with poverty, _____________ (include)lacking meat and health care. 2. you can use synonyms (近义词) and non-finite verbs

Conditions can be primitive. People have to walk further and further away to obtain wood for cooking and heating. Water is also a constant problem.

With water and wood _______(be) a constant problem, conditions are poor here. 3.

Rewrite the sentence in your own words Education is another area affected by hardship. Many schools are very small and there is often only one teacher.

Hardship also _____________ education there because of lack of school and teachers.

Step5: homework Lack of water may result in several problems. It may increase health problems. Lack of water often means drinking waters are not safe. Lack of water may also result in more international conflict. Countries may have to compete for water in the future. Some countries now get sixty percent of their fresh water from other countries. And lack of water would affect the ability of developing to improve their economies. This is because new industries often need a large amount of water when they are beginning.

Write a summary:

(1) Find the key information of this paragraph.

(2) Rewrite the key information in your own wprds.

(3) Use some conjunctions, attributive clauses or non-finite verbs to complete your writing.