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M6U4 Helping people around the world Word Power Teaching aims: 1.

Learn about the names of different organizations and programmes connected to the UN and their functions. 2.

Enlarge the knowledge about the UN. 3.

Be able to know acronyms. 4.

Develop awareness of responsibility. Teaching important and difficult points: 1.

Talk about the UN to learn new organizations. 2.

Remember the names of organizations and understand their functions. 3.

Learn to cooperate and complete tasks. Teaching methods: Asking and answering, discussion, practice. Teaching procedures: Self-study 1. Preview the new words on pages 54-55. 2.Read the passage and choose the best answer. The World Health Organization says there has been a sharp increase in the number of over-weight children in developing countries. In African countries, the WHO says the number of over-weight or obese children is twice as high as it was 20 years ago. Around the world, about 43 million children under the age of five were overweight in 2013. Overweight and obese children are more likely to become overweight and obese adults. The condition can generate serious health problems like heart diseases. Francesco Branca is the director of the WHO Department of Nutrition for Health and Development. He says urban lifestyle makes people eat processed food more often ,which has a high sugar ,fat and salt content. He also says people are gaining weight because of their lack of activities. They travel in cars or other vehicles more than on foot. The WHO experts say to lower obesity rates is especially complex in countries that also deal with high rates of infectious(感染性的) diseases. The WHO has some basic solutions for individuals and countries. The organization says you should lower your intake of fat, sugar, salt and processed food and eat more fruits,' vegetables and increase physical activity. The WHO says these actions are especially important for children. And WHO expert Branca says mothers should breastfeed their babies for at least the first six months of life, if possible. More importantly, governments should consider providing vitamins for children and educational campaigns about problems linked to

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obesity would also help. In his view, government policies should deal with how food is marketed to children and food producers must balance quality and taste with the dangers of sugar, fat and salt. "Reducing the number of overweight children will not be easy. The goal is difficult to meet even in wealthy countries. " he adds. ( )1.What is the main idea of Paragraph l? A. Children in developing countries generally weigh too much. B. Overweight children in developing countries have increased greatly. C. The number of overweight children in the world has doubled. D. The World Health Organization has increased greatly. ( )2.According to Branca , people are becoming overweight because of their changes in _______ A. lifestyles B. transportation C. physical condition D. school educational . ( )3.Which of the following word can best replace the underlined word in Paragraph 2? A. cure B. prevent C. worsen D. cause ( )4.According to WHO, which of the following is true? A. Poor nutrition is often related to children obesity. B. To lower infectious disease rates is more complex than to lower obesity rates. C. Eating less sugar and more vegetables helps lower obesity rates. D. Increasing physical activity is most effective to lower obesity rates. ( )5.What can we learn from the last Paragraph? A. Babies breastfed aren't likely to become overweight. B. Governments should play a necessary role in fighting obesity. C. Food producers should be stopped from marketing, food to children. D. The number of overweight children decreases easily in wealthy countries.

Step1 Lead in Play a video and see what happened. Step2 Presentation Task1：Show the students some organizations and programmes related to the UN. Task2：Show the Ss some common acronyms and give them more examples. Task3：Work out the following acronyms using the information on page 54.

FAO ILO UNESCO WHO UNEP Step3 Reading Task1：Get the Ss to read the information in part A aloud and pay more attention to the organizations and programmes. Task2：Then have a competition among the students. Let them name its English or Chinese name according to the card. Finally, get the Ss to complete the chart in part B according to the information in part A.

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Step4 Listening Please listen carefully and choose which organization or programme it is according to their description of the function. ( )1. A.

World Bank Group B. Universal Postal Union C. World Health Organization ( )2. A. World Health Organization B.

Universal Postal Union C.UN Children’s Fund

( )3. A.UN Development Programme B. UN Children’s Fund C.

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

( )4. A.

Food and Agricultural organization B. UN Children’s Fund C. World Bank Group

( )5. A. World Bank Group B.

International Labour Organization C. UN Children’s Fund

( )6. A. Universal Postal Union B. UN Children’s Fund C.

World Health Organization

Step5 Discussion Suppose the following situations happen, which organizations will people turn to for help? Have the students discuss in groups and write down their ideas. Finally, ask some groups to share their opinions in front of the class. They can act them out by making dialogues, interviewing others, writing a letter for help, and so on.

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