Reading(1)：The UN—bringing everyone closer together优质课教案整理

M6-U4 Reading 1

the UN - Bringing everyone in the world together Learning goals:

1. Knowing about the functions of the UN and what it does to help the world 2. Learning something about what the author does as a Goodwill ambassador 3. Developing the ability to summarize how the UN helps the world and guess the speaker’s attitudes by judging some adjectives or the manner of speaking 4. Raising the awareness of being concerned about and helping people in need

Important and difficult points: 1. using about 30 words to summarize what the UN does to help the world

2. using our own words to paraphrase the title of the speech Step1 Checking the preview: background information of the UN. 1) The UN – (full name)

_________________ → was established on _____________→ had

_____ member states at its founding → have _____ member states now → its headquarter

is in ________________ → is financed by _________ contributions from its member states.

2) The former

Secretary-General

of the UN

(tenure:1997 ～2006) _____

The present Secretary-General of the UN (tenure: 2006 ～

now ) ______ A. Ban Ki-moon

B. Kofi Annan

C. Boutros Boutros-Ghali

3) Five permanent members of the UN Security Council: ______________ A. The USA

B. Britain

C. Franc

D. Russia

E. China

F. Japan

G. India 4) General Assembly of the United Nations –

UNGA: Security Council –

SC:

Economic and Social Council: United Nations Trusteeship Council:

International court of justice:

Step2-4. Questioning and discussion

→

presentation

If you are invited to give a speech about the UN, what will be included in your speech?

_____________________________________________________________________ Task 1: read the text quickly give the main idea for each part in less than 10 words. Part1(para1): Part 2 (para2-3) : Part3 (para4-5): Part4 (para6): Task 2: find the answers to the following questions: 1.

Four functions of the UN: to keep _____________________________; to develop _____________________; to work together in _____________________________ and in _______________________; to be a center for _________________________ or ________________________. 2.

How does the UN help people the victims without its own army? _______________________________________________________________________. 3.

According to the speech, what does the UN do to help the people in the world? (using about 30 words)

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As cool as a cucumber: very calm

4. What does Tang Ning do to help those countries in need as a goodwill ambassador? A. She helps develop the world’s education.

B. She helps deal with such problems as poverty and disasters.

C. She visits countries where the UN has programs to help people.

D. She visits the poorest areas in the world.

5. What goal does the UN try to achieve by 2015? A. Meet the eight development goals. B. To ensure all children complete primary education. C. To ensure that fresh drinking water is available to everyone. D. Solve all the present serious problems.

Task3: In South Africa, why, in your opinion, does the government only contribute some money, instead of enough money to support those women?

____________________________________________________________________________ Task4: Find out relative information in the text to show Tangnig’s attitudes towards the UN. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Task6: As common people, what can we do to help people in need? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Step5: feedback exercise:

I am happy to have been chosen to be a Goodwill Ambassador of the UN. And I feel very 1.__________to take on the job.

My job with the UN is not paid but 2.____________. I visit countries 3. _________ the UN has programmes to help people. If I visit these countries，the television and press will 4. __________ and record my visits. In this way people’s knowledge of the work of the UN can be 5. __________. In 6.____________，my visits can also encourage people _________ on the projects and 7._______local people’s attention to the situation.

Recently，I was luck enough to travel to South Africa，8. _______I found a programme that the local women 9.____________by themselves to provide for themselves and their families. They make baskets with the money collected by themselves and the money 10.____________by the government. Then sell them for a 11._______. In fact，there are lots of 9.____________ programmes like this under the 10.____________of the UN.

In a word，with the work of the UN the world has been brought closer together.

*Thinking: How do you understand the title of the speech: the UN – bringing everyone closer together? (list some main points) ____________________________________________________________________________

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As cool as a cucumber: very calm