In your opinion, what serious problems are the developing countries faced with?

poverty

What do you think may lead to poverty?

disastersdiseases

warspoor environment

growing population

limited natural resourceswrong policies &strategies

How to help them?

Can you find some good ways to help people in poverty?

Teaching objectives

By the end of this lesson, we will be able to

• read an article about helping the developing countries.

• learn how to read for the structure of this article .• discuss about the theme of the article.

• 1.When was Live Aid held?• 2.What does WFP stand for?• 3. How many people has the WPF helped

since it was founded?• 4. What’s the saying mentioned in the

passage?

Fast reading:

1. When was Live Aid held?

2. What does WFP stand for?On 13 July 1985.

The World Food Programme.(世界粮食计划署 )

Fast reading:

The World Food Program, set up in 1963, aims at ending world hunger, which is the number one risk to global health today.

Over the past 40 years, the WFP has worked hard to provide food aid for the weak and the poor, and to improve the nutrition and quality of life.

Fast reading:

• 3. How many people has the WFP helped since it was founded?• More than one billion.

Fast reading:

• 4. What is the saying mentioned in the passage?

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for the rest of his life.

Fast reading:

• Reading strategy: understanding a title

If an essay has a puzzling title, what is a good way to understand what it means?• Read the __________text• Focus on the _____________ of this

essay

Detailed reading:

whole

structure

A ①②③ ⑤⑥

④

C ①②③ ④ ⑤⑥ ⑦

B ① ② ③

④

⑤ ⑥ ⑦

⑦

8

8

8Detailed reading:

① ② ③

④

⑤⑥ ⑦

— Part 1:

— Part 2:

— Part 3:

— Part 4: Conclusion

Structure Facts

Theme (point of view)

Supporting details

8

Detailed reading:

• Part1, Para.1:• The reason why Geldof organized the Live Aid is

that __________.

• The significance of the Live Aid is _________.

Detailed reading:

(Line1- 2) He was shocked by the gravity of the situation in Ethiopia: there was little rainfall , which led to poor harvests and the death of many of the country’s cattle.

(Line7-10) It raised $100 million and made the headlines around the world. It also put pressure on politicians and statesmen to do something about the problem of world hunger.

What has the United Nations done to fight the problem of world hunger?

(L16-24) In 1963, the United Nations set up the World Food Program. A number of programs have been organized and the WFP has helped more than one billion people around the world.

Detailed reading: Part 1, Para.3

Match work1. This programme helps people without jobs support themselves by giving them work and paying them in food aid.2. This programme sends emergency food aid to countries during the times of trouble.

3. This programme targets people most at risk, such as babies, pregnant women and old people.

Food for Life

Food for growth

Food for work

Programmes already organized by the WFP (Para. 3 )

Detailed reading:

In countries where there are too many unemployed people, which help would they receive from WFP?

A. Food-for-Life

B. Food-for-Growth

C. Food-for-Work

• Part 2, Para.4 :• Why food aid alone is not enough to help

poor countries?• What does developing countries really

need?

Detailed reading:

Why is food aid alone not enough to help poor countries? (Line30) Because it is only a short-term solution to a long-term problem. (Poverty still exists after the food has been eaten up.)

Detailed reading:

What does developing countries really need? (Para.4) (Line33-35) They need find a permanent solution to this long-term problem. They need to develop so that they can either grow the food they need, or have enough money to buy this food on the world market.

Detailed reading:

What is the function of Part 2 (Para 4) ? A. concluding B. linking C. supporting

• To summarize what is talked above

• To tell us the origin of the title

• To indicate what is to be discussed in the following paragraphs

Detailed reading:

Part 3 :

5. One way to help a country develop is to improve its infrastructure.

6. Another way to help a country is through the development of private enterprise along with job training.

7. The importance of the education and training for young people.

Long-term solutions (Teach a man to fish)

Find the topic sentences of paragraph 5 、 6 and 7.

Detailed reading:

Paragraph 5:

• What things are included in the

infrastructure of a country?

• Why should the developing countries

develop the infrastructure?

Detailed reading:

What things are included in the

infrastructure of a country?

(L39) Things like transport, irrigation, electricity,

telephones and schools are included.

Detailed reading:

Why should the developing countries

develop the infrastructure?

(Line40-41) The infrastructure provides a

framework for new jobs to be created, allowing

people to help themselves so that they no longer

need to depend on others.

Detailed reading:

Paragraph 6• How many examples are listed to address the

problem of unemployment? What are they?

•Teach ______________ and_________to sew clothing

•Train young people to use _____________________

•Train the unemployed or homeless people to___________________

Detailed reading:

housewiveswidows

computer technology

make works of art

Paragraph 7

• Why is education and training for young people in developing countries so important?

(Line52) Because the future of a country lies in the hands of its children.

Detailed reading:

The long-term solution to the problem of poverty is

_______________________ together with food aid.

Detailed reading:

development aid

Look and thinkDetailed reading: Part 4: Conclusion — the theme

It’s better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.

Because if you give a man a single fish, he can eat for a day, but if you teach a man to fish, he can fill his belly for a lifetime.

Why is it better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish?

Detailed reading:

= Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a long time.

Paragraph 8：Detailed reading:

授人以鱼，三餐之需；授人以渔，众生之用。

Teach a man to fish

Little rainfall in Ethiopian _________-No. 1 global health risk

WFP in 1963

A saying ______________

Long-term solution to the

problem of poverty:___________________

Improve_________ Develop____________ educate __________

Summary:_________________________

___________ program

___________ program

____________ program

hungerfood for lifefood for growth

food for workGive a man a fish, and ---

Fighting the causes of it

infrastructure enterprise

Teach a man to fish

young people

• 【重点句子】• 1. The concert also received so much attention

around the world that it put pressure on politicians and statesmen to do something about the problem of world hunger.

• 2. In fact, hunger is the world’s number one health risk, killing more people than any disease.

• 3. There is a saying that goes ‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for the rest of his life.’

• 4. The infrastructure of a country is what makes everything run well.

• 5. Development aid together with food aid is the long- term solution to the problem of poverty.

• 6. The future of a country lies in the hands of its children.

• 【随堂练习】• 当我们过着衣食无忧的生活时，在中国的西部地区，很多人依然未解决温饱问题；当我们享受富足安逸的生活时，西部地区的许多孩子却因贫穷而失去了上学的机会。同一片蓝天下，他们没有理由遭受贫穷的压迫。我们应该如何帮助他们摆脱贫困？请就这一话题作文。

• 提示：• 参照课文结构• 参考课文词汇与句型

• Nowadays, People in western China are still facing serious problems, such as poverty, disease, lack of clean water, famine, and malnutrition, which 1.________(每年夺走许多生命 ). The central government has provided a large sum of money to help people 2._________(处于危险之中 ).

• Although the central government has taken a lot of measures, those areas still 3.__________(远远落后于 ) the east region of China. Because this kind of aid 4.________(只是长期问题的短期解决方法 ). 5.________(俗语说，授人以鱼 ,三餐之需；授人以渔，终生之用 ).6._________ people really need to do(人们真正需要做的 ) is to help themselves.

• One way to stop poverty is to 7.___________ (提升基础建设 ). 8._____________(除此之外 ) ， education for young people is important because the future of a country 9.___________________(在孩子们的手中 ). Since 2000, the West Development has made great achievements. It is 10._______________________ (通向美好未来的良好开端 )Clearly, development aid together with food aid is the long term solution to the problem of poverty.