Module Two

Is it a hand? or something else?

What is happening?

what do you think the boy is doing?

How about the eagle?

Seeing from the above pictures, we may know some people are really poor in some developing countries.Question for you: Which are the two biggest problems for developing countries, in your opinion? ( ) 1. Hunger 2. poverty 3.not many children have an education up to 11 years old 4. disease

Fast reading Read the passage and finish exercise 2 and exercise 4 on P13P13 EX. 2

P13 EX. 4

Norway the US the UK Sierra Leone

13 years 150 million 799 million 115 million more than 1 billion

1. What did world leaders agree to do in 2000?They agreed to reduce world poverty by 2015 or earlier.

2. What are the first two Development Goals?To reduce poverty and hunger, and ensure all children are educated up to the of 11.

3. What do developed countries need to do?They need to give more money.

Read the other three paragraphs and answer the questions:

Difficult sentences:

人类发展报告正是从这个协议当中产生的 .

1. 1. From this agreement came the Human Development report.

这项指数从三个方面测量一个国家的成就 : 寿命 ,教育和收入 .

2. 2. The index measures a country’s achievements in three ways: life expectancy, education and income.

英国排名第十三 , 而中国位居中游 .

3. 3. The UK is in the thirteenth position, while China is in the middle of the list.

4.4.The bottom ten countries are all African countries,with Sierra Leone (in West Africa) at the bottom of the list.处于末端的十个国家均是非洲国家 , 塞拉里昂排在最后 .5.5.Although more than 80% of children… go to primary school, about 115 million children are not being educated.尽管有 80% 的儿童上小学 , 但目前仍有 1 亿 1 千 5百万儿童不能接受教育 .

报告显示 : 我们正在进步 , 但是我们必须作出更大的努力 .

6.6.The report shows that we are making some progress but that we need to make greater efforts.

7. In the last ten years in China,150 million

people moved out of poverty.

过去的十年之内，中国有 1.5 亿人脱贫。然而，挑战仍然很严峻。

8. For example, in nine years 1953-1962), China increased life expectancy by 13 years.

例如，在九年的时间里，中国的人均寿命就增加了 13 岁。

by 表示增加或减少的数量

1.agree to do 1.agree to do 2. in …way 2. in …way 3.at the top of 3.at the top of 4. at the bottom of 4. at the bottom of 5. in the middle of 5. in the middle of 6. make sure 6. make sure 7. encourage sb to do 7. encourage sb to do 8. make progress (in) 8. make progress (in) 9. make efforts 9. make efforts

同意做某事同意做某事在在……方面 方面 在在……的顶端 的顶端 在在……的底部 的底部 在在……中间 中间 确信，务必 确信，务必 鼓励某人做某事 鼓励某人做某事 取得进步 取得进步 努力努力

Retelling

In the year 2000, 147 world leaders agreed to work together to reduce poverty by 2015 or earlier. From this agreement came the Human Development Report. The index measures a country’s achievements in three ways: life expectancy, education and income . Norway is at the top of the list, China is in the middle of the list, and at the bottom is Sierra Leone.

In the year…,147..agreed... to reduce… by or… From…came the… The index measure…in 3 ways: life...and.. Norway is…, China…middle,and at the bottom…

One of the most important goals is to reduce poverty and hunger. The report shows that we are making some progress but that we need to make greater efforts. Although developed countries give some financial help, they need to give much more.

One of the…is to…and…, the report shows we are…. but we need to…. Although developed countries …… they need to…

Many people are doing their best to make our world a better place…they try to reduce the poverty…make our planet more beautiful….

Let’s Heal( 拯救 ) the world, make it a better place…