1. Unit 1
Welcome to the
unit &Reading

2. What is the most important problem we are facing when we try to develop society?
Please research on the Internet or in books anything related to the problem of poverty and its possible solutions.

3. Causes of poverty: wars diseases natural disasters local environment
wrong policies and strategies
growing population
limited natural resources

4. Poverty: if everyone cared

5. The bad natural environment

6. Natural disasters

7. Natural disasters

8. Conflicts

9. Diseases

10. Possible solutions to the problem:
stop wars
give medical care and training
improve local environment
provide educational training
donate food and money
develop renewable energy

11. Work in group of four. Discuss the four pictures in the textbook.
You can use the following questions to help you.

12. Picture 1

13. What are these people doing?
2. What can food aid do to help solve the problem of poverty?
They are standing in a queue for food.
Food aid can help feed people who have no food.

14. 3. Do you think food aid is a short-term or a long-term solution to the problem of poverty? Why or why not?
Food aid is a short-term solution, as it gives food immediately to people who are very hungry, but it does not provide them food for the future.

15. Picture 2

16. 1. What does this picture show?
This picture shows vegetables growing in a greenhouse.

17. 2. What do you think of growing vegetables in greenhouses?
Greenhouses are ideal for growing many types of vegetables. Growing vegetables in a greenhouse not only allows you to enjoy flavorful vegetables out of season, but also to save space and protect the environment. Moreover, it gives you a chance to harvest all your long.

18. Picture 3

19. 1. What has happened to the village?
It has become a city. With the development of society, many villages have changed a lot over the years. Tall buildings have been built and motorways and bridges have been constructed. The living conditions of local people have been greatly improved. Small villages have been developed into towns or cities.

20. 2. What problems may rapid development cause?
Rapid development can harm the natural environment. For example, many trees have been cut down in order to build factories, roads and bridges. Also, almost everything we do in our modern lives, be it cooking or travelling, requires the use of the Earth’s natural resources, which we may run out of one day.

21. Picture 4

22. 1. What do you think these things are used for?
I think these machines are used to generate electricity using wind power.
2. What might happen to our coal, oil and other natural resources in a thousand years?
The supplies of coal, oil and other natural resources might run out in a thousand years.

23. 3. What is renewable energy
3. What is renewable energy? Can you suggest some good examples of energy for the future?
Renewable energy is energy that comes from a source that will not run out. Solar wind and hydroelectric or water energy are all sources of renewable energy that could be used for the future.

24. Reading

25. Fast reading Listen to the record and answer these questions.
When was Live Aid held?
On 13 July 1985.

26. 2. What does WFP stand for?
The World Food Programme.
3. How many people has the WFP helped since it was founded?
More than one billion.

27. Careful reading
Read the passage once again. Answer the following questions.

28. 1. Why was the Live Aid concert organized by Geldof so important?
Because it raised＄100 million for the victims of hunger in Ethiopia and also raised public attention. It also put pressure on politicians and statesmen to do something about the problem of world hunger.

29. 2. What has the United Nations done to fight the problem of world hunger?
In 1963, the United Nations set up the World Food Programme(WFP) aiming to reduce the problem of world hunger. A number of programmes have been organized and the WFP has helped more than one billion people around the world.

30. 3. Why is food aid alone not enough to help poor countries?
Because it is merely a short-term solution to a long-term problem, and poverty still exists after the food has been eaten up.

31. 4. What do countries need to do to find a permanent solution to the problem of poverty?
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.

32. 5. What things are included in the infrastructure of a country?
Things like transport, irrigation, electricity, telephones and schools are included.

33. 6. Why is education and training for young people in developing countries so important?
Because the future of a country lies in the hands of its children.

34. 7. Why is it better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish?
Because if you give a man a fish, you only feed him for a day, but if you teach a man how to fish, you feed him for the rest of his life.

35. Group work What should we do to fight poverty of our country?
What are the measures already
taken?
What further steps should we take?

36. From Africa and Asia to Latin America and the Near East, there are 925 million people in the world who do not get enough food to lead a normal, active life.

37. WFP (World Food Programme) logo

38. The World Food Programme (WFP) is the food aid branch of the United Nations, and the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger worldwide. WFP provides food, on average, to 90 million people per year, 58 million of whom are children. From its headquarters in Rome and more than 80 country offices around the world, WFP works to help people who are unable to produce or obtain enough food for themselves and their families.

39. Kaka’s propaganda film for WFP
Fill the Cup
Kaka’s propaganda film for WFP