Unit4Helpingpeoplearoundtheworld●TaskHelpingpoorchildrenSkillsbuilding1:listeningforspecificsInthispart,youwilllearnhowtolistenforproblemsandthecausesoftheproblems.Wealwayshavesomethingspecifictolistenforwhenwelistentosomething.Weshouldtrytoseizethekeyphrasesorsentencesthatarerelevant.Firstlet’shaveadiscussionaboutthefollowingquestions:Ifwewanttoknowwhattheproblemiswhenwearelisteningtoanewsreport,whatphrasesorsentencesshouldwepayspecialattentionto?(Theproblemisthat…/Asyoucansee…/Theresultis…/Thismeans…)Ifwewanttoknowwhathascausedtheproblemwhenwearelisteningtoanewsreport,whatshouldwepayspecialattentionto?(Thisisbecause…/Thisproblemhasbeencausedby…/Unfortunately,…/…as…)Step1:findingoutaboutproblems1.NowreadtheguidelinesinPartAonpage58tofindoutwhatyou’lllistenforandwhatyouareaskedtodointhispart.GooverthetableinPartA.Thenlistentothetape,tryingtocompletethetable.TapescriptReporter:HereIaminnorthernThailand.Asyoucansee,thefamilieslivingherearelivinginverypoorconditions.Thereisnorunningwaterandnoelectricityinthisvillage.Waterhastobecollectedfromtheriver10minutes’walkaway.Thismayseemnearbutwhenyouneedwaterformanythings,walking10minutesisalongtime.Thewaterthenneedstobeboiledbeforeitcanbeused.Theresultofnotboilingthewaterisillness.Asyoucansee,thevillagers’housesarebuiltofwoodandarenotverystrong.Thisisbecausetheyhavenomoneyandcannotgetholdofanymaterials.Thepeoplehaveveryfewthingslikeclothesorfurniturebecausetheyhavenomoneyandtheyarealongwayfromthenearesttown.Thereisabusbutyouhavetowalksixkilometerstogettothenearestroad.AsIsaidearlier,thereisnoelectricityinthisvillage,sowhenitisdark,theonlylightcomesfromthesmallfiresthatthefamilycooksover.Unfortunately,muchoftheforestaroundthevillagehasbeencutdownforfirewoodandsothevillagershavetowalkfurtherandfurtherawayfromthevillagetogetwood.Thisalsomeansthatwatermaynotbeboiledforlongenoughasthereisverylittlewood.Thisisgoingtobeabigprobleminthefuture.Answers用心爱心专心115号编辑A(1)norunningwater(3)nomoney(4)fewclothesorfurniture(5)noelectricity(6)foresthasbeencutdown2.ListentothesecondpartofthereportandfinishthetableinPartBonP59.Nowlistentothelectureforasecondtime,andfinishPartA&PartBonP33.TapescriptReporter:Overthereyoucanseetheschool.Asthevillageispoor,theschoolhasnoroof.Therearenochairseither,sothechildrenhavetositonthefloor.Whenitrains,schoolisstopped.Manychildren,especiallythegirls,donotgotoschoolbecausetheyhavetostayathomeandhelptheirparentsorgrandparentswiththefarmingoftheirsmallpiecesofland.Allthefarmingisdonebyhandasthevillagershavenomoneyforequipment.Itisdifficulttoraiseanimalsbecauseofthesmallamountoflandandwateravailable.Becauseofthisandthelackoffreshwater,manyofthechildrenhavepoordiets.Acommonproblemisthattheydenoteatenoughmeattogettheamountofproteinthattheyneed.Asaresult,theydonotgrowproperlyandcannotconcentrateonlearning.Anotherproblemisthatmanyofthechildren’sparentshavediedbecauseofAIDS.Thismeansthatthegrandparentshavetobringupthechildren.Thatisverydifficultbecausetheyarealreadyoldandpoor.AnswersB(1)poverty(2)manychildren,especiallygirls,donotgotoschool(4)allfarmingisdonebyhand(5)smallamountoflandandwateravailable(6)childrenhavepoordiets(7)childrendonotgrowproperly(8)manyofthechildren’sparentshavediedofAIDS(9)grandparentshavetobringupchildren(10)grandparentsareoldandpoor3.ReadthereportinPartC.Trytogetmoreinformat...
