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UNIT 14: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LESSON A: READING

English 12. UNIT 14: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LESSON A: READING. What do you know more about this organization?. What does it do?. The Red Cross. What organization is it?. It gives medical aids, takes care of victims of poverty, wars…. Let's learn our lesson.

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UNIT 14: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LESSON A: READING

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  1. English 12 UNIT 14: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LESSON A: READING

  2. What do you know more about this organization? What does it do? The Red Cross What organization is it? It gives medical aids, takes care of victims of poverty, wars… Let's learn our lesson

  3. humanitarian (a) [hju:,mæni'teəriən] Dedicate (v) ['dedikeit] E.g.: Ho Chi Minh dedicatedhis whole life toVietnamese people. VOCABULARY:

  4. Flood

  5. epidemic

  6. Famine

  7. tsunami

  8. Earthquake

  9. tsunami Famine Flood disaster Earthquake

  10. disaster- stricken (n)[di‘zɑ:stə'strikən]

  11. She appealedto volunteers for giving blood.

  12. appalled (a) [ə'pɔ:ld] E.g.: I was appalled when I heard the bad news wounded (a) ['wu:ndid]

  13. The crash resulted in the deaths of 4 people. result in [ri'zʌlt] (v):

  14. United Nations Headquarters headquarters (n) ['hed'kwɔ:təz]

  15. humanitarian (a) [hju:,mæni'teəriən] result in[ri'zʌlt] (v): wounded (a) ['wu:ndid] dedicate (v) ['dedikeit]appeal (v) [ə'pi:l] appalled (v) [ə'pɔ:ld]disaster (n)[di'zɑ:stə] disaster- stricken (n)headquarters (n) [di‘zɑ:stə'strikən]['hed'kwɔ:təz] initiate (n)[i'ni∫ieit]Initiative (n):[i'ni∫ətiv] LISTEN AND REPEAT:

  16. Task 1: Choose the best words in the box to complete the following sentences. dedicated initiated appealed resulted appalled 1. This woman has ____________ her whole life to helping people. 2. Police have _____________ for witnesses to the accident. 3. The company ________________ a management training programme for small business. 4. She was ________________ to hear that her husband had been arrested. 5. The crash______________ in the deaths of 10 passengers. UNIT 14

  17. LISTEN TO THE TAPE LISTENING Listen and pay attention to pronunciation

  18. Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). T F

  19. Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). T F  The Red Cross is an international humanitarian agency. In times of war, it is dedicated to reducing the sufferings of wounded soldiers, civilians, and prisoners of war. In time of peace, it gives medical aid and other help to victims of major disasters such as floods, earthquakes, epidemics, and famines.

  20. Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). T F  The initiative for founding the Red Cross came from a Swiss man called Jean Henri Dunant. Appalled by the almost complete lack of care for wounded soldiers, he appealed to the leaders of nations to found societies devoted to the aid of the wounded in wartime. A conference was held in Geneva in 1864, and official delegates of 12 nations signed the first Geneva Convention, laying down rules for the treatment and protection of the wounded and the disaster-stricken. It was also at this meeting that the famous symbol of the organization, the white flag bearing a red cross, was adopted.

  21. Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). T F  The initiative for founding the Red Cross came from a Swiss man called Jean Henri Dunant. Appalled by the almost complete lack of care for wounded soldiers, he appealed to the leaders of nations to found societies devoted to the aid of the wounded in wartime. A conference was held in Geneva in 1864, and official delegates of 12 nations signed the first Geneva Convention, laying down rules for the treatment and protection of the wounded and the disaster-stricken. It was also at this meeting that the famous symbol of the organization, the white flag bearing a red cross, was adopted.

  22. Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). T F  The initiative for founding the Red Cross came from a Swiss man called Jean Henri Dunant. Appalled by the almost complete lack of care for wounded soldiers, he appealed to the leaders of nations to found societies devoted to the aid of the wounded in wartime. A conference was help in Geneva in 1864, and official delegates of 12 nations signed the first Geneva Convention, laying down rules for the treatment and protection of the wounded and the disaster-stricken. It was also at this meeting that the famous symbol of the organization, the white flag bearing a red cross, was adopted.

  23. Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). T F  The International Red Cross has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Today, the total number of national Red Cross societies from all over the world has mounted to 186. So help and support are able to be rapidly sent to wherever there are victims of catastrophe, for example, to help the victims of Asia tsunami in 2004.

  24. Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). T F     

  25. Game: Lucky symbol

  26. UNICEF UN WHO

  27. What is the Red Cross? A. It is an international humanitarian agency. B. It is the World health organization. C. World Wildlife Fund D. World Trade organization

  28. The Red Cross Federation’s mission is ………….. A. to help old people. B. to give money to the poor. C. to improve the lives of vulnerable people who are victims of natural disasters, poverty, and health emergencies. D. to help soldiers.

  29. …………. appealed to the leaders of nations to found societies devoted to the aid of the wounded in wartime. A. Geneva Convention B. Henri Dunant C. Henry Davison D. American Red Cross War Committee

  30. Official delegates of 12 nations signed the first…............. Red cross National Society American Red Cross War Committee Geneva Convention

  31. LUCKY !

  32. Summarize the passage using these suggestions. -was inspired by a Swiss man called Henry Dunant in 1864. Who? Where? Foundation When? The Red Cross the white flag bearing a red cross Symbol in Geneva, Switzerland Headquarters Activities *sending goods and medicine to wherever there are victims of catastrophe quickly. * sending volunteers to help the victims of disasters without hesitation. Jean Henri Dunant

  33. Some activities of the Vietnamese Red Cross:

  34. HOMEWORK • Learn by heart new words. • Do the tasks in the book again. • Prepare the next lessons: Unit 14: Lesson A 2nd period.

  35. Thank you.

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