Teaching aims:

Words:

hunger, income, poverty, development, position, figure, similarity, location, tourism, transport, entertainment, exchange, measure, educate, homeless, crowded, unfortunate, industrial, polluted, smart, vast

Phrases;

at the bottom of, at the top of, make effort, be connected with, be close to, agree to/on/with, make sure

Sentence pattern

1.From this agreement came the Human Development Report.

2.The UK is the 13th position, while China is in the middle of the list.

3.The bottom ten countries are all African countries, with Sierra Leone at the bottom of the list.

Oral English

1. How do you find it?

2. It’s totally fascinating!

3. As you see them.

4. I didn’t get them.

5. Let’s find some of the action.

Grammar:

1. The usage of while/however/but

2. as many as, as much as, fewer than, less than

第一課時

Words and its usage

1. hunger, hungry, hungyily

Thousands of people in Africa are dying from hunger every day.

每天有非洲成千上萬的人死于饑餓。

the hunger for something means a strong desire or need for something

the West’s hunger for material wealth(西方對物質財富的渴望)

If you are/get hungry between meals, have a piece of fruit.

the hungry means the hungry people

go hungry/mad means become hungry or mad

be hungry for something means to want or need something very much

Young people are hungry for adventure and excitement.

年輕人渴望冒險與刺激。

After work, he often eat hungrily.

2. income

What is your income from your job?

你的工作收入是多少？

I have an income of $200 a week.

我每周有200美元的收入。

My income isn’t enough to support my family.

我的收入不夠養家。

be on a high/low income高/低收入

Most of my income goes on my rent.

我的大部分收入花在租金上。

income tax (收入所得稅)

辨析：income, pay, wages

income指收入、收益、進款的總稱

pay指薪水、工資，是最普通的用語。一般特指軍人、政府工作人員的薪水。

Wages工資。指勞動者的工資，或工人的工資，通常指給予短期工作者的報酬。

3. poverty不可數名詞

In developing countries many people live in poverty.

在發展中國家許多人生活在貧困中。

More than 20% of American families live below the poverty line/level. (貧困線以下)

有超過20％的美國家庭生活在貧困線以下。

Poverty prevented the boy from continuing his education.

貧窮使那個男孩無法繼續讀書。

4．human, humans, human being, human beings

a human being人， human nature人性，human rights人權

man指人類時，前面不加the

5. develop, developing,developed, a developing/developed country

an undeveloped country一個欠發達國家

China is a developing country, while the USA is a developed one.

China is a developing country, belonging to the third world.

The huge increase in oil prices in the 1970s had great influences on the development of many developed and developing countries, still less（何況） the undeveloped countries.

20世紀70年代石油價格猛漲，曾對許多發達國家和發展中國家的經濟發展產生很大的影響，更不用說不發達國家了。

6.measure

Can do me a favor to measure the height of the wall/the width of the wall/the length of the wall？

你能幫助我測量墻的高度/寬度/長度？

She was being measured for her wedding dress.

take measures to do something (采取措施做某事)

The government is now taking measure to reduce the poverty and hunger.

A centimeter is a measure （度量標準）of length.

7.goal means aim

We should make great efforts to achieve the long/short-goal.

我們應該努力實現長期/短期目標。

8.figure

The government is now taking measures to keep the unemployment figure down.

政府正在采取措施降低失業率。

She is on the diet in order to keep her slender figure. (保持苗條的體形)

the great figures in history 歷史上的偉大人物

I figure that he will be back soon.我估計他很快就回來。

A figure of queen in marble女王的大理石雕像

9.crowd

There was a large crowd of people in the hall.

大廳里有一大群人。

The street is crowded with people.

It was two weeks before Christmas and the mall(商場) was crowded with shoppers.

People crowded into the bus.人們擠進公共汽車。

10.similar

be similar to

My opinions on the matters are similar to yours.

We have similar tastes in music.我們在音樂方面有相似的口味

These two signatures are so similar that it’s very difficult to tell them apart.

similarity

Can you tell the similarities and differences between the two?

11.fortunate/ fortunately

be fortunate to do something

He was fortunate enough to escape unharmed.

You are fortunate that you’ve got the chance to do the work with him.

Fortunately/Luckily, he caught the last bus.

Unfortunately/Unluckily, he failed the exam again.

12.tour, tourist, tourism

13.transport, transportation, public transport(公交系統)，means of transport

14.industry, industrial pollution, heavy/light industry, agriculture,agricultural

15.pollute, pollution, the polluted river

16.entertain, entertainment, entertain sb. with sth.

Homework:

Memorize the new words and its usage

第二課時

Language points in Introduction and Reading

1. developed countries,發達國家 developing countries發展中國家

-ing分詞和-ed分詞作名詞的前置定語時，現在分詞表示主動或進行，過去分詞表示被動或完成。

boiling water 滾開的水 boiled water涼開水

sleeping baby 熟睡的嬰兒 retired worker 退休工人

setting sun 下落的太陽 improved conditions 改善了的狀況

2. From this agreement came The Human Development Report.

人類發展報告就出自這一項協議。

全部倒裝：

Here comes the bus.

Out of classroom rushed the children.

注意：

Here he comes. Here you are. Away they went.

3. The index has some surprises.

surprise 為一可數名詞，屬于抽象名次的具體化，類似的詞還有success, youth, beauty, power, necessity

Your coming is a pleasant surprise. 你的來到是一個驚喜。

If you follow the teacher, you will be a success.如果你聽老師的話，你將成為成功者

China has a great power. 中國已跨入大國行列。

4. The UK is in the13th position, while China is in the middle of the list.居于13位的是英國，而中國位于中游水平。

while 在此意為“然而，可是”具有輕微的轉折和對比的含義。

Mother is busy cooking while Father is watching TV after work.下班后，媽媽忙于做飯而爸爸卻在看電視。

The bottom ten countries are all from African countries, with Sierra Leone at the bottom of the list. 倒數的十個國家都來自非洲，塞拉利昂位居倒數第一。

該句中用了with結構,表示伴隨的狀態。其結構為：

with+n./pron.+doing/done/adj./adv./prep.短語。如：

Cubist artist painted objects or people, with different aspects of them showing at the same time.

With a book in his hand, the teacher came into the room.

The teacher came into the room, book in hand.