Teaching Aims:

1. Arrange a discussion for Ss to talk about what their city will look like in the future, whether food aid and money will solve the problem of poverty, and why development may be bad for a country in some ways.

2. Encourage Ss to express their own opinions in the discussion.

Try to develop their speaking ability

Teaching Important Point:

Develop students’ speaking ability.

Teaching Methods:

Discussion and free talk to involve each student in class activities.

Teaching Aids:

1. The multimedia

2. The blackboard

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Lead-in by comparing two pictures.

Development and the issue of poverty are the most important problem we are facing when we try to develop society.

Do you the causes of poverty?

Many countries are developing at a very fast rate. Is it always good for the future of a country?

● hunger ● diseases ● natural disasters ●unemployment

● local environment ● wars ● growing population

● wrong policies and strategies

Can you find possible solutions to the problem?

possible solutions:

● donate food and money ● give medical care and training

● improve local environment ● provide educational training

● develop renewable energy ● stop wars

Step 2 discussion

Look at the pictures on Page 1 and discuss them in groups of four.

Picture 1

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 allow them to grow their own food in the future.

Picture 2

1. What is the man doing in the picture?

---He is working hard to building something because he might be poor and need the money.

2. Do you think training people to make a living is a short-term or a long-term solution to the problem of poverty? Why or why not?

---Training people is a long-term solution to the problem of poverty. It allows people to make a living by themselves.

Picture 3

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 building 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.

2. What problems may developing too fast cause?

---Developing too fast might 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 traveling, requires the use of Earth’s natural resources, which we may run out of one day.

Picture 4

1. What do you think the things are used for?

---I think the machines are used to generate electricity by using wind power.

2. What might happen to the coal, oil and other natural resources in a thousand years?

---The supplies of coal, oil and other natural resources might run out in a thousands years.

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 in the future.

Discuss the following questions in groups.

1. Is your city developing at a fast rate? What will it look like in twenty years’ time?

2. Do you think that giving food and money to poor people will solve all their problems? Why or why not?

3. Do you think that development may be bad for a country in some ways? Why or why not?

Homework:

1. Read the article in Part A on Page 102 in Workbook.

2. Preview the reading part.