Công ty Cổ phần Mạng giáo dục Bạch Kim - 27 Huỳnh Thúc Kháng, Đống Đa, Hà Nội
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UNIT 14: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LESSON 1 : READING I. BEFORE YOU READ
1. Names of these symbols:
2. Look at the picture and answer the following questions:
* Answer the following questions:
1. What is this organization? 2. What kind of activities is this organization involved in? 3. Is there a national Red Cross Society in Vietnam? * Suggested answerthe questions:
1. What is this organization? => Red Cross 2. What kind of activities is this organization involved in? => It’s involved in activities that help to reduce sufferings of all kinds of major disasters. It also gives medical care to the needed people. 3. Is there a national Red Cross Society in Vietnam? => Yes, there is 3. New words:
humanitarian (a) Nhân đạo dedicate (v): Cống hiến wounded (a) Bị thương Disaster (n) Thảm họa, tai ương 3. New words I. BEFORE YOU READ initiate (v) Khởi sự, khởi xướng appalled (a) Bị choáng appeal (v) Kêu gọi result in (v) dẫn đến disaster-stricken (a) Bị thiên tai tàn phá * Match the new words with its Vietnamese meanings:
humanitarian (a) Bị thiên tai tàn phá dedicate (v): kêu gọi wounded (a) Thảm họa, tai ương Disaster (n) bị thương initiate (v) cống hiến appalled (a) dẫn đến appeal (v) Khởi sự, khởi xướng result in (v) bị choáng disaster-stricken (a) nhân đạo II. WHILE YOU READ
1. Listen and read. Then practice with a partner:
II. WHILE YOU READ 1. Listen and read. Then practice with a partner Paragraph 1:
Paragraph 1 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 famine. Paragraph 2:
Paragraph 2 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 Paragraph 3:
Paragraph 3 It was Henry Davison, president of the American Red Cross War Committee, who proposed forming a federation of these National Societies. An international medical conference initiated by Davison resulted in the birth of the League of Red Cross Societies in 1991. In November 1991, it became the international Federation of Red Cross. The Federation’s mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people who are victims of natural disasters, poverty and health emergencies Paragraph 4:
Paragraph 4 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. Red Cross and Red Cresent National Societies in the countries hit by the stunami reacted without hesitation to help those struggling to survive, despite the fact that many staff and volunteer had lost families, friends, colleagues and livelihoods. For example, the Indonesian Red Cross headquater in Banda Aceh was washed away, but a temporary office was in the place within hours and the injured were being helped. 2. Let see a video: Red Cross - Story of an Idea:
III. HOMEWORK
1. Homework:
- Do ex in the book - Lean by heart new words and translate the text into Vietnamese. - Summarize the text - Prepare the next lesson: Unit 14. International Organizations. Reading (cont) HOMEWORK 2. The end: