Module 2 Developing and Developed Countries
Period 3 Speaking—Talking about charity and human develop report
■Goals
●To learn to talk about charity
●To talk about The human Development Report
■Procedures
Step 1: Practicing acting out the sample dialogue 1
How Much to Give?
A: I learned that the average American gives about 3.2% of their income (before taxes) to charity.
B: Who gives the Most? Do the rich people give the most?
A: The people that give the most actually make the least. Families that earn under $10,000 a year, that’s far below the poverty line, gave 5.2% of their income to charity.
B: That's a larger part of their money than any other people. What's the Bottom line?
A: The average family donates $1,620 each year. That's just three dollars a day.
A: Did you know that individuals give 75% of all the money that charities receive?
B: No, I didn’t. But I know if we all give our fair share, no one will go hungry and no child will grow up in poverty.
A: You are right. What you are saying sound idealistic.
B: Everything depends on how we spend our money.
Step 2: Practicing acting out the sample dialogue 2
Hope Project to Aid Children of Layoffs
A: Have you ever heard of the Hope Project?
B: Yes, I have. It is a national charity that helps young dropouts in poor areas return to school.
A: I learned from a newspaper report that the Hope Project is now shifting its focus from villages to cities.
B: Why?
A: Because more children of laid-off workers have had to abandon their studies.
B: Oh, I remember it is reported that Anshan City has successfully launched a project targeting children of local laid-off workers.
A: I know it is in northeast China's Liaoning Province. The city is home to China's steel giant Anshan Iron and Steel Co..
B: Right.
A: The Hope Project in Anshan has built 73 primary schools, 50 libraries and helped over 6,500 children return school with donations of more than 10 million yuan in recent years.
B: That is great!
A: The Hope Project now will focus on school-age children of laid- off workers.
B: I see. They are forced to drop out because of their parents' poor economic condition.
A: That’s right. This new focus will help the children return to school and allow parents to turn their full attention to finding employment.
B: By the way, when was the Hope Project first started?
A: It was initiated in 1990, by the China Youth Development Fund under the CYLC.
B: How much money has it received?
A: Over 1.78 billion yuan in donations.
A: How many children have been helped by this project?
B: It has sent 2.29 million children back to school over the past decade.
Step 3: Practice acting out the sample dialogue 3
Pupils are trading toys to donate the needy.
A: Hi. A primary school in Beijing is permitting pupils to trade their second-hand toys in class.
B: Why? They are learning to do business, aren’t you?
A: No, they aren’t.
B: Where does the money go?
A: Money from the sales will be donated to povertystricken regions in China.
B: Are you speaking of the old or young pupils?
A: The Beijing News reports the school is allowing its pupils in senior grades to sell toys to classmates.
B: Then, is the income to be donated to the needy in poor areas?
A: Yes, it is.
B: Are such activities useful to the students?
A: Yes, they are. They can improve their verbal and expressive skills.
B: And they provide subject matter for creativewriting assignments.
A: So far, pupils have responded actively according.
B: That’s great.
Step 4: Putting the text The Human Development Report into a dialogue
A: The discussion topic today is Fighting against poverty.
B: I read in the paper that in the year 2000, 147 world leaders agreed t
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