1.　　　 Ask Ss the following questions.

(1)　　 What will they do if they have decided to sponsor someone.

(2)　　 Should they get in touch with him or her?

(3)　　 How will they get in touch with him or her?

3.　　　 Ask Ss to use the expressions P75 in their discussions.

Step 6. Writing task

1. Introduce to Ss Project Hope. Teacher may say, “From the text in this unit, we have learnt a lot about the living conditions Although China is developing very fast these year, there are still some poor areas, where children can not go to school or have to leave school too young because their family cannot afford to send them to school or keep them at school. So the Chinese government has sponsored a program called Project Hope. This program raises money to help children who can not go to school and it has played an important part in the education of our society. Now，let’s have a discussion. Would you like to sponsor one or two poor students through Project Hope? Please give your reasons. If you would, how would you do it?”

2. Ask Ss to work in pairs and one student asks the other about the meanings of the above phrases. The student who remember the most will be praised.

Step 5. Speaking Task

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1. Ask Ss to underline and translate the following phrases.

2. Ask the following questions and ask Ss to find the answers. When Ss stand up to answer the questions, they are asked to speak without looking at their books.

(1)　　 Who is the writer?

(2)　　 Who is the writer writing to?

(3)　　 What is the relationship between Orlando and the students?

(4)　　 What does Little Orlando have to do for his family?

(5)　　 Why can’t Orlando write the letter?

(6)　　 How many children are there in Orlando’s family?

(7)　　 Why do the children in Orlando’s family often catch diseases?

(8)　　 Can they find a doctor easily when they become ill? How do you know?

(9)　　 What do the local people do in their spare time?

Suggested Answers:

(1)　　 The write of the letter is Rosanna who is working as a community volunteer in an area of Ecuador.

(2)　　 To some students.

(3)　　 The students have sponsored Orlando.

(4)　　 Although he is still very young, he has to help his family with daily jobs, such as collecting firewood.

(5)　　 He is too young and hasn’t gone to school.

(6)　　 Eight.

(7)　　 Because they haven’t a toilet of their own and they have to use an open field.

(8)　　 No. They have to travel a long way to find a doctor when they are ill.

(9)　　 In their spare time, they love to sit around their radio with friends, listening to the news and music.

Step 4. Language point

1. Ask Ss to read the text carefully and underline what they cannot understand.

2.　　　 Ask Ss to finish Ex2 on P74. Then let them tell the reason.

Step 3. Intensive reading.

1.　　　 Ask Ss to read the text quickly and sum up the main idea of each paragraph with one sentence.

2. After listening to the text, leave Ss some time for thinking. Then check the answers.

Step 2. Fats reading.