1、Unit 2 Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas（教参Word）- 【勤径学升·同步练测】2022-2023学年高一新教材英语必修第三册（外研版）

UNIT 2　Making a difference [对应学生用书第20页] The UN—bringing everyone closer together The UN is an international organization made up of countries that want to promote world peace.It was set up just after the Second World War, in October 1945 by 51 countries.Today, nearly every nation in the world belongs to the UN—192 countries altogether.The UN has four main functions:to keep international peace;to develop friendly relationships among nations;to work together in solving international political conflicts and in promoting respect for human rights;and to be a centre for organizing the actions or work of different nations. As you know, the UN touches the lives of people everywhere.Apart from the urgent problems caused by wars and conflicts, the UN helps countries with other problems such as lack of education, starvation, disasters, AIDS and other diseases.Many people in the world have no way of making an income and may face starvation as a result.The UN has set up many projects to help these people create their own businesses, so they can acquire money for themselves and support their families.In Mongolia, for example, they started a worthwhile project that helps people in the countryside make carpets from local wool.These carpets are decorated with beautiful traditional patterns and can fetch a high price on the international market.This project helps people who raise the sheep, as now they have someone to sell wool to.In addition, it helps people who were out of work, as now they can use their labour to earn a profit.Finally, it helps the exports for the country of Mongolia expand.The UN’s role in this project is to provide the idea for the project, to help people work together, and to contribute small amounts of money to the people who are taking part in order to get the project going. There are lots of worthwhile projects like this under the umbrella of the UN that have helped millions of people across the world.So you see, with the work of the UN the world has been