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The Well
that Changed
the World
Look at the map and talk about water problems in Africa.
Freshwater shortage
Freshwater stress
Freshwater problems
in Africa by 2025
What is the map about?
What do different colors stand for?
Globally, renewable internal freshwater resource per capita was around 6000 m³ in 2014.
What’s the video mainly talking about?
This 13-year-old African girl has to spend 8 hours a day to fetch water. What’ s worse, this is the normal life for the people around her.
2.What should we do to solve the problem?
1.What’s the video mainly talking about?
Now tick the solutions that you think are most effective to supply Africa with fresh water.
collect and purify rainwater
fund (provide money for sth) water projects
build wells and pumps
recycle (use sth again) waste water
set up facilities to purify water
develop new water conservation (protection) technologies
Read the passage and find out what Ryan did to help solve the problem of water shortage in Africa.
The Well that
Changed the World
Read the passage quickly, and find out:
Who is Ryan?
Why can the well change the world?
Choose the best explanation of the title and give your reasons.
The well built by Ryan solved the problem of worldwide water shortage.
The more wells you dig, the better the world will be.
The well built by Ryan encouraged more people to help make the world a better place.
Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.
Thinking:
Why does the author use three interrogative questions (疑问句) at the end of first paragraph?
to arouse the readers’ interest
to lead to the following paragraphs
Para.1
Thinking:
How did Ryan raise money?
Para.2
work for others
1.How did Ryan raise money?
work for others
ask others to donate
make his story go public
2.What’s the function of the last sentence in Paragraph 3?
It is a transitional sentence.
Para.3
Thinking:
Thinking:
1. What kind of warm weclome did Ryan get?
sing and dance
offer him food and gifts
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