Unit 5 Working the Land Listening and Speaking 教案-2026-2027学年英语新人教版选择性必修第一册

课题

Working the land

章节

选择性必修1 U5 Period 4

课型

Listening and Speaking

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By the end of this period, students are expected to be able to:

1. Master new words and expressions related to world hunger: drought, famine, alleviate, sustainable agriculture etc.

2. Use listening skills to identify supporting evidence to get key information from the radio interview about world hunger.

3. Be able to analyse causes & solutions of world hunger and brainstorm school activities for World Food Day with group-work expressions.

4. Develop global awareness, realize the seriousness of world hunger and form the sense of saving food.

重点

1. Get main facts and supporting evidence from the radio interview about FAO and world-hunger problems.

2. Students learn to list causes and solutions of world hunger and carry out group discussion with proper oral expressions.

难点

1. Recognize supporting evidence (figures, research, findings) while listening and take effective notes.

2. Organize logical group discussion and come up with practical school activity ideas for World Food Day.

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Step 1 Lead–in

Teacher plays short video and raises guiding question.

Let’s watch a short video to find out what the current situation of world hunger is.

Lead-in sentence: Today we will learn about world hunger through pictures and a radio interview.

Step 2 Pre-listening

Task 1 Picture discussion (pair work)

In pairs, discuss what you can see in the photos and how you think each photo relates to world hunger.

Reference answers:

① The first photo represents the idea of drought. Either a river or a lake bed has been exposed by receding waters, leaving behind cracked soil. A child is pouring water onto the ground. When there is drought, crops cannot grow and animals may die.

② The second photo represents the idea of war. Hunger often comes with war, as often people cannot farm, or they cannot work to earn money to buy food. And, even if they had money to buy food, the markets might be empty or closed.

③ The third photo represents famine. The child in the photo is a victim of famine, which is why his/her arm and hand are so thin. Famine is when the crops do not grow and there is not enough food for everyone to eat. While famine can be caused by drought, some of the worst famines in world history had other sources, such as insects or diseases that destroyed the crops, or weather that was either too hot or too cool for the crops to grow properly.

Teacher walks around the classroom and offers help.

Step3 While-listening

Listening skill tip: Identify supporting evidence

When people present important facts, they usually give some evidence to support their claims. The evidence is usually mentioned at the start of a sentence. Listen out for key words like report, research, studies, figures, findings, etc.

Task2 Listen to a radio interview and take notes. Then answer the following questions.

Q1: What is the FAO? What is its mission?

Q2: What can seriously affect crop production?

Q3: What does the FAO think about nutritious food?

Q4: What is the FAO doing to alleviate world hunger?

Q5: What does the FAO suggest countries do?

Background: FAO‑Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

联合国粮食及农业组织（Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations，FAO）简称 “粮农组织”，于 1945 年 10 月 16 日正式成立，是联合国系统内最早的常设专门机构，是各成员国间讨论粮食和农业问题的国际组织。其宗旨是提高人民的营养水平和生活标准，改进农产品的生产和分配，改善农村和农民的经济状况，促进世界经济的发展并保证人类免于饥饿。

Reference answers:

1. FAO stands for Food and Agriculture Organisation. Its aim is to eliminate world hunger.

2. Droughts, floods, and climate change.

3. The FAO believes everyone should have the right to get healthy food.

4. The FAO runs a project called Climate-Smart Agriculture, which helps countries to develop sustainable agriculture.

5. Every country needs to focus on making new achievements in agriculture too, which can often benefit the whole world.

Task3 Listen again and identify how the speaker supports his facts. Match the supporting evidence with the facts.

✅Answers: 1-B; 2-C;3-A

Listening text:

Host: Good morning, listeners. Today is World Food Day, and David Bond from the UN’s FAO is here to talk to us about world hunger. Welcome, David! Please explain what the FAO is and what its aims are.

David:Good morning. For those who don’t know, FAO stands for Food and Agriculture Organisation. And our aim is simple—to eliminate world hunger, which, according to our latest figures, stands at around 11% of the world’s population.

Host:So I guess things like droughts, floods, and climate change are all major factors in this.

David: Yes, that’s right, they can all seriously affect crop production. And another factor is poverty. There is strong evidence to suggest that many people just can’t afford to eat well. And it’s not just about having enough food to eat; people need to eat enough nutritious food, which often they cannot afford or do not have access to. The FAO believes everyone should have the right to healthy food.