Unit 14. International organizations

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UN (United Nations)
UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund)
WHO (World Health Organization)
WWF (World Wildlife Fund)
VIET NAM RED CROSS
Period 84
Unit 14: International Organizations
A: Reading
THE RED CROSS
H?I CH? TH?P D?

Vocabulary
1. Humanitarian (a) /hju:,mæni`teəriən/
2. Wounded (a) /`wu:ndid/
3. Appeal (v) /ə`pi:l/
6. Initiate (v) /i‘ni∫ieit/ ̴̴̴ Start (v) / sta:t/
5. Appall (v) /ə`pɔ:ld/
4. Catastrophe(n) /kǝ’tᴂstrǝfi ̴ disaster(n) /di’za:stǝ/
Eg: She appealed to volunteers for donating blood.
7. Disaster- stricken (a) / Di’za:stǝ strikǝn/
Vocabulary
1. Humanitarian (a) /hju:,mæni`teəriən/
2. Wounded (a) /`wu:ndid/
3. Appeal (v) /ə`pi:l/
6. Initiate (v) /i‘ni∫ieit/ ̴̴̴ Start (v) / sta:t/
5. Appalled (a) /ə`pɔ:ld/
4. Catastrophe(n) / Kǝ’tᴂstrǝfi ̴ disaster (n) /di’za:stǝ/
7. Disaster- stricken (a) / Di’za:stǝ strikǝn/
8. Dedicate/’dedikeit/ = devote /di’vəʊt/ (v)

Eg: He devoted his life for teaching children in rural areas
Task 1: Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences
5. The company a management training programme for small bussiness
1. Ho Chi Minh ________ his whole life to the Independence of our country.
2. Governments have __ for people to save the environment
A. dedicated B. spent C. experienced D. used
A. made B. appealed C. persuaded D. advised
A. Helped B. treated C. Dedicated D. innitiated
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4. He was _______to hear that her mother died
A. Commercial B. political C. humanitarian D. millitary
A. appalled B. appealled C. wounded D. resulted in
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Task 2: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
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1. What is the Red Cross?
2. Did the League of Red Cross Societies become the International Federation of Red Cross in November 1864 ?
3. How many countries in the world have national
Red Cross Societies?
4. Who was the president of the American Red Cross War Committee?
TASK 3 (Pairwork)
Read the passage again, and then ask and answer the questions.
Game
Guessing the background picture
WWF
WTO
UNESCO
WHO
WB
APEC
Henri Dunant, the founder of International Red Cross
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1. What is the Red Cross?
- It is an international humanitarian agency
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2. Did the League of Red Cross Societies become the International Federation of Red Cross in November 1864 ?
- No, it didn’t. It became the International Federation of Rred Cross in Noverber 1991
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3. How many countries in the world have national Red Cross Societies?
- 186 ( national Red Cross Societies)
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4. Who was the president of the American Red Cross War Committee?
- Henry Davison
You are very lucky !
You are very lucky !
Answers:
1.The Red Cross is an international humanitarian agency.
2. No, it didn’t. It became the International Federation of Rred Cross in Noverber 1991.
3. 186 ( national Red Cross Societies)


4. Henry Davison
Work in groups. Summarize the passage using these suggestions.
The Red Cross
Foundation
3.When?
2.Where?
6.Who?
5.Headquarters (where?)
Activities
4. Symbol
1. Who?
7.By what?

Helping
The Red Cross
Foundation
Symbol
Headquarters
Activities:
Henri Dunant
Switzerland
1864
Geneva,
Switzwerland
Helping
Victims of disasters, soldiers, civillians, prisoners...
Medical aids, money
Work in groups. Summarize the passage using these suggestions.
A white flag with a red cross
Homework
 Learn new words by heart.
Answer again the questions
 Find some brief information about two other International Organizations
Thank you for attention