1、Using language Explore the world hunger problemLearning objectives 1. To collect the information of world hunger problem, the function and missions of FAO. 2. To be able to analyze and judge the causes of the world hunger problem, and propose solutions.3. To be able to describe and explain the activ
2、ities of celebrating the World Food Day, and raise awareness.A short video presenting the current situation of world hunger.Lead-inNatural disasterFarmland used for not farmingDroughtFloodWhat will cause a poor harvest?Lead-inIn pairs, discuss what you can see in the photos and how you think each ph
3、oto relates to the world hunger.Pre-listening DroughtA child is pouring water onto the cracked ground. When there is drought, crops cannot grow and animals may die, which will cause poor harvest. As a result, people will suffer from hunger.Pre-listening Pre-listening WarHunger often comes along with
4、 war, as people cannot farm, or they cannot work to earn money to buy food. Moreover, the markets might be empty or closed.famine（饥荒）（饥荒）When the crops do not grow and there is not enough food for everyone to eat, people suffer from famine.While famine can be caused by drought, some of the worst fam
5、ines in the 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.Pre-listening Pre-listening 1 What is the FAO? What is its mission?2 What can seriously affect crop production?3 What does
6、the FAO think about nutritious food?4 What is the FAO doing to alleviate world hunger?5 What does the FAO suggest countries do? Listen to a radio interview and take notes. Then answer the following questions.n. 任务，使命严重影响作物产量adj. 营养的n. 任务，使命v.减轻，缓和 easeWhile-listening 1 What is the FAO? What is its m
7、ission?2 What can seriously affect crop production?3 What does the FAO think about nutritious food?4 What is the FAO doing to alleviate world hunger?5 What does the FAO suggest countries do? Listen to a radio interview and take notes. Then answer the following questions.n. 任务，使命严重影响作物产量adj. 营养的n. 任务
8、，使命v.减轻，缓和 easeWhile-listening 1 What is the FAO? What is its mission?n. 任务，使命FAO stands for Food and Agriculture Organisation. Its aim is to eliminate(消除) world hunger.2 What can seriously affect crop production?Droughts, floods, climate change and povertycan seriously affect crop production.3 What
9、 does the FAO think about nutritious food?严重影响作物产量The FAO believes everyone should have the right to get healthy food .Everyone should have the access to healthy foodWhile-listening 4 What is the FAO doing to alleviate world hunger?5 What does the FAO suggest countries do? The FAO _ called Climate-S
10、mart Agriculture, which helps countries to _.v.减轻，缓和 easeEvery country needs to focus on _ in agriculture too, which can often _ the whole world.runs a projectdevelop sustainable agriculturemaking new achievementsbenefitWhile-listening 1 According to our latest figures, .2 There is strong evidence t
11、o suggest that .3 Our research indicates that .Listen again and identify how the speaker supports his facts. Match the supporting evidence with the facts.A wars can heavily affect food production and transportation. B (world hunger) stands at around 11% of the worlds population.C many people just ca
12、nt afford to eat well.Identify Supporting EvidenceWhen 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.Good morning,
13、listeners. Today is World Food Day, and David Bond from the UNs FAO is here to talk to us about world hunger. Welcome, David! Please explain what the FAO is and what its aims are.Good morning. For those who dont know, FAO stands for Food and Agriculture Organisation. And our aim is simple to elimina
14、te world hunger, which, according to our latest figures, stands at around 11% of the worlds population. So I guess things like droughts, floods, and climate change are all major factors in this.Yes, thats right, they can all seriously affect crop production. And another factor is poverty. There is s
15、trong evidence to suggest that many people just cant afford to eat well. And its 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.And what abou
16、t war? Ive seen many researchers say that it directly leads to mass hunger. Absolutely true. Our research indicates that wars can heavily affect food production and transportation, meaning that millions of people have to go hungry.So what can we do to alleviate world hunger?Well, the UN is making ef
17、forts to reduce climate change, and the FAO runs a project called Climate-Smart Agriculture, which helps countries to develop sustainable agriculture. However, every country needs to focus on making new achievements in agriculture, too, which can often benefit the whole world. Like China, for exampl
18、e, whose development of hybrid rice has greatly increased rice production in many other countries. And, of course, global conflict must be eliminated. And dont forget that we as individuals can also make a difference: buy food that supports the environment, and never waste food.David Bond, thank you
19、 very much. Just a quick message to our listeners: you can find more information on world hunger on the FAO website.Discuss the following questions and then share your answers in class. Use a table like the one below to help you organise your thoughts.Possible causePossible solution Post-listening P
20、ossible causePossible solution Post-listening Bad and changeable weather Natural disaster like drought,floods, earthquakes Poverty War Infertile soilAdvanced technologyGrow plants based on soil characteristicsBuild a dam International cooperationPost-listening Post-listening The United Nations defin
21、es hunger as periods of time when populations are experiencing severe food insecurity, going without eating for days on end.People do not go hungry because the world does not produce enough food for everyone. Even though more than enough food is available in the world to feed everyone on the planet,
22、 still, about746 million people worldwide go to bed hungry every night.On May 28th, we observe World Hunger Day. This year marks the tenth year of the observance, which aims to focus attention on the fact that despite global progress, every year some 9 million people die as a consequence of hunger.F
23、or over a decade, the number of people suffering from chronic hunger was falling consistently, according to the United Nations. While 15 percent of the global population were under-nourished in the first four years of this century, this number fell to less than 9 percent by 2015. However, over the n
24、ext five years more and more people began to fall into food insecurity again, largely due to conflict, extreme climate events, and other shocks to economic opportunities. Between 2018 to 2019 alone, the number of undernourished people grew by 10 million.Then came the COVID-19 pandemic and the periph
25、eral effects that are resulting from it. Sputtering economies are resulting in a poor job market and reductions in incomes. At the same time, disruptions in food supply chains mean a decreased food supply resulting in price increases. The effect on the poorest and most vulnerable populations, those
26、who were already suffering from food insecurity and malnutrition, is devastating. And because COVID-19 caused global disruptions to the transport systems, it became harder to reach communities that found themselves in need of aid.The United States is, by far, the worlds largest international donor o
27、f food assistance. Working through Feed the Future, the U.S. Governments global hunger and food security initiative, as well as a myriad of other assistance programs under the auspices of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the State Department, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the
28、 United States will continue to lead the way in the age-old fight against hunger.The United Nations defines hunger as periods of time when populations are experiencing severe food insecurity, going without eating for days on end.People do not go hungry because the world does not produce enough food
29、for everyone. Even though more than enough food is available in the world to feed everyone on the planet, still, about746 million people worldwide go to bed hungry every night.On May 28th, we observe World Hunger Day. This year marks the tenth year of the observance, which aims to focus attention on
30、 the fact that despite global progress, every year some 9 million people die as a consequence of hunger.For over a decade, the number of people suffering from chronic hunger was falling consistently, according to the United Nations. While 15 percent of the global population were under-nourished in t
31、he first four years of this century, this number fell to less than 9 percent by 2015. However, over the next five years more and more people began to fall into food insecurity again, largely due to conflict, extreme climate events, and other shocks to economic opportunities. Between 2018 to 2019 alo
32、ne, the number of undernourished people grew by 10 million.Then came the COVID-19 pandemic and the peripheral effects that are resulting from it. Sputtering economies are resulting in a poor job market and reductions in incomes. At the same time, disruptions in food supply chains mean a decreased fo
33、od supply resulting in price increases. The effect on the poorest and most vulnerable populations, those who were already suffering from food insecurity and malnutrition, is devastating. And because COVID-19 caused global disruptions to the transport systems, it became harder to reach communities th
34、at found themselves in need of aid.The United States is, by far, the worlds largest international donor of food assistance. Working through Feed the Future, the U.S. Governments global hunger and food security initiative, as well as a myriad of other assistance programs under the auspices of the U.S
35、. Agency for International Development, the State Department, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the United States will continue to lead the way in the age-old fight against hunger.Today, some 815 million people suffer chronically from hunger. And although this is significantly fewer people tha
36、n the numbers we saw a decade ago, hunger still kills more people than AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria combined.On May 28th, we observe World Hunger Day. It is an effort to focus attention on the fact that despite a sufficient availability of food nearly everywhere, globally, some 21,000 people die e
37、very day from hunger or malnutrition.People do not go hungry because the world does not produce enough food for everyone. According to the world Hunger Education Service, over the past three decades, significant growth in food production, along with improved access to food, helped reduce the percent
38、age of chronically undernourished people in developing countries from 34 percent to 15 percent. The principal problem is that many people in the world still do not have resources to purchase or grow enough food.Indeed, hunger is a consequence of poverty, and also one of its causes. Hunger exists bec
39、ause many countries lack social safety nets; because in many countries women, although they do most of the farming, do not have as much access as men to training, credit or land.Conflict, governance systems that do not encourage investment in agriculture, poor management of land and natural resource
40、s, lack of educational opportunity, displacement of small farmers by natural disasters, and financial and economic crises that eliminate jobs at the lowest levels, all contribute toward creating conditions that push the poorest into hunger.Over the past decade, a global push to reduce hunger and ext
41、reme poverty has marked some significant successes, thanks in part to the efforts of numerous international and transnational institutions, foundations, NGOs and governments, including the United States.But on world Hunger Day, let us not forget that with over 815,000 people still living in daily fo
42、od insecurity, we still have a long way to go before we can safely say that no child goes to bed hungry most nights, that no parent skimps on their own dinner so the children can eat.From war zones to petro-states, citizens worry about food securityRAMADAN, WHICH began at sunset on April 12th in muc
43、h of the world, is a month of both fasting and feasting, as long days of restraint give way to big meals after sunset. Celebrations were curtailed last year because of the covid-19 pandemic. With looser restrictions now in some Arab countries, families are looking towards a more festive holiday. Yet
44、 many will struggle to put food on the table.The UNs World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that 960m people do not have enough food to be healthy. Some 64m of them are scattered across 12 Arab states. That is about one in six Arabs. Wars and economic crises have made hunger a chronic fact of life for
45、 some. And even stable governments are worried about the effect of rising global food prices.The problem is most severe in Syria and Yemen, where around half the population is hungry (see chart). A basket of staples in Syriabread, rice, lentils, oil and sugarwas 222% more expensive in February than
46、a year earlier. It now costs more than double the monthly salary of an average state worker. In Yemen the UN warns of looming famine. Aid agencies have cut rations because of tight budgets. Fuel shortages in both countries have pushed up prices.Meat was already an unaffordable luxury for many Syrian
47、s. Dairy and fruit are fast becoming the same. Bread, the cheapest source of calories, often no longer accompanies a mealit is a meal. Yet it can take hours in a queue to obtain subsidised bread from the government. Before the war Syria grew enough wheat to meet its needs. A study published last yea
48、r by Humboldt University in Berlin used satellite data to find that the country lost 943,000 hectares of cultivated land (about a 20% decrease) between 2010 and 2018.Other countries are grappling with newer challenges. Last year in Lebanon a bowl of fattoush, a salad of vegetables topped with toaste
49、d bread, cost 6,000 pounds ($4) for a family of five. Since then a financial crisis has caused the currency to lose around 90% of its value. Food prices have climbed by 417% in the past year.Though much of Lebanons food is imported, local products have become more expensive, too. The same fattoush n
50、ow costs more than 18,000 pounds. To serve a simple iftar fast-breaking mealsoup, salad, a main course with chickeneach night of Ramadan would run to two-and-a-half times the monthly minimum wage of 675,000 pounds, estimates the American University in Beirut. Supermarkets have seen brawls over subsi
