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Tài liệu Bài giảng tiếng anh 12 unit 14 - reading

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English 12 What do you know more about does this it What organization? do? What organization is it? It gives medical aids, takes care of victims of poverty, wars… humanitarian (a) [hju:,mæni'teəriən] Dedicate (v) ['dedikeit] E.g.: Ho Chi Minh dedicated his whole life to Vietnamese people. Flood epidemic Famine tsunami Earthquake Flood Famine disaster Earthquake tsunami disaster- stricken (n) [di‘zɑ:stə'strikən] She appealed to volunteers for giving blood. appalled (a) [ə'pɔ:ld] E.g.: I was appalled when I heard the bad news wounded (a) ['wu:ndid] The crash resulted in the deaths of 4 people. result in [ri'zʌlt] (v): headquarters (n) ['hed'kwɔ:təz] United Nations Headquarters humanitarian (a) [hju:,mæni'teəriən] result in [ri'zʌlt] (v): wounded (a) ['wu:ndid] dedicate (v) ['dedikeit] appeal (v) [ə'pi:l] appalled (v) [ə'pɔ:ld] disaster (n) [di'zɑ:stə] disaster- stricken (n) [di‘zɑ:stə 'strikən] initiate (n) [i'ni∫ieit] headquarters (n) ['hed'kwɔ:təz] Initiative (n): [i'ni∫ətiv] Task 1: Choose the best words in the box to complete the following sentences. dedicated initiated appealed resulted appalled 1. This woman has ____________ her whole life to helping people. 2. Police have _____________ for witnesses to the accident. 3. The company ________________ a management training programme for small business. 4. She was ________________ to hear that her husband had been arrested. 5. The crash______________ in the deaths of 10 passengers. LISTEN TO THE TAPE LISTENING Listen and pay attention to pronunciation Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). T 1. The Red Cross is aimed at providing medical aid and other help to victims of natural disasters. 2. The foundation of International Red Cross was inspired by a Swiss man called Henry Dunant. 3. The Geneva Convention was first signed in 1864. 4. The symbol of the Red Cross has three colours. 5. The International Red Cross has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. F Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). T 1. The Red Cross is aimed at providing medical aid and other help to victims of natural disasters. F  The Red Cross is an international humanitarian agency. In times of war, it is dedicated to reducing the sufferings of wounded soldiers, civilians, and prisoners of war. In time of peace, it gives medical aid and other help to victims of major disasters such as floods, earthquakes, epidemics, and famines. Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). T 2. The foundation of International Red Cross was inspired by a Swiss man called Henry Dunant. F  The initiative for founding the Red Cross came from a Swiss man called Jean Henri Dunant. Appalled by the almost complete lack of care for wounded soldiers, he appealed to the leaders of nations to found societies devoted to the aid of the wounded in wartime. A conference was held in Geneva in 1864, and official delegates of 12 nations signed the first Geneva Convention, laying down rules for the treatment and protection of the wounded and the disaster-stricken. It was also at this meeting that the famous symbol of the organization, the white flag bearing a red cross, was adopted.
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