听说板块围绕“探索世界饥饿问题”（Explore the world hunger problem）展开，需要学生综合运用到看、听、说等技能。学生通过一段广播中的访谈节目，了解当今世界依然面临严重的饥饿问题以及其主要原因，积极思考、探讨消除饥饿的办法，最后以“世界”为切入点，策划一次校园活动，提出有意义的活动方案，提升大家对世界饥饿与粮食问题的认识。

教学目标

1. 能够听懂并理解录音采访中的关键信息。

2. 能够判断被采访人的主要观点及其支撑信息之间的关系。

3. 能够分辨观点与事实，听懂对因果关系的解释和说明。

4. 了解农业领域中的热点问题，如世界饥饿问题，能够理性思考，从人类命运共同体的角度和高度理解粮食问题以及农业发展问题。

5. 能够在对话中运用恰当的句式表达观点，并进行说理论证。

教学重难点

【教学重点】

帮助学生理解世界饥饿问题与全球粮食生产问题，启发学生积极思考，完成有意义的语言理解和口语输出，为“世界粮食日”设计出有意义的活动。

【教学难点】

引导学生在听的过程中能分辨主要观点及其支撑信息之间的关系。

教学过程

Step 1 Warming-up

Look at the picture and think about the questions.

(1) Do you still remember what motivated Yuan Longping to study agriculture?

(2) Can you think of any other causes that may lead to the world hunger problem? Please refer to the pictures in Activity 1.

设计意图：引导学生简要回顾已学内容，提示他们世界饥饿问题与粮食生产问题的相关性。

Step 2 Pre-listening

Work on Activity 1. In pairs, discuss what you can see in the photos and how you think each photo relates to world hunger.

设计意图：通过活动1，引导学生观察图片并讨论导致世界饥饿问题的一些因素，调动学生的“看”和“说”的技能，并通过图片的视觉冲击力激发学生的同理心。

Step 3 While-listening

Work on Activity 2. Listen to a radio interview and take notes. Then answer the following questions.

(1) What is the FAO? What is its mission?

(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?

2. Read“Identify supporting evidence”.

3. Work on Activity 3. Listen again and identify how the speaker supports his facts. Match the supporting evidence with the facts.

设计意图：通过活动2，让学生提取细节信息，帮助学生拓宽视野，站在人类命运共同体的高度探索和思考世界饥饿问题；活动3 旨在训练“识别支撑性证据”的听力策略。

Step 4 Post-listening

1. Work on Activity 4. Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions and then share your answers in class. Use a table like the one below to help you organize your thoughts.

What are all the possible causes of world hunger that you can think of?

What can people and countries do to help alleviate these causes?

2. Work on Activity 5. Work in groups to brainstorm ideas for some school activities that celebrate World Food Day. Use the expressions to help you communicate with your group members.

设计意图：活动4训练学生的批判性和逻辑性思维能力；活动5帮助学生运用合理的表达方式，练习本单元的语言功能项目。

Step 5 Assignment

Write a short passage to share your opinions about school activities that celebrate World Food Day.

设计意图：将自己所学运用到实际情境中，练习和巩固语言和文化知识。