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1.The man who had the idea of founding the Red Cross was…... Official delegates of ……nations signed the first Geneva Convention in ….. The symbol of the Red Cross is….. 4.The Internatio

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of the Red Cross)

Match the symbols with their names.

Wednesday, March 9th , 2011

UNIT 14

LESSON ONE: READING

Uncle Ho dedicated his whole

dedicate [‘dedikeit]

Vocabulary

appeal: [ə'pi:l]

appalled: [ə'p :l ɔ d]

Vocabulary

The crash resulted in the deaths

of 4 people.

re‘sult in

disaster- stricken: [di‘z :stə'strikən] ɑ

Vocabulary

catastrophe: [kə'tæstrəfi]

Vocabulary

tsunami [tsu:‘na:mi:]

1 dedicate(v) cèng hiÕn

2 appeal (v) kªu gäi

3 appalled (adj) bÞ cho¸ng, phát

7 tsunami (n) sóng

thần

Speak out the English words

1 dedicate(v) cèng hiÕn

2 appeal (v) kªu gäi

3 appalled (adj) bÞ cho¸ng, phát

7 tsunami (n) sóng

thần

1.The man who had the idea of founding the Red

Cross was…

2 Official delegates of ……nations signed the

first Geneva Convention in …

3 The symbol of the Red Cross is….

4.The International Red Cross has its

Read the passage and do the tasks that follow

Task 1: Read through the text and find

out the missing information

1.The man who had the idea of founding the Red

Cross was…

2 Official delegates of ……nations signed the

first Geneva Convention in …

3 The symbol of the Red Cross is….

4.The International Red Cross has its

Task 2:

1 What is the Red Cross?

2 What is the Red Cross Federation’s

mission?

3 When did the Red Cross become an

International Federation?

4 What are the advantages of having

national Red Cross societies?

Answer the questions:

Groupwork

1 What is the Red Cross?

It is an international humanitarian agency.

3 When did the Red Cross become

an International Federation?

In November 1991.

4 What are the advantages of having national Red Cross

Societies ?

People in each country can

get quick help and supports

when they are in difficulty

Group A are the winners

Do you know these?

The number of countries in the world nowadays having national Red Cross societies

The sy mbol o

f the Interna tional C

82, Nguyen Du street,

Hanoi

82, Nguyen Du street,

Hanoi

The headquarters of Vietnam Red Cross

23rd

November,

1946

The foundation of Vietnam Red Cross

- Do the tasks in the textbooks

- Write a short paragraph about the roles and activities of Vietnam

Red Cross.