一、课前自主预习——课文重建
根据本单元reading 课文在下面短文空格中填入所缺单词（每空一词）。
What is the United Nations? What is the work of a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations? Who has brought our world closer together? Here’s the(1) _______ to the United Nations .
The United Nations was set up after the Second World War in October 1945 aiming at (2)______ world peace.(3)________it consisted of 51 countries, while recently altogether 192 countries belong to it. It has four main (4) _______ : to keep international peace; to develop friendly relationships among nations; to(5) ________in solving international political conflicts and in promoting respect for
human rights; and to be a center for organizing the actions or work of different nations. The UN is(6)_____withthe lives of people everywhere. The organization not only helps end some of the world’s most horrible conflicts but (7)___________to protecting human rights and works to improve international laws. In addition to these, the UN helps countries with other problems such as lack of education, lack of (8)______, disasters, AIDS and other diseases.
The work of a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations is to visit countries where the UN has programmes to help people. The television and press will follow and record his or her visits, which will increase people’s (9)_________of the work of the UN. His or her job with the UN is not paid but voluntary. The UN agreed to meet eight goals by the year 2015, one of which is to ensure that clean water is available to everyone. So you see, under the (10) __________of the UN the world has been brought close together
