Unit 1
Reading
Teach a man a fish
Introduction
1.What do you think the essay is
about after you read the title? 2. What does the title mean?
3. What is the result of giving a man a single fish?
Skimming
1. When was Live Aid held? On 13 July 1985. 2. What does WFP stand for? The World Food Programme. 3. How many people has the WFP helped since it was established? One billion.
WFP official with an African boy.
Development aid (also development assistance, international aid, overseas aid or foreign aid) is aid given by governmental and economic agencies to support the economic, social and political development of developing countries. Development aid may come from developed or developing country governments as well as from international organizations such as the World Bank. It is distinguished from humanitarian aid as being aimed at alleviating poverty in the long term, rather than alleviating suffering in the short term (Foreign aid, on the other hand, includes both development aid and humanitarian aid. Some governments include military assistance in the notion “foreign aid”, although many NGOs tend to disapprove of this).