Unit 4 Peace and DevelopmentThe United Nations1.WhendidtheUnitedNationscomeintobeing?OnOctober24,1945.2.HowmanymembersarethereintheUnitedNations?Over190.1.Fasting reading3.WhatstheaimsoftheUnitedNations?4.WhatstheprinciplesoftheUnitedNations?Languagepoints:1.comeintoexistence=comeintobeing;begintoexist强调“从无到有”Alotoftallbuildingshavecomeintoexistence（being更常用）inthetown.2.amajorityof大部分,大多数的,绝大多数amajorityof跟可数名词的复数，动词可用单复数。表示“许多的，大量的”。如defeatbyamajorityofvotes.以占多数票的优势打败对方。themajorityof主要指人，此时的谓语动词用复数，表示“大多数，大部分”。3.beequaltosth. /doingsth.胜任某事/做某事Areyouequalto(doing)thetask?你能胜任这项工作吗?Noneofuscanequalherinheight/diligence.4.avoiddoingsth.避免做某事Trytoavoiddrinkingandsmoking.尽量避免喝酒和抽烟.5.NoneofthedecisionstakenbytheAssemblyisbinding.由大会所做出的决策都是独立的。FTTTTTTTrepresentativescooperationpovertydignityinterdependenceequalrightdomesticSpeakingRefertothetopicsgivenbelowandhaveadiscussionontheletterwrittenbyMirandaNicoleJohnson.Homework1.Read the passage again and again after class.2.Try to learn the phrases by heart.