Effects of Technology

In this age, technology let our life be more and more convenient. Take a look around our life, you can see technological charge anywhere. For example, cars,
televisions, cell phones…, these technological charge make
our life faster, more pleasant, no distance.
In the other hand, these products also bring some strict
disasters. Air pollution, green-house effect both are typical examples. Do you know? The two effects influence the weather deeply. The effects make some original disaster be more serious, like typhoons, floods, and tsunamis! The reasons are “cars make
carbon dioxide keep rising, then temperature goes on. The result is that Antarctic and Arctic’s ice melting cause the sea level rise!
Above all, technology is our trend, we must learn how to get the balance between nature and technology! No doubly, nobody want to see the disaster happening again and again!

Red CrossTopic: Helping where it’s most neededSubtitle: Where you find misfortune, you’ll find the helping organization (non-profit organization NPO) such as Red CrossPreface:I. disaster= casualty, calamity misfortune, mishap, catastrophe, tragedy, accidentII. massive power of nature (typhoons & hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, earthquake & tsunami and draught)Therefore, government and helping organization cooperate with each others.Global response:1. Which one is become the world’s second larges international organization? Why?2. How did the Red Cross coordinate the call in the local devastated area? 3. What did the Red Cross help these victims to cure (treat) the disaster relief?Word list: donate (v) donation (n) donation charity 慈善義賣temporary (aj.)= shortVolunteers:What jobs did the volunteers be trained in skills at the Red Cross?Word list: urban/ suburb, victim= sufferer, 1oserWorking together:Cooperate (v) cooperation (n)請敘述紅十字會之父故事 P.18 *Briefly describe the father of Red Cross請回答下列問題P. 17 (共三題)