中国的“蓝盔”
How many UN peacekeepers does China send?
Name: ________________ Date: ________
联合国有一种特别的军人。他们去发生过战争的地方，帮助那里的人重新过上安全的生活。他们戴着蓝色的头盔，所以人们叫他们“蓝盔”，正式的名字是“维和人员”。
中国是从一九九〇年开始参加这项工作的。那一年，中国派了五名军人去中东，任务是观察和报告。一九九二年，中国第一次派出一整支队伍，去了柬埔寨，主要工作是修路和修桥。
到现在，中国已经派出了五万多人次。在安理会的五个常任理事国中，目前在任务中的中国维和人员最多。这项工作需要很多钱，中国出的钱也排在第二位。
他们具体做什么？在南苏丹和黎巴嫩，中国军人修路、排雷；医生给当地人看病；还有的军人负责保护当地的人，在街上巡逻。
这份工作并不安全。三十多年来，已经有中国维和人员在任务中失去了生命。
你的国家也派人参加这项工作吗？
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 重新 | chóngxīn | again; anew; afresh |
| 戴 | dài | to wear (a hat, glasses, jewelry, etc.) |
| 正式 | zhèngshì | formal; official; officially |
| 人员 | rényuán | staff; personnel |
| 项 | xiàng | item; term |
| 任务 | rènwu | task; mission; assignment |
| 整 | zhěng | whole; complete |
| 修 | xiū | to repair; to mend; to fix |
| 桥 | qiáo | bridge |
| 目前 | mùqián | at present; currently; now |
| 排 | pái | to arrange; to line up |
| 负责 | fùzé | to be in charge of; to be responsible for |
Questions
一九九二年，中国第一次派出一整支队伍，去柬埔寨做什么？
In 1992, China first sent a whole unit to Cambodia. What did it do?
在安理会的五个常任理事国中，哪一点中国是第一？
Among the five permanent members of the Security Council, in what is China first?
在南苏丹和黎巴嫩，医生做什么？
In South Sudan and Lebanon, what do the doctors do?
Lesson plan: 45 minutes (for the teacher)
HSK 5 · How many UN peacekeepers does China send?. By the end, students can read it aloud, say what it is about and use 重新 and 戴 in sentences of their own.
Warm-up 5 min
Write 中国的“蓝盔” on the board. Ask what the class thinks it is about, then give the English: “How many UN peacekeepers does China send?”.
Key words 10 min
Teach 重新 (chóngxīn, again; anew; afresh), 戴 (dài, to wear (a hat, glasses, jewelry, etc.)), 正式 (zhèngshì, formal; official; officially), 人员 (rényuán, staff; personnel), 项 (xiàng, item; term), 任务 (rènwu, task; mission; assignment). Say each one, the class says it back, then ask for its meaning with the word covered. The rest are in the handout’s table.
Listen 10 min
Play it read aloud from mandarinthewild.com/library/read/china-un-peacekeepers: once with the text face down, once reading along. Students tap any word there for its meaning.
Read and check 10 min
Students read it alone, then answer the 3 questions on the handout. Go through them together; the answers and the line that proves each are on the teacher’s page.
Use it 10 min
In pairs, each student writes two sentences of their own, one with 重新 and one with 戴, and reads one to the class.
Homework. Students read it again at home and Review its words. Put it in a free class (mandarinthewild.com/teachers/class) and you see who read it.
English (for the teacher)
The United Nations has a special kind of soldier. They go to places that have been through war and help the people there get back to a safe life. They wear blue helmets, so people call them “blue helmets”; their formal name is “peacekeepers”.
China began taking part in this work in 1990. That year China sent five military officers to the Middle East to observe and report. In 1992 China sent a whole unit for the first time, to Cambodia, and its main job was repairing roads and bridges.
To date, China has made more than fifty thousand peacekeeper deployments in all. Among the five permanent members of the Security Council, China currently has the most peacekeepers on missions. This work costs a lot of money, and China is second in what it pays.
What exactly do they do? In South Sudan and Lebanon, Chinese soldiers build roads and clear landmines, doctors treat local people, and other soldiers protect local people and patrol the streets.
This job is not safe. In more than thirty years, Chinese peacekeepers have lost their lives on missions.
Does your country send people to do this work too?
Answers
- A. 修路和修桥: 主要工作是修路和修桥
- C. 目前在任务中的人数: 目前在任务中的中国维和人员最多
- C. 给当地人看病: 医生给当地人看病