2　What does the Human Development Index measure?

　　3　What are the first two Development Goals?

　　4　What progress have we made towards these goals?

　　5　What do developed countries need to do?

　　Suggested answers:

　　1　They agreed to reduce world poverty by 2015.

　　2　It measures a country's achievements(through life expectancy, education and income).

　　3　To reduce poverty and hunger, and ensure all children are educated up to the age of 11.

　　4　There are some examples of successful development, like in China, but more efforts are needed.

　　5　They need to give more money.

　　Option Two

　　1. Students read through the passage quickly to find the topic sentence of each paragraph.

　　Paragraph 1: In the year 2000, 147 world leaders agreed to work together to reduce poverty by 2015 or earlier.

　　Paragraph 2: One of the most important sections of this report is the Human Development Index.

　　Paragraph 3: The report describes eight Development Goals.

　　Paragraph 4: However, the challenges are still great.

　　Paragraph 5: The report shows that we are making some progress but that we need to make greater efforts.

　　2. Have students read through the passage one more time and finish Activity One individually.

　　3. The whole class work in groups of four to come up with the main idea of the passage. The topic sentences and the answers to Activity One may be of help.

　　Option Three

　　Ask students to read through the passage quickly and try to answer the following questions.

　　(Show the following questions on the screen. )

　　1. What is the main purpose of giving the report in your opinion?

　　A. To examine the achievements of 175 countries.

　　B. To rank the countries in the world in three ways.

　　C. To show the current conditions of the world's countries in three ways.

　　D. To urge the countries in the world to work together to reduce poverty.

　　2. What is the correct order of the five richest countries according to the report?

　　A. The US, the UK, Norway, Iceland, Sweden.

　　B. Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Australia, the Netherland.

　　C. Iceland, Sweden, Australia, the Netherland, Norway.

　　D. The US, Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Australia.

　　3. Which of the following is not the goal made by the report according to the passage?

　　A. Improving people's living conditions in the developing countries.

　　B. Improving people's medical conditions in the developing countries.

　　C. Giving the children in poor countries more chances to be educated.

　　D. Urging all the developing countries to fight with poverty and illness.

4. In which ways has China proved successful according to the report?