Welcome to our class
WARM UP
3.WHICH VOLUNTEER WORKS DO YOU LIKE TO JOIN IN ?
2.CAN YOU GIVE THE NAMES OF SOME VOLUNTEER WORKS ?
1. DO YOU OFTEN DO VOLUNTEER WORKS ?
UNIT 4:FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY
Lesson 8: LOOKING BACK
1.
A. end
B. ant
2.
A. mend
B. meant
3.
A. ring
B. rink

4.
A. sting
B. stink
5.
A. lend
B. lent
6.
A. spend
B. spent
1. Listen and circle the words you hear in the sentences.
1. Listen and circle the words you hear in the sentences.

6.
A.spend
B.spent
3.
A.ring
B.rink
1.
A.end
B.ant
2.
A.mend
B.meant
4.
A.sting
B.stink
5.
A.lend
B.lent
II. Vocabulary:
Task 1. Read the conversation in GETTING STARTED again. Find the adjectives ending with the following suffixes:
-ed
-ing

-ful
-less
disadvantaged
interested
excited
interesting
useful
helpful
meaningful
hopeless
I. Vocabulary:
What is the meaning of these adjective endings? Match and find out:

1. Adjectives ending with -ed
2. Adjectives ending with -ing
3. Adjectives ending with -ful
4. Adjectives ending with -less
c. are used to describe how people feel
d. are used to describe things and situations
a. have positive meaning
b. Have negative meaning
A
B
I. Vocabulary:
Task 2. Use the words in the brackets with appropriate endings from task 1 to complete the following sentences:
1. If people spend most of their time doing nothing, they will find their lives_______________ . (mean)
2. I am ______________ in doing charity work. (interest)
3. Last year, she was really _______________ at English. She couldn’t even say a word in English. Now her English is much better. (hope)
4. The new teacher’s advice was very____________ . His students could learn English vocabulary faster. (use)
5. They were ___________ to know that their contributions were ____________ to the poor people in that area. (excite, mean)
6. Our school volunteer activities are very_________________ . (excite)
meaningless
interested
hopeless
useful
excited
meaningful
exciting
1.
Before he joined our volunteer team, he felt his life was boring. Sometimes he thought it was …………..
2.
They all got …………  about the trip to Ha Long Bay, so they had a sleepless night.
3.
The donation of warm clothes from the donors last winter was really ………………… to those poor children.
4.
The charity music night was……………. . All the audience thought it was interesting.
5.
The public service announcement called for volunteers to…………  time to look after sick people in the local hospital.
6.
Those volunteers spent a sleepless night preparing gifts for ………………….. children in Cao Bang.
meaningless
excited
meaningful
interesting
donate
disadvantaged
Vocabulary: Choose the words from the box to complete the sentences
1.
The telephone / ring / while / we / have dinner

…………………………………………………………………………………………
2.
I / wait / at the bus stop / when / I / receive / his text message

……………………………………………………………………………………
3.
It / start / to rain / while / we / walk home / from school

…………………………………………………………………………………….
4.
You / listen / when / the teacher / call / your name?

……………………………………………………………………………………..
5.
He / walk along / the corridor / he see / a job advertisement / on the notice board

……………………………………………………………………………………..
The telephone rang while we were having dinner.
I was waiting at the bus stop when I received his text message.
It started to rain while we were walking home from school.
Were you listening when the teacher called your name?
He was walking along the corridor when he saw a job advertisement on the notice board.
Grammar: Write the sentences. Use the past simple or the past continuous
FROM A GEOGRAPHY LESSON TO A REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE
Tilly Smith was born in 1994. She came from Surrey, England. At school, she was very interested in her Geography classes. On 26th December, 2004 Tilly  (1.have)…………. a holiday with her family in Thailand when she  (2. realise) ...………that Geography was not only an interesting school subject but also helped to save people’s lives. While Tilly (3.sit)....................on Maikhao Beach in Phuket, Thailand, the sea water suddenly receded from the shoreline. Tilly  (4.recognise)................ ....the symptoms of a tsunami because two weeks before her holiday she learnt about tsunamis in a Geography lesson from her teacher at school. Tilly (5.want) ................to leave the beach quickly because she knew what(6.happen)..........................,but the people on the beach didn’t seem to care. She was very worried and(7.tell).................. her parents about it immediately. When Tilly’s father warned others on the beach and the staff at the hotel where they were staying about the possible tsunami, she (8.run).................... to a safe place with her mother and sister. The tsunami  (9.be) ..................a terrible diaster for thousands of people, but it  (10. not kill)..................... anybody on Maikhao Beach thanks to Tilly.
ran
was having
realised
was sitting
recognised
was
didn”t kill
told
wanted
was happening
1. Who was Tilly Smith?

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2. Which school subject was she interested in?

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3. What happened when Tilly was sitting on Maikhao Beach?

The sea water suddenly receded from the shoreline, which is a symptom of a tsunami.
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4. What did she do to help people on Maikhao Beach at that time?

She told her parents about a possible tsunami, and her father warned other people on the beach and the staff at the hotel where they were staying about it.
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5. Do you know anyone in your community who saved others’ lives?
Talk about that person.
She was a school girl from Surrey, England.
She was interested in Geography.
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Read the text again and answer the questions:
Find someone/a place in your community that needs help.What are the problems of this person/this place?What do you think you can do to help?Make plan.Present your ideas to the whole class.
project

Volunteers
What are they doing?
Directing the traffic
Donating blood
Helping old people
Building the road
Teaching children in mountainous areas
Helping handicapped people
Homework
Do project
Prepare for the next lesson
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