Welcome to our lesson
Unit 4: VOLUNTEER WORK
A: READING
“ If you give me a fish,
I will eat today.
If you teach me to fish,
I will eat my whole life long.”
This saying means that if you help somebody by giving them some money, it’s just a temporary solution. It’s better to instruct them how to make money legally by teaching them necessary working skills
I.Before you read
What does the picture tell you?
Suggest:
The picture tells me that everybody, no matter what they are young or old, can do volunteer work
What does the picture tell you?
II. While you read
1.New words
Volunteer(n)(v) /,vɒlənˈtɪə/
Voluntary(adj) /ˈvɒləntri/
Voluntarily(adv) /ˈvɒləntrəli/
To volunteer to do sth/volunteer for sth
Orphanage(n) /ˈɔ:fənɪdʒ/
Home for the aged
Lawn (n) /lɔːn/
The handicapped(n)/ˈhændikæpt/
To overcome(v) /ˌəʊvəˈkʌm/
To participate=to take part
in
Remote =far away
To suffer sth(v)= undergo
Mow(v) /məʊ/= cut
Volunteer(n)(v)
Voluntary(adj)
Voluntarily(adv)
Orphanage(n)
Mow(v)=cut
Lawn (n)
To suffer sth(v)
= undergo
Remote
=far away
To overcome(v)
To participate=to take part in
Home for the aged
The handicapped(n)
Volunteer()
Volunteer(n

VOLUNTEER(v)
VOLUNTEER(n)

VOLUNTARY(a)
VOLUNTARILY(adv)
While you read
2.Task 1: The word volunteer appears in the passage in different parts of speech. Use an appropriate form of volunteer to complete each of the following sentences
2. Task 1: Use an appropriate form of volunteer to complete each of the following sentences
When she retired, she did a lot of ……………………………. ………service for the Red Cross.
She was not fired. She left the company …………………….
She needs some………………………………….to clean up the kitchen.
Last month the company ………………………………….. to donate fifty trucks to help the flooded areas.
volunteer(n) voluntary (a) volunteer(v) voluntarily (adv)
voluntary
voluntarily
volunteers
volunteered
3.Task 2: Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D for each of the following sentences
Volunteers usually help those who are sick or old in their homes by……………
mowing the lawns, doing shopping and cleaning up their houses.
cooking, sewing or washing their clothes
telling them stories, and singing and dancing for them
taking them to baseball games
Line 1, 2- p.2
2. Big Brothers is………………………..
the name of a club
a home for children
the name of a film
an organization for boys who no longer have fathers
Line 3,4- p.2
3. Most of the boys’ and girls’ clubs use many high school and college students as volunteers because they …………
have a lot of time
can understand the problems of younger boys and girls
know how to do the work
are good at playing games
Line 4, 5- p.4
3. Task 2: Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D for each of the following sentences
4. Volunteers believe that……………………………………………..
in order to make others happy, they have to be happy
the happiest people are those make themselves happy
the happiest people are those who are young and healthy
bringing happiness to others makes them the happiest people
p.5
5. The best title for the passage is…………………………………….
Taking care of others
Voluntary Work in the United States
Volunteers: The happiest People in the World
Helping Old and Sick People in the United States
4. Task 3: Answer the questions
What do high school and college students usually do as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or homes for the aged?
They read books to the people in these places, visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems.(line7-10, p.1)
2.How do volunteers help disadvantages and handicapped children to overcome their difficulties?
They gave care and comfort to them and help them overcome their difficulties.(line 2-3, p.3)
3.Where do students volunteer to work during summer vacations?
During summer vacations, they volunteer to work in remote or mountainous areas to provide education for children.(line 5-6. p.3)
 
 
Discussion:
Why do people do volunteer work?
After you read
Homework:
Review the lesson at home
Learn the new words by hearts
Prepare Part B- speaking