What are they doing ?
Who are they ?
They are making houses for poor people
They are making roads for villagers
They are cleaning up the paves
They are growing trees
They are playing with children
They are teaching children
Unit 4
VOLUNTEER WORK
Reading
BEFORE YOU READ
LISTEN & UNDERLINE
THE NEW WORDS
NEW WORDS
volunteer (n):
orphanage (n):
to mow (v):
comfort (n):
handicapped (a) :
overcome (v):
suffer (v):
organize (v):
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tình nguyện
/,vɔlən`tiə/
trại mồ côi
Cắt
/məu/
/`ɔ:fəniʤ/
sự an ủi
/`kʌmfət/
/`hændikæpt/
Người tàn tật
vượt qua
/,ouvə`kʌm/
chịu đựng
/`sʌfə/
tổ chức
/`ɔ:gənaiz/
Task 1
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 flooded areas.
(adj)  service (n)
VOLUNTARY
S V O + (adv)
VOLUNTARILY
some  (n)
VOLUNTEERS
S (v)
VOLUNTEERED
WHILE YOU READ
Task 2
Multiple choices
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.
1. Volunteers usually help these who are sick or old in their home by :
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Task 2
Multiple choices
the name of a club.
a home for children.
the name of a film.
An organization for boys who no longer have fathers.
2. Big Brothers is :
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Task 2
Multiple choices
Have a lot of free time.
Can understand the problems of younger boys and girls.
Know how to do the work.
Are good at playing games.
3. Most of the boys’ and girls’ clubs use many high schools and college students as volunteers because they :
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Task 2
Multiple choices
in order to make others happy, they have to be happy.
the happiest people are those who make themselves happy.
the happiest people are those who are young and healthy.
bringing happiness to others make them the happiest people.
4. Volunteers believe that :
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Task 2
Multiple choices
Taking care of others.
Voluntary work in the United Stated.
Volunteers : The Happiest People in the World.
Helping Old and Sick people in the United States.
5. The best tittle for the passage is :
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Task 3
Answer the questions :
What do high school and college students usually do as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or home for the aged ?
How do volunteers help disadvantaged and handicapped children to overcome their difficulties ?
Where do students volunteer to work during summer vacations ?
Task 3
Answer the questions :
What do high school and college students usually do as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or home for the aged ?
They read book to the aged in these places, sometimes just visit them, play games with them or listen to their problems.
Task 3
Answer the questions :
2. How do volunteers help disadvantaged and handicapped children to overcome their difficulties?
They give care and comfort to them.
Task 3
Answer the questions :
3. Where do students volunteer to work during summer vacations ?
They volunteer to remote or mountainous areas.
1. Students in the United States spend their time as volunteers only in hospitals.
2. Big Brothers is an organization for boys who no longer have fathers.
3. High school students also help disadvantaged or handicapped children overcome their difficulties.
4. During vacations, volunteers come to work in remote or mountainous areas.
F
T
T
F
TASK 3
Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.
HOME WORK
Why do people do volunteer work ?
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