Unit 3. Community Service
Lesson 1. Getting started
Vocabulary
1. make a difference:
làm thay đổi, tạo khác biệt
2. community service:
dịch vụ công cộng
3. volunteer:
người tình nguyện, làm tình nguyện
4. donate:
hiến tặng, đóng góp
5. benefit:
lợi ích
6. homeless people:
người vô gia cư
Who are they?
Reporter
Mai
Phuc
They are reporter, Mai, Phúc
1. Listen and read.
A helping hand
Reporter: Today on Global Citizen we interview Mai and Phuc from Hai Ba Trung School. Hi Mai, could you tell us about community service?
Mai: It`s the work you do for the benefits of the community.
Reporter: Have you ever done volunteer work?
Mai: Yes. I`m a member of Be a Buddy – a programme that helps street children. Last year we provided evening classes for fifty children.
Reporter: Wonderful! What else have you done?
Mai: We`ve asked people to donate books and clothes to the children.
Reporter: Wow, that certainly makes a difference... And you Phuc, you`re from Go Green?
Phuc: Yes, it`s a non-profit organisation that protects the environment. We`ve encouraged people to recycle glass, cans, and paper. We`ve cleaned streets and lakes ...
Reporter: Did you start a community garden project last month?
Phuc: Oh yes, so far we`ve planted ...
a. Read the conversation again and tick (√) true (T) or false (F).
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b. Read the conversation again. Answer the questions.
1. What do you think the phrase `make a difference` means?
2. Can you guess what Go Green does in their community garden project?
3. How do you think the community garden project `makes a difference`?
=> - ‘Make a difference’ means doing something good, especially to improve a situation.
- ‘Make a difference’ is located in the conversation means people donate books and clothes to street children.
=> They plant trees and flowers to create gardens for the community.
=> It will create a clean environment for all people. There will be a lot of trees in the gardens. People can walk, do exercises and enjoy fresh air there. Children can play in the gardens and it`s a really good space for the community.
2. Look at the words in the box. Can you put them in the right groups?
donate volunteer provide environmental help
recycle clean benefit plant encourage
help
benefit
volunteer
plants
donate
benefit
volunteer
recycle
plant
provide
clean
encourage
clean
environmental
3. Fill the gaps with the words in the box.
donate volunteer community service
make a difference homeless people
1. You are a if you help other people willingly and without payment.

2. are those who do not have a home and really need help.

3. She often money to charitable organisations.

4. The activities that individuals or organisations do to benefit a community are called .

5. If you are trying to you are trying to have a good effect on a person or situation.
volunteer
Homeless people
donates
community service
make a difference
4. Describe the pictures with the verbs in 2.
donate
plant
help
clean
recycle
5. Create word webs
toys
clothes
money
the poor
old pepole
rives
lakes
beaches
education
help
books
6. Game: VOCABULARY PING PONG
In pairs, stand face-to-face with your partner. Think about the topic of this unit, Community Service, and the new words you learned above. To start the game, partner A says a new word and partner B says the first related word that comes to mind. Keep the words going back and forth as quickly as possible until the teacher says stop.
(Làm việc theo cặp, đứng đối diện với bạn. Nghĩ về chủ đề của bài học này, Hoạt động phục vụ cộng đồng, và các từ mới bạn vừa học ở trên. Để bắt đầu trò chơi, bạn A nói một từ mới và bạn B nói từ liên quan mà xuất hiện đầu tiên trong đầu. Tiếp tục với các từ tiếp theo nhanh nhất có thể cho đến khi cô giáo nói dừng lại.)
Example:
A: provide (cung cấp)
B: food (thức ăn)
A: homeless people (người vô gia cư)
B: help (giúp đỡ)
A: donate (quyên góp)
B: blood (hiến máu)
A: clean (làm sạch, dọn dẹp)
B: streets (đường phố)