Teacher : Nguyen Thanh Long
Me Linh upper school
* Look at these pictures and answer the following questions.
1. Do you think these are nice activities?
3.Do you like taking part in these activities? and why?
4.What exactly activities have you taken part in?
2.Have you ever helped disadvantaged people?
Unit 4. Volunteer work
C. Listening
I. Before you listen.
* Tick the best answers to the questions that suit you.
1. How often do you support charities?
regularly
From time to time
never
2. what’s the best way of raising money to support charities?
Through donations
Through taxes
Through fund-raising activities
3. Which of these kinds of volunteer work do you prefer?
Helping the elderly
Helping the sick
Helping the poor
Unit 4. Volunteer work
C. Listening
I. Before you listen.
* Listen and repeat.
- Organization for Educational
Development
- Spring School
- co-operate (v)
- disadvantaged children
- fund-raising (n)
- co-ordinate (v)
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He is a disadvantaged child.
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hîp t¸c
phối hợp
Tổ chức phát triển GD
They are fund-raising money for disadvantaged, handicapped and poor people.
Unit 4. Volunteer work
C. Listening
I. Before you listen.
II. While you listen.
1.Spring School is an……………….school in Ho Chi Minh City.
2. Around …………………………….live and study at the school.
3. About ……………………...from District 1 regularly attend classes.
4. Organization for Educational Development co-operated with Spring School to set up English classes in………………
5.The school requires………………………to help organise their fund-raising dinner held annually in……………..
You’ll hear a man talking about Spring School in Ho Chi Minh City.
Listen to the tape. Then fill in the missing information.
informal
30 street children
250 children
1998
volunteers
June
*Task 1
Unit 4. Volunteer work
C. Listening
I. Before you listen.
II. While you listen.
*Task 2
* Listen again and answer the questions.
1. What is the aim of Spring School?
2.What classes were set up in 1999?
3.Why do children participate in fund- raising performances?
4.Where do children dance, sing and play music?
5. Why are foreign volunteers needed?
The answers:
1. It provides classes to disadvantaged children in Ho Chi Minh City.
2. Dance, theatre, singing and folk music classes were set up in 1999.
3.Because they need money to continue their English and Performance Arts classes.
4.They dance ,singing and play music at one of the largest hotels in Ho Chi Minh City.
5. They are needed because the school needs help to organise the dinner held annually in June.
Unit 4. Volunteer work
C. Listening
I. Before you listen.
II. While you listen.
* Work in groups and decide whether statements are true (T) or false (F)
It provides classes to disadvantaged children in Da Nang
Spring School co-operated with WTO to set up English classes in 1998
Children from these classes participate in fundraising performances.
They need foreign volunteers to contact sponsors and rebuild the school.
F
F
T
F
*Task 3.
Unit 4. Volunteer work
C. Listening
I. Before you listen.
II. While you listen.
III. After you listen.
* Work in groups. Summarise the story about Spring School, using the following suggestions.
- The aim of Spring School.
- The number of children who live and study at the school or attend classes.
- The activities the children at the school take part in.
- The kinds of volunteers that Spring School requires.

Unit 4. Volunteer work
C. Listening
I. Before you listen.
II. While you listen.
III. After you listen.
IV. Home work.
*Write a short paragraph about the activities which your class has taken part in helping disadvantaged children in your local area.
* prepare part D: Writing