Unit 4
Volunteer work
Before you read
While you read
After you read


Period 21. Reading
I. Before you read
The saying
If you give me a fish
I will eat today
If you teach me to fish
I will eat my whole life long

Teaching people how to get money
is better than giving them the money
I. Before you read
2. Vocabulary

Overcome (v)
Take part in = participate in (vp)
Remote (adj)
Provide (v)
Mountain, beach, place of interest (n)
Natural disaster (np)
Believe (v)
Problem (n), No problem
Mow the lawn (vp)




Volunteer (n)
Volunteer (v)
Voluntary (ad)
Voluntarily (adv)
Orphanage (n)
Organise (v)
Organization (n)
Disadvantaged (adj)
Handicapped (adj)
II. While you read
Adj + N
V + O + Adv
some + N (s)
S + V

Task 1: Word formation

Suggested answer:
Voluntary
Voluntarily
volunteers
volunteered

II. While you read
Extensive reading _ multiple choice question

Get the
general idea
A
B
C
D
TASK 2
Identify the structure of the passage

Volunteer works in the US
Sick and old people
believe

Clubs
The disadvantaged
Task 2
Suggested answer:
1. A
2. D
3. B
4. D
5. B

After you read
Choose the best answer
The reading passage is about volunteer work in:

The United States
Canada
Asia
Africa

A
The United States
2. Volunteers mentioned in the reading are:

Workers
Farmers
Students
Businessmen
C. Students
3. Among the works that students help the old or sick, which one is Not mentioned?

A. Shopping
B. Tidying up the house
C. Mowing lawn
D. Cooking meal
D. Cooking meal
4. The Big Brothers voluntarily work for the boys who are:

Motherless
Fatherless
Handicapped
Both A and B
B. Fatherless
5. The aim of this passage is to :

Inform
Persuade
Complain
Entertain

A. Inform
Home work
Review the new words
Read the passage again
SUMMARY
Fill in the blanks with the suitable words from the passage
Many people take care of the others. In the United States, many students ………… work in hospitals, ………, or homes for the aged. They help the old or sick people to clean up their houses, do their………… or mow their lawns. ………students take part in helping the boys who no longer have………. and providing education for the children in the ……………..areas. Some high school students help disadvantaged or handicapped children to overcome their…………. Most of the clubs use school boys and girls as volunteers for their understanding of the younger boys’ and girls’………….... Volunteers believe that bringing happiness to the others makes them the .............people in the world.
voluntarily
orphanages
shopping
College
fathers
mountainous
difficulties
problems
happiest
The children who no longer have parents live in the orphanages
Water
Nha Trang beach
They are handicapped children. They can not hear or speak. In comparison with other children, they are very disadvantaged