UNIT 4: VOLUNTEER WORK
WELCOME TO OUR CLASS
READING
Look at the pictures and answer the following questions:
He is directing the traffic
She is playing with the children.
He is giving lessons to the children.
They are repairing the country road. widening










What do you call this kind of work?
VOLUNTEER WORK
VOCABULARY
: tật nguyền, tàn tật
1. volunteer
2. voluntary
3. voluntarily
4. orphanage
5. the aged
6. to mow lawns
7. disadvantaged
8. comfort
9. handicapped
10. to overcome
11. to suffer badly
12. disaster
13. remote
14. mountainous areas
15. places of interest
người tình nguyện
có tinh thần tình nguyện
một cách tình nguyện
cô-nhi-viện
người già
cắt bồn cỏ
cơ nhỡ, thiếu thốn
sự an ủi
khuyết tật
vượt qua
đau khổ nhiều
thiên tai
xa xôi
vùng (núi) cao
thắng cảnh
1. volunteer
2. voluntary
3. voluntarily
4. orphanage
5. the aged
6. to mow lawns
7. disadvantaged
8. comfort
9. handicapped
10. to overcome
11. to suffer badly
12. disaster
13. remote
14. mountainous areas
15. places of interest
người tình nguyện
có tinh thần tình nguyện
một cách tình nguyện
cô-nhi-viện
người già
cắt bồn cỏ
cơ nhỡ, thiếu thốn
sự an ủi
khuyết tật
vượt qua
đau khổ nhiều
thiên tai
xa xôi
vùng (núi) cao
thắng cảnh
1. When she retired, she did a lot of __________ service for the Red Cross.
2. She was not fired. She left the company __________.
3. She needs some __________ to clean up the kitchen.
4. Last month the company ____________ to donate fifty trucks to help the flooded areas.
Task 1. The word “volunteer” appears in the passage in different parts of speech. Use an appropriate form of the word volunteer to complete each of the following sentences.
voluntary
voluntarily
volunteers
volunteered
Mowing the lawns, doing shopping and cleaning up their houses.
Cooking, sewing or washing their clothes.
Telling them stories, and signing and dancing for them.
Taking them to baseball games.
1. Volunteers usually help these who are sick or old in their home by :
Task 2: Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D for each of the following sentences.
the name of a club.
a home for children.
the name of a film.
D. An organization for boys who no longer have fathers.
2. Big Brothers is…
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...
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…
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.
5. The best title for the passage is…


1. What do high school and college students usually do as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or homes for the aged?
 High school and college students usually visit hospitals, orphanages or homes. They often read books , play games or listen to their problems.
2. How do volunteers help disadvantaged and handicapped children to overcome their difficulties?
The volunteers give care, comfort and help them to overcome their problems or difficulties.
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.
Task 3. Answer the questions
When she retired, she did a lot of .................. service for the Red Cross.
She was not fired. She left the company .................
3. She needs some ................. to clean up the kitchen.
4. Last month the company…................... to donate fifty trucks to help the flooded areas.
5. She was sent to an ......................... when her mother died.
6. We have visited many villages in ..................... areas.
7. I’m going to work two days a week teaching ....................... kids to fish.


Consolidation: Gap fill
orphan
handicapped
volunteered
volunteer
orphanage
volunteers
voluntary
remote
voluntarily
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 4: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.
HOMEWORK
Learn the new works by heart.
Read the passage again.
Prepare for the new lesson: Speaking (page 49)
I. Before you read
II. While you read
Unit 4: VOLUNTEER WORK – Reading
III. After you read
Discuss the following questions:
1.Why do people do volunteer work ?
2. What kinds of volunteer work do you usually
do at school?
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