UNIT 4: VOLUNTEER WORK

READING

Look at the pictures below and answer the questions

Answering the following questions

What are the people doing?

Who are they?Do they get paid?What do you call this kind of work?

REPAIRING ROADSREPAIRING HOUSE

COLLECTING RUBBISHTEACHING CHILDREN

MATCH THE PICTURES WITH THE WORDSMATCH THE PICTURES WITH THE WORDS 1 2 3 4

6 7 8 9

drought street children

mountainous areasHandicapped children

craft lawn

Natural disastervolunteerflooded

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NEW WORDS

- volunteer (n) / ,vɔlən'tiə/

Ex: These people are doing volunteer work. They are volunteers.

volunteer (v): to offer to do something without being forced to do it

or without getting paid for it.

voluntary (adj)

voluntarily (adv)

- Orphanage ['ɔ:fənidʒ] (n) : the home for children whose parents are dead

- Mow /mou/(v)

Ex: This machine is used to mow the lawn.

+ lawn-mower (n)

- Handicapped /'hændikæpt/ (adj)

- Remote (adj) = far away

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 flooded areas.

(adj) service (n)

VOLUNTARY

(adv) S V O

VOLUNTARILY

some (n)

VOLUNTEERS

S (v)

VOLUNTEERED

TASK 1

Multiple choice TASK 2

1) Volunteers usually help these who are sick or old in their home by :A. Mowing the lawns, doing shopping and cleaning up their houses.B. Coking, sewing or washing their clothes.C. Telling them stories, and signing and dancing for them.D. Taking them to baseball games

2) Big Brothers is :A. the name of a club.B. a home for children.C. the name of a film.D. An organization for boys who no longer have fathers.

3) Most of the boys’ and girls’ clubs use many high schools and college students as volunteers because theyA. Have a lot of free time.B. Can understand the problems of younger boys and girls.C. Know how to do the work.D. Are good at playing games.

A

D

B

4) Volunteers believe that :

A. in order to make others happy, they have to be happy.

B. the happiest people are those who make themselves happy.

C. the happiest people are those who are young and healthy.

D. bringing happiness to others make them the happiest people.

5) The best title for the passage is :

A. Taking care of others.

B. Voluntary work in the United Stated.

C. Volunteers : The Happiest People in the World.

D. Helping Old and Sick people in the United States.

D

B

Answering questions

1. What do high school and college students usually do as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or home for the aged ?

2. How do volunteers help disadvantaged and handicapped children to overcome their difficulties ?

3. Where do students volunteer to work during summer vacations ?

TASK 3

They read book to the aged in these places, sometimes just visit them, play games with them or listen to their problems.

1. What do high school and college students usually do as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or home for the aged ?

2. How do volunteers help disadvantaged and handicapped children to overcome their difficulties?

They give care and comfort to them.

1. Where do students volunteer to work during summer vacations?

They volunteer to remote or mountainous areas.

high schoolcollege hospital orphanages

take part

give care comfortremote

mountainous

volunteers

• In United State many………... and …… .students often spend many hours as volunteer in............., …………….. or homes for ages.

• Some high school students ................in helping disadvantages or handicapped children. They....................and.................to them. They provide education for children in.............and...................areas.

• Most of the clubs in the cities use a lot of high school, college students as...............because they are young enough to understand the problems of younger boys and girls.

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TASK 4

DISCUSSION

Work in groups of four or five to discuss the following questions:1. What kinds of volunteer work do you usually do at school?2. What do you usually do in each kind of volunteer

work?