Giáo án điện tử tiếng anh lớp 11 Unit 4 reading e11

Volunteers help in orphanages Volunteers help in homes for the aged Volunteers mow the lawns in the homes of old people... Volunteers help handicapped/ disabled children Volunteers hel

Match the phrases with the pictures:

3 Work in the homes of old people

5 Help children who don’t have fathers or mothers

4 Take care of people in hospitals

2 Teach poor children

1 Protect the environment

A B

D C

F

6 Help disabled children

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VOLUNTEER WORK

I Before you read

“If you give me a fish

I will eat today

If you teach me to fish

I will eat my whole day life long ”

Read the following saying:

What does this saying mean? (Choose the right options)

A If you just give someone something they will survive but they don't

learn anything, if you teach him how to do it then they can do it forever and teach other people

B People should eat fish

C Providing knowledge is the best charity

D Learning a lesson is a better reward than winning a prize

Volunteers help in

orphanages

Volunteers help in

homes for the aged

Volunteers mow the lawns in the homes of old people

Big Brothers- a voluntary organization for helping boys who no longer have fathers

Volunteers help handicapped/

disabled children

Volunteers help disadvantaged children Students volunteer to provide education for children in remote and

mountainous area

Find the forms of the word: “ volunteer ”

Each nation has many people who voluntarily take care of others For examples,

many high school and college students in the United States often spend many

hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages, or homes for the aged They read

books to the people in the places Sometimes the students just visit them, play

games with them or listen to their problems.

Other young volunteers work in the homes of sick or old people They clean up

their houses, do their shopping, or mow their lawns For boys who no longer have

fathers, there is a voluntary organization called big Brothers College students take

these boys to baseball games and help them to get to know things that boys usually

learn from their father .Some high school students take part in helping

disadvantaged or handicapped children They give care or comfort to them and

help them to overcome their difficulties Young college and university students

participate in helping the people who have suffered badly in wars or natural

disasters During summer vacations, they volunteer to work in remote or

mountainous areas to provide education for children

Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games Some

of these clubs organize short trips to the mountains, beaches or other places of

interest Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as

volunteers because they are young enough to understand the problems of younger

boys and girls.

Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who

help to bring happiness to others.

voluntarily (adv)

e g: She works in their homes voluntarily V.P adv

volunteer(n)

e g: Many volunteers teach disadvantaged children.

S Vvoluntary (a)

e g: They are voluntary helpers.

a n

volunteer (v)

e g: Last Sunday, many students volunteered to clean up the school yard.

Volunteer to + V:

Volunteer( + N) for + N: He volunteers for social work.

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

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1 Volunteers usually help those who are sick or old in their homes by _

A. mowing the lawns, doing shopping and cleaning up their houses

B. cooking, 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 they

A. have a lot of free time. B. can understand the problems of younger boys & girls.

C. know how to do the work. D. are good at playing games.

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 _

C. Volunteers: The Happiest People in the World.

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

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

→ They read books to the people in the places

Sometimes the students just visit them, play games with them or listen

to their problems

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

→ They give care or comfort to them

3 Where do students volunteer to work during summer vacations ?

→ They volunteer to work in remote or mountainous areas to provide education for children

Fill in the gaps with information from the passage:

In the United States many students work as volunteers Many volunteers work in hospitals, (1) _ or (2) _ Others volunteers work in the homes (3) There

is a voluntary organization called (4) for boys (5) _ Some high school volunteers help disadvantaged or (6) _ College or university students volunteer to help the people who have suffered (7) During summer vacation, they (8) _ or mountainous areas Each city (9) clubs which use students as volunteers to help younger boys or girls overcome their problems

People do volunteer work because they believe that bringing happiness to people makes them the (10) _in the world

orphanages homes for the aged

of sick or old people Big Brothers

handicapped children who no longer have fathers

volunteer to work in remote

badly in wars or natural disasters

has a number of

happiest people

Summary the main ideas:

A. work in hospitals, orphanages, or homes for the aged

B. help in the homes of sick or old people.

C. help boys who no longer have fathers.

D. take part in helping disadvantaged or handicapped children.

E. help the people who have suffered badly in wars or natural disasters.

F. work in remote or mountainous areas to provide education for children

G. take part in the clubs which help younger boys and girls overcome their problems.

You are a student Now what would you volunteer to do?

( Choose the options you want)

*Now Let’s talk:

I am a student I volunteer to I will

I believe that

e.g: I am a student I volunteer to help boys who no longer

have fathers I will take these boys to ball games and help

them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their

father I believe that bringing happiness to those boys make

me the happiest person in the world

- Talk about what you volunteer to do this summer vacation

- Do reading exercises in the workbook.

- Prepare the next lesson: Speaking.