Unit 4- Reading- Nâng cao

+ What does it mean by 'volunteer'?+ Have you ever done volunteer work?. + What kind of volunteer work have you done?. Rebuilding damaged roads... •volunteer n / volən'tiər/ = person who

LESSON 1 READING

Designed by Nguyen Thi Mai Hong- Viet Duc high school

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SHARK ATTACKED

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VOLUNTARY

Voluntarily

+ What does it mean by 'volunteer'?

+ Have you ever done volunteer work?

+ What kind of volunteer work have you done?

+ Why do you want to be a volunteer?

Voluntary activities

during summer

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Playing games with the children in the countryside

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Teaching street children

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Helping old

people

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Rebuilding damaged roads

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Giving food for the homeless

•volunteer (n) / volən'tiə(r)/

= person who offers to do sth without being forced to

volunteer (v)

voluntary (a)

voluntarily(adv) = willingly, without being force

•first - hand (adj)

= obtained or experience yourself (trùc tiÕp, m¾t thÊy tai nghe)

•remedial / ri'mi:diəl / (a)

= connected with school students who are slower at learning than others.(dµnh cho häc sinh yÕu kÐm)

remedial classes/ courses

• conduct /kən'dʌkt/ (v)

= organize and/ or do a particular activity (thùc hiÖn).

• hardship / ha:dsip/ (n)

= a situation that is difficult and unpleasant because you do not have enought money, food, clothes, etc

• interpersonal / intə'pЗ:sənl / (a) = connected with relationships between people.

• literacy /'litərəsi/ (n) = the ability to read and write

>< illiteracy

Illiteracy

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Remedial class

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TASK A : Check the boxes

1 Preparing food for the homeless.

2 Conducting remedial classes for weak students.

3 Rebuilding damaged roads.

4 Playing games with local children.

5 Conducting literacy classes for teenagers and adults.

6 Building houses for poor people.

TASK b (p47)

BENEFITS OF VOLUNTEER WORK

Gain experience in

life

Develop interpersonal skills

Attain mutual understanding and promote friendship Discover our

own talents

Task c

Task c: Choose the best

answers

1 The volunteer work at Hiep Phuoc village

A was done by just Vietnamese volunteers

B covered various kinds of activities

C didn't involve rebuilding damaged roads

D concentrated on adult literacy only

2 According to the passage, it was not easy to teach the adults because

A they didn't come to evening classes

B they couldn't learn at all

C they were very busy

D they had to look after their children at home

3 It can be interred from the passage that

A weak schoolboys and schoolgirls were not taken care of

B many people from Hiep Phuoc village suffered from illiteracy.

C Only adults are illiteracy.

D Only children were unable to read and write.

4 What does the last paragraph mainly deal with?

A the benefits gained by the student volunteers

B the activities done by the volunteers

C literacy classes that the volunteers taught

D the hardships that the volunteers encounter

Discuss the CAUSES and find out SOLUTIONS to

illiteracy problem