unit 4: volunteer work - reading

An organization for boys who no longer have fathers.. the happiest people are those who make themselves... Voluntary work in the United States C.. Volunteers : The Happiest People in th

Look at the pictures and answer the

following questions:

What are they doing?

He is directing traffic on roads

She is playing with the children.

He is teaching children.

They are repairing/widening the country road.

Which activity do they take part in?

VOLUNTEER WORK

Lesson 1: Reading

Unit 4

Listen to the tape and find out

the new words

• Volunteer (v,n)

• VOLUNTARY (A)

• VOLUNTARILY (ADV)

Mow the lawn

Natural disaster

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

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.

1.Volunteers usually help these who are sick or old in their home by :

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.

2.Big Brothers is:

A 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.

3 Most of the boys’ and girls’ clubs use many high schools and college students

as volunteers because they :

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

B the happiest people are those who make themselves

A Taking care of others.

B Voluntary work in the United States

C Volunteers : The Happiest People in the World.

D Helping Old and Sick people in the United

States.

5 The best title for the passage is :

TASK 3

Decide whether the

following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the

passage.

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

POST- READING

Discuss in group:

Why do people do volunteer work?

•View a Culture from the Inside

•Learn New Things

•Friendship

•Learning a Foreign Language

………

Thanks for your attention !