Reading 11 Unit 4

Welcome teachers
to our class today
Look at these pictures and answer the questions:

Who are they?
What are they doing?
They are making houses for poor people
They are making roads for villagers
They are cleaning up the paves
They are growing trees
They are playing with children
They are teaching children
Unit 4 : VOLUNTEER WORK
Period 21 : Reading
A. READING:
Read the following saying and explain what it means:
Before you read:
“If you give me a fish
I will eat it today
If you teach me to fish
I will eat my whole life long!”
Each nation has many people who voluntarily take care of others. For example, 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 these places. Sometime 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 fathers.
Some high school students take part in helping disadvantaged or handicapped children. They give care and comfort to them and help them to overcome their difficulties. Young college and university student 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 club where boys and girls can go to play games. Some of these clubs organise short trips to the mountains, beaches or other places of interest. Most of these club 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.



New words:
volunteer (n)
voluntary (adj)
volunteer (v) – sth for s/o
Voluntarily (adv)
Take care of
orphanage (n)
to mow (the lawn )
handicapped (adj)
take part in (v)
overcome (v)
Disadvantaged (adj) # Advantaged (adj)
organise (v) = hold (a party)
Donate (v), donation (n)
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.
When she retired, she did a lot of……………….…….service for the Red Cross.
She was not fired. She left the company……………………..
She needs some………………….……..to clean up the kitchen.
Last month the company……………….…….to donate fifty
trucks to help flooded areas.
voluntary
voluntarily
volunteers
volunteered
Task 2. Choose the best answer:
Mowing the lawns, doing shopping and cleaning up their houses.
Coking, 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:
the name of a club.
a home for children.
the name of a film.
An organization for boys who no longer have fathers.

2. Big Brothers is :
Task 2. Choose the best answer:
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 :
Task 2. Choose the best answer:
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 :
Task 2. Choose the best answer:
Taking care of others.
Voluntary work in the United Stated.
Volunteers : The Happiest People in the World.
Helping Old and Sick people in the United States.
5. The best tittle for the passage is :
Task 3. Answer the questions:
What do high school and college students usually do as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or home for the aged ?

They read book to the aged in these places, sometimes just visit them, play games with them or listen to their problems.
How do volunteers help disadvantaged and handicapped children to overcome their difficulties ?
They give care and comfort to them and help them to overcome their difficulties.
Where do students volunteer to work during summer vacations ?

During summer vacation, they volunteer to work in remote or mountainous areas (to provide education for children or medical services for local people).
Prepare at home :
Learn new words by heart
Summarise the text
Prepare SPEAKING
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