Unit 04. For a Better Community. Lesson 8. Looking back - project

Unit 4: FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY


Period: 39 LOOKING BACK- PROJECT
Pronunciation
Vocabulary
Grammar
Nguyễn Nữ Hoàng Danh
THPT Bến Cát
A. LOOKING BACK
Pronunciation
Vocabulary
Grammar
Pronunciation
Listen and circle the words you hear in the sentences.

Look at that ant.



He didn`t mend that.


They have just built a new
ice rink in the area.


The houses in this area stink
of carbon dioxide gas.


The banks lent money to the poor
people in the village.


We spent our last summer holiday
doing volunteer work in a mountainous province of Vietnam.



1. Before he joined our volunteer team, he felt his life was boring. Sometimes he thought it was ________.
2. They all got _______about the trip to Ha Long Bay, so they had a sleepless night.
3. The donation of warm clothes from the donors last winter was really ________ to those poor children.
4. The charity music night was _______. All the audience thought it was interesting.
5. The public service announcement called for volunteers to ________ time to look after sick people in the local hospital.
6. Those volunteers spent a sleepless night preparing gifts for ________ children in Cao Bang.

VOCABULARY: Complete the text with the words from the box: 

excited
donate
meaningless
disadvantaged
meaningful
interesting
GRAMMAR
1. The telephone / ring / while / we / have dinner
A. The telephone rang while we had dinner.
B. The telephone was ringing while we were having dinner
C. The telephone rang while we were having dinner
D. The telephone rings while we were having dinner
1. Choose the correct answer:
2. I / wait / at the bus stop / when / I / receive / his text message
I was waiting at the bus stop when I received his text message.
I waited at the bus stop when I was receiving his text message.
I was waiting at the bus stop when I receive his text message.
I am waiting at the bus stop when I received his text message.
3. You / listen / when / the teacher / call / your name?
Do you listen when the teacher called your name?
Are you listening when the teacher called your name?
Were you listening when the teacher calls your name?
Were you listening when the teacher called your name?
3. Read the text about Tilly smith and put verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous
FROM A GEOGRAPHY LESSON TO A REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE
Tilly Smith war born in 1994. She came from Surrey England. At school, she was very interested in her Geography classes. On 26th December, 2004 Tilly ______________ (1. have) a holiday with her family in Thailand when she ______ (2. realise) that Geography was not only an interesting school subject but also helped to save people`s lives. While Tilly ______________ (3.sit) on Maikhao Beach in Phuket, Thailand, the sea water suddenly receded from shoreline. Tilly______________ (4. recognise) the symptoms of a tsunami because two weeks before her holiday she learnt about tsunamis in a Geography lesson from her teacher at school. Tilly_______ (5. want) to leave the beach quickly because she knew what ______________ (6. happen), but the people on the beach didn`t seem to care. She was very worried and ______ (7. tell) her parents about it immediately. When Tilly`s father warned others on the beach and the staff at the hotel where they were staying about the possible tsunami, she ______(8. run) to a safe place with her mother and sister. The tsunami ______ (9. be) a terrible diaster for thousands of people, but it _______ (10. not kill) anybody on Maikhao Beach Thank to Tilly.
was happening
    
realised     
recognised
was sitting     
was having    
wanted    
ran    
told   
was    
didn`t kill
    
Recede (v): mờ dần, xa dần
shoreline (n): ven bờ
Tsunami (n): sóng thần
She was a school girl from Surrey, England.
Who was Tilly Smith?










You are lucky
Which school subject was she interested in?

She was interested in Geography.
What happened when Tilly was sitting on Maikhao Beach?

The sea water suddenly receded from the shoreline, which is a symptom of a tsunami.
What did she do to help people on Maikhao Beach at that time?

She told her parents about a possible tsunami, and her father warned other people on the beach and the staff at the hotel where they were staying about it.
Sing a song about volunteers

B. PROJECT : Make plan to help someone / a place in your community that needs help.

Present your ideas to the class, your presentation should include:
1- Greetings.
2- Introduction: name, be a representative of…
3- Content of the report.
- Find someone / a place in your community that needs help.
- What are the problems of this person / this place?
- What do you think you can do to help? Make a plan.
4- Conclusion : why people do volunteer work .




Learn by heart the structures and vocabulary .
Prepare unit 5

Homework: