Unit 4. Volunteer work

UNIT 4. VOLUNTEER WORK

A. READING


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


UNIT 4. VOLUNTEER WORK

A. READING

VOCABULARY
- volunteer (n) / ,vɔlən'tiə/
Ex: These people are doing volunteer work. They are volunteers.
 volunteer (v): to offer to do something without being forced to do it or without getting paid for it.

voluntary (adj)
voluntarily (adv)
- Orphanage ['ɔ:fənidʒ] (n) : the home for children whose parents are dead


- Mow /mou/(v)
Ex: This machine is used to mow the lawn.
+ lawn-mower (n)

- Handicapped /'hændikæpt/ (adj)
- Remote (adj) = far away
- Comfort to (v)
- Overcome (v)
- Suffer (a)


Task 2

Multiple choices

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

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.


Task 3. Answer the questions

1. What do high school and college students usually do as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or homes for the aged?
 High school and college students usually visit hospitals, orphanages or homes .They often read books , play games
or listen to their problems.
2. How do volunteers help disadvantaged and handicapped children to overcome their difficulties?
The volunteers give care, comfort and help them to overcome their problems or difficulties.
3. Where do students volunteer to work during summer vacations?
 During summer vacations ,they volunteer to work in remote or mountainous areas to provide education for
children.


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.
F
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.
T

T

F


Gap fill

voluntarily

voluntary

orphanage

volunteered

orphan

remote

volunteers

volunteer

voluntary
1. When she retired, she did a lot of .................. service for the Red Cross.

2. She was not fired. She left the

company…....................

voluntarily

volunteers
3. She needs some ......................
to clean up the kitchen.
volunteered
4. Last month the company…..................... to donate fifty trucks to help
the flooded areas.
5. She was sent to an ..............................
when her mother died.
orphanage
6. We have visited many villages in ............................areas.
remote
7. I’m going to work two days a week teaching ............................. kids to fish.
handicapped

handicapped


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