English 11 Unit 4. Volunteer work, Reading

A. Before you read

* Look at the pictures and
answer my questions:

1. What are the people in the pictures are
doing?

They’re repairing the
roads.

They’re repairing the houses


She is helping
disadvantaged children

2. Do they get paid?
- No, they don’t. They work without any payment


From the pictures you can see
some activities that
people often do in their lives
without any payment.
What do you call this kind of
work?


Grade : 11

Period : 20th

unit:4

Part A: Reading


Unit 4. VOLUNTEER WORK
Part A. READING

1. Read the passage and do the 2
following tasks.
+ Task 1: Multiple choice.
+ Task 2: Question answering.
+ Task 3: Gap filling
2. Talk about volunteer work in our
school.


Unit 4. VOLUNTEER WORK
Part A. READING

Illiteracy

Shortage
of
Resources

Povert
y

WORK IN PAIRS
What should we do to
solve these problems?

Poor living
conditions

Take action and more volunteer work!


Unit 4. VOLUNTEER WORK
Part A. READING

volunteer (n) / ,vɔlən'tiələn'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 ['ɔlən'tiə: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
-

LISTEN AND REPEAT

Unit 4. VOLUNTEER WORK
Part A. READING

voluntary service for the Red Cross.
1. When she retired, she did a lot of ..................
voluntarily
2. She was not fired. She left the company…....................
volunteers to clean up the kitchen.
3. She needs some ......................
volunteered to donate fifty trucks to help
4. Last month the company….....................
the flooded areas.
orphanage
5. She was sent to an ..............................
when her mother died.
remote
6. We have visited many villages in ............................areas.
handicapped
7. I’m going to work two days a week teaching ............................. kids to fish.


Unit 4. VOLUNTEER WORK
Part A. READING

1.Volunteers usually help those who are sick or old in their homes by...
……………
AA. Mowing the lawns, doing shopping and cleaning up their houses.
B. Cooking, sewing or washing their clothes.

C. Telling them stories, singing and dancing for them
D. Taking them to baseball games.
2.Big Brother is...……………………
A. The name of a club.
B. A home for children.
C. The name of a film.
D
D. An organisation for boys who no longer have fathers


Unit 4. VOLUNTEER WORK
Part A. READING

3.Most of the boys’ and girls’ clubs use many high school and and girls’ and girls’ clubs use many high school and clubs use many high school and
college students as volunteers because they...……………
A. Have a lot of free time.
B.
B Can understand the problems of younger boys and girls.
C. Know how to do the work.
D. Are good at playing games.


Unit 4. VOLUNTEER WORK
Part A. READING

4.Volunteers believe that...………………
A. In order to make others happy, they have to be unhappy.
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 makes them the happiest

D
people.


Unit 4. VOLUNTEER WORK
Part A. READING

5.The best title for the passage is...……
A . Taking care of people.
B
B . Voluntary Work in the United States.
C . Volunteers: The Happiest People in the World.
D . Helping Old and Sick People the United States.


Unit 4. VOLUNTEER WORK
Part A. READING

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.


Unit 4. VOLUNTEER WORK

Part A. READING

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.


Unit 4. VOLUNTEER WORK
Part A. READING


remote
give care
college
hospital
take part

comfort

volunteers

high school orphanages
mountainous

 In United State many………... and …… .students

often spend many hours as volunteer in.............,
…………….. or homes for ages.
 Some high school students ................in helping

disadvantages or handicapped children.
They....................and.................to them. They provide
education for children in.............and...................areas.
 Most of the clubs in the cities use a lot of high
school, college students as...............because they are
young enough to understand the problems of younger
boys and girls.


Unit 4. VOLUNTEER WORK
Part A. READING

Work in groups of four or five to discuss the
following questions:
1. What kinds of volunteer work do you usually
do at school?
2. What do you usually do in each kind of
volunteer work?