unit 4: volunteer work - 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

Lesson 1: Reading


Listen to the tape and find out

the new words


• Volunteer (v,n)
• VOLUNTARY (A)
• VOLUNTARILY (ADV)


Mow the lawn


Handicapped children


Natural disaster


Mountainous area


NEW WORDS
1. Mow the lawn
2. Handicapped children
3. Natural disaster
4. Mountainous area
5. Provide st for sb


VOLUNTARY
1. When she retired, she did a lot of ……………...service

for the Red Cross.  (adj)
VOLUNTARILY
2. She was not fired. She left the company………………
 (adv)
VOLUNTEERS
3. She needs some………………….……..to clean up the
kitchen.  (n)
VOLUNTEERED
4. Last month the company……………….…….to donate
fifty trucks to help flooded areas.  (v)


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
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. F
2. Big Brothers is an organization for boys
who no longer have fathers. T
3. High school students also help
disadvantaged or handicapped children
overcome their difficulties. T
4. During vacations, volunteers come to
work in remote or mountainous areas. F


POST- READING
Discuss in group:
Why do people do volunteer
work?