Unit 04 volunteer work reading

A. Before you read

* Look at the pictures
and answer my
1. What are the
people in the
questions:
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'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
-

LISTEN AND REPEAT


Unit 4. VOLUNTEER WORK
Part A. READING

voluntary
1. When she retired, she did a lot
of .................. service for the Red
Cross.
voluntarily
2. She
was not fired. She left the company…....................
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.
orphanage
5. She was sent to an
.............................. when her mother died.
6. We have visited many villagesremote
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 college students as
volunteers because they...……………

BA. 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.


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.
D
C. The happiest people are those who are
young and healthy.
D. Bringing happiness to others makes them
the happiest people.


Unit 4. VOLUNTEER WORK
Part A. READING

5.The best title for the passage is...……
A . Taking care of people.
BB . 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


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


volunteers

remote
give carecomfort
college hospital
orphanages
high school
take part
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?