Unit 4. Volunteer work

Read the following saying and explain what it means: “If you give me a fish I will eat it today If you teach me to fish I will eat my whole life New words • volunteer (n) – voluntary (adj) – voluntarily (adv) – volunteer (v) ( to something for somebody) • • • • • orphanage (n) to mow (the lawn ) (v) comfort (n) disadvantaged (adj) handicapped (adj) • take part in (v) = participate in (v) • overcome (v) • suffer (v) • war (n) • natural disaster (n) • remote (a) • organize (v) = hold (a party) • donate (v) Volunteer (n) /,volən’tiə/ người tình nguyện, người xung phong  voluntary (adj)/’voləntri/  voluntarily (adv) /’voləntrili/  volunteer (v) ( to something for somebody) Orphanage (n) /’o:fənin/ trại mồ côi Each nation Some high believe has school many students special take people part who in Volunteers that some of the voluntarily helping disadvantaged takein the careworld of or are others handicapped For happiest people those who example, children They many give high care school andand comfort college to help to bring happiness to others students them andin help the United them States to overcome often spend their many hoursYoung difficulties as volunteers college and in hospitals, university orphanages students participate or homes in for helping the aged the people They read have who bookssuffered to the people badly ininwars these orplaces natural SometimesDuring disasters the students summerjust vacations, visit them, they play games to volunteer with work them or in listen remote to their or problems mountainous areas to provide education for children Other city Each young hasvolunteers a number of work club in where the homes boys of sick and girls or can old people go to play They games clean Some up their of houses,clubs these their organize shopping shortortrips mowtotheir the lawns For beaches mountains, boys who or no other longer places have of fathers, there interest Most is of athese voluntary club organization use a lot of called school high Big Brothers and College college students studentstake as these boysbecause volunteers to baseball they are games young and enough help them to understand to get tothe know problems things of that younger boys usually boys and learn girls from their fathers Task The word volunteer appears in the passage in different parts of speech Use an appropriate form of the word volunteer to complete each of the following sentences When she retired, she did a lot of …………… voluntar service for the Red Cross y voluntari She was not fired She left the company …………… voluntee to clean uplythe kitchen She needs some……………… rs volunteere to donate Last month the company……………….… fifty trucks to help floodeddareas Task Read the passage then choose the best answer to complete the given sentence Task Answer the questions: What high school and college students usually as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or home for the aged  They?read book to the aged in these places, sometimes just visit them, play games with them or listen to their problems How volunteers help disadvantaged and handicapped children to overcome their difficulties ?  They give care and comfort to them and help them to overcome their difficulties Where students volunteer to work during summer vacations ?  During summer vacation, they volunteer to work in remote or mountainous areas (to provide education for children or medical services for local people) • Prepare speaking lesson The best title for the passage is : A Taking care of others B Voluntary work in the United Stated C Volunteers : The Happiest People in the World D Helping Old and Sick people in the United States :2 You’ve just lost half of your points! You are unlucky! 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 the work D are good at playing games 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 coking, sewing or washing their clothes C telling them stories, and signing and dancing for them D taking them to baseball 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 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  ... play games to volunteer with work them or in listen remote to their or problems mountainous areas to provide education for children Other city Each young hasvolunteers a number of work club in... them to overcome their difficulties Where students volunteer to work during summer vacations ?  During summer vacation, they volunteer to work in remote or mountainous areas (to provide education... is : A Taking care of others B Voluntary work in the United Stated C Volunteers : The Happiest People in the World D Helping Old and Sick people in the United States :2 You’ve just lost half