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 they take part in? VOLUNTEER WORK Unit Lesson 1: Reading Listen to the tape and find out the new words Handicapped children Natural disaster Mountainous area NEW WORDS Mow the lawn Handicapped children Natural disaster Mountainous area Provide st for sb VOLUNTARY When she retired, she did a lot of …………… service for the Red Cross  (adj) VOLUNTARILY She was not fired She left the company………………  (adv) VOLUNTEERS She needs some………………….…… to clean up the kitchen  (n) VOLUNTEERED 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 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 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 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 Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage Students in the United States spend their time as volunteers only in hospitals F Big Brothers is an organization for boys who no longer have fathers T High school students also help disadvantaged or handicapped children overcome their difficulties T During vacations, volunteers come to work in remote or mountainous areas F POST- READING Discuss in group: Why people volunteer work? SUGGESTIONS •View a Culture from the Inside •Learn New Things •Friendship •Learning a Foreign Language …………………… Thanks for your ... overcome their difficulties T During vacations, volunteers come to work in remote or mountainous areas F POST- READING Discuss in group: Why people volunteer work? SUGGESTIONS •View a Culture from the... the country road Which activity they take part in? VOLUNTEER WORK Unit Lesson 1: Reading Listen to the tape and find out the new words • Volunteer (v,n) • VOLUNTARY (A) • VOLUNTARILY (ADV) Mow... 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 Decide whether the following