English 11Unit 3: Volunteer

work

What are they doing? What do you call this kind of work?

• They are playing with children.

• They are cleaning the beach.

• They are teaching children .

• They are cleaning the road.

Some volunteer works:

- helping the blind children

- helping the handicapped

- helping the Aids patients

- helping the poor..............

“If you give me a fish,

I will eat today

If you teach me to fish,

I will eat my whole life long.”

Activity 1: Read the saying and explain what it means.

Explain the saying:

• The other expression: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him a life time”

• If someone gives you something to eat, you will not feel hungry anymore but this won’t last long. If someone gives you an opportunity to work or teaches you how to work, you will earn your own living for a long time.

Vocabulary:

- volunteer (n) : T×nh nguyÖn viªnEx: These people are doing volunteer

work. They are volunteers.- volunteer (v): do sth without getting

paid for it : t×nh nguyÖn - voluntary ( a ):

- orphanage (n): the home for children whose parents are dead: Tr¹i må c«i

- orphan (n) : trÎ må c«i- mow (v) : xÐn, gÆtEx: This machine is used to mow the

lawn.- lawn mower (n) : m¸y xÐn cá- Handicapped (n): ng êi tµn tËt- Remote (a) : xa x«i, hÎo l¸nh

Checking : Gap-fill/task 1. page 48

1.When she retired, she did a lot of............ Service for the Red Cross.

2. She was sent to an ...........when her mother died.3. He continued to............... The lawn and did routine

chores.4. She needs some..........to clean up the kitchen.5. The company.................. To donate fifty trucks to help

the flooded areas.6. We have visited many villages in.........areas.7. I’m going to work 2 days a week teaching ...........kids to

fish.Key: 1.voluntary 2. orphanage 3. mow 4.volunteers 5. volunteers/ volunteered 6. remote 7. handicapped

Task 2/48: Multiple choice:

• 1. A

• 2. D

• 3. B

• 4. D

• 5. B

Task 3/49: Answer the questions:

1. What do high school and college students usually do as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or homes for the aged?

- They read books to the people there, play games with them and listen to their problem.

2. How do volunteers help disadvantaged and handicapped children to overcome their difficulties.

- They give care and comfort to them and help them to overcome their difficulties.

3. Where do students volunteer to work during summer vacations?

-During summer vacation, they volunteer to work in remote or mountainous areas to provide education for children.

After you read: discussion

Why do people do volunteer work?

Suggested:

- To help the poor have a happier life.............

Homework:

- Learn by heart the vocabulary

- Read again the passage and practice answering the questions.

- Prepare the next lesson : speaking.