English 11 Unit 3: Volunteer work What are they doing? What 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 Activity 1: Read the saying and explain what it means “If you give me a fish, I will eat today If you teach me to fish, I will eat my whole life long.” 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 viªn Ex: These people are doing volunteer work They are volunteers - volunteer (v): 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, gÆt Ex: This machine is used to mow the lawn - lawn mower (n) : m¸y xÐn cá - Handicapped (n): ngêi tµn tËt - Remote (a) : xa x«i, hÎo l¸nh Checking : Gap-fill/task page 48 1.When she retired, she did a lot of Service for the Red Cross She was sent to an when her mother died He continued to The lawn and did routine chores She needs some to clean up the kitchen The company To donate fifty trucks to help the flooded areas We have visited many villages in .areas I’m going to work days a week teaching kids to fish Key: 1.voluntary orphanage mow 4.volunteers volunteers/ volunteered remote handicapped Task 2/48: Multiple choice: • • • • • A D B D B Task 3/49: Answer the questions: What high school and college students usually 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 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 After you read: discussion Why people 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 ...English 11 Unit 3: Volunteer work What are they doing? What you call this kind of work? • They are playing