WELCOME TO CLASS

Donating blood
Building the road
Teaching children in mountainous areas
UNIT 4: VOLUNTEER WORK
Period 27: SPEAKING
Vocabulary
war invalid martyr /'mɑ:tə/ (n)
/wɔː(r) ɪnˈvælɪd/( n)
liệt sĩ
thương binh
intersection /,intə'sek∫n /(n) giao lộ
direct /daɪˈrekt/ /di'rekt/ (v) điều
phối,
participate in /pɑːrˈtɪsɪpeɪt/ (v) = take part in
tham gia
Vocabulary
war invalid /wɔː(r) ɪnˈvælɪd/ ( n) thương binh
martyr /'mɑ:tə/ (n) liệt sĩ
intersection /,intə'sek∫n/( n) giao lộ
direct /daɪˈrekt/ /di'rekt/ (v) điều phối,
chỉ dẫn
participate in (v) /pɑːrˈtɪsɪpeɪt/ tham gia
Decide which of the following
activities are volunteer work.
•Taking part in an excursion
•Helping people in remote or mountainous
areas.
•Giving care and comfort to the poor and the
sick.
•Participating in an English speaking club.
•Providing education for disadvantaged
children.
•Joining the Green Saturday Movement.
Task 2: Work in pairs. Practise the dialogue.
 MODEL CONVERSATION
Mai: Nam, what kind of volunteer work are
you participating in?
Nam: Well. We’re helping people in
mountainous areas. Activity
Mai: So what exactly are you doing?
Nam: You know…. we’re teaching the
children to read and write.
Things people are doing
Mai: Wow. It sounds interesting. Do you
enjoy the work?
Nam : Yes. Of course. I like helping people.
Find the activity and things people are doing
Teaching the Listening to
children to read their problems
and write

Helping disadvantaged or
handicapped children

Taking them to
Playing games
places of
with them
interest
 Taking part in directing the
traffic

Directing vehicles at the Helping old people and young

intersections children to cross the road
Giving them Cleaning up their
money house

Taking care of war invalids and the

families of martyrs

Doing their Cooking meals

shopping
 DRILLS
Activity Things people are doing
Drill 1 Helping - Teaching the children to read
disadvantaged or and write
handicapped - Listening to their problems
children - Playing games with them
- Taking them to places of
interest
Drill 2 Taking part in - Directing vehicles at the
directing the intersections
traffic - Helping old people and young
children to cross the road

Drill 3 Taking care of war - Giving them money

invalids and the - Cleaning up their house
families of martyrs - Doing their shopping
- Cooking meals
Task 3: Work in pairs.
Make similar conversations.
 Make similar conversations

Make similar conversations.

A: Nam, what kind of volunteer work
are you participating in?
B: Well. We’re……………………………………….
Activity
A: So what exactly are you doing?
B: You know…. we’re
…………………………………………………………….
Things people are doing
A: Wow. It sounds interesting. Do you
enjoy the work?
B : Yes. Of course. I like helping people.
Cleaning the beach Helping people in
flooded areas

Helping farmers Helping the patients in

Of all the volunteer work we have known, we love
cleaning the beach the most. We gather the
garbage, plastic bags, cans and bottles and put
them in proper places or send them for recycling.
We love doing this work because we want to make
our beach cleaner and more beautiful.   
 CONSOLIDATION
 Kinds of volunteer work
 Things that people do with each kind of
volunteer work
 How to talk about the volunteer work that
you have done
 HOMEWORK
• Practise talking about the volunteer work
you have done
• Prepare for the next section LISTENING
- Find a special school for the
disadvantaged or the handicapped children
in your locals
- List some of its typical activities