UNIT 4: VOLUNTEER WORK

PART B: SPEAKING

Vocabular
y

Match your activities with what exactly you are doing

Who are they?

They are handicapped.

- Handicapped (a)
(n)

-Disadvantaged (a) (n)

 Vehicle (n)

Intersection (n)

VOCABULARY:
Handicapped ['hndikpt] (a) (n)
Disadvantaged [,disd'v:ntidd] (a) (n)
Vehicle
[vi:hikl]
(n)
Intersection [,int'sekn] (n)

Task 1: Match your activities with

what exactly
you are
doing.

Your activities
1. Helping old and sick people

What exactly you are doing

A. Listening to their problems

- Taking them to places of interest

- Playing with them

2. Taking part in directing the

traffic

3. Helping the handicapped or

disadvantaged children.

4. Helping children in
mountainous areas

B. - Teaching children to read and write.

- Playing games with them

- Give them money
C. - Cleaning up their houses

- Cooking meals
- Doing their shopping
D.- Directing vehicles at the
intersections.
-Helping old people and young
children to cross the road.

task

PRACTICE THE DIALOGUE

A:-What kind of volunteer work are you taking part
in?
B:- I am helping people in mountainous areas.
A:- What exactly are you doing?
B:- I am teaching the children to read and write.
A:- Do you enjoy the work?
B:- Yes, of course. Because I like helping people.

Task 2: Work in pairs to make similar

dialogue using the following activities

Your activities
1. Helping old and sick people

2. Taking part in directing the

traffic

What exactly you are doing

A. - Cleaning up their houses
- Cooking meals
- Doing their shopping
B. Directing vehicles at the intersection
- Helping old people and young children to
cross the road
C. - Listening to their problems

3. Helping the handicapped or

disadvantaged children

4. Helping children in
mountainous areas

- Taking them to places of interest

- Playing with them

D. - Teaching the children to read and write

- Playing games with them
- Giving them money

Task 3: Work in pair.

-Ask your friend about a kind of
volunteer work your friend do to
help people then have.
-Report what you have taken
note.

Example:
Lan usually takes part in helping people in
mountainous areas. She teaches the children
to read and write, plays games with them.
She enjoys the work because she likes
helping people.