Before you read Read the following 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.” While you readRead the passage and then do the tasks that follow.Each nation has many people who Voluntarily take care of others. For example, many high school and college students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or homes for the aged. They read books to the people in these places. Sometimes the students just visit them, play games with them or listen to their problems.Other young volunteers work in the homes of sick or old people. They clean up their houses, do their shopping or mow their lawns. For boys who no longer have fathers, there is a voluntary organization called Big Brothers. College students take these boys to baseball games and help them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers.Some high school students take part in helping disadvantaged or handicapped children. They give care and comfort to them and help them to overcome their difficulties. Young college and university students participate in helping the people who have suffered badly in Wars or natural disasters. During summer vacations, they volunteer to work in remote or mountainous areas to provide education for children.Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games. Some of these clubs organise short trips to the mountains, beaches or other places of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as Volunteers because they are young enough to understand the problems of younger boys and girls.Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others.47 D3 Task 1. The word volunteer appears in the passage in different parts ofspeech. Use an appropriate form of the Word volunteer to complete each of the following sentences.1. When she retired, she did a lot of Service for the Red Cross.2. She was not fired. She left the company -3. She needs some to clean up the kitchen.4. Last month the company to donate fifty trucks to help the flooded areas.D3 Task 2. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D for each of the48following sentences.1. Volunteers usually help those who are sick or old in their homes by A. mowing the lawns, doing shopping and cleaning up their houses B. cooking, sewing or Washing their clothes C. telling them stories, and singing and dancing for them D. taking them to baseball games2. Big Brothers is A, the name of a club B. a home for children C. the name of a film D. an organisation for boys who no longer have fathers3. Most of the boys and girls’ clubs use many high school 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 do the work D. are good at playing games4. Volunteers believe that – A. in order to make others happy, they have to be unhappy 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 makes them the happiest people5. 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 StatesDIES” Task 3. Answer the questions. 1. What do high school and college students usually do as Volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or homes for the aged? 2. How do volunteers help disadvantaged and handicapped children to overcome their difficulties? 3. Where do students volunteer to work during summer vacations?After you readWork in groups, Discuss the question. Why do people do volunteer work?B, SPEAKINGD3 Task 1. Work in pairs. Decide which of the following activities are volunteer work. o Taking part in an excursion o Helping people in remote or mountainous areas e Giving care and comfort to the poor and the sick o Participating in an English speaking club o Providing education for disadvantaged children e Joining the Green Saturday Movement494-TIENG ANH11(c)-AD3 Task 2. Work in pairs. Practise the dialogue and then make similar conversations, using the activities that follow.Do you enjoy the work?Yes. I like helping people.: What exactly are you doing?: What kind of volunteer work are you participating in? We’re helping people in mountainous areas.We’re teaching the children to read and write.Your activities What exactly you are doing SLLSo Helping people in mountainous areas o Helping old or sick people o Helping disadvantaged or handicapped children • Taking care of war invalids and the families of martyrs o Taking part in directing the traffico Teaching the children to read and write o Giving them money o Playing games with them o Listening to their problems o Cleaning up their houses o Doing their shopping o Cooking meals o Taking them to places of interest o Directing vehicles at the intersections o Helping old people and young children to cross the roadDS Task 3. Work in groups. Talk about a kind of volunteer work your friends and you usually do to help people.Example:We usually take part in helping people in mountainous areas. We teach the children to read and write. We enjoy the work very much becauseWe like helping people.4-TENG ANH11(c)-3 C. LISTENING Before you listena Tick (/) the best answers to the questions that suit you. 1. How often do you support charities?Dregularly D from time to time D never 2. What’s the best Way of raising money to support charities? through donations D through taxes D through fund-raising activities3. Which of these kinds of volunteer work do you prefer? D helping the elderly D helping the poor D helping the sicko Listen and repeat.Organisation for Educational Development Spring Schoolco-operate disadvantaged children fund-raising co-ordinateWhile you listenDIES Task 1. Listen and fill in the missing information.1. Spring School is an school in Ho Chi Minh City. 2. Around live and study at the School. 3. About from District 1 regularly attend classes.4. Organisation for Educational Development co-operated with Spring School to set up English classes in – 5. The school requires to help organise their fund-raising dinner held annually in – D3 Task 2. Listen again and answer the questions. 1. What is the aim of Spring School? 2. What classes were set up in 1999′? 3. Why do children participate in fund-raising performances? 4. Where do children dance, sing and play music? 5. Why are foreign volunteers needed?After you listenD.Work in groups. Summarize the story about Spring School, using the following suggestions.o The aim of Spring School o The number of children who live and study at the school or attend classes o The activities the children at the school take part in o The kinds of volunteers that Spring School requiresWRITINGD3 Task 1. Read the letter and underline the sentences that express thefollowing points: o the opening of the letter o the Way(s) the money is used o the gratitude to the donoro the donated amount o the Way the receipt is issued o the closing of the letterz, hau Road. Los ^^2}o*** A. 20ძv December“ 2005 – of $500 Deal ‘ have received.” ತಿ: will ‘, awy sowie dy’ bιμέλαναν OጥW1/ coኅነtp Chool αννά . ം epar the ‘ooኀጊሬ ፲ I……förward to ho““° froиvyои * your faithfullyраvtdЈоите8 μιαίί Secretc.) თf Schoთს B Fινιάν D3 Task 2. Imagine that you have just received a donation of one million dong from one of the local organizations to build your school library. Use the suggestions in Task 1 to Write a letter to acknowledge the receipt of the donation and express your gratitude.E. LANGUAGE FOCUSo Pronunciation: / w / – / j / e Grammar: 1. Gerund and present participle2. Perfect gerund and perfect participlePronunciationo Listen and repeat./ w / / j / we wheel yes years West wet yellow LISC wine whale young Yorko Practise reading aloud these sentences. 1. We went for a walk in the woods near the railway. 2. We wore warm clothes and walked quickly to keep warm.3. At about twelve, we had veal sandwiches and Sweet white wine, and We watched TV.4. Excuse me. Did you use to live in York? 5. Did you use to be a tutor at the University?6. I read about Hugh in the newspaper yesterday.GrammarExercise 1. Complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate gerund of the verbs from the box.spend behave wait park Start bend meet listen Example: He found that was difficult in that city.- He found that parking was difficult in that city.1. I have no objection to to your story again. 2. Touch your toes without your knees! 3. You should be ashamed of yourself for so badly. 4. I am looking forward to you. 5. “You can’t prevent him from his own money. 6. Would you mind for a moment? 7. In spite of late, we arrived in time.Exercise 2. Complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate present participle of the verbs from the box.lie modernize shop paSS prepare rise try read burnExample:I saw him my house.- I saw him passing my house.1. She smelt something and saw Smoke2. If she catches you her diary, she’ll be furious.They found a tree across the road. 4. I’m going this afternoon. 5. He doesn’t spend much time his lessons. 6. They wasted a whole afternoon to repair the bike. 7. They spent a lot of money the house. Exercise 3. Put the verbs in brackets into the perfect gerund or perfect participle. Examples: He was accused of (desert) his ship two months ago. – He was accused of having deserted his ship two months ago. (fail) twice, he didn’t Want to try again. – Having failed twice, he didn’t want to try again.1. I object to him (make) private calls on the office phone.2. (be) his own boss for such a long time, he found it hard to accept orders from another.They denied (be) there.(tie) one end of the rope to his bed, he threw the other end out of the window.5. (read) the instruction, he snatched up the fire extinguisher.6. The children admitted (take) the money.55