BEFORE YOU READ

Read following saving and explain what it means.

(Đọc câu nói sau và giải thích ý nghĩa của nó.)

“If you give me a fish. ("Nếu bạn cho tôi một con cá.)

I will eat today. (Tôi sẽ ăn nó trong hôm nay.)

If you teach me to fish, (Nếu bạn dạy tôi cách câu cá,)

I will eat my whole life long.” (Tôi sẽ ăn cá suốt đời.”)

WHILE YOU READ

Read the passage and the do the tasks the follow.

(Đọc kĩ đoạn văn và làm bài tập theo sau.)

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.

Task 1. The word "volunteer" appears in the passage in different parts of speech. Use an appropriate form of the word volunteer to complete each of the following sentences.

(Từ "volunteer" xuất hiện trong một đoạn trong các phần khác nhau của bài phát biểu. Sử dụng một hình thức thích hợp của từ "volunteer" để hoàn thành mỗi câu sau.)

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.

Task 2. Choose the best answer from A, B, C or D for each of the following sentences.

(Chọn câu trả lời tốt nhất từ A, B, C hoặc D cho mỗi câu sau.)

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 games

2. Big Brothers is …………..

A. the name of a club

B. a home for children

C. the name of a film

D. an organization for boys who no longer haver fathers

3. Most of the boys’ and girls’ club 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 anh girls

C. know how to do the work

D. are good at playing game

4. 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 people

5. 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 States

Task 3. Ask and answer the questions.

(Hỏi và trả lời các câu hỏi.)

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

(Học sinh trung học và sinh viên thường làm gì khi là tình nguyện viên ở bệnh viện, trại mồ côi hoặc nhà cho người già?)

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

(Những người tình nguyện giúp trẻ em tàn tật và khuyết tật vượt qua khó khăn như thế nào?)

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

(Học sinh tình nguyện làm gì trong suốt các kỳ nghỉ hè?)

AFTER YOU READ

Work in groups. Discuss the question: Why do people do volunteer work?

(Làm việc theo nhóm. Thảo luận câu hỏi: Tại sao người ta làm công việc tình nguyện?)

- Why do people do volunteer work?

(Tại sao người ta làm việc tình nguyện?)

- Have you done a volunteer work? What was it?

(Bạn đã bao giờ làm việc tình nguyện chưa? Đó là gì?)

- Are you going to do volunteer work when you are students in colleges? Why? Or why not?

(Bạn có dự định làm công việc tình nguyện khi là sinh viên ở các trường đại học hay không? Tại sao có/ Hoặc tại sao không?)