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 Unit 4: For a better life

Lesson 1: Getting started. Who needs our help?

Use the lexical items related to the topic. “For

a better community”.

Read for specific information about reason

why people do volunteer work.

Make dialogue with some expressions

 Activity 2: Elicit the dialogue
Can you predict the content of this
picture?

Who is the teacher? (look at him, his

blue shirt.....)

What are the people doing in the picture?

What do you think about their activities?

Do you want to try this job? Why?

 Listen and read Hieu: Just by chance. I was interested in doing volunteer
work,so when I saw the advertisement for volunteer
Quan: Hi, Hieu. I called you yesterday afternoon, but
positions in the newspaper last summer, I applied and was
you didn’t answer.
chosen.
Hieu: Oh, really? What time?
Quan: Oh, I see. Was the job easy at first?
Quan: At about 2 p.m. What were you doing then?
Hieu: Not really. When I worked with them for the first time,
many of them couldn’t read or write. Some of them were
Hieu: Oh,when you called, I was working. I volunteer
hopeless at Maths!
every Tuesday afternoon at the Happy Mind Charity
Centre. I teach children.
Quan: What did you do then?
Quan: Really? Why?
Hieu: I got some useful advice from my teacher. It was really
helpful. All of the children can read and write now.
Hieu: Because these children are disadvantaged. They
have many problems and they need help.
Quan: Your job is very meaningful. I also want to do
something useful for our society.
Quan: What subjects do you teach them?
Hieu: Well, if you are interested in this kind of work, I will
Hieu: Vietnamese and Maths.
introduce you to my team leader.
Quan: It sounds interesting. How did you get the job?
Quan: That sounds great. Thanks for your suggestion! I’m
very excited
- Volunteer (v) làm việc tình
- do volunteer work: làm việc tình
nguyện
nguyện
- Really?: thế á
- Not really: không hẳn vậy
- Disadvantaged children: trẻ em có
- I am hopeless at Physics
hoàn cảnh khó khăn
- Helpful (adj) hữu ích
- Subject: môn học
- Meaningful (adj) có ý nghĩa
- by chance: tình cờ
- That sounds great/ interesting:
I meet her by chance: tôi tình cờ gặp
nghe hay đấy
cô ấy

Activity3:Answer the
questions
1. He called Hieu at 2 p.m
yesterday afternoon.
2. Hieu was teaching children at the
Happy Mind Charity Centre.
3. Yes, he was. At first, many of his
students couldn’t read or write.
Now, all of them can read and
write.
4. I think Hieu’ s volunteer work is
meaningful.
5. ______________
1. When did Quan call Hieu?
2. What was Hieu doing when Quan
called?
3. Was Hieu successful as a volunteer
teacher there?
4. What do you think about Hieu’ s
volunteer work?
5. Have you ever done anything to help
other people? If yes, What did you do
to help them?
 Activity 4: Make a dialogue using the expressions
When do we use these expressions?

1. That sounds great.

* We use this to express something is interesting

2. Not really.

* When we want to express something is not like as the first

3.……...by chance.

* Something happens accidentally, no intention.

4.Well,

*It is used to express a range of emotions including surprise, anger, resignation or relief
 Fill in each blank with a suitable expression:
by chance/ well/ that sounds great/ not really
Huy: Daddy, I’ve got a surprise for you.

Daddy: Really? What’s that?

Huy: _______, I was chosen to be a volunteer this summer in Bac Kan province.

Daddy: _______________! Did your teacher offer you the job?

Huy: _____. I got it _____. I saw an advertisement online, I applied and they accepted me

Daddy: What will you do to help people there?

Huy: I think I can help them to harvest crops and help children to learn.

Daddy: Good! I’’m sure you will have a meaningful summer!

Huy: Thanks, Dad!

Fill in each blank with a suitable expression: by chance/ well/ that sounds great/ not really
Huy: Daddy, I’ve got a surprise for you.

Daddy: Really? What’s that?

Huy: Well, I was chosen to be a volunteer this summer in Bac Kan province.

Daddy: That sounds great! Did your teacher offer you the job?

Huy: Not really. I got it by chance. I saw an advertisement online, I applied and they
accepted me

Daddy: What will you do to help people there?

Huy: I think I can help them to harvest crops and help children to learn.

Daddy: Good! I’’m sure you will have a meaningful summer!

Huy: Thanks, Dad!

 Consolidation
What you have learnt today?

Through the lesson you can:

Get the specific information about why people do volunteer work

Improve your vocabulary on the topic “ For a community better”

Also know the way to use and practise some expression.

 Homework

Read the dialogue again and translate it into Vietnamese

Prepare next lesson