What does the sign stands What does the sign stands for ?for ?

“ 中国青年志愿者”标志的整体构图为心的造型，同时也是英文“青年”的第一个字母 Y ；图案中央既是手，也是鸽子的造型。标志寓意为中国青年志愿者向社会上所有需要帮助的人们奉献一片爱心，伸出友爱之手，以跨世纪的精神风貌，面向世界，走向未来，表现青年志愿者“热情献社会；真情暖人心”的主题。

The whole composition of " Chinese youth volunteer“ marking is the shape of a heart as well as the first letter of the alphabet Y of English" youth"; The central of the pattern is not only a hand, but the shape of a pigeon. Its implied meaning is that a Chinese youth volunteer offer benevolence and stretch out his hand of friendly affection to all the people who need help, and that they face the world and head for the future with the spirit of the new century, expressing the youth volunteer’s topic of " the enthusiasm dedicates the society; Warm the public with genuine feelings" .

Task 1. How many parts can the passage be divided into ?

Part 1 Paragraph 1

Part 2 Paragraphs 2-4

Part 3 Paragraph 5

The world acknowledges the work of young volunteers and there are three typical examples.

Their experiences as volunteers and the benefits to both people they helped and themselves.

Call on people to do volunteer work by showing the difference they make.

Task 2. Choose the best answers.

1. Volunteers refer to ____.

A. people who are willing to help others

B. people who devote their time to helping others

C. people who donate their time to help to others

D. all of the above

2.Volunteers do voluntary work in order to____ .

A. make money B. make a contribution to society C. kill time D. become healthy

3. All the following statements are true except ___ ?

A. Mr Zhao couldn’t move about in that he suffered from poor eyesight.

B. Lin Ying joined the Go West Project organized by the Communist Youth league of China as a result of finding a job.

C. Meng Yu hasn’t received her master’s degree in Canada at the time of the text being described.

D. The volunteers became confident and mature, enriching their lives by helping others.

4. “The people here are poor, but they have big hearts…”. The underlined part means____.

A. their hearts are big.

B. they are broad-minded.

C. their hearts are beating faster.

5. From the passage we can infer that voluntary work is worth doing for ______.

A. only young people B. healthy people

C. people with knowledge D. almost all people

6.This passage mainly tells us__________.A. voluntary work is interestingB. voluntary work is demandingC. voluntary work can make a difference not only to the helped people but also to the volunteers themselves whatever kind it isD. how to do voluntary work

Read the second part of the passage again to fill in the form on the screen.

Volunteers Lu Hao Lin Ying Meng Yu

What activity

When

Where

Whom to help

What to do

Benefits to others

Benefits to him or her

Volunteers Lu Hao Lin Ying Meng Yu

What activity

When

Where

Whom to help

“1 helps 1” scheme of the Youth Volunteer Community Development Project

the Go West Project organized by the Communist Youth League of China

An activity organized by Meng Yu and her classmates

Every Tuesday and Friday

After graduation During weekends

In the old man’s house

In a remote village school of southwest China

In Canada

An lonely old man Some poor kids Starving children

What to do Shopping, housework, read, drink,chat

TeachWent without food for 30 hours

Lu Hao Lin Ying Meng Yu

Benefits to

others

Benefits to him or her

①The kids become eager to learn;

②the pass rate has improved;

③the children will get rid of the poverty and has a bight future.

Make the children get rid of starvation and live a better life.

①learn more history from Mr Zhao ;

②his grades have improved a lot.

①Gets satisfaction, acquires valuable skills and experience;

②builds confidence, self-awareness, good communication skills and leadership ability.

①Make friends ;

②feels more positive;

③value education;

④be given the motivation to succeed.

①Mr Zhao doesn’t feel lonely any more;

②his health has been improved;

③Mr Zhao feels more energetic and optimistic.

The text relates the three students’ experiences as __________. It shows that “…each contribution – no matter how ______ can make a difference.” And it also shows that voluntary work _________not only the people helped but also volunteers. It encourages the students to volunteer to ______ a contribution ______ the society.

volunteers

small

benefits

maketo

Would you like to be a volunteer? Suppose that there are three types of voluntary work that our class will take part in this Saturday. Which type will you choose and why ? A. to visit the lonely old people in the home for the aged( 敬老院） B. to volunteer to give blood

C. to clean the streets in our city It’s good for sb to … make a contribution to make a different donate benefit enjoy having company get a lot of satisfaction

Writing 下面是对中学生对志愿工作的看法的调查表，请根据下面所给的词汇和短语写一篇

英语小短文。

70% 的学生赞成参加志愿工作 为社会作贡献，帮助别人是一件很有意义的工作，带来很多个人利益，为日后的工作获得宝贵的技能和经验，为自己创造机遇，增强信心、自觉意识、良好的交际能力和领导才能

25% 的学生不愿意从事志愿工作 无报酬，浪费时间，耽误学习

5% 的学生无明确态度 漠不关心 make a contribution to , benefit, open up, approve of, no matter how…, worthwhile, without payment, leadership

• Different students have different attitudes toward voluntary work.• 70% of the students approve of doing voluntary work. The consid

er that it can make a contribution to society and it is a worthwhile job to help others. It can also bring personal benefits and will contribute to their future because they can gain valuable experience and skills for their future career. Voluntary work often opens up opportunities for them, build confidence, self-awareness, good communication skills and leadership ability.

• 25% of the students disapprove of doing voluntary work. They think the work is done without payment and it is a waste of time.

• The rest of the students don’t have clear attitude to it , nor do they care about it.

• I think each of us should make a contribution to society. No matter how small it is, it will help make a difference.

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