Unit 8 I’ll help clean up the city parks. I’ll help clean up the city parks.

Period 2

Underline the kinds of work the volunteers do.Underline the kinds of work the volunteers do.

Circle the reasons why they like their work.Circle the reasons why they like their work.

Read the passage

The kinds of work the volunteers do:

Work in the after-school care

center, helping young children to

read; work in an animal hospital;

sing for groups of people at the city

hospital to cheer them up.

Reading (3a: P62) Reading (3a: P62)

The reasons why they like their work:

Not only do they feel good about

helping other people, but they get to

spend time doing what they love to do;

has learned more about animals; has

met some wonderful people at the

hospital.

Answer the questions.

1. How many people are mentioned

in the passage?

Three.

2. How long does the volunteer work

take?

3. What does Lin Pei want to be

when he leaves school?

Several hours a week.

He wants to be a veterinarian.

4. What’s Zhu Ming’s volunteer work?

5. What do the three students plan to

set up?

He sings for groups of people at the city hospital to cheer them up.

They plan to set up a student volunteer project at their school.

True or False

1. Huiping loves animals.

2. Zhu Ming wants to be a veterinarian.

3. Huiping says the volunteer work is

boring.

Find out the new words and phrases in the passage.

Being a volunteer is great!

Number 77 High School is home to three very special young people: Li Huiping, Lan Pei,and Zhu Ming. These three students all volunteer their time to help other people.

This volunteer work takes each of them several hours a week, so it is a major commitment. Huiping loves to read, and she puts this love to good use by working in the after-school care center at her local elementary school.

Here, she helps young children to read. Pei loves animals, and plans to study to be a veterinarian when he leaves school. He spends every Saturday morning working in an animal hospital. Ming wants to be a professional singer.

He sings for groups of people at the city hospital to cheer them up. “Volunteering is great!” says Huiping. “Not only do I feel good about helping other people, but I get to spend time doing what I love to do.”

Pei says he has learned more about animals. Ming says he has met some wonderful people at the hospital. The three students plan to set up a student volunteer project “Become a volunteer today!”

Fill in the blanks with your books closed.

Being a volunteer is great!

Number 77 High School is home to three very _______ young people: Li Huiping, Lan Pei,and Zhu Ming. These three students all _______ their time to help other people.

special

volunteer

This volunteer work takes each of t

hem _______ ______ a week, so it is

a _____ __________ . Huiping loves

to read, and she puts this love to go

od use by working in the _________

_ ______ ________at her local ____

________ school.

several hoursmajor commitment

after-school care center

elementary

Here, she helps young children to read. Pei loves ________, and plans to study to be a ___________when he leaves school. He spends every Saturday morning ________in an animal hospital. Ming wants to be a ___________ ________.

animalsveterinarian

working

professional singer

He sings for groups of people at the city hospital to _____ _____ ______. “Volunteering is great!” says Huiping. “_____ _____ do I feel good about helping other people, ____I get to spend time doing what I love to do.”

cheer them up

Not onlybut

Pei says he has learned more about animals. Ming says he has met some wonderful people at the hospital. The three students plan to _____ _____a student volunteer project “Become a volunteer today!”

set up

What kinds of volunteer work What kinds of volunteer work could these students do? Fill in could these students do? Fill in the table.the table.

Name Loves Could

Hui Football

Xiao Tang writing stories

Joy Movies

Wei music

3b3b

start a football club

sing for the old people

Sample conversation 1:

A: I’d like to join the school volunteer

project, but I’m not sure what I

should do.

B: What do you like doing?

A: I like reading.

B: Well, you could help young children

read.

Sample conversation 1:

A: I’d like to join the school volunteer

project, but I’m not sure what I

should do.

B: What do you like doing?

A: I like reading.

B: Well, you could help young children

read.

Role Play (3c: P62)

Role Play (3c: P62)

Sample conversation 2:

A: I’d like to join the school volunteer

project, but I’m not sure what I

should do.

B: What do you like doing?

A: I love music.

B: Well, you could sing some beautiful

songs for the patients in hospital.

Sample conversation 2:

A: I’d like to join the school volunteer

project, but I’m not sure what I

should do.

B: What do you like doing?

A: I love music.

B: Well, you could sing some beautiful

songs for the patients in hospital.

Sample dialogue 1:

A: I like singing. What kind of volunteer

work do you think I could do?

B: You could sing for the patients in

hospital.

Sample dialogue 1:

A: I like singing. What kind of volunteer

work do you think I could do?

B: You could sing for the patients in

hospital.

Writing and Speaking (4:

P62)

Writing and Speaking (4:

P62)

Sample dialogue 2:

A: I like cooking. What kind of

volunteer work do you think I

could do?

B: You could help cook for the old

without children in our community.

Sample dialogue 2:

A: I like cooking. What kind of

volunteer work do you think I

could do?

B: You could help cook for the old

without children in our community.

Sample dialogue 3:

A: I like playing computer games.

What kind of volunteer work do

you think I could do?

B: You could help the old in our

community learn to surf the Internet.

Sample dialogue 3:

A: I like playing computer games.

What kind of volunteer work do

you think I could do?

B: You could help the old in our

community learn to surf the Internet.

1. Being a volunteer is great!

当一个志愿者真是太好了！　　 Being a volunteer 是动名词短语； 这个动名词短语在句中作主语。它在 句中相当于一个名词，常作主语、宾 语和表语等句子成分。

1. Being a volunteer is great!

当一个志愿者真是太好了！　　 Being a volunteer 是动名词短语； 这个动名词短语在句中作主语。它在 句中相当于一个名词，常作主语、宾 语和表语等句子成分。

ExplanationExplanation

Learning new words is very useful to me.

My favorite sport is swimming.

Have you finished reading the book?

Learning new words is very useful to me.

My favorite sport is swimming.

Have you finished reading the book?

作主语作主语

作表语作表语

作宾语作宾语

2. Not only do I feel good about helping

other people, but I get to spend time doi

ng what I love to do.

(1) 这是一个倒装句。一个句子以否定副词开头时，这个句子的主谓往往要倒装。 Never will I go there again.

我将永远也不去那儿。

2. Not only do I feel good about helping

other people, but I get to spend time doi

ng what I love to do.

(1) 这是一个倒装句。一个句子以否定副词开头时，这个句子的主谓往往要倒装。 Never will I go there again.

我将永远也不去那儿。

Little does he care about what others

think.

他很少考虑别人是怎么想的。

Little does he care about what others

think.

他很少考虑别人是怎么想的。