1. Young volunteers Reading

4. What do you about him?  He is a volunteer—a person who donates his time to help others. After he graduated from university, he decided not to apply for a job straight away. Instead he taught in remote areas to help children there receive good education. And education is essential to poverty relief, so his work is making a big difference to the children’s future.

5. Match the word and the meaning benefits admit ; express thanks for acknowledge feeling as if everything were turning round optimistic having realization by oneself dizzy give a motive to self-awareness tendency to look up the bright side of things motivation as a result of consequence advantage, help, profit

6. Read the passage quickly and choose the best answers

7. 1.volunteer do voluntary work in order to____ __ A. make money B. make a contribution to society C. kill time D. become healthy 2.This passage mainly tell us__________ A voluntary work is interesting B voluntary work is demanding C voluntary work can make a difference not only to the helped people but also to the volunteers themselves whatever kind it is D how to do voluntary work

8. volunteerswhenFor whomWhat to do Lu Hao Ling Ying Meng YU Every Tuesday and Friday Elder people Shopping, house work Read,drink, chat One year Children in remote areas teach At weekends Went without food for 30 hours

9. List all the benefits mentioned in the text and add more.  Benefits to volunteer  Benefits to people helped

10. improved history grades acquiring valuable skills and experience for future career more opportunities for jobs and high education build confidence self-awareness good communication skills maturity leadership ability make friends more positive motivation to succeed Benefits to the volunteer

11. Benefits to people helped iimproved health  more energetic mmore optimistic nnational exam pass rates improved poverty relief  improved future prospects mmoney to buy food

12.  What does the sign stands for?

13. language points 1.acknowledge vt. 为 … 表示感谢 ; 承认 acknowledge +n 你认输吗 ? Do you acknowledge defeat? acknowledge doing 对手们承认输了. The opponents acknowledged having been defeated. acknowledge that The opponents acknowledged that they were defeated. admit appreciate avoid consider cannot help delay deny dislike enjoy escape excuse fancy feel like finish forgive give up imagine keep mention mind miss postpone put off practise resist risk suggest

14. 2. Company n. 1) 友谊； 交情；陪伴 他陪伴我。 He kept me company. 2) 伴侣；同伴 我在旅行中没有同伴。 I had no company on the journey. "Two's company, three's none." 两人成伴三人不欢。 in the company of 在... 陪同下

15. 3.Make a / one’s contribution to / towards + n /doing 为环境保护作贡献是我们的义务． It is our duty to make a contribution to protecting the environment. whereas conj. 然而, 反之, 鉴于, 尽管, 但是 有些人喜欢肥肉，相反有些人讨厌肥肉。 Some people like fat meat, whereas others hate it. 他们想要一座房子, 而我们宁愿住在一套房间里。 They want a house, whereas we would rather live in a flat.

16. 习惯于 沉溺于 与．．．相关 着手做 导致 反对 全神贯注于 胜任 献身于 引起 盼望 注意 坚持 处理；照料 通向 负责 接近，进入（某地的）方法 为．．．做贡献 be used to be given /addicted to be related to get down to lead to put one’s mind to be equal to devote oneself to give rise to look forward to pay attention to stick to attend to lead to see to access to contribute to object to/be opposed to

17. 4. apply v 申请，请求 apply (to sb) for sth. 我被一所一般人都不敢报名的重点大学录取了 I was admitted to a key university to which few dared to apply. apply sth. (to sth.) 运用，应用 这项研究成果能应用于新的技术开发方面 The results of this research can be applied to new development in technology. 5.straight away /off : without hesitation /delay 马上 I can’t tell you straight away. 6. fit in be in harmony with sb./sth 适合, 配合, 谐调, 一致 This information does not fit in with what I was told yesterday. You should fit in with other employees.( 与 … 和睦相处 )

18. Last month I took part in an event to help starving children in some of the least developed countries. starving 是动词的 -ing 形式作定语，修饰 children. starve to death starve for sth. (eg. love, food) be starved of 发动机没有汽油，启动不了． The engine was starved of petrol and wouldn’t start. 饿死 渴望得到 非常需要

19. Homework  Finish an extra exercise.  Read the passage and remember new words and phrases.  Preview language practice