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

2. Period 2

3. Read the passage Task 1 Underline the kinds of work the volunteers do.
Circle the reasons why they like their work.

4. Reading (3a: P62) 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.

5. 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.

6. How many people are mentioned in the passage?
Task 2
Answer the questions.
How many people are mentioned
in the passage?
Three.

7. 2. How long does the volunteer work
take?
Several hours a week.
3. What does Lin Pei want to be
when he leaves school?
He wants to be a veterinarian.

8. 4. What’s Zhu Ming’s volunteer work?
He sings for groups of people at the city hospital to cheer them up.
5. What do the three students plan to
set up?
They plan to set up a student volunteer project at their school.

9. True or False Task 3 1. Huiping loves animals.
2. Zhu Ming wants to be a veterinarian.
3. Huiping says the volunteer work is
boring.

10. Find out the new words and phrases in the passage.
Task 4
Find out the new words and phrases in the passage.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. Here, she helps young children to read
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.

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

15. Pei says he has learned more about animals
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!”

16. Fill in the blanks with your books closed.
Task 5
Fill in the blanks with your books closed.

17. 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

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

19. Here, she helps young children to read
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 ___________ ________.
animals
veterinarian
working
professional singer

20. 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 only
but

21. Pei says he has learned more about animals
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

22. What kinds of volunteer work could these students do? Fill in the table.
Name
Loves
Could
Hui
Football
Xiao Tang
writing stories
Joy
Movies
Wei
music
start a football club
sing for the old people

23. Role Play (3c: P62) 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.

24. 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.

25. Writing and Speaking (4: P62)
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.

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. Explanation 1. Being a volunteer is great! 当一个志愿者真是太好了！
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。

29. Learning new words is very useful to me.
My favorite sport is swimming.
Have you finished reading the book?
作主语
作表语
作宾语

30. 2. Not only do I feel good about helping other people, but I get to spend time doing 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。

31. Little does he care about what others think.
他很少考虑别人是怎么想的。