2. Who are they? They’re volunteers. They usually volunteer to help others. Watch a video and answer the questions.

3. How could we help people? We could help clean up the parks.

4. We could help sick people in the hospital. We could help plant trees.

5. help the old people help give out food at the food bank

6. city n. 城市 The library is in the north of the city. 图书馆在城市的北部。

7. notice n. 公告牌； 通告；布告 Please read the list on the notice board. 请读公告板上的名单。

8. Look around, we could see no sign of life. 环顾四围，我们看不出一点生命的迹象。 sign n. 标志；信号

9. Many people volunteer to work on the farm. 很多人志愿到农场去工作。 volunteer v. 义务劳动，自愿做 volunteer to do sth. 义务自愿做某事

10. The students take turns to clean up their classroom. 学生们轮流打扫教室。 clean up 打扫；清除

11. give out 分发；散发 Please help me give out these test papers. 请帮我将这些试卷发下去。

12. cheer v. 欢呼 ; 喝彩 Cheer up. The news isn’t too bad. 振作起来，消息还不算太坏。

13. I don’t feel lonely because I made new friends here. 我不觉得孤独因为我交了新朋友。 lonely adj. 孤独的；寂寞的

14. Jack used to be short, but now he’s tall. 杰克过去很矮，但现在高了。 used to 曾经， 过去

15. Look at the ways you could help people in the picture. Then list other ways. 1a

16. 1. ________________________________ 2. ________________________________ 3. ________________________________ ________________________________ 4. ________________________________ Other ways you could help people Help clean up the city park. Visit the old people in the old people’s home. Help plant trees by the river. Help young kids to learn English.

17. Listen and number the ways the boy and girl could help others. 1b ___ The girl could visit the sick kids in the hospital to cheer them up. ___ The boy could give out food at the food bank. ___ The girl could volunteer in an after-school study program to teach kids. ___ The boy could help to clean up the city parks. 1 2 3 4

18. 1c Practice the conversation in the picture above. Then make other conversations using the information in 1b.

19. I hope to work outside. You could help to clean up the city parks.

20. A group of students are planning a City Park Clean- Up Day. Listen and check (√) the things they are going to do to tell people about it. 2a √ √ √

21. 1. We need to _____ ___ ____ a plan to tell people about the city park clean- up. 2. Clean-up Day is only two weeks from now. We can’t ___ ___ making a plan. 3. We could ___ ___ signs. come up with put off put up Listen again. Fill in the blanks. 2b

22. 4. Let’s make some notices, too. Then I’ll ____ them ____ after school. 5. We could each ____ ___ 10 students and ask them to come. give out call up

23. Make a conversation using the information in 2a and 2b. 2c We need to come up with a plan for the City Park Clean-Up Day. Let’s have lunch first. No, we need to start now. Clean-Up Day is only two weeks from now.

24. Helen: Hi, Tom. I’m making some plans to work in an old people’s home this summer. Tom: Really? I did that last summer! Helen: Oh, what did they ask you to help out with? Tom: Mmm… things like reading the newspaper to the old people, 2d Read the conversation and answer the questions.

25. or just talking to them. They told me stories about the past and how things used to be. Helen: That sounds interesting. Tom: Yeah, a lot of old people are lonely. We should listen to them and care for them. Helen: You’re right. I mean, we’re all going to be old one day, too.

26. 1. Where’s Helen going to work this summer? _________________________________ 2. What did Tom do to help the old people? _________________________________ She’s going to work in an old people’s home. Reading the newspaper or just talking to the old people.

27. Hi, Tom. I’m making some plans to work in an old people’s home this summer. Really? I did that last summer! Role-play the conversation.

28. Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks. 1. He helps ____ the classroom. A. cleans up B. cleaning up C. clean up 2. I took her to the concert to ____. A. cheer up her B. cheer her up C. cheer she up 3. Let’s help ___ food at the food bank. A. to give out B. give up C. giving out C B A

29. 1. You’d better _____ ___ ____ ( 想出 ) a better plan. 2. Who will ________ ___ ______ ( 自愿回 答 ) this question? 3. You could put up a ______ ( 布告 ) here. Ⅱ. Complete the sentences. come up with volunteer to answer notice

30. 4. With no one to talk to. He _____ very ______ ( 感觉很孤独 ). 5. The life _____ ___ ___ ( 曾经是 ) very interesting in my school days. lonely felt used to be

31. Write three conversations about your discussions with your classmates. A: I’d like to help the old. What could I do? B: You could give them medical service.