U3 - Lesson 5: Skill 1

UNIT 3: Community Service

Lesson 5: Skill 1

by Đào Hương

​I. Reading

​In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer. According to U.S. government statistics, about one-fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.

Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to do it. They enjoy it! Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in need, cooking and giving food, doing general labour (such as clean-up projects and home repair), providing transportation (such as giving rides to the elderly), and tutoring/mentoring young people.

​

(adapted from “Volunteering: An American Tradition” by Susan J. Ellis and Katherine H. Campbell in eJournal USA: The Spirit of Volunteerism. U.S. Department of State, 2012).

​I. Reading

​In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer. According to U.S. government statistics, about one-fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.

Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to do it. They enjoy it! Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in need, cooking and giving food, doing general labour (such as clean-up projects and home repair), providing transportation (such as giving rides to the elderly), and tutoring/mentoring young people.

​

(adapted from “Volunteering: An American Tradition” by Susan J. Ellis and Katherine H. Campbell in eJournal USA: The Spirit of Volunteerism. U.S. Department of State, 2012).

​Vocabulary

​- at one time or another: tại một thời điểm nào đó

​- statistic: số liệu, government: chính phủ

​- have the tradition of something: có truyền thống làm việc gì đó

​- raising money: gây quỹ

​- general labour: công việc chung

​- tutor: gia sư, mentor: cố vấn

​- forced: bị bắt buộc

Multiple Choice

1. According to the text, nearly every American has done volunteer work in his or her life.

• TRUE 

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

2. Every year almost one in five Americans works as a volunteer.

• TRUE 

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

3. Americans have been volunteering for less than 50 years.

• TRUE 

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

4. Americans volunteer because they are forced to do it.

• TRUE 

• FALSE

​In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer. According to U.S. government statistics, about one-fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.

Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to do it. They enjoy it! Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in need, cooking and giving food, doing general labour (such as clean-up projects and home repair), providing transportation (such as giving rides to the elderly), and tutoring/mentoring young people.

(adapted from “Volunteering: An American Tradition” by Susan J. Ellis and Katherine H. Campbell in eJournal USA: The Spirit of Volunteerism. U.S. Department of State, 2012).

​1. T

​2. T

​3. F

​4. F

Poll

Which of the activities below are traditional volunteer activities in the United States? Tick the boxes below. 

• providing care for animals

• raising money

• cooking meals

• donating blood, teaching young children

• cleaning street

​II. Speaking

​Let's talk about volunteer activities we can do for our community!

​

​To raise money, we could...

• ​make postcards and sell them

• ​art auction

• ​marathon fund

​To provide food, we could...

• ​cook food and bring it to street children

• ​food distribution center for homeless people

​To help repair things, we could...

​To help people with transportation, we could...

​To tutor young children, we could...

Open Ended

To help repair things, we could...

Open Ended

To help people with transportation, we could...

Open Ended

To tutor young children, we could...