Step 1 Lead-in

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.

Step 2 Scanning: Read the passage quickly and choose the best answers

1.Volunteers refer to ________ . D

A. people who are willing to help others

B. people who devote their time to helping others

C. people who donate their time to help others

D. all of the above

2. Volunteers do voluntary work in order to _______ . B

A. make money

B. make a contribution to society

C. kill time

D. become healthy

3. ______ volunteers are mentioned in the text C

A. one B. Two C. Three D. Four

4. Text One mainly tells us ________ . C

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

5. From Text One we can infer that voluntary work is worth doing for ______ . D

A. only young people B. healthy people

C. people with knowledge D. almost all people

Step 3 Careful reading

volunteers

Lu Hao Lin Ying Meng Yu

What activity “1 helps 1” scheme of the Youth volunteer Community Development Project Go West Project organized by the Communist Youth League of China An event organized by Meng Yu and her classmates

When Every Tuesday and Friday After graduation During weekends

Where In the old man’s house In a remote rural school of southwest China In Canada

What to do Shopping, house work, read, drink, chat teach Went without food or 30 hours

Whom to help An lonely old man Some poor kids Starving children

Benefits to others Mr zhao doesn’t feel lonely any more; his health has been improved; he feels more energetic and optimistic. These kids become eager to learn; the pass rate has greatly improved; the children will get rid of the poverty and has a bright future. Make the children get rid of starvation and lice a better life.

Step 4 Read the passage once again and get the main idea of the passage and understand the writing purpose.

Main idea: The text relates the three students’ experiences as volunteers. It shows that “… each contribution--- no matter how small can make a difference.” And it also shows that voluntary work benefits not only the people helped but also volunteers. It encourages us students to volunteer to make a contribution to the society.

Writing Purpose: By retelling the three students’ experiences as volunteers, the writer tries to make us learn about some voluntary work and realize that voluntary work benefits not only society but also volunteers. He calls on and encourages us students to take part in voluntary work so as to improve ourselves, get the job we dream and make the world more beautiful and harmonious.

Step 5 List all the benefits mentioned in the text and add more .

Benefits to volunteer

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 people helped

improved health

more energetic

more optimistic

national exam pass rates improved poverty relief

improved future prospects

money to buy food

Step 6 Discussion

1.Would you like to be a volunteer?

2.What kind of voluntary work do you like to do?

3.What benefits does it bring to you and the people who are helped?

Integrating Reading Skills

Step 1 Scan the passage and find out what happened in the years:

In 1870s: A shopkeeper in San Francisco succeeded in selling denim work trousers.

In 1930s: Many young American men bought jeans and dressed like their cowboy film stars.

In World War Two: American jeans were introduced by the soldiers to the world.

After the war: American teenagers started to make denim jeans their own unique item of fashion.

In 1950s: The school ban on students wearing jeans make jeans even more popular.

Between 1950s and 1990s: The jeans have been through many different changes in style.

In 1990s: Jeans were made more stretch and even tighter over the bottom and legs.

More Recently: Wearing jeans that looked very old became popular.

Step 2 Choose the best answer

1. The idea of blue trousers called jeans came from_______ . A

A. Europe B. America C. Asia D. Africa

2. People began to buy jeans for fashion beside for work _______ . C

A. in the 1900s B. in 1930 C. in the 1930s D. in the 1920s

3. ______ introduced jeans to the world. B

A. America government B. America soldiers

C. America cowboys D. America workers

4. From Text Two we can infer _______ . C

A. jeans will be less popular

B. jeans will disappear

C. jeans will still be popular

D. jeans will be out of fashion

Step 3 Read and answer the following questions

1.Where do jeans come from?

The idea of blue trousers called jeans came from Europe,but the jeans today are very much an American invention.

2.How were they invented?

They were created by a shopkeeper in San Francisco.His shop sold denim work trousers to men employed in heavy labour.

3.Why did people in the past like to wear jeans? Is this still true today?

Because they were cheap and strong. They were also comfortable

4. What is the symbol of denim jeans?

Denim has become a symbol of the young,active,inform way of life.

Step 4 Discussion

Read the last paragraph and tell us what’s about?

It’s a survey report on jeans and fashion in the UK.

Step 5 language points

1.acknowledge vt ( admit ; express thanks for)

acknowledge +n do you acknowledge defeat?

acknowledge+doing The opponents ackonwledged having been defeated.

. acknowledge+that The opponents ackonwledged that they were defeated.

2. company n. being together with another or others I enjoy his company.

3. fit in be in harmony with sb./sth

You can’t bring outsides into a place like this , they won’t fit in.

You should fit in with other employees

4.Make a / one’s contribution to / towards + n /doing

It is our duty to make a contribution to protecting the environment.

be used to be equal to devote oneself to get down to lead to

look forward to pay attention to stick to see to

5. apply v ( make a formal request) ( fit be suitable /useful)

I was admitted to a key university to which few dared to apply.

6.straight away /off : without hesitation /delay

I can’t tell you straight away.