Unit 2 I'll help to clean up the city parks.

Section A

I hope to work outside.

You could help to clean up the city parks.

1b Listen and number the ways the boy and girl could help others.

Conversation 1

I hope to work outside.

You could help to clean up the city parks.

Conversation 2

I'd like to help homeless people.

You could give out food at the food bank to help feed them.

Conversation 3

I want to cheer up sick kids.

You could ask hospitals to let you visit the kids.

Conversation 4

I'd like to help kids with their schoolwork.

You could volunteer in an after-school study program to teach kids.

2a 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.

Now we need to come up with a plan to tell people about the city park clean-up.

Yeah, but I'm hungry, Bob.

Let's have lunch first.

No, we need to start now. Clean-up Day is only two weeks from now.

You're right, Sally.

We can't put off making a plan.

As we talk, I'll write down all our ideas.

Then we can decide which ideas are best.

Um... well... we could put up signs.

That's a good idea!

Let's make some notices, too.

Then I'll hand them out after school.

OK. Great!

And we could each call up 10 students and ask them to come.

Hey, we're coming up with a lot of good ideas, aren't we?

2b Listen again.Fill in the blanks.

Now we need to come up with a plan to tell people about the city park clean-up.

Yeah, but I'm hungry, Bob.

Let's have lunch first.

No, we need to start now. Clean-up Day is only two weeks from now.

You're right, Sally.

We can't put off making a plan.

As we talk, I'll write down all our ideas.

Then we can decide which ideas are best.

Um... well... we could put up signs.

That's a good idea!

Let's make some notices, too.

Then I'll hand them out after school.

OK. Great!

And we could each call up 10 students and ask them to come.

Hey, we're coming up with a lot of good ideas, aren't we?

2d Role-play the conversation.

Hi, Tom.

I'm making some plans to work in an old people's home this summer.

Really? I did that last summer!

Oh, what did they ask you to help out with?

Mm... things like reading the newspaper to the old people, or just talking to them.

They told me stories about the past and how things used to be.

That sounds interesting.

Yeah, a lot of old people are lonely.

We should listen to them and care for them.

You're right. I mean, we're all going to be old one day, too.

3a Read the article. What do Mario and Mary volunteer to do?

Students Who Volunteer

Mario Green and Mary Brown from Riverside High School give up several hours each week to help others.

Mario loves animals and wants to be an animal doctor. He volunteers at an animal hospital every Saturday morning. Mario believes it can help him to get his future dream job. "It's hard work, "he says, "but I want to learn more about how to care for animals. I get such a strong feeling of satisfaction when I see the animals get better and the look of joy on their owners' faces."

Mary is a book lover. She could read by herself at the age of four. Last year, she decided to try out for a volunteer after-school reading program. She still works there once a week to help kids learn to read. "The kids are sitting in the library, but you can see in their eyes that they're going on a different journey with each new book. Volunteering here is a dream come true for me. I can do what I love to do and help others at the same time."