UNIT 4: FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY-READING (Page 41)
Phiếu bài tập ( trước khi học bài đọc):
Exercise 1: Use a dictionary to find out the meaning of the words or phrases below.
+ obvious (a) :___________ + narrow-minded (a) :_________
+ fortunate (a):___________ + to gain experience : _________
+ volunteer (n) :__________ + concerned (a) : _____________
+ volunteer (v) :__________ + to gain some valuable skills :______
+ dedicated(a)/dedicate (v) :__ + endless (a) : ­­­________________
+ attachment (n) : ________ + passionate (a) :______________
Exercise 2: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. volunteer B. fortunate C. concerned D. obvious
2. A. attachment B. valuable C. narrow D. dedicated
3. A. narrow-minded B. dedicated C. ended D. concerned

Exercise 3: Read the words below again and mark stress on them.
Experience concerned passionate volunteer engineer
Obvious dedicate attachment valuable

What can you find the rule of stress for the two bold words dedicate, passionate, volunteer, engineer ?
(Em phát hiện ra quy tắc trọng âm gì dựa vào 2 từ in đậm là dedicated, passionate, volunteer, engineer ?)
………………………………………………………………………………………
Key: Từ có kết thúc là –ate, trọng âm sẽ rơi vào âm tiết thứ 3 từ dưới lên.
Từ có kết thúc là –eer, trọng âm sẽ rơi vào chính âm tiết đó.

Exercise 4: Fill the missing information in the reading text and translate them into Vietnamese.
1. One of the more _______ reasons why people volunteer is because they find something they are ___________about and want to do something good for others.
2. Many people choose to volunteer because of the __________ that volunteering has on their character.
3. Volunteer work is a great way to ______________ in a broad range of fields.
4.Volunteer work can often lead to a _____________ job.
Keys:
1.obvious, passionate 2. personal benefits
3. gain experience 4.paying

Phiếu bài tập củng cố (sau khi học xong bài đọc) :

Exercise 1: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
1. Mr. Chen is more open-minded because he has finally agreed to allow his daughter to join an overseas volunteer organisation in Africa.
A. single-minded B. narrow-minded C. absent-minded
2. Many people who do volunteer work think they are more fortunate than people who are disabled or disadvantaged.
A. lucky B. blessed C. unlucky
Exercise 2. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
1.Mother Teresa devoted herself to caring for the sick and the poor.
A. spent B. contributed C. dedicated
2.Young people are now getting more and more concerned about environmental problems.
A. worried B. nervous C. hopeless

Exercise 3:Read the passage again and decide whether the following statements are true(T) or false. (F).
1. Some people take part in volunteer work because they want to make something useful for others.
2. Another reason why some people volunteer is that they can get some economic personal benefits.
3. People can also gain experience in many fields from volunteering.
4. Thanks to volunteering, people can realize what kind of job suits them.
Keys: 1.T 2.F 3.T 4.T

Exercise 4: Complete the sentences with appropriate words in the box.
obvious narrow-minded fortunate
volunteers volunteered dedicated

1. It's ___________that she doesn't like him.
2. It was _____________ for him that he arrived on time.
3. The _____________provide the disadvantaged with food and medicine.
4. Uncle Ho ___________ his life to the cause of national biberation.
Keys:
1. obvious 2. fortunate 3. volunteers 4.dedicated
Exercise 5: Give your own opinion about volunteer work as a model
I think volunteer work is really useful/ meaningful because _____________