Unit 6 Olympic Volunteers
Objectives:
After finishing this unit, students will be able to: ● get familiar with the history of Olympic Games
● get some idea of the qualities a good volunteer should possess ● learn to use the key words and expressions in
this unit
● learn to use active voice and passive voice correctly ● learn to adopt the reading skill
Finding the main idea
while reading
● learn to design a schedule for a special event
Section I Listen and Talk (2 periods) Step 1 Lead in (25 Mins) 1. Culture notes
Volunteering
is a great way of getting
involved.
Most sporting
events would never be possible without the support of the dedication of thousands of people. It is also a great way to gain work experience. When young people leave school or university they may have great academic qualifications but may lack work experience
“
the employers often require. Being a
volunteer provides valuable
work
experience, although it ’ s not a paid role, it offers a variety of skills
that could be of great value to any employer, e.g. working in a team,, working unsociable
hours, attending
training,
dealing with people,
” which
using initiative, etc.
2. Look at the pictures and try to say something about some
experiences as a volunteer.
3. Listening (Listen to the passage and fill the missing words in the blanks.)
Keywords : Olympics, events, Volunteers, greatly, services, such as,
attendants, experience, willing, prefer
Step 2 Dialogues (40 Mins)
1. Listen to the two sample dialogues and try to answer some questions Dialogue 1 Voluntary Work
Where was Ernest studying at that time?
What did Ernest do during the Sydney Olympics? How did he think about his work?
Dialogue 2 Being a Volunteer
What is Wang Li ’ s plan to do for the Beijing Why does she think so?
’ s Olympics?
2. Practice
Read two dialogues in pairs (pair work) 3. Learn some useful phrases and expressions: volunteer n. 志愿者
voluntary adj.
host city:
志愿的
主 城市
和?交往
get to socialize with:
be part of the effort: be helpful
feel proud about (of):
?而 傲
Step 3 Communicative Tasks (30 Mins)
Work in pairs and act the dialogue to the whole class. Task 1: Tan is a volunteer
tour guide. Describe
the conversation including
some
between the foreign guest and the volunteer, interesting details of the guest
Tips:
I deeply appreciate your hospitality. Your hospitality is much appreciated. pleasant,
nice, happy,
unforgettable,
’ s activities in Beijing.
enjoyable, interesting,
wonderful, trip
the Great Wall, the Summer
Palace, the Forbidden
City, the
Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square
Task 2: Sue as a volunteer, is training Yang, a taxi driver to help foreign
guests at the Beijing
’ sOlympics.
What do you think
the
volunteer and the taxi driver will talk about? Then role-play the conversation with your partner.
Tips:
Where are you going?/ Where to go? Whe re is the hotel
How much does it cost? What else do I need to know? It costs you It takes about
? ?
??
Let me try to find the place you want. I ’ d better ask somebody else.
Step 4 Assignments
1. Read the dialogues and practice communicative tasks 2. Preview new words in
Passage A .
Section II Read and Explore (4 periods) Passage A Christine French, a Great Volunteer
Step 1 Pre-reading Tasks (15 Mins)
1. Greeting and a brief revision (pair work or group work) Ask one or two pairs (groups) to act out their own dialogue
2. Lead-in questions:
1) How often is the modern Olympics held? Every four years.
2) Which city hosted or will host the Olympic Games in the years 2000,
2004 or 2008 respectively?
They are Sydney in Australia, Athens in Grace and Beijing in China. 3) What do volunteers usually do in order to make the Games a success?
They usually help in a variety of tasks such as transportation, catering, ticket selling, room attendant or security guard, etc.
1. Culture notes
Volunteering
Volunteering is a great way of getting involved. Most sporting
events would never be possible without the support of the dedication of thousands
of people. The Sydney Olympics was proof that the
people of Sydney are capable of contributing to world class sporting events.
Volunteering
is a great way to gain work experience.
When
young people leave school or university they may have great
academic qualifications but may lack the
“ work experience
” which
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