Unit 3
Community
service
Lesson 4: Communication

OBJECTIVES
After this lesson, students will be able to:

Give compliments.

Talk about benefits of
community activities.

Everyday
conversatio
n

01

When somebody do good job, what will you tell him/
her?
3
minutes.

Note down as many answers as possible.

You're
amazing!

Good job!

1. Listen and read the dialogue between Lan
and Mark. Pay attention to the highlighted
parts.
What did you do to
We planted some
Mark
Lan
help your community
trees in the schoolyard
last summer, Mark?
and picked up a lot of
rubbish along the
nearby roads.

Wonderful!

Give compliments.

Sounds like great work!
We collected books and
warm clothes for our
friends in the
mountainous areas.

2. Work in pairs. Make similar conversations.

1. Mi helped lonely elderly people.
2. Tom and his friends cleaned and decorated parts of their neighbourhood.

Tom
__________

Wonderful!

Mi
What did you do to
help your community
last summer, _____?

Sounds like great work!
__________

Changing our
neighbourhoo
d

02

3. Work in pairs. Read the poster about the volunteer
activities for teenagers at
Lending Hand.
Welcome to Lending Hand
Here are some activities you can do
when you join our projects:
1. Protect the environment:
– You can plant trees in your area.
– You can join clean-up activities.
2. Help street children:
– You can donate food and clothes.
– You can teach street children to
read and write.
3. Help old people:
You can sing and dance with the
elderly in a nursing home.

3. Write the project number (1 – 3) next to its benefit (A
– E).
Benefits
Welcome to Lending Hand
_____
3 A. making the elderly less lonely Here are some activities you can do
when you join our projects:
_____
1 B. making the neighbourhood
1. Protect the environment:
greener
– You can plant trees in your area.
_____
2 C. helping feed children
– You can join clean-up activities.
_____
2 D. helping children have a better 2. Help street children:
– You can donate food and clothes.
future
– You can teach street children to
1 E. making the neighbourhood
_____
read and write.
cleaner
3. Help old people:
You can sing and dance with the
elderly in a nursing home.

4. Work in pair. Ask and answer which activities in Task
3 you want to join. Give reasons.
Welcome to Lending Hand
Example:
Here are some activities you can do
Which activity do you want
when you join our projects:
to join?
1. Protect the environment:
– You can plant trees in your area.
I want to join some clean– You can join clean-up activities.
up activities.
2. Help street children:
– You can donate food and clothes.
Why do you want to join
– You can teach street children to
these activities?
read and write.
3. Help old people:
Because they make the
You can sing and dance with the
neighbourhood cleaner
elderly in a nursing home.

5. Work in group .. Discuss which activity each member
of your group chooses and the benefit(s) of the activity.
Example:

I want to donate food to street
children because this helps
feed them.
I want to join clean-up activities
because these activities make
our neighbourhood cleaner …

WRAP-UP

Answer these questions.
1. List at least 2 ways to give compliment.
Wonderful!
Well done!
Nice work!
Sounds like great work!
You're awesome!
2. List at least 2 benefits of community activities.
making the elderly less lonely
making the neighbourhood greener
helping feed children
helping children have a better future
making the neighbourhood cleaner

Good job!

Thanks for
your
attention!