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Word study. Comprehension. Follow-up. listening. Pre-reading task
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WORD STUDY
1. Match the words with their definitions.
- an organization that gives money, goods, or help to people who are poor, sick etc; money or gifts given to help people who are poor, sick etc;
- a shop that sells used goods that are given to it, in order to collect money for a charity;
- someone who supports the activities of an organization, for example by giving money; a famous person who is officially involved with an organization, such as a charity, and whose name is used to help advertise it;
- a building where people or animals that have nowhere to live or that are in danger can stay and receive help;
- to collect money that you can use to do a particular job or help people;
- to ask people to give you money or goods for an organization that helps people;
- help, such as money or food, given by an organization or government to a country or to people who are in a difficult situation;
- a long television show in which famous people provide entertainment and ask people watching to give money to help people;
- to make a formal, usually public, promise that you will do something;
- an outdoor event where there are competitions and things to eat and drink, usually organized to get money;
- a sale of used clothes, books etc in order to get money for a local church, school etc;
- someone who agrees to give someone else money for a charity if they walk, run etc a particular distance;
- a game used to make money for a state or a charity in which people buy tickets with a series of numbers on them. If their number is picked by chance, they win money or a prize;
- when you give money, time, help etc;
- fete f. jumble sale k. to pledge
- aid g. contribution l. sponsor
- to raise h. charity m. telethon
- charity shop i. to collect n. shelter
- lottery j. patron
2. Give the synonyms to the following words.
To raise, to pledge, contribution, to collect, aid.
3. Give the antonyms to the following words.
Dependent, poor, voluntary, active, public, include, possible, strong, popular, common.
4. Insert the pre-and postpositions.
- Many of them began -- the time before governments provided any social services, when poor people had to turn -- charitable organizations -- help.
- Charities don’t pay tax -- the money they receive.
- Charities -- Britain are not allowed to take part -- political activity, so some set -- a separate pressure group which campaigns -- related issues.
- A lot of work done -- charities -- the US, such as caring -- the poor or providing education, is done -- other countries -- the government.
- -- exchange, they are given a paper sticker, formerly a small paper flag --- a pin through it, with the charity’s name -- it.
- -- Christmas, people often buy charity cards, cards sold -- aid -- charity.
- An important source -- funds -- charities in Britain is the National Lottery.
- As in Britain many people leave money -- charity -- their will.
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5. Match the words.
1. make a. aid
2. charity b. lottery
3. a homeless c. a contribution
4. raising d. walk/swim
5. humanitarian e. sale
6. pledge f. event/walk/concert
7. jumble g. funds
8. sponsored h. shelter
9. national/state i. allegiance
6. Insert the words.
1. I bought it at a church----.
2. The race is being ---by the Traveler's Club.
3. Elton John has campaigned for a number of AIDS---.
4. She's ---of the Butler Trust, a charity which rewards positive prison work.
5. Do you really think winning the ---would make you happy?
6. All the money has been raised by voluntary----.
7. They are in desperate need of food, clothing and---.
8. The Trust hopes ---$1 million to buy land.
9. Foreign ---from many countries poured into the famine area.
10. A large number of disabled people take part in the ---and are grateful for the help they get from it.
11. Britain has ---£ 1. 3 million to the UN for refugee work.
12. I'm ----for Children in Need.
Contribution, telethon, charities, shelter, sponsored, aid, lottery, patron, jumble sale, to raise, collecting, pledged.
COMPREHENSION
1. Answer the questions.
- How can you define the word “charity”?
- How are charities financed?
- Prove that people in Britain and the US are enthusiastic supporters of charities.
- What organization can be considered to be charitable?
- Name the most well-known charities in Britain and the US.
- What kinds of work are usually done by charities?
- What do you know about a flag day?
- What are the ways of raising money for charities?
- Explain in your words what is called payroll giving.
FOLLOW-UP
- Make up a list of people and organizations that charities can cater for.
- Organize your own charity campaign in the form of raising money, bearing in mind the following points:
- what for will you raise money
- in what form will you organize it
- where will it take place
- who will help you
- what makes you participate in charity
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LISTENING
Listen to the tape about different charity organizations and be ready to do the exercises.
VOLUNTARY WORK
PRE-READING TASK
Answer the questions.
- How do you understand the term “voluntary work”?
- Would you like to participate in voluntary work?
Voluntary work is work that you do not get paid for and usually involves doing things to help other people, especially the elderly or the sick, or working on behalf of a charity or similar organization. Most charitable organizations rely on unpaid volunteers, and thousands of American and British people give many hours of their time to doing some form of social work or organizing fund-raising events to support the work. Volunteering is especially popular in the US and the reasons for this may be found in basic American values such as the Protestant work ethic, the idea that work improves the person who does it, and the belief that people can change their condition if they try hard enough.
Volunteering is usually enjoyable, as people choose jobs close to their personal interests. For instance, people who like animals may volunteer in an animal shelter, a place for animals which have been treated cruelly. Some voluntary work is short-term, e. g. when people from a community get together to create a park. Other work is longer term, such as that of the US organization Habitat for Humanity which builds houses for poor people. Parents often volunteer in their children’s schools, and do things like building a play area or raising money for new equipment. Young people are also encouraged to do voluntary work. School children visit old people in hospitals or homes, and students at college often raise money for charities. In the US young people over 18 can take part in AmeriCorps, a government programme that encourages them to work as volunteers for a period of time, with the promise of help in paying for their education later. Older Americans who don’t work may spend much of their free time volunteering.
In Britain a lot of voluntary work is directed towards supporting the country’s social services. Different organisations run a meals-on-wheels service in many parts of Britain, providing hot food for people who are unable to cook for themselves. The nationwide Citizens Advice Bureau, which offers free advice to the public on a wide range of issues, is run mainly by volunteers, and the Blood Transfusion Service relies on voluntary blood donors to give blood to use in hospitals. Political parties use volunteers at election time, and churches depend on volunteers to keep buildings clean.
Both Britain and the US have organizations dedicated to help people overseas. Britain’s Voluntary Service Overseas sends people to work in developing countries for up to two years to share their skills with local population. The US Peace Corps has similar aims and programmes. [26]
GUIDE
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