Unit 2 Neighbours

Reading 1

a neighbourhood

volunteer(s)

A. They help people do something for money.B. They help people do something for nothing.

community centre

I can help….

When your TV cannot work.When your bicycle is broken.When your fridge is too noisy.

Study help

Do not worry about your homework! We can help

you with all kinds of problems in your study.

Computer doctor

If there is something wrong with your computer, do not

worry! I can check it!

Join us

Join us and be a volunteer.Do some shopping for old people.

Help parents take care of children.Clean the park and streets.

Make our neighbourhood a better place!

★★★

Please read the dialogue quickly and try to answer the question:

Is Simon lucky to live in his neighbourhood?

Why?

Who? Help do what?

The computer engineer

Someone

The college student

Some volunteers

Some volunteers

What good things are mentioned in their dialogue? Who can help do these things?

helps check the computer.

helps fix the broken bicycle.

helps a boy with his homework.

help do some shopping for the old people.

help the old people clean their flats.

Read their conversation carefully and try to find out the answers to the following questions.

1.What are Simon’s neighbours like ？ They are kind and friendly.2. When and where do the volunteers often meet? They often meet at the community centre at the weekend.3.What’s the name of their meeting? They have a “helping hands” meeting.4.Who can help Simon check his computer ？ A computer engineer can help him.5.How do the volunteers help the old people? The volunteers often visit them, do some shopping for them and help them clean the flats.

True or false ?1 、 Volunteers share their skills and help peolple in the neighbourhoo

d with different problems.

2 、 Usually there is a meeting at the weekend.

3 、 Simon wants to ask someone to fix his bicycle.

4 、 Annie’s computer is broken.

5 、 Parents help their children with their homework.

6 、 Volunteers also help the old people.

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computer

bicycle

Some college students

all kinds of at the weekend broken check different skills fix homework lucky problems ready to help

My neighbours are kind and helpful . Some of them are volunteers.They have and often help us with problems.

Usually there is a “helping hands” meeting .People go there when they need help with their .Computer engineers are popular.They help people their computers.You can also find someone to things like bicycles.

different skillsall kinds of

at the weekendproblems

checkfix

broken

all kinds of at the weekend broken check different skills fix homework lucky problems ready to help

Students can get help with their .There are some college students among the volunteers,and they are always .Volunteers also help the old people.

We are to live in a neighbourhood like that. People here are like a big family.

homework

ready to help

lucky

A quick quiz: volunteer; fix; community centre; college; check; engineer; skill

1.You can ask Miss Li to________your homework.2.I want to be a__________to help people in need.3.My cousin is a__________student. He studies in Nanjing University.4.You can ask Uncle Ma to__________the broken radio for you.5.My grandpa likes to play chess at the_______________. 6.Daniel likes computers. He’s going to be a___________.7.Tom is clever and he has the__________to make kites.

checkvolunteer

college

fix

community centre

engineer

skill

As middle school students, what can we do to help our neighbours?Rules:1) Have a discussion in a group of four.2) One student takes notes, the others give ideas.3) Each group will give a short report.

Groupwork

A short report

Dear classmates, we are middle school students now. We can do something for our neighbours.

For the old, we can…. For the young,we can …. We can also…. If we all help each other,….

Homework

1 、 List( 列出） the good things that Simon’s neighbours do .

2 、 Write the short report in your notebook.