What do volunteers do for people?

1.What do the volunteers do in the video?

2.Do they do these things for making money? If not, for what?

Working in an old people’s

home

Look at these kinds of volunteer work. Can you add more? What would you like to do? Discuss it with a partner. 3a

Being a guide at a museum

Helping kids in an after-

school program

visit sick kids

in hospital

clean up the

city park

Talk with your partner about what kinds of volunteer work you would do.

help poor

kids cheer up

the sick

people

help set up a

Hope School

help stop

hunger

I’d like to help kids in an after-

school program.

Why do you like to do that?

Because I like kids and I’m good

at English and math.

What would you like to do?

3b Write a letter or e-mail to the

place you want to volunteer at.

1. Which volunteer job do you

want to do?

I’d like to/I’m interested in/I want

to volunteer as …

2. What are your interests and

hobbies?

I’m good at/I’m strong in/In my

free time, I like to … so I think I’d

be good at the job.

3. How can these help you to do the

job?

…

4. Why do you want to do the

volunteer job?

I want to help out as a volunteer

in old people’s home / school /

museum / group because …

5. When are you free to do the job?

I’m free to help in/on …

3b Write a letter or e-mail to the place you want to volunteer at.

Dear Sir or Madam,____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours truly,___________________________________

Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to you about volunteering at the library. I’m interested in computers and teaching, and I want to volunteer as a computer teacher for people who lack computer skills. I love working with computers and I’m good at explaining how to use new software to younger students at my school. I’ve taught my grandparents how to use e-mail and word processing software.

I like to help people to enjoy computers as much as I do, so I think I’d be good at this job. I want to help out as a volunteer at your library because I know that many people go there to use your computers. I’m free to help on weekends and sometimes in the evenings. Yours truly, Jiang Hua