SGK Tiếng Anh 8 - Unit 6: The young pioneers club

UNIT 6
GETTING STARTED.
Identify the activities that Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer and Ybuth
Organization (Y&Y) participate in. Check (/) the boxes, then add activities to the list.
helping blind people	cleaning up beaches
helping elderly people	caring for animals
□ helping handicapped children	taking part in sports
LISTEN AND
READ.
Secretary:
Hello. May I help you?
Nga:
Good morning. I’m enrolling for the activities for this summer.
Secretary:
Right. Let me get an application form and we can fill it out. What’s your full name, please?
Nga:
Pham Mai Nga.
Secretary:
And when were you bom? •
Nga:
April 22, 1989.
Secretary:
Where do you live and do you have a phone number?
Nga:
I live at 5 Tran Phu Street, and I don’t have a phone at home.
Secretary:
Now, what are your hobbies?
Nga:
I like drawing and outdoor activities.
And I enjoy acting, too.
Secretary:
Drawing, outdoor activities, ... and acting.
Well, please take this form to your teacher and ask her to sign it. Then bring the form back to me.
NgaT
All right. Thank you.
Practice the dialogue with a partner,
Complete Nga’s details.
• Name:
• Date of birth:
• Home address:
• Sex:
• Phone number:
• Intel csts:
SPEAK.
Look at the phrases in the boxes. Then practice the dialogues with a partner
Asking for favors
Responding to favors
Can/Could you help me, please?
Could you do me a favor?
I need a favor.
Can/Could you ... ?
Certainly/ Of course/ Sure.
No problem.
What can I do for you?
How can I help you?
I’m sorry. I’m really busy.
Offering assistance
Responding to assistance
May 1 help you?
Do you need any help?
Let me help you.
Yes/No. Thank you.
Yes. That’s very kind of you.
No. Thank you. I’m fine.
Mrs. Ngoc: . Could you do me a favor, please?
Hoa:	Sure. What can I do for you?
Mrs. Ngoc:	Can you help me cany my bags? I’ve hurt my arm.
Hoa:	Certainly. I’ll help you.
Mrs. Ngoc:	Thank you very much. That’s very kind of you.
b) Receptionist: May I help you?
Tourist:	Yes. Can you show me the way to the nearest bank?
Receptionist: Sure. Turn right when you get out of the hotel.
Turn left at the first comer. It’s on your right.
Tourist:	Thank you very much.
Now use the appropriate phrases in the box to make similar dialogues about some of the following situations with a partner.
WHO	WHAT	WHY
tourist
neighbor
friend
aunt
needs to find a police station needs help tidying yard needs help fixing her bike needs to buy some vegetables
lost money
has a broken leg
has a flat tire
is busy cooking meal
Hl LISTEN.
Fill in the missing words.
Children of our land (1)_
Let’s sing for (2)	,
Let’s sing for (3)	.
Let’s sing for the (4)	
between (5)	and (6)	,
Oh, children (7)	our
land, unite,
Children of the (8)	hold hands.
Let’s (9)	our love from (10)	to place.
Let’s shout (11)	loud.
Let’s make a (12)	,
Oh, children of the (13)	,
hold hands.
Adapted from a song by Margarette Thomas-Cochran
READ.
Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is an organization for Vietnamese youth from 15 to 30 years of age. The Union builds good character, love for the nation, and encourages good citizenship, soft skills and personal fitness.
The Union was founded on March 26 1931 by the beloved President Ho Chi Minh. It had different names over the years. One of its first names was ‘Vietnam Communist Youth Union’. In December 1976, it was officially named as it is called today: Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. However, people normally use the name ‘The Youth Union’ for short.
The Youth Union, together with other youth organizations such as the Young Pioneers Organization, the Vietnam Youth Federation, the Vietnam Students Union, often hold social activities such as Helping the Handicapped, Cleaning the Environment, Green Summer Volunteers Campaign, and other similar movements. These activities aim to help the young develop their public awareness and form their personality.
Ever since the Union was founded, its aims and principles, established by President Ho Chi Minh, have been the guidelines for the young Vietnamese people of today and tomoiTOw.
Fill in the missing information.
The Youth Union was founded in	
. b) In	the Youth Union was officially named as it is called today.
The Youth Union’s activities aim to help the young develop	
Its aims and principles have been 	 for the young Vietnamese
people of today and tomorrow.
Answer. Then write the answers in your exercise book.
At what age can one join the Youth Union?
When was the Youth Union founded?
What is the complete name of the Youth Union?
Can you name some social activities of the Youth Union?
What do these activities aim to help?
Who established the guidelines for the Vietnamese youth?
{open question - optional)
What names have the Youth Union had over the years?
WRITE.
1. Read the passage and complete the letter.
IBKsa
November 21, 2003
NOTICE
Qiy; c/zzz IJWlJ memlten. of the. school
The Y&Y is planning to help the community by encouraging all members to participate in a recycling program. All you have to do is to collect used glass, paper and cans, and send them for recycling. By doing-this, we can help save natural resources and earn some money for the organization.
If possible, you can participate in other programs such as raising funds for the poor, helping street children and planting trees and flowers along the sidewalks or in the parks.
Join us and register from today.
The Secretary
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2. Read the dialogue between Hoa and her aunt. Then write Hoa’s letter to her parents telling what she is going to do.
Aunt:
Hoa, yon look very happy today. Anything interesting at school?
Hoa:
Yes, Aunt. I’m going to join the Y&Y Green Group.
Aunt:
Really? What will you do?
Hoa:
We are having an environment month.
And^ we’re going to clean the banks of the lakes on weekends.
Aunt:
Will you do anything else?
Hoa:
Oh, yes. We’re going to plant trees and flowers in the school garden and water them every afternoon after class.
Aunt:
That sounds excellent.
Hoa:
Yes, it is. And, we’re planting young trees and plants to sell to some schools. We hope to give more green color to the city and earn some money for our school Y&Y.
Aunt:
You’re really great, Hoa!
Dear Mom and Dad,
Language focus
Present tense with future meaning
Gerunds
Modals: may, can, could
a)
When do they collect and empty garbage?
Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about Y & Y Spring activity program.
At Dong Xuan
Market.
On January 9.
They start at 8> am and finish at 5 pm.
Where do they collect and empty garbage?
c)	What time do they
start and finish work?
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Activity
Place
Date
Time
Collect and empty garbage
Dong Xuan Market
Jan. 9
8 am - 5 pm
Plant and water trees along streets
City center streets
Feb. 2
7 am - 10 am
Help the elderly and street children
City rest home and orphanage
Mar. 26
7 am - 4 pm
Have big gathering to support cultural-sport programs
Central stadium
Apr. 15
5 pm - 9 pm
2. Work with a partner.
a) Look at the table. Talk about our friends’ hobbies.
A: Ba loves playing soccer, but he doesn’t like washing up.
B: Lan doesn't like playing soccer and she doesn’t like washing up, either.
Ba
Lan
■
love
like
don’t hate like
love
like
don’t like
playing soccer
'S
washing up
V
s
cooking meals
z
z
performing music
z
z
gardening
gathering broken glasses
z
z
z
z
watching TV
z
z
camping
7
z
playing badminton
z
z
doing homework	z	. z
Copy the table into your exercise book. Then complete it with information about you. Next ask and answer questions with your partner.
Do you like
playing soccer?
No. I hate it.
What about you?
Yes. I love
playing soccer.
Work with a partner.
a) Use the expressions in the box to ask for a favor. Then practice the dialogues with a partner.
help me with this math problem buy a ticket
water the flowers in the garden take me across the road
A.
Woman:
Man:
Woman:
Can/Could you help me, please?
Yes, certainly.
Can you	?
B.
Old Woman:
Boy:
Old Woman:
Could you do me a favor?
What can I do for you?
Can you	?
c.
Boy:
Girl:
Boy:
I need a favor.
How can I help?
Could you	?
D.
Grandpa :
Niece:
Grandpa:
Can you help me, please?
Yes. Of course.
Can you	?
b) Use useful expressions in the boxes on page 55 to complete the dialogues. Then practice the dialogues with a partner.
A: 	help you?
B: Yes. Thank you. Could you fill in this form for me?
A: 	 any help?
B: No. Thank you. I’m fine.
A: Oh. This bag is heavy.
B: Let	 ■
A: Yes. That’s	of you.