Unit Five Community Service

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Unit FiveCommunity Service

• Lead-in
• Vocabulary
• Outline
• Text Study
• Summary
• Exercise

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Lead-in

• 1. Are most people today ready to help others
  when they are in trouble?
• 2. Is it necessary for our society to form an
  organization to give help to those who need it?
• 3. Are you sure you can always get help from
  others when you need it?

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Vocabulary

• blind
  handicapped
• lend eyesight Christmas
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blind

• not able to see
• Cf. deaf not able to hear
• dumb not able to speak

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handicapped

• handicapped disabled

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lend

• its an irregular verb. The past form of lend
  is lent.
• Cf. if you get things or money from others, you
  use borrow if others get things or money from
  you, you use lend.
• e.g. 1) I borrowed a book of Shakespeare from my
  brother.
• 2) He lent me five dollars yesterday.

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eyesight

• the ability to see
• hearing the ability to hear

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Christmas

• Christmas is one of the most important
  festivals of Western people. It on December 25th
  The day before Christmas Day is called Christmas
  Eve. On that day, children sleep earlier than
  they used to, waiting the present from Santa
  Claus who climbs through the chimney. In fact,
  there is no Santa Claus in the real world. The
  present are from childrens parents.

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Outline

• Paras.1-2 community service is a way to help
  people in need.
• Paras.3-4 the help offered by community service.
• Para.5 how can one take part in community
  service?
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Community Service

• The idea of helping people comes
  naturally to most of us. If we see a blind person
  getting off a bus, we watch to make sure that he
  is in no danger of falling. Members of a family
  help one another, with particular care for the
  very young and the elderly.
• There are many people who have nobody
  near to see their need for help and often nobody
  to give it even when the need is known. The old,
  the handicapped, the homeless and
  friendless---these are the people for whom help
  may not come, because nobody sees. It may not
  have occurred to

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• you that you are in a position to help.
  Community service means helping the people around
  you. Organizations exist which try to make sure
  that someone sees when help is needed and does
  something about it. These organizations depend on
  voluntary help to carry out a wide variety of
  tasks, volunteers giving up a little of their
  spare time to lend a hand.
• If you wish to take part in this
  worthwhile activity, what sort of things would
  you do? Think of the people most in need of help
  and the ways in which help can be given. Much of
  the work of community service is

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• concerned with the care of the elderly and the
  handicapped. Ole people cannot always redecorate
  their homes. Household repairs, cleaning,
  preparing food or taking care of the garden may
  all prove difficult. Elderly people with failing
  eyesight are delighted if a friend comes in to
  read or to write letters for them. A helping hand
  and a friendly face can mean a great deal to a
  lonely elderly person.
• Handicapped people may be young or old.
  People confined to wheelchairs cannot go out
  unless somebody takes them. Blind children may
  love swimming but they need a sighted swimmer

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• to go with them. Some handicapped people may
  be unable to go out at all and a visitor is then
  more than welcome. Voluntary help is needed in
  hospitals. There are library and shop trolleys to
  be taken round the wards and at Christmas time
  decorations to be put up and parties and concerts
  to be organized. Some volunteers help to run
  playgrounds for young children during school
  holidays and also look after children in
  pre-school play groups.
• What do you do if you want to help?
  Your school may have contact with an outside
  organization or, indeed, run a community service
  scheme itself. In many towns there is a committee

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• called the Council of Social Service or the
  Guild of Social Welfare and they will be able to
  tell you about voluntary activities in the area.
  The Citizens Advice Bureau and the Womens Royal
  Voluntary Service are other sources of
  information, as is the public library. Churches,
  the Scouts and other youth organizations can tell
  you about their activities. Most large cities in
  the United Kingdom have youth groups for
  community service, for it is here that the need
  is greatest. If you join such a group, you will
  bring pleasure and hope to people who need your
  help.
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come to sb

•    (an idea) to enter someones mind
• e.g. 1) I t suddenly came to her that she had
  been wrong all along.
• 2) Suddenly the words of the song came to
  me.
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naturally

• 1   of course as you would expect
• e.g. 1) The team was naturally upset about its
  defeat.
• 2) Naturally I want to win the game.
• Cf. Speaking comes natural to her. ????????
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make sure

• to check that something has been done or find out
  if something is true.
• e.g. 1) I only came to make sure that everything
  was all right.
• 2) H e glanced over his shoulder to make
  sure that there was nobody listening.

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be in danger of

• to be in a situation in which something
  unpleasant may happen.
• e.g. 1) He was in no danger of losing his life.
• 2) While in danger of being attacked by
  two gunmen, she was surprisingly calm.

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There are many people who have nobody near to see
their need for help and often nobody to give it
when the need is known.

• Many people cannot get help because there are
  no people nearby to learn about their need for
  help and often even when people know they need
  help, nobody gives it.
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occur to

• to come into someones mind
• e.g. 1) Did it ever occur to you that you would
  go abroad?
• 2) As soon as the thought occurred to him,
  he felt worse.
• Cf. happen to have existence or come into
  existence

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be in a position to do something

• to be able to do something
• e.g. Perhaps I shall be in a position to help you
  next week.

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carry out

• to perform or complete (a job or activity)
  fulfil
• e.g. 1) The hospital is carrying out tests to
  find out whats wrong with her.
• 2) Dont blame me, Im only carrying out
  my orders.

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a variety of

• a lot of a particular type of things that are
  different from each other
• e.g. The girls come from a variety of different
  backgrounds.

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give up

• 1)to agree to do something during the time you
  would normally spend doing things you enjoy.
• e.g. The club secretary will need to give up an
  hour or two a week to do the correspondence.
• 2)to stop doing something or having something,
  especially something that you do regularly.
• e.g. Ive given up expecting him to change.
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lend a hand

• to help
• e.g. 1) You may have to be lent a hand with
  English.
• 2) We must lend a hand with his problem.
• Cf. lend an ear to listen to someone, especially
  in a sympathetic way
• e.g. He lends an attentive ear to the words of
  wisdom.

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be in need of

• to need
• e.g. 1) I felt lonely and in need of
  companionship.
• 2)The whole house is in need of
  decorating.

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be concerned with

• to be about
• e.g. 1)The chapter is concerned with changes that
  are likely to take place.
• 2) I want to borrow a book which is
  concerned with American history.
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prove

• (used as a link verb) to turn out (to be)
• e.g. 1) Her advice did prove sound.
• 2)The young man has proved competent.

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fail

• (of health, sight, etc.) to become weak
• e.g. 1) She suffered from failing eyesight.
• 2) His last months in office were marked by
  failing health.

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A helping hand and a friendly face can mean a
great deal to a lonely elderly person.

• A person who comes to help and is friendly can
  be of great importance to an elderly person who
  lives alone and who has nobody to talk to.

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be confined to

• to have to stay in a place, especially because
  one is ill
• e.g. 1) The elderly woman was confined to a
  small apartment.
• 2) I was confined to bed for 10 days with
  a nasty bout of flu.
• 3) Although confined to a wheelchair, she
  is active in social life.
• Cf. Any soldier who leaves his post will be
  confined to the barracks.
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more than

• is used to emphasize how welcome a visitor is
• e.g. 1)The store is more than happy (very happy)
  to deliver goods to your home.
• 2) I suppose you will be working late
  again tonight? More than likely(very likely),
  yes.

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as is/was/does, etc.

• in the same way as someone or something else
  is, does, etc.
• E.G. 1) Eves very tall, as was her mother.
• 2) I voted Jack, as did my wife.

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Summary

• It is regarded as our responsibility to
  give help to others when necessary. This help is
  often accomplished by volunteering at a community
  service center. Those who most need help are the
  old and the handicapped, who may be lonely or
  unable to move about freely. If you want to take
  part in this service, you can get information
  from such sources as your school, a special
  committee or council, the public library,
  churches and youth organizations.
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Exercise

• Change each group of two sentences into one.
  Use a comma if necessary.
• e.g. Foreigners often have difficulty with
  English spelling.
• English spelling is not always logical.
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• Foreigners often have difficulty with English
  spelling, which is not always logical.

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• 1. The operation was a success.
• Dr. Hunter performed the operation yesterday.
•  The operation Dr. Hunter performed yesterday was
  a success.
• 2. Denver still has dirty air problems.
• Denvers pollution is not considered serious.
•  Denver, whose pollution is not considered
  serious, still has dirty air problems.
• 3.The town has been very much in the news these
  days.
• The university is located there.
•   The town, where the university is located, has
  been very much in the news these days.

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• 4.San Francisco has a very large Chinatown.
• Thousands of Chinese live in Chinatown.
•   San Francisco has a very large Chinatown in
  which thousands of Chinese live.
• 5.The teacher will see you on Saturday.
• On this day he will have more time to spend
  with you.
•  The teacher will see you on Saturday, on which
  he will have more time to spend with you.