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👉 COMMUNICATION
Everyday English
Giving compliments
1. Listen and read the dialogue between Lan and Mark. Pay attention to the highlighted parts. 🎧
Lan: What did you do to help your community last summer, Mark?
Mark: We planted some trees in the schoolyard and picked up a lot of rubbish along the nearby roads.
Lan: Sounds like great work! We collected books and warm clothes for our friends in the mountainous areas.
Mark: Wonderful!
2. Work in pairs. Make similar conversations.
1. Mi helped lonely elderly people.
2. Tom and his friends cleaned and decorated parts of their neighbourhood.
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Changing our neighbourhood
3. Work in pairs. Read the poster about the volunteer activities for teenagers at Lending Hand. Write the project number (1-3) next to its benefit (A - E).
WELCOME TO LENDING HAND
Here are some activities you can do when you join our projects:
1. Protect the environment:
- You can plant trees in your area.
- You can join clean-up activities.
2. Help street children:
- You can donate food and clothes.
- You can teach street children to read and write.
3. Help old people:
- You can sing and dance with the elderly in a nursing home.
Benefits
_____ A. making the elderly less lonely
_____ B. making the neighbourhood greener
_____ C. helping feed children
_____ D. helping children have a better future
_____ E. making the neighbourhood cleaner
4. Work in pairs. Ask and answer which activities in 3 you want to join. Give reasons.
Example:
Minh: Which activity do you want to join?
Lan: I want to join some clean-up activities.
Minh: Why do you want to join these activities?
Lan: Because they make the neighbourhood cleaner.
5. Work in groups. Discuss which activity each member of your group chooses and the benefit(s) of the activity. Present your group's answers to the class.
Example:
Mai wants to donate food to street children because this helps feed them. Lan wants to join clean-up activities because these activities make our neighbourhood cleaner...
