Unit 8 I’ll help clean up the city parks.

s2: help people stop smoking.s3: help people keep away from drugs.s4: visit old people in the old people’s house....step ii  listeningt: now let’s listen to a material in which some people describe what they want to do as volunteers. the first time, you should listen carefully to get the main idea of it. when you listen again, please complete the sentences in 1b on page 60.play the tape twice and then check the answers with the whole class.step iii  oral practice t: from the listening, we have known some things volunteers want to do. then if you are volunteers, what do you want to do to help people? please work in pairs and make conversations to express your own opinions.sample dialogue 1:s1: i would like to work outside.s2: you could help plant trees and grass to beautify our hometown.sample dialogue 2:s1: i’d like to work in the hospital.s2: then you could help cheer up the patient.sample dialogue 3:s1: i’d like to work at a station.s2: you could help the passengers with their luggage.step iv  practice (2a, 2b, 2c: p61) t: let’s listen to another material in which some students are talking about ways to tell people about a city parks clean-up day. before listening, please look at the pictures in 2a on page 61.listen to the tape and tick the things the students are going to do. one minute later, play the tape and then check the answers.t: now listen again and complete the sentences in 2b.play the tape again and then check the answers.t: in the listening, we have learned about some ways to tell people about the clean-up day. read the model dialogue in 2c and then work in pairs to try to make your own dialogues using the information in the listening. sample dialogue 1:s1: we need to hand out advertisements after school.s2: let’s have supper first.s1: no, we can’t put off handing out the advertisements. clean-up day is only two weeks from now.sample dialogue 2:s1: we need to put up the signs.s2: let’s drink some water first, i’m thirsty.s1: no, we can’t put off putting up the signs. clean-up day is five days from now.sample dialogue 3:s1: we need to put up a notice.s2: let’s have supper first.s1: no, we can’t put off putting up the notice. clean-up day is just two days from now.step v  summary and homework t: in this class, we’ve mainly talked about offering help. after class, try to make more dialogues to practice it. and learn the phrasal verbs cheer up, set up and come up with in grammar focus. if you cannot fully understand their meanings and usage, please look them up in the dictionary.