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Unit 6 Sunshine for all
(Grammar)
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Types of volunteer activities
Environmental(环保) volunteer activities
Cultural outreach(文化推广) volunteer activities
Volunteer activities to care for others
Understanding of volunteer activities
important
necessary
difficult
easy
meaningful
wonderful
helpful
good
nice
right
To become a volunteer is wonderful.
It is wonderful to become a volunteer.
subject
subject
real subject
formal subject
(形式主语)
to make the sentence more balanced(平衡)
Understanding of volunteer activities
What does Mary think of helping people in need?
What is she doing as a volunteer?
What does she think of it?
What does she think of her volunteering experience?
Mary
[ˈvɒləntri]
doing voluntary work
Work out the rule:
We use “it is + adjective + to-infinitive” to express ________
__________________.
We use _________ to refer to the real subject “___________”.
what we
think about something
it
to-infinitive
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Thinking about volunteer activities
It is right to give up seats to the elderly.
It is good to help blind people cross the road.
It is helpful to donate money to charities.
It is nice to visit an old people’s home.
charity/ˈtʃærəti/
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A: Our class is organizing some volunteer activities next month. Are you thinking of joining any?
B: Of course. I think it is ... to do something for society. I plan to ... because it is ... to ... What about you?
A: I agree. I plan to ... because it is ...to ...
B: That’s a good choice. For us students, it is always good to be kind and helpful to others.
Talking about volunteer activities
It is always good for us students to be kind and helpful to others.
Thoughts on volunteer activities
What does Mary think is important for blind children?
What does the government need to do for blind children?
What does Mary think of the teachers’ job?
Work out the rule:
We can add “__________” in the structure “it is + adjective + to-infinitive” to specify(明确指出) who we are talking about.
for
It is + adjective + for sb. + to-infinitive.
perfect, great, exciting, easy
difficult, hard, wonderful
possible, interesting, necessary
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Mary
Learning about Simon’s volunteering experience
meaningful for us
difficult for them
necessary for volunteers
important for them
easy for me
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Learning from Simon’s volunteering experience
What to learn from Simon
Reasons for being a volunteer:
It is meaningful for us to ...
It is necessary for us to ...
Requirements(条件) for being a volunteer:
It is important for volunteers to ...
What to do as a volunteer:
It is ... for us to spend our spare time ...
Tasks of a volunteer:
It is ... for us to organize fun activities.
It is ... for us to build friendship with the children in need.
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Talking about places for volunteer activities
Environmental(环保) volunteer activities
a park, our community, our school
Cultural outreach(文化推广) volunteer activities
a library, a museum, our community, our school
Volunteer activities to care for others
an old people’s home, an animal shelter, our community, our school
A: Where would you like to do volunteer work?
B: I’d like to volunteer in/at... It is ... for ... to ...
A: That’s a good idea. I think I would choose... It is ... for ... to ...
B: That’s true. Maybe we can volunteer together sometimes.
A: Of course. It is always ... for ... to ...
It is kind of you to do volunteer work.
You are kind to do volunteer work.
Views(看法) on those that help people in need
Mary thinks the government is ________ to create special schools for children with disabilities.
She believes the teachers are _______ to work with these children.
nice
kind
Work out the rule:
We can add “_______” in the structure “it is + adjective + to-infinitive” to express what we think of ___________ actions.
of
someone’s
adjectives that fit this structure:
good, nice, clever, right
wrong, polite, rude, silly
helpful, generous
It is + adjective + of sb. + to-infinitive
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Mary
Views(看法) on those that help people in need
nice of the government
thoughtful of their families
kind of the workers
helpful of me
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Learning from Amy’s volunteering experience
fantastic to spend
nice to see
kind of the workers to look after
necessary to create
What to learn from Amy
Significance(意义) of volunteer activities:
learn to enjoy the time spent with the elderly
learn to see the elderly from a different perspective(角度)
learn to treat the elderly with care and patience
Volunteering means a lot not only to the people in need, but also to the volunteers themselves.
P86
Planning a volunteer activity for our class
Type of the volunteer activity:
environmental cultural outreach caring for others
The place and the time for the activity:
3 tasks to do: 1. ________________ 2. ________________ 3. ________________
Reasons for doing so:
Thoughts on your actions:
Significance(意义) of doing the activity:
It is + adjective + to-infinitive
It is + adjective + for ...+ to-infinitive
It is + adjective + of ... + to-infinitive
Summary of this lesson
We have learned to use the three structures:
It is + adjective + to-infinitive
It is + adjective + for ... + to-infinitive
It is + adjective + of ... + to-infinitive
to express what we think about something, to specify who we are talking about and to express what we think of someone’s actions.
We have also learned about the importance and significance of volunteering:
Volunteering is very important. It is kind of volunteers to help people in need. It is brave of them to work with disabled children. It is also thoughtful of them to give their time to others. So it is meaningful for every one of us to try to be volunteers to make our world a better place. And it will be possible to see sunshine everywhere.
Homework
Need to:
Write an invitation letter to invite classmates to your volunteer activity, with the information from your plan.
Choose to:
Search online to learn more about volunteer activities and the significance behind them.
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