Dvizh. Spotlight 9

1.

Town &
Community
Map symbols and
road features
Volunteering
World monuments
Public services
Green transport

2.

Look at the pictures. In which of the following can you see
A
B
E
D
C

3.

Have you ever done any of these things? If not, which one would you
like to do? Why? Tell the class.

4.

Before reading learn new words.
покинутый
abandoned
поле
field
бросить,
to neglect
покинуть
приют для
animal shelter
животный
foster
приют
home
toубеждать
persuade
to расплакаться
burst into tears
принимать
to get involved
участие
withв
ч-л
sth
должным
properly
образом
благотворительная
charity event
акция
проводить
to hang out
время
to
убирать
remove
нетрудоспособный
disabled
to
помогать
help out
пожилой
senior citizen
человек
toпоощрять
encourage
кормить
to feed
протянуть руку
to lend a helping hand
помощи
to make a full
выздоравливать
recovery
жертва
victim
worthwhile
стоящий

5.

Read the title and the introduction to the texts. How do some
young people help animals? Listen, read and check.
Animal shelter
The text is about
helping out at an
animal shelter.

6.

Read the title and the introduction to the texts. How do some
young people help animals? Listen, read and check.

7.

Read the texts and match each text with its heading. You can only
use each heading once. There is one extra heading.
4
8
6
1
Text A
Text C
Text E
Text B
Text D
Text F
7
2
Text G
3

8.

Make a list of all the animals mentioned in the text. Spend three
minutes adding as many animals as you can. List them under headings
such as: farm, wild, birds, fish, etc.
cats
chickens
dogs
ducks
horses
sheep
llama
pony
goats
guinea pig

9.

Make a list of all the animals mentioned in the text. Spend three
minutes adding as many animals as you can. List them under headings
such as: farm, wild, birds, fish, etc.
horse
lion
duck
perch
sheep
tiger
parrot
trout
chicken
elephant
pigeon
salmon
rooster
moose
guinea pig
bear
goat

10.

Complete with: natural, senior, animal, charity, foster, answer, staff,
full, take, burst. Make sentences about the volunteers/animals in the
texts using the completed phrases.
1.
animal
………………………………
shelter
2. ………………………………
choice
natural
3. ………………………………
members
staff
answer
4. ………………………………
phone calls
take
5. ………………………………
care of
burst
6. ………………………………
into tears
full
7. make a …………………
recovery
foster
8. ………………………………
home
charity
9. ………………………………
event
senior
10. ………………………………
citizen

11.

Complete the gaps with the verbs below in the correct form.
*volunteer *support *donate *encourage *get involved
donates
volunteer
support
encouraged
getting involved

12.

Imagine you work at an animal shelter. Use the information in the
texts to persuade your partner to join at the shelter.
Text A
Text B
Text C
Text D
Text E
Text F
Text G

13.

Imagine you have just started doing some volunteer work after school.
Write an email to your English pen friend persuading him/her to do
some volunteer work too. Say:
- what kind of volunteering you are doing;
- when & how often;
- what kind of jobs you do, why you think your friend should join you;
(60-80 words)

14.

Match the words in the two columns. Then use them in their correct
form to complete the sentences.
c
f
b
e
a
d
Workbook

15.

Choose the correct item.

16.

Read the leaflet about community action and fill in the gaps with the
following words: shelter, activities, senior, raise, public.

17.

Fill in: staff, foster, remove, answer, rescue, worthwhile, victims.