Post on 18-Jan-2016
In order to be better volunteers,
what should we do now?
Speaking task
--Project Hope
孩子是民族的未来 !
Project Hope is a social welfare
programme founded by China Youth
Development Foundation. Its aim is to
raise money to help those children in
poor areas who have to leave school
early only because their families
cannot afford to keep them at school.
If you decided to sponsor a child, how
would you do it? The expressions
below are for you refer to.
• Why would you …?• How could you do that?• Because I want to share with others …• First, find some information through …• The reason is that …• Then …Next … Finally …
A sample of the discussions:
A: I think we should sponsor a child
through Project Hope.
B: Why would we support that project?
A: Because I think we should share the
educational opportunities we have
had.
C: What do you mean?
A: Well, we’re lucky because we go to
school. But there are kids in poor
areas that can’t afford to go to school.
If we raise money, we can help some of
those kids to go to school.
B: That sounds like a great idea. But
how would we raise the money?
C: Well, what about holding a movie
night?
B: So, how would we organize that?
C: First, we choose a film. Then we
decide on a night. Next we advertise it
by putting posters around the school.
B: But how would we make money?
A: Well, we would ask for a donation
at the door.
B: So people pay what they can afford?
A: That’s right.
C: Great! Let’s do it.