A friend in need is a friend indeed

患难见真情 A friend in need is a friend indeed. People who need help

blind adj. 盲的 We should help blind people cross the road.

deaf adj. 聋的 Deaf people can talk with hand language.

disabled adj. 残疾的 It is difficult for disabled people to go upstairs.

elderly adj. 年老的 The elderly should be taken good care of.

homeless adj. 无家可归的 Homeless people have nowhere to live.

meaningful adj. 有意义的 Volunteers ususlly do meaningful things.

People who need help The Class 1, Grade 8 students have found some pictures of people who need help. Write the correct words under them. Then put a tick in the boxes if you have ever helped these people.

blind, deaf, disabled, elderly, homeless, poor a ____ disabled person a _____ poor person 一名残疾人 一名穷人

a _____ blind person 一位盲人 a ____ homeless person 一名无家可归的人 an ______ elderly person 一名老人 _____ deaf people 聋哑人

Amy and Daniel are talking about people who need help. Listen to the recording and answer the following question： How can we help homeless people? Give them food and clothes. Write to the local government.

Amy: What are homeless people, Daniel? Daniel: Homeless people don’t have their own places to live. Amy: How can we help homeless people? Daniel: We can give them food and clothes. Amy: Are there any other ways to help them? Daniel: Yes. We can write to the local government. They can provide special places for homeless people to stay.

Make up a dialogue Amy: What are poor people, Daniel? Daniel: Poor people don’t have --Amy: How can we help poor people? Daniel: We can give them ---.

Just as someone said , “ As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others. ” Helping others is helping ourselves.

Would Eddie and Hobo like to help people in need?

the Olympic Games = the Olympics

train v. 训练；培训 So we should train more volunteers to help more people.

Listen and answer the questions. What is Hobo doing? He is training to be a volunteer for the Olympic Games. Will Eddie support him? Yes, he will. How does Hobo want Eddie to help? He needs some more food to eat at work.

Hobo is exercising at home. Eddie asks w_____ hat he is doing. Hobo says that he is t_______ raining to be a volunteer for the Olympic Games. Eddie thinks it eaningful to work for the Olympic Games , is m____ ell and he wants to do something as w______. He takes out his w_____ allet and gives some m_____ oney to owever Hobo says he doesn’t want any Hobo. H______, ood and money. He points to a big bag full of f_____ arry asks Eddie to c______ it for him so that he can eat orking. Eddie is strong e_____ noughto do more while w_____ that , i____ sn’t he ?

1. It’s meaningful to do something for the Olympics. � 奥运会做某事是有意� 的 2. I need some more food to eat at work. 作时我需要更多一些食物吃。

3. Homeless people don’t have their own places to live. 无家可归的人没有自己的 地方可居住。 4. They can provide special places for homeless people to stay. 他们可以给无家可归的人提供特别住处。 provide sth for sb 为某人提供某物 =provide sb. with sth.

I. Complete the sentences. meaningful (mean) to help people in 1. It’s _____ need. omeless after the 2. Lots of people became h_______ earthquake. 3. I want to join the school basketball team, support (支持) me. but my parents didn’t_______ 4. He is a disabled _______ (able) person. He lost one of his legs in a car accident.

II. Translate the following sentences. 1. 我们怎样帮助盲人呢？ How can we help blind people? 2. 作时我需要更多一些食物吃。 I need some more food to eat at work. 3. 我正在训练成为奥林匹克的一名志愿者。 I am training to be a volunteer for the Olympic Games.

4. 为奥林匹克做些事情很有意义。 It’s meaningful to do something for the Olympics. 5. 有没有其他的办法帮助老人？ Are there any other ways to help the elderly?

1. 背诵对话between Eddie and Hobo. 2. KKL P 57