Unit 4 A charity show Reading 1 Qiu

Unit 4 A charity show Reading 1 Qiu Guanhua No. 16 Middle School

Do you still remember?

What charities do you know? Spring Bud Project Save China’s Tigers Project Hope Project Green Hope

Guessing There was an exciting event in Suzhou last month. On March 18 th, 2011, a famous pop singer in China, held a concert at the Sports Centre in Suzhou. Thousands of fans took part in it. The concert was a big success.

Fast reading • • What Charity did they raise money for? Project Green Hope Did any famous stars go to the show? Yes. Who was the host of the show? Ricky Was the show successful? Yes

1. Ricky started working on the show three months ago. 2. It was Ricky’s job to talk to each star. 3. Ricky had a lot of things to do. 4. The doors closed twenty minutes before the show. 5. Many people donated money to Project Green Hope. 6. Ricky hopes more charity shows will be held.

Read the passage of para 1 -2 and answer the questions. • What is the letter about? It’s about a charity show for Project Green Hope. • Why didn’t Ricky write to Kitty earlier? He was helping with a charity show and he was very busy. • What did he feel when the organizers chose him to be the host? He felt very happy and excited.

Read para 3 -4, finish the table Starting time My job Practice Feeling Two months ago Introduce each star Look at the right camera at the right time Hard work but happy

Read Para 5 -7, and answer the following questions: • 1. How did Ricky feel on the night before the show? • 2. What happened 20 minutes before the show? • 3. What did Ricky tell himself at that time? • 4. How do you know the show was a success at last?

Task 3: Read the passage for details and complete the conversation. Kitty: My cousin was the ______ host of a charity show last week. They wanted to ______ raise money for Project Green Hope. Sandy: What did he have to do? duties but his main _____ job was to introduce the K: He had many _______, pop stars. S: Where did they have the charity show? theatre K: At a big ____. success S: Was the show a ____? donated money. They had a lot of support K: Yes. Many people _____ from local businesses too. Ricky said he felt very happy because the organizers chose him to be the host. He met many pop stars as well.

Video show

What are the students doing? They are having a Charity Sale.

What do they sell? What do they raise money for? Charity

Speaking What kinds of ways can we use to help charities?

We can advertise on the Internet. ( on TV, in the newspaper…) We can sell books or other things.

We can give out leaflets. We can organize a charity show.

It is our duty to help them!