1 Look at the photos and answer the 1 Look at the photos and answer the questions.questions.

1 What is happening in the photos?

2 How do people raise money for charity in China?

3 What happens when you sponsor someone for a charity event?

Conversation 1

Some people in their college are organizing charity events this term. Kate, Janet and Mark have decided to get involved. Look at the following words and guess what kind of activity it is they are planning to do.

Cherwell Boathouse

puntsponsored punting

charity sponsorship form

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puntA punt is a long flat boat with square ends that you move by pushing a long pole against the bottom of the river. Punts were originally used to carry cargo but today they are used only for pleasure trips on the rivers in the university towns of Oxford and Cambridge. Punting is a popular leisure activity on several rivers in England.

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Sponsored puntingIn a sponsored punting event, people raise money for charity by asking other people to sponsor them to go punting, in other words, to give them money to go punting.

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charityHere charity means charitable organization, a type of non-profit organization formed for charitable purposes.

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Charitable Fundraising

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Many universities in the west have the tradition to raise money for charities. For example, in Oxford University, an association named RAG (stands for Raise And Give) organizes a variety of activities yearly to raise money to support local community charities as well as national or international groups.

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Sponsorship form

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When students organize events which need sponsors, they will design a sponsorship form. Two samples of the sponsorship form are given in the following pages.

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Sponsorship form

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When students organize events which need sponsorship, they need to design a sponsorship form. A sample of the sponsorship form was given in the next page.

2 Watch Conversation 1 and check (✓) what Kate, Janet and Mark have decided on.

☐ 1 the charity they will raise money for

☐ 2 the way they are going to raise the money

☐ 3 the date of the charity event ☐ 4 the design of the sponsorship

form ☐ 5 who will change the wording of the sponsorship form ☐ 6 where the sponsored punting will start from

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Cherwell Boathouse

The Cherwell Boathouse is situated in the heart of Oxford on the picturesque banks of the river Cherwell. Punts and small rowing

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boats can be rented for use on the river. A restaurant and riverside café can be found on the same site. It is very popular with tourists and students in the summer.

1 Why have Mark and Kate decided to raise money for charity?2 What does Janet say about this?3 What does Kate explain to Janet?4 What does Mark show the girls?5 Why does Mark suggest starting the punt from the Cherwell Boathouse?

3 Watch Conversation 1 again and answer the questions.

1 Why have Mark and Kate decided to raise money for charity?

2 What does Janet say about this?

3 What does Kate explain to Janet?

Answers

Some people in college are organizing charityevents, and they’ve decided to get involved.

She says that in China people raise money forcharity, but students don’t usually do that.

She explains what sponsored punting means:People will sponsor students to punt, so thestudents go punting and people will give somemoney to a charity.

4 What does Mark show the girls?

5 Why does Mark suggest starting the punt from the Cherwell Boathouse?

He shows them a sponsorship form.

Because it’s a very beautiful route from there.

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Conversation 2

4 Work in pairs and predict what events will happen during the sponsored punting.When you predict whether a certain event will happen or not, try to given reasons for your predictions.

For example: Kate offers to punt. If your prediction is yes, you might give a reason like: She might offer to punt. Surely most people would want a turn.If your prediction is no, you could give a reason like: Look at the photos. Kate seems enjoy just sitting on the punt and watching the other two punting and relaxes herself.

☐ 1 Kate offers to punt. ☐ 2 Janet admires the scenery. ☐ 3 Kate criticizes the way Mark

punts. ☐ 4 The friends discuss

arrangements to collect the sponsorship money.

☐ 5 Kate complains that a lot of people have not paid their sponsorship money yet.

☐ 6 The friends discuss the amount of money that has been raised.

☐ 7 The friends arrange a meeting. ☐ 8 Mark falls into the river.

What happened in the actual conversation? Listen to Conversation 2 and find out.

☐ 1 Kate offers to punt. ☐ 2 Janet admires the scenery. ☐ 3 Kate criticizes the way Mark punts. ☐ 4 The friends discuss arrangements to collect

the sponsorship money. ☐ 5 Kate complains that a lot of people have not

paid their sponsorship money yet. ☐ 6 The friends discuss the amount of money that

has been raised. ☐ 7 The friends arrange a meeting. ☐ 8 Mark falls into the river.

1 Janet says that she _____. (a) loves boats (b) has never punted before (c) isn’t used to boats (d) is scared she might fall in

2 Mark suggests that he punt for _____. (a) half an hour (b) the first 20 minutes (c) the first hour (d) most of the trip

5 Watch Conversation 2 again and choose the best way to complete the sentences.

3 Kate says she will have all the sponsorship money by _____. (a) Friday (b) next Friday (c) Thursday (d) next Thursday

4 The friends have raised _____. (a) about £600 (b) £600 (c) about £700 (d) £700

5 Mark suggests that they _____. (a) eat their picnic while travelling along the river (b) move over to the bank and stop for a while (c) eat their picnic in about ten minutes (d) move over to the bank and eat their picnic

Janet: I’m not used to boats – Woah!Mark: Whoops!Kate: Watch out! You nearly hit me with that thing!Mark: Sorry! I didn’t mean to. … OK, we’re off!Kate: (1) _______________ do the punting.Mark: It’s fine. I’ve got the hang of it now – give me a chance.Kate: Well, I’d like to have a go.Mark: (2) ___________ I do the first hour. Then you can take over for a while, if you want to.Kate: Yes, great.Janet: You’re really good at it, Mark! This is fantastic! It’s exactly how I imagined life here! Look over there – isn’t it lovely!

6 Watch Conversation 2 again and complete the sentences.

Maybe I should

Supposing

Kate: Yes, it is.…Janet: Kate, (3) ____________________________, for collecting the sponsorship money?Kate: Yes, (4) ____________________________ get the money to me by next Friday – if they haven’t paid online. (5) ________________.Janet: Good. (6) ___________ have a meeting soon after that, don’t you think? How much have we raised?Kate: About 600.Janet: Fantastic! I’m so enjoying this!

everything’s organized, isn’t it

I’ve arranged for people to

I’ll count it all upWe’d better

Mark: Hey guys, (7) _____________________ – (8) _________ moving over to the bank and we can have our picnic! Hey, look, there’s Louise and Sophie!Mark: Whoo …Girls: Mark!Janet: Are you all right?Mark: Er ... Of course I’m all right. Kate, I think it’s your turn to punt!

I’ve got a suggestionhow about

Match the expressions and their meanings.

a. Ok, we’re off!

b. No question!

c. I’m with you on that!

d. Watch out!

e. I’ve got the hang of it.

ff.. Give me a chance!

___ No doubt!

___ I couldn’t agree more!

___ Look out!

___ Give me some time.

___ I’ve learned how to do it.

___ Let’s start out!

Matching Game

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Choose three expressions from the previous page to fill in the blanks.

1. After three weeks of using this computer I think ___________________.

2. A: In my opinion, watching TV has more negative

influence on Children. B: _________________.

3. A: Are you sure he’ll be here on time. B: ______________!

I’ve got the hang of it

I’m with you on that

No question

8 Work in pairs and act out the conversation.

Work in pairs.

Take two minutes to look through the cues and functional expressions in the box on Page 5.

Plan your events. (What? Why? Who? When? How?)

Listen to an example dialogue. (Two of you will perform the example dialogue to the class.)

In pairs, you work out and perform your own conversations.

One or two pairs of you will perform your dialogues to the rest of the class.

Student A Tell student B you’ve been thinking about a particular person or group of people who need financial help and you’d like to help them.Student B Tell student A you’ve been thinking the same.Student A Suggest organizing an event to raise money for this cause.Student B Agree and make some suggestions about what the event should be.Student A Say what you think of these suggestions.Students A&B Make some plans using a list about what you need to do.Student A Sum up and mention one or two things you’ve agreed on so far.Student B Mention one other thing you’ve agreed on.

DirectionsDirectionsRoleRole

Example DialogueStudent A You know, I’ve been thinking about some of the

children and students who survived the Sichuan earthquake. I was reminded about them when I spoke to someone in the Music Society. She said there are still young people who need help because their families lost everything at that time.Student B That’s a coincidence! I was just thinking of the same thing.Student A Maybe we should try to raise some money for one of the Sichuan charities? We’d need to think of an event and maybe ask people to sponsor it.Student B Yes, I think that’s a good idea. How about organizing a sponsored swim? Or we could arrange a sponsored music marathon, perhaps?

Student A A music marathon? You mean an event where people play music for a long time? Maybe all day long, and people sponsor the musicians… That sounds more interesting than a sponsored swim, because people could drop in at any time to hear the music – and maybe dance too? Student B OK. One of the first things we should do is check with the Students’ Union and book a hall for the performances. And we’ll need a sponsorship form and some posters too. And we can contact as many people who play music as we can, all kinds of music, I guess.

Example Dialogue

Student A OK. So that’s decided: a music marathon with all kinds of music; it lasts all day. We try to hold it in a hall, with the support of the Students’ Union.Student B Yes, we’ll contact as many musicians as we can. Oh, we’ll need to decide on a date … I think a Saturday might be best, including Saturday evening, don’t you think so?

Example Dialogue

1. Work in groups of three and suppose you were them: Mark,

Kate and Janet.2. Design a poster for the sponsored punting, in order to attract more people to participate in this event. 3. Bring your poster to the class next time your class meet.4. Vote for the best poster.

After-class work:

Poster Designing