LK06
Based on the resource Micro-voluntarism - a New Form of International Cooperation
Tasks and Activities
Comprehension
- Sum up the content of the article in a couple of lines.
- What does it mean that organizations which depend on donations will have to include their audience?
- How can the public contribute in other ways than by donating money?
Vocabulary
Explain these expressions in English and use each of them in at least one sentence.
- Peer-to-peer
- Ad hoc
- Fundraising
- Application
- To implement
Key
- Peer-to-peer usually means actions or information shared between equals.
- Ad hoc is Latin and means a decision made at the moment, which sets the guideline for future action. (Unplanned as opposed to long-term strategy)
- Fundraising means to collect or provide money (funds) usually to support a charity or political campaign.
- Application means (in this connection) a small programme that can be downloaded on the computer or a mobile phone. (Often referred to as “an app”)
- To implement means to enforce or carry out. (An implement is a tool or device)
Tricky Words
Put these words (in the right form) into the following sentences.
Volunteer (v), volunteer (n), voluntary (adj), voluntarily (adv)
- We need some …… to do the job.
- They ……… to work for Amnesty.
- Raise your hand if you want to ………
- ………. action is needed in many organizations.
- They did not do it ………., so they were forced to do it.
- She joined the team on a …………. basis.
- A ………. is someone who does something ……………
- They ……………. joined the team to help other people.
Key
- volunteers
- volunteered
- volunteer
- Voluntary
- voluntarily
- voluntary
- volunteer, voluntarily
- voluntarily
Sist oppdatert 14.05.2018