1. Module 4 A Social Survey- My Neighbourhood Listening & Vocabulary, Everyday English 南开艺术中学 黄晓云

2. Prediction Neighbourhood committee Organisation Look after A holiday club Neighbourhood watch

3. A. It’s mainly about what kind of work the neighbourhood committee have done. B. It’s mainly about how the neighbourhood watch helped people. C. It’s mainly about how the neighbourhood committee started the holiday club. D. It’s mainly about how the neighbourhood committee began the neighbourhood watch.

4. Questions What does Yanghua work for? And how long has he worked for this organisation? What kind of work does the committee do? Please give some examples.

5. Interviewer: Mr Yang, you’re from Nanchang, aren’t you ? And am I right in thinking that you’ve lived here all your life ? And am I right in thinking that you’ve lived here all your life Yang Hua: Yes, I was born in this street. Tapescript Part 1

6. Interviewer: Really! And you work for an organization called “the neighborhood committee”, is that right? Yang Hua: Yes, I’ve worked for it for four years now. It’s been very interesting.

7. Interviewer: We don’t have such organizations in France. What kind of work does the committee do? Yang Hua: A great many things. Our job is to look after the neighborhood.A great many things Interviewer: Can you give us some examples?

8. Yang Hua: Yes.. Umm, for example, we’ve started a holiday club for children. A lot of children have joined it. It’s done very well.It’s done very well. Interviewer: Yes, we have that kind of thing in France.

9. Yang Hua: And we’ve begun a neighborhood watch, where people watch the houses and streets. It’s been very successful, so far. The streets are safer as a result.as a result Interviewer: Congratulations!Congratulations

10. Number of households Number of manual workers Total population Number of shop workers Number of professional people Number of adults in employment Number of office workers Number of students 850 2,800 322 517 378 183 1,400 280 Listen to Part 2 and complete the chart

11. Interviewer: You’re just completed a survey of the neighborhood, haven’t you? Yang Hua: Yes, It’s been fascinating. In the past we haven’t known much about thefascinating Part 2

12. people who live in our area. Now we have a lot more information. Interviewer: I’d be interested to hear some of the figures. Yang Hua: Well, there are 850 households. Interviewer: So it’s quite a small area.

13. Yang Hua: Yes, it is. The total population is 2800. Interviewer: 2800. Have you collected any information about occupations? Yang Hua: Yes, we’ve got 322 professional people, teachers, etc. There are 517 office

14. workers, 378 people in manual work and 280 students. There are 183 people working in local shops like the butcher’s and the greengrocer’s. Interviewer: I see. What about the

15. number of adults in employment? Yang Hua: We make it 1400. We’ve certainly done our best to help people find employment.We make it 1400 Interviewer: I’m sure you have!

16. Homework Work in groups. Talk about the neighbourhood committee in your area. Answer the following questions. 1. What do you know about the committee? 2. How have they helped people? 3.Would you like to be on the committee when you are older? 4. What have you done to help in your neighbourhood?