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Vocabulary3. neighborhood 街坊；四邻4. She is liked by the whole neighborhood.5. committee 委员会 6. organization u 组织的活动; 组织性, 系统性, 条理性 c 组织, 机构, 系统7.4. join: become a member of sth 参加某 组织8. join a club 参加俱乐部9. join in 参加（活动)


take part in 参加(讨论, 活动, 游戏, 游行, 庆祝在活动中起积作用attend 出席5. unemployed 为被雇佣的，失业的6. survey v 仔细全面的观察（某物） 测量；勘察 调查 n 意思同上


7. occupation n 工作，职业8. professional adj 专业的 a professional football player9. manual adj 手的，手工的，手制的 manual labour 体力劳动


What’s the passage about?It’s about a neighborhood groupListen to the whole passage and discuss:


Listen to part 1 and fill in the blanks1.And you work for an organization called “_________________________”, is that right?2.2. Yes , I’ve worked for it for ____ years.3.3. Our job is _______________ ____________.the neighborhood committeefourto look after theneighborhood


a holiday club a neighborhood watchwatch the houses and streets


Interviewer: Mr Yang, you’re from Nanchang, aren’t you ? 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


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.


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. Interviewer: Can you give us some examples?


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. Interviewer: Yes, we have that kind of thing in France.


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.Interviewer: Congratulations!


Number of householdsNumber of manual workers Total population Number of shop workers Number of professional peopleNumber of adults in employmentNumber of office workersNumber of students 85028003225173781831400280Listen to Part 2 and complete the chart Listen to Part 2 and complete the chart


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 thePart 2


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.


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


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


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