Module 4 A Social Survey- My Neighbourhood

Listening & Vocabulary, Everyday English

南开艺术中学黄晓云

PredictionPrediction

Neighbourhood committeeOrganisationLook afterA holiday clubNeighbourhood watch

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.

QuestionsQuestions

• 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.

Interviewer: Mr Yang, you’re from Na

nchang, 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 str

eet.

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Part 1

Interviewer: Really! And you work for a

n organization called “the n

eighborhood committee”, is

that right?

Yang Hua: Yes, I’ve worked for it for f

our years now. It’s been ver

y interesting.

Interviewer: We don’t have such organiz

ations in France. What kind

of work does the committee d

o?

Yang Hua: A great many things . Our job

is to look after the neighborh

ood.

Interviewer: Can you give us some examp

les?

Yang Hua: Yes.. Umm, for example , w

e’ve started a holiday club f

or children. A lot of childre

n have joined it.

It’s done very well.

Interviewer: Yes, we have that kind of th

ing in France.

Yang Hua: And we’ve begun a neighbo

rhood watch, where people

watch the houses and street

s. It’s been very successful,

so far. The streets are safer

as a result.

Interviewer: Congratulations!

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 Listen to Part 2 and complete the chart

Interviewer: You’re just completed a s

urvey of the neighborhoo

d, haven’t you?

Yang Hua: Yes, It’s been fascinating. I

n the past we haven’t kno

wn much about the

Part 2

people who live in our area.

Now we have a lot more inf

ormation.

Interviewer: I’d be interested to hear so

me of the figures.

Yang Hua: Well, there are 850 househo

lds.

Interviewer: So it’s quite a small area.

Yang Hua: Yes, it is. The total populati

on is 2800.

Interviewer: 2800. Have you collected a

ny information about occu

pations?

Yang Hua: Yes, we’ve got 322 professi

onal 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 emplo

yment?

Yang Hua: We make it 1400. We’ve ce

rtainly done our best to he

lp people find employment.

Interviewer: I’m sure you have!

Homework

Work in groups. Talk about the neighbourhoodcommittee 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?