Pre-reading questions:
- Do you donate money?
- What help do you give to other people?
Vocabulary:
- through /throo/
- million /MIL-yuhn/
- the Irish /thee AHY-rish/
- essential /uh-SEN-shuhl/
- give (something) back /giv (something) bak/
[preposition] – by; using
I study English through online classes.
[noun] – the number 1,000,000
The YouTube video earned almost 1 million views.
[noun] – the people of Ireland
The Irish welcomed us warmly when we visited Ireland.
[noun] – the basic things you need to live
Clothes are also part of our essentials.
[phrasal verb] – to return something to the person who gave it to you
Saki promised to give my pens back after school.
People in Ireland give donations to the Native Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic througha GoFundMe page. According to Ethel Branch, the page’s organizer, they have received more than 2 million dollars from the Irish as of May 5. The money collected will go to the Native Americans’ essentials like food and water. The GoFundMe page acts as a way for the people of Ireland to give the same act of kindness back to the Native Americans. In 1847, the Native Americans gave $170, which is more than $5,000 in present times, to the Irish when they experienced a shortage of food. A message on the page reads, “From Ireland, 170 years later, the favour is returned! To our Native American brothers and sisters in your moment of hardship.”
True or False:
- The Irish give donations to the Native Americans through GoFundMe.
- As of May 5, the organizer received more than 1 million dollars.
- The Native Americans donated $170 to the people of Ireland in 1845.
- Ethel Branch is the fundraiser’s organizer.
- The money collected will go to the Native Americans’ needs.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
million | the Irish | essential | give back | through |
- _______ like soap and shampoo have discounts until Friday.
- It’s time to _______ the books _______ to the library.
- The government donated three _______ dollars to the charity.
- She saw the news _______ social media.
- _______ are our new exchange students.