Did you ever volunteer (自愿) some of your time to help others? If you do volunteer work, you can get a lot. You can learn about yourself, learn about others and help others as you help yourself. One of the hardest parts of volunteering is to find a volunteering chance. Here are some ideas for you.
Homeless shelters (无家可归者的庇护所)
In almost all big cities, there’s at least (至少) one homeless shelter. It can help homeless people with meals, beds and other services. Most homeless shelters welcome volunteers. You can help to prepare meals.
Helping others learn to read
Reading is one of the most important skills a person can have. Many people, however, have never learned how to read. Volunteers can help people to learn this important skill.
Animal shelters
Many animal shelters are non-profit or government organizations (非营利或政府机构). So they welcome volunteers to help look after animals, keep everything clean and help people know about protecting animals. You can call an animal shelter for more information.
Task I: Finish the chart according to the article. Fill in each blank with no more than 3 words.How to find the right | |
| Homeless shelters | They can provide homeless people with meals, beds and other |
| Helping others learn to read | You can help people to learn |
| Animal shelters | You can help look after animals, keep everything clean and tell people how |
1)How many homeless shelters are there in almost all big cities?
2)What can you do if you want to know more information about animal shelters?
3)Do you think volunteering is important? Explain your reason(s) in about 20 words.
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Hailey Fort has a friend. His name is Edward. “He’s really nice, ” she said. Edward is not a typical friend. He became homeless after he lost his job at a supermarket. And Hailey is not a typical girl.
Hailey met Edward three years ago. She thought it would be nice to buy the homeless man a sandwich. She and her mom did so. Later, Hailey thought: Why give one person a sandwich when you can feed many more with a garden? So Hailey planted a garden. However, she didn’t stop there. The little girl started building mobile shelters for Edward and other homeless people in her neighborhood. “It just doesn’t seem right that there are homeless people, ” she said. “I think everyone should have a place to live.”
The shelters come complete with windows, a door and solar panels (太阳能电池板) for electricity. Hailey does most of the work on her own. With support from a charity, she has built a dozen shelters. Hailey plans to keep building things for the homeless. She hopes other people will join her. “Helping the poor may not be so hard, ” she said. “Everybody can do something to help out.”
1、2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。1.
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3. How many buildings did Hailey build for the homeless?
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【推荐2】When Sammie Vance was just 8, she thought about a question: What breaks your heart? “For me, it’s seeing people who need a friend,” the seventh grader from Indiana, US, told people magazine, “I’ve been lonely myself, I don’t want others to feel that way.”
Soon after a summer camp, Vance learned about buddy benches (伙伴长椅). These benches are seats at a school playground. A lonely child can sit on it, which shows that he or she is in need of a friend.
She loved this idea. “This would be really cool to have at my school,” Vance said. Then she got into action immediately. She collected 725 kilograms of bottle caps and found a company to turn the caps into benches for her school. According to Vance, these recycled benches cost much less than regular park benches and are good for the environment.
Vance collected more for benches at other schools too. She also made a Facebook page for others to follow her journey and make bottle cap donations. She was surprised that her small project has had an influence on people around the world. She even received bottle caps from Germany, Australia and Israel.
Today, Vance has helped make more than 200 recycled benches in schools and neighborhoods. But she has no plans of stopping. She said in an interview that even adults can use a buddy bench because people at any age can feel lonely. “I just look forward to making a difference,” she said, “and encouraging other people to make a difference.”
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
1. Where was Sammie from?
2. Why did Sammie decide to make buddy benches in her school?
3. How did Sammie get buddy benches?
4. How many benches has Sammie helped make in schools and neighborhoods?
5. According to the passage, what will Sammie do in the future?
More and more young people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. Here are some of their stories.
Alice Hamilton, 17
I’m going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths(道路) in the mountains. I’ll spend the whole summer living in the tent and breathing the clean mountain air. It’ll be a nice sport that is good for my health, and I’ll be able to do something good at the same time.
Jason Moore, 18
This summer, I’m going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good and cheap house and sell them to families that are not very rich. I’ll help other people and also have a chance(机会) to learn how to build houses.
Trish Anderson, 16
I’m going to teach kids who have trouble reading. I’ll try out for a program called Reading for Life. Every day, I’m going to help them to choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher when I grow up and I love children and reading , so it will be a great experience for me.
| Three Stories of Volunteers | ||
| Name | Reasons | |
| Alice | To build new mountain roads. | She can do something good. She can |
| Jason | To build house for the | Such work is helpful and |
| Trish | To help kids with reading | To be a teacher is her She loves children and reading. |
We need love from others, and at the same time we need to learn to love others. But how to love others?
Show that they are worthwhile (值得的).
Loving people around us is probably the most difficult thing. Everyone needs love. Disliking others can't change them and it may only hurt us. So show people around you that they are worthwhile to be loved.
Respect (尊敬) others.
The simple way of showing love to others is respecting them. Show your respect to other people.
Accept (接受) who they are.
No one is perfect. No matter what you dislike about others, you should let them be themselves, and accept who they are.
Let them do things freely.
Everyone should have the freedom to do things they like. We need to give them freedom.
Make them happy.
Make people around you happy, and you can also get happiness from what you do.
Life is short and be quick to love!
1. How many ways of loving others are mentioned (被提到)?2. Is it easy to love others according to the passage?
3. Why should we accept people we dislike?
4. What can you get if you make people happy?
5. What does this passage mainly talk about?
An American Family
Hi，my name is Jeff！I'm from America.I have a big family.My grandparents，my parents，my brother，my sister and I are all in this big family.And we all live in a big house(房子).
My grandfather is from Germany(德国) and my grandmother is from France(法国).But my parents are Americans and my brother，sister and I are Americans too.We have many family photos in our house and these photos have good stories.We have a dog.Her name is Jessie.She is one of my family members(成员).
This is my family.We all love it very much.
根据短文内容，完成下列各题。每空一词。
1. There are
2. Jeff has
3. They have many family
4. Jessie is a
5. Jeff's brother and sister are
【推荐3】Venice (威尼斯) is in the north-east of Italy. It attracts more than three million (A) tourists from all over the world every year.
Venice is a city of water (B) ________ it is built on 117 small islands in a saltwater lake along the Adriatic Sea (亚德里亚海). The city has (C) more than 400 bridges to connect all these islands.
The city also has more than 177 canals (运河), so nobody can drive a car in Venice. Without the noise and pollution from the cars, (D) Venice is among the most comfortable and quietest cities in the world for tourists. Then how do people move around the city? They have to walk around (E) ________ themselves, or they can take a ride in the famous local boat— the gondola. In the past, (F) 它是出行的唯一方式. Now it’s mainly (主要地) used by tourists to see this beautiful city.
Tourists can also take part in the Venice Carnival (狂欢节) in April or the Venice Film Festival in August to get a taste of this famous city on the water.
1. 写出文中划线部分(A)和(C)的同义词或近义词。2. 在文中(B)和(E)的空白处分别填入适当的单词。
3. 将文中划线部分(D)改写为：Venice is
4. 将文中划线部分(F)译成英语。
5. 从文中找出能说明本文主旨大意的中心词。
