【推荐2】Lots of people are calling for September 11 to become a national day of volunteering in America. ________ in need is an important part of the American way of life. So many high schools ask their students to spend a certain number of hours ________ in order to graduate (毕业). So ________ can you volunteer to do?

Help kids learn and grow. Become a Big Brother or Big Sister for them. You can also ________ an after-school sports program. These are great ways to get to know ________ who have special needs.

Do ________ over the holidays. Buy Thanksgiving dinner for the poor people, volunteer at your local (当地的) food bank, or ________ toys to kids. And you can also spend time at the old people’s home. Because many old people feel ________, you can talk with them.

Work at a local (当地的)animal center. Most centers often need many volunteers to ________ the cats and dogs. And to become a volunteer there, you must ________ animals very much.

Twelve years ago, Mr. Brown, a friend of my parents’ went to Africa to help in a poor country. One afternoon, Mr. Brown took a _____ in a town. The town was destroyed(破坏) during a war. He saw _____ moving in the grass and thought it was an animal. As he got _____, he found it was a baby boy. Mr. Brown asked a guide, “Can we find his family?” The guide looked around and said, “I don’t think _____.” Finally, Mr. Brown adopted(收养) the baby with the help of many friends. The next year, Mr. Brown took him back to America and gave him the name Liam.

Liam isn’t as big _____ the other kids, but he is a good student and he is on our school football team. Everyone in our school _____ Liam. Whenever(无论何时) there is a need, he is _____ the first one to help out.

Last year, our school decided to sponsor(赞助) ten poor children. We needed to raise(筹集) money and sent it to them every month. Liam spent _____ hours doing the whole thing. In the end, we raised so much money _____ we were able to sponsor twenty children.

Do you know why Liam always works so _____? Because many people have tried to give him a hand in life.