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Do you know Habitat for Humanity? It helps build houses for poor families. It has branches (分部) in different places around the USA. This group also works all over the world.     1    . They can be builders, artists, teachers or singers, and some even are students. These volunteers help families build houses. And they work for free.

    2    . More than 1.5 million (百万) people live in these houses. As we all know, building a house is not so easy. Volunteers need to learn how to put up walls with machines. And the families in need work with the volunteers together.     3    . A house is more than a place to live. It’s also about dreams and happiness.

Julie is an artist. Although she is busy,     4    . She works as a volunteer in the Habitat for Humanity. She builds many houses with other volunteers together. Like other volunteers, she knows that many poor people need help to build their houses.     5    . And she feels happy with her work.

The volunteers in Habitat for Humanity are really kind and helpful.

My name is Lucas and I live in Sheffield. Now I work full-time as a nurse at a hospital here. I am interested in art and history of the city. I enjoy     1     (visit) art museums and historic places. As a young child, my dream was to work in     2     art museum.

To make the dream     3     (come) true, I thought about doing some volunteer work at the Sheffield Museum. Last summer, I decided to go for it. I got the telephone number of the museum through the Internet. A few days later, the museum called     4     (I) when I was preparing for the interview. On July 10, I started doing some two-hour shifts (轮班)     5     (two) a week. I helped the Visitor Experience team     6     (welcome) visitors and do some surveys.     7     November, I joined the “Talking Tables”. There were some selected items (选定的物品). Visitors could touch them and ask questions while they     8     (go) around the museum. My job is to look after these items.

During my     9     (month) of volunteering at the museum, I felt trust and love. The volunteers there are very     10     (friend). I will never forget the experience that helped me grow.

If you take a look at your closet (壁橱), how many of the clothes in it do you actually need or use? Many people often buy clothes in a hurry but they may just wear them for a short time. What do you do with them? Each year, people throw away many clothes and most of people just put them into the rubbish bags. So why don’t you give away the old clothes to the people in need? Here are some steps for you to do it.

Clean out your closet regularly. This makes it easier for you to find which clothes you want to give away.

Find the places that need the clothes. Look for their phone numbers and all the other information you need online.

You can also organize a party so that all of your friends can bring their old clothes. Then you will be able to help more people.

Take the clothes to the places. And you can also do a lot of volunteer work there if you are interested.

Please remember sometimes the small things we do for others may make a great difference. And we should do this more often to make the world a better place.