A.Satisfied. | B.Puzzled. | C.Worried. |
2 . Jon Pedley is making a big change. He is giving up his life as a businessman for a life of helping others. He is trading his beautiful farmhouse in England for life in a mud hut (小屋) in Uganda, East Africa.
Pedley admitted that he had not always led a very positive life. At times he drank too much and got in trouble with the law. “I had always put the pursuit (追求) of money in front of everything else. As long as I was all right, I didn’t care who I was hurting,” says Pedley.
But a visit to Uganda in 2007 gave Pedley a new outlook on life. He was amazed at what he saw and how much the people there appreciated the work he was doing. “I worked there for a few days and these people who have nothing were thanking me by giving me bags of potatoes, which are a fortune for them,” he said. Now Pedley is selling his business, his $1.5 million farmhouse, and his expensive car—and moving into a hut made of mud and boards in a small Ugandan village. There he will help run an organisation that hopes to improve the quality of life for people in the village of Kigazi. He will help to build schoolrooms for children and tanks to hold clean water for villagers. Today, people in Kigazi must walk two miles to a hospital, so Pedley will help to build doctors’ offices, too.
Pedley’s organisation will also work with English teenagers who are in trouble. The teens will be sent to a “camp” in Uganda that Pedley will run. The teens will live in mud huts and help to build water, health, and education facilities (设施) for kids in Kigazi, many of whom have lost their parents to poverty or disease. Pedley hopes the teens will see a side of life that might help them turn around their own lives and set them on a new and more positive path.
1. Which of the following best describes Pedley in the past?A.Negative. | B.Creative. | C.Positive. | D.Selfish. |
A.Do business with the local people. |
B.Help farmers increase potato output. |
C.Help villagers with building work. |
D.Introduce tools to improve English teaching. |
A.To encourage them to make friends with locals. |
B.To inspire them to live a more positive life. |
C.To train them to become doctors in the future. |
D.To make them learn about different cultures. |
A.From a millionaire to living in a mud hut. | B.A life-changing adventure. |
C.A rich man becoming homeless. | D.More money, more worries. |
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5 . Do you want a part-time job to earn some extra money? Check out the list and find one that suits your fancy.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
It seems almost everyone has a friend who is a technical genius. Such people earn money using their talent. If you are one of them, you could be responsible for technical support in your college or university and get your part-time job. You can enjoy the process of earning money while doing your favorite thing.
TUTOR
A lot of students hire a tutor to help them in high school or college. If you are good at some subjects, why not work as a peer tutor? You help your friends and earn money at the same time. If you know foreign languages, you can make more money. All you need to do is to make an appropriate advertisement of your services using college newspapers. One of the best things about being a tutor is that you can set your hours.
FITNESS INSTRUCTOR
If your college or university has a fitness center and if you are a sporty person, go and sign up to get this job. You will have an absolute free opportunity to engage yourself in sports. You need to be a good psychologist, because you are going to work with people and it’ll be your job to persuade and motivate them to become sporty, healthy and strong. Being a fitness instructor is a perfect position for those who love to help other people and want to make more friends.
OFFICE WORKER
Nowadays many companies cooperate with college students giving them part-time jobs. Some of the major job duties of an office worker are answering calls and scheduling appointments. If you are interested in doing this job, contact the representatives of different companies to find out if they’re currently hiring anyone.
1. If you want to have a flexible schedule while earning some money, which of the following suits you most?A.Tutor. | B.Technical support. |
C.Fitness instructor. | D.Office worker. |
A.The four kinds of part-time jobs are intended for college students. |
B.If you work as a fitness instructor, you should be sporty and sociable. |
C.As a part-time office worker, you are responsible for answering emails. |
D.If you are good at foreign languages, you are able to earn more as a tutor. |
A.Through an online interview. |
B.By submitting the application. |
C.By advertising on the newspaper. |
D.By contacting the representative of the company. |
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