Young volunteersReading

What do you about him? He is a volunteer—a person who donates his

time to help others. After he graduated from university, he decided not to apply for a job straight away. Instead he taught in remote areas to help children there receive good education. And education is essential to poverty relief, so his work is making a big difference to the children’s future.

习惯于沉溺于与．．．相关着手做导致反对全神贯注于胜任献身于引起盼望注意坚持处理；照料通向负责接近，进入（某地的）方法为．．．做贡献

be used to be given /addicted to be related toget down tolead to

put one’s mind to be equal to devote oneself togive rise tolook forward to pay attention to stick to attend to lead tosee toaccess tocontribute to

object to/be opposed to

Match the word and the meaning

benefits admit ; express thanks for acknowledge feeling as if everything were

turning roundoptimistic having realization by oneself dizzy give a motive toself-awareness tendency to look up the bright side of thingsmotivation as a result ofconsequence advantage, help, profit

Read the passage quickly and choose the best answers

1.volunteer do voluntary work in order to____ __ A. make money B. make a contribution to society C. kill time D. become healthy

2.This passage mainly tell us__________A voluntary work is interestingB voluntary work is demandingC voluntary work can make a difference not only to the helped people but also to the volunteers themselves whatever kind it isD how to do voluntary work

volunteers when For whom What to do

Lu Hao

Ling Ying

Meng YU

Every Tuesday and Friday

Elder people

Shopping, house work Read ,drink, chat

One year Children in remote areas

teach

At weekends

Children in remote areas

Went without food for 30 hours

List all the benefits mentioned in the text and add more .

Benefits to volunteer

Benefits to people helped

improved history grades

acquiring valuable skills and experience for future career

more opportunities for jobs and high education

build confidence self-awareness

good communication skills maturity

leadership ability make friends

more positive motivation to succeed

Benefits to the volunteer

Benefits to people helped

improved health more energetic more optimistic national exam pass rates improved

poverty relief improved future prospects money to buy food

What does the sign stands for?

language points1.acknowledge vt. 为…表示感谢 ; 承认 acknowledge +n 你认输吗 ?Do you acknowledge defeat?acknowledge doing 对手们承认输了 . The opponents acknowledged having been defeated.acknowledge thatThe opponents acknowledged that they were defeated.

admit appreciate avoid consider cannot help delay deny dislike enjoy escape excuse fancy feel like finish forgive give up imagine keep mention mind miss postpone put off practise resist risk suggest

2. Company n. 1) 友谊； 交情；陪伴他陪伴我。 He kept me company.2) 伴侣；同伴我在旅行中没有同伴。 I had no company on the journey."Two's company, three's none."两人成伴三人不欢。in the company of在 ... 陪同下

3.Make a / one’s contribution to / towards + n /doing为环境保护作贡献是我们的义务．It is our duty to make a contribution to protecting the environment. whereas conj.

然而 , 反之 , 鉴于 , 尽管 , 但是有些人喜欢肥肉，相反有些人讨厌肥肉。Some people like fat meat, whereas others hate it.他们想要一座房子 , 而我们宁愿住在一套房间里。They want a house, whereas we would rather live in a flat.

4. apply v 　　申请，请求apply (to sb) for sth.我被一所一般人都不敢报名的重点大学录取了I was admitted to a key university to which few dared to apply.apply sth. (to sth.) 运用，应用这项研究成果能应用于新的技术开发方面The results of this research can be applied to new development in technology.5.straight away /off : without hesitation /delay 　马上I can’t tell you straight away.6. fit in be in harmony with sb./sth 适合 , 配合 , 谐调 ,一致This information does not fit in with what I was told yesterday.You should fit in with other employees.( 与…和睦相处 )

Last month I took part in an event to help starving children in some of the least developed countries.starving 是动词的 -ing 形式作定语，修饰 children.starve to death 　　　starve for sth. (eg. love, food) 　　　be starved of 　　　　发动机没有汽油，启动不了．The engine was starved of petrol and wouldn’t start.

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