Everyyear,ontheInternationalVolunteersDay,theworldthinkshighlyoftheworkofmillionsofpeoplewhogivetheirtimetohelpothers.Theworktheyaredoingisimportant.AsKofiAnnan,SecretaryGeneraloftheUnitedNationssaid“
Everyyear,ontheInternationalVolunteersDay,theworldthinkshighlyoftheworkofmillionsofpeoplewhogivetheirtimetohelpothers.Theworktheyaredoingisimportant.AsKofiAnnan,SecretaryGeneraloftheUnitedNationssaid“…eachcontribution—nomatterhowsmall—canhelpmakeadifference.”LuHaoandMengYuarejusttwoexamplesofthe13.5millionyoungChineseVolunteerswhowanttomakeacontributiontosociety.
LuHaoisamiddleschoolstudent,whojoinedthe“1helps1”scheme1oftheYouthVolunteerCommunityDevelopmentProjectlastyear.EveryTuesdayandFridayhevisitsanelderlygentlemanwholivesalone.“Mr.Zhaoisweakandcannotdomuchforhimself,soIhelpwithshopping,dojobsinthehouse,orreadthenewspapertohim.Withhishelp,Mr.Zhao’shealthhasimproved,andhefeelsmoreenergetic.LuHaohasalsofoundtheirrelationshipbeneficial2.Inthepasthistorywashisweakestsubject,butitisonewhichgreatlyinterestsMr.Zhaoandtheyoftendiscussit.Mr.ZhaohasencouragesLuHaotostudyhistorylessonsharderandhisgradeshaveimprovedagreatdeal.
MengYuisstudyingforhermaster’sdegreeinCanada.Shehasabusytimetable,butstillfindstimeforvoluntaryactivitiesduringtheweekends.“LastmonthItookpartinaneventtohelpstarvingchildreninsomeoftheleastdevelopedcountries.Twenty-twoofuswentwithoutfoodfor30hours!Itwasachallenge.Wewantedtoimproveawareness3ofhungerbecauseeverydaychildrenaredyingofstarvation.Itwasagreatsuccess.ThelocalnewspaperandTVreporteditandwereceivedmanymoney.”MengYuandherclassmatesorganizedthisactivitytoraisemoneyforagoodcause,andintheprocesssheformedstrongfriendships.
LuHaoandMengYuarehelpingtomakeotherpeople’slivesbetter,andtheyalsomakegreatfriends,gainnewskillsandincreasetheirchancesofgettingthejoboftheirdreams.Wouldyouliketomakeadifferencebybecomingavolunteer?
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小题1:Accordingtothetext,whatisthereasonwhyyoungpeoplechoosetodovoluntarywork?
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小题2:LuHaohaschosentovolunteerontwoeveningseveryweek.HowhasMengYuchosentogivehertime?Whyhasshemadeadifferentchoice?