Young Volunteers

The passage is about young people doing voluntary work. It gives examples of three young people’s experience of volunteering and the ways in which other people and themselves have benefited from it.

Para. 1

Young volunteers make an important contribution to society and increasing numbers of young people are getting involved. In China there are about 13.5 million young volunteers helping others and finding it also brings personal benefits.

Para.2

Who: Lu Hao, a middle school studentWhat did he do : He takes part in the ‘1 helps 1” project. He visited Mr.zhao, an elderly and gentleman who lives alone, to give practical help and provide companionship.Benefits to volunteer: Lu Hao’s history grades have improved.

Benefits to people helped: Mr. Zhao has better emotional and physical health.

Para. 3

Who: Lin YingWhat did she do: Lin Ying is teaching voluntarily in a village school in Sichuan as part of the Communist Youth League’s Go West project. Benefits to volunteer: 1.acquiring valuable skills and experience for future career.

2.More opportunities for jobs and higher education

3.more confident/ self aware / have good communication skills and leadership abilities.

Benefits to people helped: raise the level of education in rural areas and contributes to poverty relief.

Para .4

Who: Meng Yu, a student in CanadaWhat did she do: She took part in an event to help starving children in some of the least developed countries to promote awareness of hunger and raise money for starving children.Benefits to volunteer: form strong friendships / become more positive and motivated/maturity

Benefits to people helped : receive many donations

Para 5

Voluntary work not only helps others, it also enriches the volunteers’ lives by developing their confidence and maturity. It can enable them to make friends, gain skills and improve their employment prospects.

1.On the annual International Volunteers Day the world acknowledge the work of millions of people who give their time to help others.

acknowledge: admit the existence, reality, or truth of

1 Do you acknowledge defeat ?

2 The opponents acknowledged having been defeated.

3.The opponents acknowledged that they were defeated.

admit /appreciate /avoid consider /delay /deny /dislike /enjoy /give up

cannot help/ imagine /keep mention/ mind/ miss postpone /escape/ excuse fancy/ feel like/ finish forgive/ put off /practise resist /risk /suggest

2 make a contribution to

Thomas made a great contribution to the world. It is our duty to make a contribution to protecting the environment.

be used to/ be given to/ be related to/ get down to/ lead to / object to/ put one’s mind to/ be equal to /be opposed to/ devote oneself to/ give rise to/look forward to/ pay attention to /stick to/ attend to/ see to/ access to/ be addicted to/ contribute to

3. apply for/ apply ( to sb )for sth “ 申请”

I was admitted to a key university to which few dared to apply.

apply sth to sth “ 应用”

The results of this research can be applied to new developments in technology.

4. worth/ worthy / worthwhile

worthwhile be worthwhile doing sth “ 值得花时间和精力”

It was worthwhile searching for his “roots”.

worth / sth be worth sth / sth be worth doing “ 某事值得做或表示物品的价值”

The book is well worth reading.

worthy/ be worthy of sth “ 应该得到尊重、信任、表彰等）不表示价值

His courage was worthy of high praise.

5.starve to death/ starve for sth (eg love, food) / be starved of

The engine was starved of petrol and wouldn’t start.

Baby, I'm so into you You've got that something, what can I do Baby, you spin me around, oh The earth is moving, but I can't feel the ground Every time you look at me My heart is jumping, it's easy to see Loving you means so much more More than anything I ever felt before You drive me crazy I just can't sleep I'm so excited, I'm in too deep Crazy, but it feels alright Baby thinking of you keeps me up all night Tell me, you're so into me That I'm the only one you will see Tell me I'm not in the blue, oh That I'm not wasting My feelings on you Loving you means so much more More than anything I ever felt before Crazy, I just can't sleep I'm so excited, I'm in too deep Crazy, but it feels alright Every day and every night

• What does the sign stands for?

The whole composition of" Chinese youth volunteer“marking is the shape of a heart as well as the first letter of the alphabet Y of English" youth"; The central of the pattern is not only a hand, but the shape of a pigeon. Its implied meaning is that a Chinese youth volunteer offer benevolence and stretch out his hand of friendly affection to all the people who need help, and that theyface the world and head for the future with the spirit ofthe new century, expressing the youth volunteer’s topic of " the enthusiasm dedicates the society; Warm the public with genuine feelings" .