Mario Green and Mary Brown are from Hope High School. These two students volunteer to help1people. The volunteer work takes them several hours a week.
Mario loves 2and wants to be an animal doctor. He volunteers at an animal hospital every Saturday morning. Mario believes it can help to3his future dream job. "It's hard work," he says, "but I want to learn how to 4animals. I get such a strong feeling of satisfaction when I see the animals get better and the look of joy on their owners5."
Mary is6old people. Last year, she worked as a volunteer in an old people's home. She helped out with things like7the newspaper to the old people, or just talking to them. They told8stories about the past and how things used to be. She still works there once a week to help the old people. "A lot of old people are lonely. We should listen to them and care for them. We're all going to be9one day too."
Volunteering is a dream10for both Mario and Mary. They can do what they love to do and help others at the same time.
Many years ago, there lived a very rich man who wanted to do something good for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out if they deserved (值得) his help. So he put a very large stone in the middle of the main road in the town. Then he stood behind a tree, waiting and watching.
Soon an old man came along with his cow. "Who put this stone in the centre of the road?" said the old man, but he didn't try to move the stone away. He passed around the stone with some difficulty and continued on his way. Another man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone in the centre of the road, but nobody tried to move it.
Late in the afternoon, a young man came along. He saw the stone and said, "It will be dark at night. Some people will come along later in the dark and will fall over the stone and get hurt." The young man then began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled and tried everything he could to move it out of the road. But to his surprise, under the stone he found a bag full of money and this message, "The money is for the person who moves this stone from the road. The person deserves help."
My name is Sam. I joined a club called "passing help" last month. Now let me tell you why I joined it.
One evening this May, on my way home my old car broke down (出故障). It was 25 miles away from my home. I wanted to get a ride (搭便车) , but there was no car. It was also hard to take a taxi. I decided to take a bus home. I went to a bus stop nearby.
After a while, a bus came, but it did not go to my town. The bus driver was a young woman. She was kind and she told me which bus I should take. I waited there for about thirty minutes, but no bus came. At last a car came to me and a woman came out of the car. She was just the bus driver.
"When I reached the bus station, I got that the bus to your town couldn't come, so I returned here. I just can't leave you here, "she said, "get in my car and I will take you back to your home."
"It is a long way," I said.
"Come on, sir," she said. "Let's go."
On the way she told me a story. A few days ago, there wasn't gas (汽油) in her car. An old woman drove her up to a gas station and then back to her car.
When we got to my home, I wanted to give her some money to thank her, but she didn't accept. "I only want to help others and do something nice for somebody. Pass it on," she said.
Everybody knows that words can carry messages. People communicate with words. Books, magazines, TV, radio and films all help us to communicate with others. They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.
Do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad. When you put up your hand in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask a question. You shake your head and people know you are saying "No"; you nod and people know you are saying "Yes".
Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the wall of your school helps you to find the library. Signs on doors tell you to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time? People can communicate in many ways without words. For example, an artist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful mountains, the sea and many other things.
Body language is a very powerful tool of communication, not only among people but in the animal world.
In many ways, we produce idioms (习语), which are all understandable by borrowing examples from animal communication.
For example, we know that a frightened cat will arch (拱起) its back high in a rigid curve (弯曲) . From this starting point we might hear the expression "He gets my back up" meaning "He makes me angry".
In the same manner, we know that many animals, if challenged by attackers, will not turn and run away because this will encourage the attackers to attack them more forcefully. Instead, they will move backwards slowly to get out of harm's way, always still facing their attackers. We call this action "backing off" and it can be used just as well with humans as with animals.
In the case of humans, however, the backing off may not be physical but oral, as in using a kinder tone of voice and gentler words instead of fighting against the attackers.
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The 14-year-old girl Susan Davis is having a party. At this party, there are. There is only a room full of art supplies (必需品) and many kids she never meets. And all the kids are homeless.
Susan got the idea last year after school. She worried that kids who could not afford their own supplies would give up drawing. So sheto big companies to ask for help. Then the girlfrom some of the biggest art supply companies. Susan collected more than $3,000 in supplies, enough to make a home for kids.
So far she. What she did was encouraged by the White House. Susan received the President's awards (奖赏) . Now Susan does it for a different reason—to get the poor kids to enjoy art.
Liao Yifeng, a police officer, working in a small village in Wuhan, is a father to thirty-nine "Left—behind" children, whose parents are working far away from home and seldom spend time with them.
Wang Tianle, an eight-year-old boy, was the first to call Liao "Dad". Wang's parents divorced (离婚) when he was only six months old. He never saw his mother again and his father later disappeared after getting into debt (债务) . When Liao (A) learned that the boy couldn't even afford the monthly school living fees (费用) of 100yuan, he felt sad (B) _______began going to his home every month, bringing 100 yuan.
During last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, Liao carried a kilo of meat and pigs' feet to his home. After dinner, the boy put his arms around Liao's neck and asked sweetly, "Uncle Liao, can I (C) __________you daddy?" Liao was deeply moved, and he (D) made up his mind to be a good "father".
With a two-year-old son of his own, Liao said he knew how important a father's love was to a child.
In Wang Tianle's school, there are about 407 left-behind children. With the help of teachers, Liao knows clearly each child's home conditions and pays more attention to the 39 children whose families are the poorest.
(E) Liao has built a special room named "family love room" in the police station, where Liao helped these left-behind children with their homework and taught (F) them about safety in his spare time.
Moreover, a computer in the "family love room" plays an important role because it offers Liao a good chance to help children whose parents are working far away (G) 去和他们在网上聊天.
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本周五下午3：00~5：00 |
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1. 书籍、衣物 2. 不要食物 ， 因不便保存 |
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通知家人和朋友 ， 一起来帮助受灾的人们 |
要求：1）结构完整，表达通顺，语言规范，书写清晰；
2）以上10个画线部分为必写要点；
3）文中不得出现任何真实的人名、学校名等信息；
4）80~100词。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Boys and girls, may I have your attention, please? ……
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Thank you for your attention and kindness!
