You may see people in need on the TV news after earthquakes or other disasters（灾难）. Perhaps you are walking past 1 people who are living on the streets. Or maybe you are going to an old people's home and want to do 2 helpful for the old there. What can we do to help the people who are in 3? The answer 4 volunteering.
Volunteering means 5 some of your free time helping others. You may 6 to help others. And you can also volunteer 7 animals, the environment, or do other things. Volunteering helps others, 8 it can help you, too.
Volunteering can let you see your own life 9 new ways. Sometimes it's easy 10 about things like grades or get angry 11 you don't have the newest computer game. Volunteering lets you spend some time thinking about 12 for a while.
Many people find that they 13 enjoy volunteering. Volunteer experiences often put you in a different place. And you will make a 14 in the world. You'll know that, thanks to you, some kids will have warm coats, hats and shoes. I believe you'll feel 15.
When I was a junior high school student in 1980, God gave me a gift - it was happiness. One weekend, I went to visit my grandparents in the countryside.
Several days later when I woke up at the hospital, I realized I had to spend the rest of my life without arms. I was full of fears. But slowly I knew I had to face the fact and got over it. I couldn't get my arms back even though I cried every day.
However, it's easier said than done. I got so much from my past story. From then on, I could treat my life with a normal mind. But in our daily life, I often see my classmates get worried about little things：; their bus comes late; they don't have a mobile phone but others have. But I only enjoy life. I was lucky to realize from an accident：It's a waste of our life to focus on what you have lost. We should always think of what we have. So why are so many people unhappy? Someone may say, "My whole life would improve if I have a new car. " But when you get the car and what happens? For a whole week you are walking on air. Then you go right back to being unhappy.
It's in our heart. It's a state of mind, even though you own the whole world, you may still feel unhappy. Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating（感激）and taking pleasure in what you really have.
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A. Happiness depends on（取决于）what we have. B. They get bad grades on a test. C. How sad I felt at that time! D. On my way home a car hit me and I was badly hurt. E. It took me nearly half a year to get out of the sadness completely. |
No one is alone in this world. （volunteer）is becoming more and more popular among people. It is said that there （be） more and more younger volunteers in China in a few years, but there is no need （wait）! Please try （become）a volunteer today!
Yang Lei and Xu Hui come from the same city. Both of them like to spend their free time （help）other people. Yang Lei often goes to the hospital. There he can talk to patients and （read）to patients. Xu Hui （teach）students in a poor mountain village in Gansu Province as a volunteer. She used （be）a teacher in a big school in Beijing. Life there （stay）very hard, but it is always full of joy. So she doesn't mind （live）there. She loves her students.
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