Life in the mountains was a new experience for Yang Lei, a volunteer from Peking University.
Her village was 2, 000 metres above sea level (海平面) and at first the1air made her feel sick. The 2 was very simple-teachers ate porridge three times a day. Luckily. Luckily. Yang Lei's mother agreed with her daughter's 3. She said that both she and her husband thought this was a good idea. "Young people today need to 4different things. " she said.
Most of the5 lived in school dormitories (宿舍)They worked very hard. They got up at 5:00 a. m. and read books until 11:00 a. m. They loved having the volunteer teachers there. " There's no difference between you and them. "" says Yang Lei" They say that we are like big brothers or sisters to them, and they feel 6. "
For some certain reasons, some of the students may not be able to go to senior high school or 7. Families were 8and there often wasn't enough money for education. "I can do nothing about that, " says Yang Lei, " "but l can 9my students' eyes to the outside world and give them a good. 10in life. " She says she likes being a good influence(影响) on the children's lives.
