After a long day, Zhang Tian finally got back to his small room, (feel) tired. Coming to Guizhou to teach had been quite experience for him. Zhang Tian (graduate) from university and got a teacher's certificate last year. He (inspire) by the idea of living (depend) away from home. Zhang Tian travelled to the village an eager heart. There was a playground got dusty on (wind) days. The thought of leaving once flashed his mind, but he quickly gave up on the idea. The villagers treated him one of them.

Do you want to be a volunteer on weekends or during the vacation? The voluntary work can help you make more friends and learn new skills. The most important thing is that you can get some useful guides (指导) to your future job. Here are some places for you to do voluntary work.

Hospitals

Are you interested in medicine? Do you enjoy helping patients? The volunteering in the local hospital may be the right thing for you. There are many volunteer chances for children between 13 and 16 years old. They include (包括) transporting (运送) patients with a nurse, talking to them and reading to them.

Nursing homes

Are you interested in helping the old people? Then you can go to a nursing home. You can do the following work: pushing wheelchairs (轮椅), talking with the old people, helping them write letters and so on.

Garden centers

If you like gardening, pay attention to the notices (通知) of local garden centers. Chances may include planting trees, watering flowers and looking after plants. You're sure to improve your gardening skills by working as a volunteer in a garden center ________.

Libraries

Do you enjoy working in the local libraries? Some volunteers in the libraries are between 12 and 18. The libraries offer some chances such as computer center helpers and children's program helpers.

There was once a boy called Mario who loved to have lots of friends at school. However, he wasn't sure whether or not his classmates were his true friends, so he asked his grandpa. The old man answered, "I have just exactly what you need; it's in the attic (阁楼). Wait here for a minute."

Grandpa left, soon returning as though carrying something in his hand, but Mario could see nothing there. "Take it. It's a very special chair. Because it's invisible (无形的), it's rather difficult to sit on; but if you take it to school and you manage to sit on it, you'll be able to tell who your true friends are."

Mario took the strange invisible chair and went to school. At break time he asked everyone to form a circle, and he put himself in the middle, with his chair. "Nobody move. You're about to see something amazing," Mario said.

Then Mario tried sitting on the chair. He missed and fell straight onto his backside. Everyone had a pretty good laugh. Mario wouldn't be beaten. He kept trying to sit on the magic chair, and kept falling to the ground ...until, suddenly, he tried again and didn't fall. This time he sat, hovering (悬停) in mid­air.

Looking around, Mario saw George, Lucas, and Diana—three of his best friends—holding him up, so he wouldn't fall. At the same time, many others he had thought of as friends were doing nothing but make fun of him, enjoying each and every fall.

Leaving with his three friends, Mario explained to them how his grandpa had so cleverly thought of such a good idea. Mario was quite thankful to his grandpa, who helped him test who his true friends were. Those who take joy in our misfortunes (不幸) when we are in difficulty are not our true friends.

How to Remember What You Read

Reading is important. But the next step is making sure that you remember what you've read! You may have just read the text, but the ideas, concepts and images (形象) may fly right out of your head. Here are a few tricks for remembering what you read.

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If the plot, characters, or word usage is confusing for you, you likely won't be able to remember what you read. It's a bit like reading a foreign language. If you don't understand what you're reading, how would you remember it? But there are a few things you can do... Use a dictionary; look up the difficult words.

●Are you connected?

Does a character remind you of a friend? Does the setting make you want to visit the place? Does the book inspire you, and make you want to read more? With some books, you may feel a connection right away. How willing are you to make the connections happen?

●Read it; hear it; be it!

Read the lines. Then, speak them out loud. And, put some characters into the words. When he was writing his novels, Charles Dickens would act out the parts of the characters. He'd make faces in the mirror, and change his voice for each character.

●How often do you read?

If you read frequently, you'll likely have an easier time with remembering what you're reading (and what you've read). As you make reading a regular part of your life, you'll make more connections, stay more focused and understand the text better. You'll learn to enjoy literature—as you remember what you read!

A. Are you confused?

B. Practice makes perfect.

C. What's your motivation?

D. Memory is sometimes a tricky thing.

E. Marking helps you remember what you read.

F. But other books require a bit more work on your part.

G. You can do the same thing when you are reading the text!

Jake and Max Klein are twin brothers who have a passion for volunteering. Their family have always done community1. At a young age, they chose to 2 family's gifts at their birthday parties, but asked them to donate money to a charity. When they were seven, Jake and Max were interested in 3 with a family friend at the local homeless shelter to help cook. 4, he turned them down because they were too 5 and they had to be fourteen to cook. This led them on an endless 6 to come up with a way to help other kids who were also facing a 7 challenging: wanting to help but 8 because of their age.

So, Kids That Do Good was 9 to show ways to kids or adults, at any age, they could join the community and make a 10. The small 11 has grown into a large website that brings thousands of 12 visitors each year. Jake and Max say that their website brings 35,000 unique viewers, of those viewers, Kids That Do Good has 13 kids to 16,000 organizations.

Jake and Max are 14 with school and after­class activities and other community service promises. Kids That Do Good also has blog posts that advise kids on 15 their own charitable event.

Some people thought in 1941 the Nazi army stole the Amber Room, was once called the eighth wonder of the world. Others believed that it (destroy) by the Nazi army in World War Ⅱ. In fact, nobody knows exactly happened to it.

It is certain that the Amber Room was (high) thought of. It was a great treasure decorated with gold and jewels. Afterwards, Catherine Ⅱ had more details (add) to it. Just imagine how (amaze) it was! So is no wonder that many people have been looking for it since it went missing. The search came to no end.

In order to celebrate the 300th birthday of St. Petersburg, the Russians and Germans decided to rebuild it by (study) old photos of the former Amber Room. The rebuilding lasted 24 years and showed the world new Amber Room, attracting millions of (visitor) around the world.