阅读短文,用英文填空或回答问题 (请注意每小题的词数要求)。Winston Churchill once said, "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." These are words that millions (百万) of volunteers around the world could certainly agree with.
People who volunteer spend their time offering help to others and don't ask for pay. For example, animal lovers may volunteer at an animal centre to help improve the treatment (治疗) of animals.
Volunteering allows volunteers to meet new people, try out new skills and ex-plore career choices(职业选择). For young adults, valuable (有价值的) lessons may also be learned through volunteering.
Take Andrew Makhoul, a student at the University of Pennsylvania, as an exam-ple. Andrew didn't spend his last spring break relaxing. Instead, the 19-year-old boy decided to do something for people who were less lucky than himself. He travelled to an orphanage(孤儿院) in Guatemala. It is in one of the poorest parts of the area. And it depends on volunteers to stay open.
Andrew doesn't speak much Spanish, but he found communication wasn't a problem. "You communicated with love," according to an article on his university's website. And what he gave out, he got back. "You could see love when you looked in their eyes." Andrew's first time as a volunteer only lasted a week , but by the end of that week, he knew he'd be back soon because he saw love and hope.
Sherry Anderson once wrote, "Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless ( 无价值的) , but because they're priceless." And this is perhaps why volunteers all around the world keep doing what they do-their work is "priceless".