Do you do the same things every Saturday? Do your homework, play some games, watch TV? It sounds nice, but it can get boring, right? You can try something different. More and more teenagers are choosing to do volunteer work in their free time. There are lots of ways you can volunteer, including raising money for charity, helping in a park, or even carrying someone's shopping bags home.
Volunteering not only helps others, it also has advantages (益处) for your own wellbeing.
Volunteering can make you feel better about your life. It also teaches you some important skills, such as teamwork, communication, problem solving (解决) and task planning. You will need these skills in your workplace when you grow up. Volunteering has other advantages too, such as improving self - confidence and making friends.
So how to choose a volunteer job? Think about what you like as well as what you would like to try. If you love sports, you can help coach younger players. If you want to ▲, then join a litter - picking group. Many teens happily spend many hours helping at an animal shelter (庇护所) near their home.
Don't forget that you already have lots of knowledge, skills and energy that could be really useful to the team you volunteer with. Organizations report that teenagers bring new ideas and help them do things that would be impossible without young volunteers. You can get a lot out of volunteering, and you have a lot to give too. So why not give it a try?
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1. How many advantages of volunteering does Paragraph 3 talk about?
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2. What can be filled in “ ▲ ” in Paragraph 4?
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3. What's the writer's purpose of writing the passage?
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4. What volunteer work would you like to try? Why?
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1. Four.
2. Protect the environment/Make our city cleaner.
3. To ask teenagers to be volunteers.
4. I’d like to be a volunteer in old people’s home. Because they are lonely and in need of our help.