SKILLS 1

Bright Future School has many community activities for students. The school believes that a good way for students to develop themselves is through community service. All students can join any of these different projects:

- Tutoring: Upper grade students tutor teach||every month||give||give and receive||pleased lower grade students.

- Postcard-to-Help: Students make and sell postcards to raise money for local children.

- Visit-to-Read: Students visit a nursing home monthly every month||give||give and receive||pleased||teach and read books to the elderly.

- Garden-to-Give: Students grow vegetables and donate give||teach||every month||give and receive||pleased them to local schools.

- Paper-Plant-Exchange: Students collect paper and exchange give and receive||teach||every month||give||pleased it for plants. They then look after the plants in their school garden.

Students learn that they can help people and the world around them when they do community service. They feel useful and proud pleased||teach||every month||give||give and receive because they do good things.

• 1. Nick likes reading books. He has a very nice voice, and he is also patient. || C. Visit-to-Read
• 2. Ann is very good at maths and literature. She also loves children. || A. Tutoring
• 3. Minh loves collecting and making postcards. || B. Postcard-to-Help
• 4. Mark loves nature. He likes watching programmes about plants. He also likes being outdoors. || D. Garden-to-Give
• 5. Tom likes collecting newspapers. || E. Paper-Plant-Exchange

Volunteer work among Vietnamese students

Hue, 17 years old: Being able to make a difference in the lives of people is a wonderful thing to me. That's why I take part in volunteer work. I've been a volunteer for over three years. Once or twice a week, usually on weekends, I teach English and Math to poor children in Long Bien district. My friends and I also encourage other people to donate books to them. We also tutor some young children who can't go to school.

Ngan, 13 years old: My family spends one Saturday morning a month collecting rubbish or planting trees in our neighbourhood. We are not forced or paid to do it, but we enjoy it. In our village, most families volunteer to do this once a month. We cook and give food to patients in some hospitals. My parents also donate their blood once or twice a year to help sick people. At the end of each year, people in my village raise money for poor and homeless people. We love helping others.

Question: Hue loves to make a difference in the lives of people.

1. True
2. False

Volunteer work among Vietnamese students

Hue, 17 years old: Being able to make a difference in the lives of people is a wonderful thing to me. That's why I take part in volunteer work. I've been a volunteer for over three years. Once or twice a week, usually on weekends, I teach English and Math to poor children in Long Bien district. My friends and I also encourage other people to donate books to them. We also tutor some young children who can't go to school.

Ngan, 13 years old: My family spends one Saturday morning a month collecting rubbish or planting trees in our neighbourhood. We are not forced or paid to do it, but we enjoy it. In our village, most families volunteer to do this once a month. We cook and give food to patients in some hospitals. My parents also donate their blood once or twice a year to help sick people. At the end of each year, people in my village raise money for poor and homeless people. We love helping others.

Question: Hue started volunteering when she was 14 years old.

1. True
2. False

Volunteer work among Vietnamese students

Hue, 17 years old: Being able to make a difference in the lives of people is a wonderful thing to me. That's why I take part in volunteer work. I've been a volunteer for over three years. Once or twice a week, usually on weekends, I teach English and Math to poor children in Long Bien district. My friends and I also encourage other people to donate books to them. We also tutor some young children who can't go to school.

Ngan, 13 years old: My family spends one Saturday morning a month collecting rubbish or planting trees in our neighbourhood. We are not forced or paid to do it, but we enjoy it. In our village, most families volunteer to do this once a month. We cook and give food to patients in some hospitals. My parents also donate their blood once or twice a year to help sick people. At the end of each year, people in my village raise money for poor and homeless people. We love helping others.

Question: Ngan collects rubbish in the neighbourhood with her family on Saturday mornings.

1. True
2. False

Volunteer work among Vietnamese students

Hue, 17 years old: Being able to make a difference in the lives of people is a wonderful thing to me. That's why I take part in volunteer work. I've been a volunteer for over three years. Once or twice a week, usually on weekends, I teach English and Math to poor children in Long Bien district. My friends and I also encourage other people to donate books to them. We also tutor some young children who can't go to school.

Ngan, 13 years old: My family spends one Saturday morning a month collecting rubbish or planting trees in our neighbourhood. We are not forced or paid to do it, but we enjoy it. In our village, most families volunteer to do this once a month. We cook and give food to patients in some hospitals. My parents also donate their blood once or twice a year to help sick people. At the end of each year, people in my village raise money for poor and homeless people. We love helping others.

Question: Ngan's family doesn't like volunteering.

1. True
2. False

Volunteer work among Vietnamese students

Hue, 17 years old: Being able to make a difference in the lives of people is a wonderful thing to me. That's why I take part in volunteer work. I've been a volunteer for over three years. Once or twice a week, usually on weekends, I teach English and Math to poor children in Long Bien district. My friends and I also encourage other people to donate books to them. We also tutor some young children who can't go to school.

Ngan, 13 years old: My family spends one Saturday morning a month collecting rubbish or planting trees in our neighbourhood. We are not forced or paid to do it, but we enjoy it. In our village, most families volunteer to do this once a month. We cook and give food to patients in some hospitals. My parents also donate their blood once or twice a year to help sick people. At the end of each year, people in my village raise money for poor and homeless people. We love helping others.

Question: Many families in Ngan's village do volunteer work.

1. True
2. False

Volunteer work among Vietnamese students

Hue, 17 years old: Being able to make a difference in the lives of people is a wonderful thing to me. That's why I take part in volunteer work. I've been a volunteer for over three years. Once or twice a week, usually on weekends, I teach English and Math to poor children in Long Bien district. My friends and I also encourage other people to donate books to them. We also tutor some young children who can't go to school.

Ngan, 13 years old: My family spends one Saturday morning a month collecting rubbish or planting trees in our neighbourhood. We are not forced or paid to do it, but we enjoy it. In our village, most families volunteer to do this once a month. We cook and give food to patients in some hospitals. My parents also donate their blood once or twice a year to help sick people. At the end of each year, people in my village raise money for poor and homeless people. We love helping others.

Question: Ngan's parents encourage people to donate blood to help sick people.

1. True
2. False

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It is the first time I have done  work.

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We have  to this village to do volunteer work several times.

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On the way home I  an old lady go across the road.

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We provided foods for the  in the hospital last week.

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Up to now, my class has collected hundreds of old books and clothes for the poor children in areas.

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My friend opened the evening for the poor children.

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Youth volunteers regularly the streets and plant more trees.

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I blood for the first time almost a year ago.

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The storm was terrible. Many homes were destroyed and many people became .