Transcript Document

Section 1 Before you read
People who need help
old people
Something we can do
for them
We can clean their
home.
Section 2 While you read
She said helping others
changed her life.
Teaching high school students
in a poor mountain village in
Gansu province may not sound like fun to you.
However, it___the life of Yang Lei from Beijing.
The Peking University graduate first went there
as a volunteer on a one-year program. The
program was started by the Ministry of Education
and the Chinese Pioneers. Every year they send 100
volunteers to teach in China’s rural areas.
Life in the ___was a new experience for
Yang Lei. Her village was 2,000 meters
above sea level, and at first the thin air
made her feel sick. The food was very
simple—She said that both she and her
husband thought this was a good idea.
“Young people today need to
experience ___things,” she said.
Most of the pupils live in school
dormitories. They work very hard. They
get up at 5am and read books until
11pm. They love having the volunteer
teachers there. “There is no difference
between you and them,” said Yang Lei.
“They say that we are like big ___or
sisters to them, and they feel lucky.”
Some of the students may not be able to go to
senior high school or college. Families are poor
and there often isn’t money for education. “I can’t
do anything about that,” says Yang Lai, “but I can
open up my students’ eyes to the outside ___and
give them a good start in life.” She said she likes
being a good influence in the children’s lives.
Yang Lei enjoys her time as a volunteer very
much. When her year was over, she said that she
would return to the area after finishing her
studies. She now works as a math teacher at a
high school in the city of Pingliang, Gansu
Province.
She said helping others changed her life.
Teaching high school students in a poor mountain village in
Gansu province may not sound like fun to you. However, it
changed the life of Yang Lei from Bejing. The Peking University
graduate first went there as a volunteer on a one-year program.
The program was started by the Ministry of Education and the
Chinese Pioneers. Every year they send 100 volunteers to teach
in China’s rural areas.
Life in the mountains was a new experience for Yang Lei. Her
village was 2,000 meters above sea level, and at first the thin air
made her feel sick. The food was very simple—teachers ate
porridge three times a day. Fortunately, Yang Lei’s mother
agreed with her.She said that both she and her husband thought
this was a good idea. “Young people today need to experience
different things,” she said.
Most of the pupils live in school dormitories. They work very
hard. They get up at 5am and read books until 11pm. They love
having the volunteer teachers there. “There is no difference
between you and them,” said Yang Lei. “They say that we are
like big brothers or sisters to them, and they feel lucky.”
Some of the students may not be able to go to
senior high school or college. Families are poor
and there often isn’t money for education. “I can’t
do anything about that,” says Yang Lai, “but I can
open up my students’ eyes to the outside world
and give them a good start in life.” She said she
likes being a good influence in the children’s lives.
Yang Lei enjoys her time as a volunteer very
much. When her year was over, she said that she
would return to the area after finishing her
studies. She now works as a math teacher at a
high school in the city of Pingliang, Gansu
Province.
Section 3 After you read
Yang lei’s students
hometown
mountain village in
Gansu province
food
teachers
time to get up
time to finish
studying
You
Yang lei’s students
hometown
mountain village in
Gansu province
food
porridge
teachers
volunteers
time to get up
5 am
time to finish
studying
11 pm
You