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Dear Cathleen, How are you? I hope everything is going well. …I went to Linda’s home. I chatted with her and helped water the plants in the garden. After that I did some shopping for her. She said she was living a happy life with my help and the old people like her were not lonely any more. I enjoy my work. You know why? One of the reasons is that I feel younger when I help them…. Amanda 太原师院附中 徐宇涛 What does she do ? A volunteer. Peking University graduate Helping others changes my life. Yang Lei A volunteer teacher pupil She said helping others changed her life. mountain village rural area Did Yang Lei enjoy teaching in the mountain area? Read quickly to find out about Yang Lei’s opinion. How long did she stay in the school? Fast reading Each paragraph tells us what the pupils’ school life is. her feeling about her experience. where Yang Lei went and why she went there. how the life there was. what Yang Lei could do to help the pupils. Para. 1 Para. 2Para. 3Para. 4Para. 5 Scanning for details Careful reading Careful reading Complete the article with the words given as you read. Teaching high school students in a poor mountain village in Gansu Province may not ______ like fun to you. However, it changed the life of Yang Lei from Beijing. The Peking University graduate first went there as a ___________ on a one-year program. The program was started by the Ministry of Education and the Chinese Young 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. _____________, Yang Lei’s mother agreed with her daughter’s decision. She said that both she and her husband thought this was a good idea. “ Young people to