Giving is better than taking.

1.Do you often help others? 2. Who do you often help? 3. How do you help them? 4. Who do you think need help?

People who need helpSth. We can do for them Old people We can clean their houses. Think of people who need help? Write some ideas and discuss them with your partner. 残疾人

The world will be more beatiful if you are helpful.

She said helping others changed her life.

阅读时首先应该读懂大概意思，不要注意细节。 如果有不认识的单词可以根据上下文来理解。

1.The writer will tell us a helpful girl. 2.The children have a rich and comfortable life. 3.The girl is the teacher of the children’s. 2a. Tell the statement T or F T F T

2b. Read and tell True or False. 1.Teaching high school students in a poor mountain may sound difficult for many people. 2. It was the last time for Yang Lei to live in the mountains. 3. Most pupils live far from school. 4. All the students can go to a higher school. 5. Yang Lei loved her time as a volunteer. T F T F T

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Young Lei’s studentsYou HometownMountain village in Gansu Province Food Teachers Time to get up Time to finish studying very simple volunteers 5 am 11 pm 3a What is life like for you and Yang Lei’s students?

3b Answer the following questions

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1. What did Yang Lei’s mother say about her daughter’s volunteer work? 2. What did the children say about their volunteer teachers? 3. How did Yang Lei say she could help? 4. What did Yang Lei say about her time as a volunteer? She said that both she and her husband thought this was a good idea. Young people today needed to experience different things. The children said that the teachers were like big brothers or sisters to them and they felt lucky. Yang Lei said she would open up her students’ eyes to the outside world and gave them a good start in life. Yang Lei said she enjoyed her time as a volunteer very much. 3b Answer the following questions

Write a summary of the reading. Use no more than 100 words. Get the main sentence for each paragraph.

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Teaching high school students is a one year program that started by the Ministry of Education and the Chinese Young Pioneers. Yang Lei is one of the volunteers. Life in the village for her was difficult. The pupils love having the volunteer teachers there. Some of the students’ families are poor and there often isn’t money for education. Yang Lei enjoued her time as a volunteer very much. Teaching high school students is a one year program that started by the Ministry of Education and the Chinese Young Pioneers. Yang Lei is one of the volunteers. Life in the village for her was difficult. The pupils love having the volunteer teachers there. Some of the students’ families are poor and there often isn’t money for education. Yang Lei enjoued her time as a volunteer very much. Write a summary of the reading. Use no more than 100 words.

The world will be more beatiful if you are helpful.