节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-12-18
难易度:Medium
关键字:disadvantage, broken home, character trait, ensure, tremendously,
nutritious
Have you ever wondered how you can help with relief work?
Maybe they... maybe there's a skill that you have, some way that you can
volunteer to help other people who are in need.
Maybe you are really good at a certain subject, and you can help to tutor
someone in an after-school program.
Well, 1919 has this kind of after-school program in 24... or 204 different
churches around the island of Taiwan.
They're doing a great thing.
Let's continue learning now.
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1919.
Basic life skills such as bathing and good character traits, including honesty
and respect, are also taught.
Music, arts and crafts are included.
The community helps by donating vegetables or rice to ensure the students
receive a nutritious meal.
The kids wash the dishes afterwards.
The teachers visit each child's home to offer help if needed.
In 2010, this program was extended to junior high students.
"Collecting donations of any amount from friends and relatives is fulfilling.
People give $1,000, $5,000 or more or less.
Put together, it all adds up and helps tremendously," states Steven.
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There is a lot that can be done to help people who are in need.
So let's continue reading about this program.
We read:
Basic life skills such as bathing and good character traits, including honesty
and respect, are also taught.
So not only our students help with their homework but they learn a lot of very
important things like good character traits.
Now that is from our Word Bank.
Gabe, what are character traits?
Well, anything that describes your character is character traits.
And of course, we hope to develop good or positive character traits.
Some great character traits I think that we should all have are patience,
diligence, responsibility, humor, courage.
You want to have enthusiasm about the things that you're doing.
These are all great character traits.
Those are good character traits.
And some of the character traits that are taught in this program are honesty and
respect.
But that is not all that is taught here.
They do homework.
They do character traits.
Bathing, good hygiene, those are important.
And we read: Music, arts and crafts are also included... or are included.
So there are a lot of activities for these students to enjoy in this
after-school program.
All right. And we read here:
The community helps by donating vegetables or rice to ensure the students
receive a nutritious meal.
The community.
Now I'm not sure if this just means the community of the people inside the
churches,
or maybe the community in those neighborhoods are also giving to these kids in
need.
That's right.
And we see a word from our Word Bank in that sentence, the word ensure.
Now if you ensure something, then you guarantee that it will happen.
There's no question.
You want to make sure that something happens.
And here they want to ensure that these kids are able to get a good, nutritious
meal, that they won't be lacking in their nutrition.
OK. And what else can you ensure in life?
Well, of course if you order something online, the company will usually ensure
that it will arrive safely at your house within a certain number of days. OK.
So there are different ways to... use that word ensure.
And of course, this program ensures that students receive nutritious meals,
meals with a lot of nutritional value.
That's right.
So these kids will be able to stay healthy.
And we continue reading.
The kids wash the dishes afterward.
So not all of the work is placed on the teachers.
They're also teaching these children how to be responsible and clean up after
themselves by washing the dishes after the meal.
But that's not all. OK.
We continue learning about these teachers and their big hearts.
The teachers visit each child's home to offer help if needed.
All right. So it seems like these teachers really do care a lot for these kids.
They don't just help them at the church in an after-school program.
They also go to the kids' homes to see if they need help there.
This is very impressive considering many of these teachers are actually
volunteers.
Now we continue reading:
In 2010, this program was extended to junior high students.
So this isn't a program that's just for young children.
It's also including junior high students now.
OK. And we have one more quote here from Steven Pan:
Collecting donations of any amount from friends and relatives is fulfilling.
People give $1,000, $5,000 or more or less.
And put together, it all adds up and helps tremendously.
All right, so it adds up.
Let's take a look at that phrase.
If something adds up, that means maybe you have just a little bit here, a little
bit there and a little bit there, but added together, it makes a difference.
That's right.
So a lot of times I think of this when you save your change.
If you collect your change in a jar throughout the year, it can really add up.
You can save a lot of money that way, and then treat yourself to something nice.
Now that is a great thing to do.
Now of course you might also be in the habit of spending a lot of money but you
don't even know it.
Maybe you buy a cup of coffee every day, and you think it's not much money.
But then it all adds up after you think about the whole year and how much you
spend on the coffee.
So you want to make a positive difference in your life, not a negative
difference.
That's right.
And we see another word there in this sentence from our Word Bank: tremendously.
Now tremendously means extremely, greatly, a lot.
So here it means that the donations people make help a lot or in an extreme way.
And I am tremendously encouraged by what the CCRA, the Chinese Christian Relief
Association, does with the 1919 programs.
And of course I think many people are also encouraged.
Let's watch a video right now, and then we'll join Michelle in the Language Lab.
(Chinese).
Pay it forward with love.
(Chinese).
OK.
(Chinese).
And now let's see what the teachers are doing.
We have read a lot about 1919 and all of the programs that it includes:
bike programs, after-school programs and relief programs.
Now I wonder, would you be interested in getting involved in any of these? Gabe?
Well, yeah! You know, I've already done some of the bike programs.
I really enjoyed that.
I have not done the Ride for Love.
And that's when Steven said he got to meet a lot of people who were helped
through 1919.
I would be interested in doing that and also helping out with the disaster
relief program.
What about you, Carolyn?
Well, I wouldn't mind getting involved in the after-school program for
disadvantaged children.
I think it seems like a really worthwhile way to spend my time.
I think so, too.
Well, what about you?
Which one of these programs seems most appealing to you?
There are so many ways to get involved to help people who need it.
Thank you for joining us today.
And of course, we will see you next time right here at Studio Classroom.
See you.
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