Volunteering abroad is great. Not only do you travel to an exotic country, you also meet like-minded people, and at the end of it all you have something to put on your CV to impress employers with. But did you ever stop to think about how great it is for the people on the receiving end?
In this context, Daniela Papi has a point---foreigners rushing heroically to volunteer in a country they’ve never heard of are unlikely to make a difference. But turning volunteering camps into classrooms, as Papi seems to advocate in her article, risks throwing the baby out with the bath water by putting people off of volunteering.
Rather, learning should be a natural part of the experience, and the key to creating such an environment is positioning everyone as equals. In order for that to happen, volunteers need competent leaders who create an environment of equality:
When, a few years ago, I joined a group of international volunteers to help a small farming community in the Swiss Alps, we were all quite ignorant about the local conditions. But thanks to our group leader, it was both a helpful project for the locals and a fun and eye-opening experience for us.Before we had even traveled (at our own expense) to the mountaintop village, our group leader had spent time with the villagers preparing the project to make sure it would be of benefit to them. She arranged for us to help in different areas, ensuring that we always worked alongside locals rather than for them. It was never "us" and "them", but always "we", like a big family. As a result, conversation flowed and we learned a great deal just by casually talking to the locals as we worked.At the end, we left with a deep appreciation for the labor of love that goes into producing the food we eat every day一一an appreciation we could treasure ourselves and share with our peers.
Volunteering isn't about saving someone's life, or even about changing it. It's about touching a different world and reminding ourselves that there is much, much more to life than the daily routines we take for granted.With that knowledge, maybe, just maybe, we can go on to really change the world.
By Lukas Thibaut
1.From Paragraphs 1 and 2, we can learn that____in international volunteering.
A. foreigners are not welcome in some local communities
B. blind enthusiasm fails to make the experience rewarding
C. the author agrees with Daniela Papi's opinions
D. international volunteering is actually a poor approach to education
2.The underlined word "that" in Paragraph 3 refers to___,
A. a natural part of the experience
B.the learning of volunteering
C. creating such an environment
D. positioning everyone as equals
3.What contributed to the success of the author's volunteering project in the Alps?
A . The volunteers were quite familiar with Swiss farmers' lives.
B. The volunteers worked in areas separated from the locals.
C. The group leader ensured that the project would be beneficial to both sides.
D. The group leader ensured that the volunteers got to know the local conditions.
4.From the author's viewpoint, what should international volunteers avoid?
A. Placing themselves above the locals.
B. Taking food for granted.
C. Disrespecting others' labor.
D. Being proud of volunteering.
5.Which best describes the author's attitude toward international volunteering?
A. Objective. B. Doubtful.
C. Disapproving. D. Supportive.
1.B
2.D
3.C
4.A
5.A
【解析】
試題分析:如何做好志愿者服務,要創(chuàng)設一個雙方公平的環(huán)境,使得雙方得到互利。
1.Papi在她的文章中所主張的——把志愿者服務營變成課堂,不讓人們參加志愿者服務,相當于良莠不分一齊拋掉。故正確答案為B.
2.positioning everyone as equals”(能平等地定位每個人). 也可由該句對志愿者所需要的領導者進行限定的定語從句“who create an environment of equality”(是個能創(chuàng)設一個平等環(huán)境的人),可知是“為了讓一個平等/對等的環(huán)境出現”,故them指代的是選項D.
3.But thanks to our group leader, it was both a helpful project for the locals and a fun and eye-opening experience for us.”和“She arranged for us to help in different areas, ensuring that we always worked alongside locals rather than for them. It was never "us" and "them", but always "we", like a big family. ”可知作者在Alps的志愿者行動成功是由于組織領導者創(chuàng)設了一個平等的對雙方都互利的環(huán)境。故正確答案為C.
4.
5. A. Objective.“客觀的”; B. Doubtful.“懷疑的”;C. Disapproving.“不同意,不贊成的”;D. Supportive.“支持的”,通讀文章可知,作者支持人們用正確的方式(平等的環(huán)境互利雙方)來進行志愿者服務,所以作者對待志愿者服務的態(tài)度是客觀的,故正確答案為A.
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