day 19helping

helping

Narrate the turn in a story with 不料, show effort with 好不容易, retell a story with a point, and tell a time you helped or were helped, ending with what it taught you.

words to say

• 志愿者 zhìyuànzhě · volunteer
• 公益 gōngyì · public good, charity
• 奉献 fèngxiàn · to devote, give
• 捐 juān · to donate
• 捐赠 juānzèng · to donate (things)
• 互助 hùzhù · mutual help
• 自愿 zìyuàn · voluntary; of one’s own will
• 感激 gǎnjī · grateful
• 回报 huíbào · to repay; return
• 热心 rèxīn · warm-hearted, eager to help
• 善良 shànliáng · kind-hearted

sentences

• 他是个热心人，经常去养老院做志愿者。 · He’s a warm-hearted man who often volunteers at an old people’s home.
• 这些衣服都是大家自愿捐的。 · All these clothes were given by people of their own free will.
• 帮助别人不一定是为了回报。 · Helping others isn’t necessarily about getting something back.
• 我们好不容易才把所有的书搬完。 · It took us ages, but we finally moved all the books.
• 以为没人会来，不料来了五十个人。 · We thought nobody would come, but fifty people turned up.

say it after the voice

• 他本来以为没人会来帮忙，不料第二天来了二十多个邻居。 · He thought nobody would come to help, but the next day more than twenty neighbours turned up.
• 大家好不容易才把店里的水弄干净，第二天又开门了。 · After a lot of work everyone finally cleared the water out of the shop, and it opened again the next day.
• 很多志愿者是自愿来的，他们帮助别人，并不是为了回报。 · Many volunteers come of their own accord: they help others not for anything in return.
• 我一直很感激那位老师，是她让我明白了什么是善良。 · I’ve always been grateful to that teacher: she showed me what kindness is.

questions to answer

• 为什么有的人愿意做志愿者？ · Why are some people willing to be volunteers?
• 你怎么看在网上捐钱？ · What do you think of donating money online?
• 学生该不该参加公益活动？ · Should students take part in charity and community work?

a passage to retell

• A noodle-shop owner gave a free bowl of noodles every day to the old people nearby who lived alone. One summer, a storm flooded his shop. Looking at the water in his shop, he thought it was all over. But early the next morning, those old people came with their families, carrying tools, to help. A week later, the shop opened again. Helping others, it turns out, is also helping yourself.

a passage to read aloud

上个星期六，我第一次去养老院做志愿者。出发以前，我有点儿紧张，不知道该跟老人们聊些什么。不料一进门，一位老太太就拉着我的手，问我吃早饭了没有。那天上午，我们一起包饺子，一起唱老歌。有位爷爷以前是音乐老师，他坐在钢琴前，弹了一首又一首。快走的时候，那位老太太把一个苹果塞到我手里，说下次一定要再来。回家的路上，我一直在想：我本来是去帮助别人的，结果却收到了这么多温暖。也许善良就是这样，你给出去一点，它会用另一种方式回报你。