me. I sometimes feel very emotional while listening to them. I record their voices. One
day I am planning to publish a book which will contain their stories.
- Hi! My name is John. I have recently begun volunteering in a web-based program. We
chat for one hour per week with students in a chat room and talk to them about their
life, schooling or career options. I am really excited about this opportunity
because in this way I can help children in school.
- Hi! I am Banu. Last week I started visiting an elderly woman who doesn’t have any
relatives. She can’t really move around so much, so I do her shopping. I also do her
ironing and cleaning. For her, my visits are very special. When I visit her, she
loves telling me her life story. Yesterday I took her for a walk in a wheelchair.
Just imagine, the poor woman had stayed inside her house for more than five years.
Our walk lasted about two hours and she enjoyed it very much.
- Hi! I am Sam. Last year I started volunteering in the community vegetable garden.
You know that’s a kind of garden where community members grow vegetables in their
free time. I noticed that there were many people who needed help with heavy work.
So, I had a strong desire to help those people. Now I dig the garden, water the
vegetables and carry heavy buckets of vegetables. Most of all, I enjoy carrying
heavy buckets for others who are not as strong as me. I feel really helpful then. I
don’t get paid for the work I do, but it is OK for me. It’s great fun and I have
made a lot of friends.
Track 4
- launch - start an activity, especially an organised one
- break out - start suddenly
- rightful - correct
- realise - understand
- liberate - free
- triumph - victory
- stand up for somebody/something - defend or support somebody or something
- martyr - a person who sacrifices his/her life for the sake of the motherland