I met many ________ as some people took volunteer work lightly. They felt it ________ time, or thought working without a salary was ________. Even some friends and relatives tried to persuade me to ________ volunteering. All of these got me to feel very ________ at some point, but I could not give up ________ it was an extremely worthwhile cause. I decided not to pay attention to their ________ but to concentrate on my work. One day, a group of young people came to me and said they were all ________ for the changes I had brought into their lives ________ peer (同龄人) education. I was so happy and realized when ________ our own judgment, we could create influences.

Every three minutes a child like Pedro was born with cleft lips (唇裂). This number doesn’t change even today. Pedro’s family_________Venezuela because of frequent natural disasters and moved across the border to a(n)_________in Colombia, where many homeless people stayed.

Two local_________there only had the capacity to treat the homeless in emergency situations, leaving even potentially deadly conditions like deft lips _________. Pedro’s mother, Marbelis, a quiet but_________woman, would do anything for her family. Marbelis had never_________up any hope of finding Pedro the_________help he so badly needed. For years, she had been watching her little boy_________in life. No matter how hard she_________, there was little she could do to help him. But he didn’t suffer from other diseases. Pedro was__________to avoid the severe health problems that could be caused by the cleft, but he__________the emotional scars of discrimination.

__________, just a few weeks after the family moved to a new home, another local hospital worker know Pedro and his__________for the cleft treatment, and his__________details were passed on to Operation Smile Colombia. The charity provided free, safe operations for those born with clefts like Pedro, who could not otherwise__________or afford medical care.

A few months later, after a comprehension health__________conducted in the renewal medical center, Pedro proved to be an ideal candidate for__________, Luckily, Pedro’s operation went very   __________and after an hour, he was safely back in the recovery room. After the operation, when Marbelis first saw him, she__________in excitement, “How handsome my son is!” Charity and kindness are global, and it’s a real surprise that Pedro’s__________has been improved in a foreign land.

Daniel Coper is the founder of Take a Kid to Fish, a non-profit voluntary organization which teaches fatherless kids through fishing. Ten years ago, Daniel noticed his six-year-old neighbor, Cameron, seemed_________. He would storm out of the house, shouting at his _________. One day, Daniel saw the boy outside and started a conversation. Cameron _________ his problem that his dad wasn’t in his life.

Daniel asked Cameron’s mother for _________ to take him fishing. Cameron was interested from that first trip. The two fished together several times a week, and Daniel saw _________ changes in Cameron’s behaviour. Soon Daniel _________ more kids in the neighbourhood in his activity.

Daniel and other ___________ regularly take 20 to 25 kids out fishing on a boat on weekends. Besides the neighbourhood, Daniel _________ the local orphanage(孤儿院) to invite the kids to spend the day on the water. Many have never been fishing or even on a boat, so Daniel starts by teaching the _________. Then come the life lessons that fishing ________ : patience, teamwork and the simple joy of ________ in the outdoors. So far, this organization has taken more than 600 fishing __________ with almost 2, 000 fatherless kids. Many kids choose to catch and __________ , but on a recent trip, they kept the fish and enjoyed their delicious fish meal that night.

Fishing did have a huge impact on children. __________ , if you know a child who you get on well with,__________ them to fishing.