Hello, boys and girls. We need some volunteers. Do you have ______ on Children’s Day? Are you good ______ children? Can you ______ funny stories? Can you sing ______ dance? We need help at the Children’s home. Please join us. Then we need you ______ in the Students’ Sports Center, too. Are you ______ on weekends? Are you good at ______ sports? Can you ______ English? Please come and help us with sports for English-speaking students. It’s relaxing and fun and it’s also good exercise for you. If you are interested in these ______, please call Mr. Zhang at 552-9988 or e-mail ______ at Mr. Zhang123@163.com.

“Volunteering makes you ________ at the world differently. You can see how little things can change a person’s life for the ________.” says Mason, one of the volunteers this year.

To encourage more people to become volunteers, the National Volunteer Week ________ every April in many countries. However, it is not easy to take the first stop ________ people will worry about not being able to meet the organization’s expectations（预期）. Not having enough time also prevents some from ________ their abilities.

The following tips can help if you have some of these worries.

Start out slowly and don’t add too much pressure. Even ________ hours a month can make a big difference in someone’s life.

Take part in a training meeting for new volunteers before you work, and you can deal with the work ________.

Work with an experienced volunteer. He ________ help you understand the organization’s expectations.

Invite a friend or family member to serve. It is a good experience ________ with them.

Finally, it is important to remember that not all volunteer experiences are perfect. If one experience doesn’t work, don’t give ________ and you’ll surely find the right opportunity.

Some people have a very poor sense of direction. Unluckily, I am one of them. I have visited ________ place many times but I may still get lost there the next time.

When I was a little girl, I was very shy and never asked others the way. And so I ________ walked round in circle and hoped that by chance I would get to the place I was going to.

Now, I am no longer too shy to ask people for ________, but I often receive helpless or even wrong information. So I try to avoid giving people ________ directions. If anyone ________ me the way somewhere, I will say, “Sorry, I am a stranger here.”

Once on my way to work I was stopped by a man on a street corner. He asked me ________ tell him the way to the Friendship Building. I gave _________ my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps, I realized that he had asked the way ________ my office building. However, I had no time to turn back and look for him. At that time, I ________ to meet with someone at my office and I didn’t want to keep him waiting.

When I just got to my office, the secretary showed in the man _________ had asked me for the direction. Imagine how embarrassed I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at the first sight!