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Every year thousands of young people in England finish school and then take a year off before 【小题1】 (start) work or go to university (大学). Some young people go to other 【小题2】 (country) and work as volunteers (志愿者). Volunteers give their time to help people. 【小题3】 example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they do something 【小题4】 (help) for the environment.

Paul, 18, comes from Wales. Next year he wants to go to university to study Chinese, but now he’s living in Belize. Paul says, “I 【小题5】 (work) with other people here to save the coral reefs (珊瑚礁) in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful, but if the sea water is 【小题6】 (serious) polluted, the coral will die. I’m helping to do research on the coral and the fish 【小题7】 live around the reefs. All over 【小题8】 world, coral reefs are dying. We need to do something about the problem before it’s too late.”

“I’m staying with a family here and I help do some housework. I don’t get any money, but that’s OK. I love my work here, and I’m learning a lot about the people of Belize—and 【小题9】 (I)! After I finish my work, I want to stay here for another three months. I want 【小题10】 (travel) around Belize and Central America.”