Teenage Volunteers
Every year thousands of teenagers
work as volunteers. They work with
animals, protect the environment,
or help people in poor areas. In
return, they learn important new
skills. We spoke to two teenage
volunteers.
I
xxx 1 (do) voluntary work twice a week with a group
called Green
Space. They
xxx 2 (work) in the south side of my city
and next year
they
xxx 3 (change) some really ugly places into
parks. I
xxx 4
(plant)
trees and picking up rubbish, painting walls, and doing lots of other
things to help them.
I was a bit shy before I started, but now I
xxx 5
(meet) really nice
people from all over the city and I
xxx 6 (make) some
new friends. It’s
good fun, but we’re all very tired at the end of the day and then I have
to cycle home!
Tina Martin, 14, the UK
Teenage Volunteers
When I first came to Pine Ridge, I was
very surprised. The houses in
Pine Ridge are very old and many
of them haven’t got electricity or
water! A lot of people here haven’t got
jobs, so they’re very poor. We
xxx 7 (help) to repair their
houses and
we
xxx 8 (paint) the local school. I think I was a bit selfish
before I
volunteered to work with Schools Together. I knew there were many
poor people in the US, but I never really thought about the problem.
I
xxx 9 (meet) lots of really nice kids in Pine Ridge and I
xxx 10 (make)
some important decisions about my life, too. I think I
xxx 11
(study)
medicine when I’m older and become a doctor.
Todd Billings, 14, the US