[00:08.70]Lesson 49 1.Read and act
[00:14.94]Samuel,you don't look so well.
[00:19.38]Are you feeling all right?
[00:22.73]Not really,I have a bad headache.
[00:27.90]You've been working too hard helping to stop the flood.
[00:33.96]But there is so much to do,and the water keeps coming!
[00:39.42]I think we need to take you to hospital.
[00:43.78]No,I'll be all right.
[00:46.84]Well,at least go home and get some rest,OK? OK.
[00:53.00]3.Read and act
[00:57.08]Hey Ron,can you help me collect things for a charity?
[01:03.14]Sure.What do you need?
[01:07.08]We need food,clothes,tents and lots of help.
[01:13.56]Where are you sending these things?
[01:17.51]To Inner Mongolia.There are floods in the southern part of the region.
[01:24.04]Where do we get these things?
[01:27.69]We need to ask people in our neighbourhood.
[01:32.06]Many people have extra clothes and food that they are willing to give.
[01:38.12]OK. Let's get started!
[01:45.85]Lesson 50
[01:48.77]2. Read Mother Teresa
[01:54.05]"Charity begins at home" is an English saying.
[01:59.51]It means that we should be kind
[02:03.66]and give a lot to our relatives and to people near us.
[02:09.12]But it doesn't mean that charity should "end at home".
[02:14.48] Charity took one famous lady far away from her home.
[02:20.64]Mother Teresa spent most of her life in Calcutta,India.
[02:26.60]She was born in Yugoslavia in 1910.
[02:32.06]When she was 18 years old she decided to become a nun.
[02:38.90]Soon after words,she was sent to India.
[02:43.97]At first,she worked in a school in Calcutta.
[02:49.33]Most of the students were from rich families,
[02:54.05]and Mother Teresa's life was rather comfortable.
[02:58.89]After 20 years,
[03:02.52]she felt that God wanted her to leave the school and help poor people.
[03:09.28]First she opened a small school that was free.
[03:14.85]Some of her old students came to help her at her new school.
[03:20.72]In 1950 she started the Missionaries of Charity that was made up of nuns.
[03:28.77] At that time,Calcutta was a very poor city,as it still is today.
[03:36.82]Many people went there from the country,hopeing to find work.
[03:42.77]They often had nowhere to stay,
[03:46.85]so they had to live on the streets or under bridges.
[03:52.59]In Calcutta's hot and humid climate,it was easy for them to get sick.
[03:59.73]Hospitals in Calcutta couldn't treat the large number of sick people.
[04:06.70]Besides,they would not take in patients who were dying.
[04:12.34] It was these poor and sick people that Mother Teresa decided to help.
[04:19.32]In 1952,she opened the first Home for the Dying.
[04:26.16]Some people didn't like it because they were afraid of having dying people in their neighbourhood.
[04:33.53]They also thought the nuns were trying to get them to change their religion.
[04:39.30]But slowly the people changed their minds.
[04:44.34]They began to see all the good that Mother Teresa and her nuns were doing.
[04:50.40]Later,Mother Teresa became very famous,
[04:55.16]and received a lot of money from people who wanted to support he work.
[05:01.22]In 1979 she won the Nobel Peace Prize.
[05:07.28]More people have begun to do charity work since then.
[05:12.24]Now there are Homes for the Dying in many different countries.
[05:17.88] Mother Teresa died in 1997,
[05:22.85]but she is still remembered all over the world for what she did for the poor.
[05:29.01]She is also remembered for her words of wisdom.
[05:33.87]She once said,"Do not only give others your care,but also your love."
[05:45.73]Lesson 51 1. Read and act
[05:52.21]Excuse me.Would you like to sponsor us?
[05:57.36]Sponsor you? What do you mean?
[06:02.03]Well,our class is running a race next weekend.
[06:07.67]We are asking people to give us money after we've done it.
[06:13.55]I see.But what are you going to do with the money you get?
[06:19.43]Are you going to spend it on something for your school?
[06:24.29]No.We're going to give the money to charity
[06:29.43]What kind of charity? "They Missionaries of Charity".
[06:34.79]What do they do?
[06:37.74]They look after people who are poor and sick in different parts of the world.
[06:44.69]Sounds good.I'll give you 200 yuan.
[06:49.84]Oh.Thank you very much!
[06:57.78]Lesson 52 2.Read
[07:04.15]Read the short passage below,and then say which paragraph
[07:10.32]1.asks for help and support
[07:15.07]2.tells us about a charity activity
[07:20.22]3.describes a problem
[07:24.37]Last month,a flood destroyed the village of Xiaocheng in Guangxi Province.
[07:31.84]Many people are now sick because they don't have clean drinking water.
[07:37.90]Also,their hospital was destroyed so they had to travel to the next city.
[07:45.55]The journey was very difficult,and usually took five or six hours.
[07:53.13]Next Saturday,we students of No.5 Middle School are going to hold a concert.
[08:00.78]We will sing,dance and play music.
[08:05.15]The concert will start at 4 p.m.
[08:09.19]Each ticket will cost 20 yuan,
[08:13.32]and all the money will go to the people in Xiaocheng.
[08:18.29]They will use the money to help repair their hospital.
[08:23.54]Please come and enjoy our concert!
[08:27.90]Bring your family and friends!
[08:31.53]If you would like to give more money to help the people in Xiaocheng,please do!
[08:38.16]They will be thankful for your help.
[08:42.21]5. Read
[08:45.77]Sometimes the word charity has the meaning of love.
[08:51.23]Read this poem about love.
[08:55.07]If I understand all mysteries and know all things..... |