It is a great thing to help others． First， you can learn new things． Second， it can also make you feel good．

    How can you do it？ Helping through charities（慈善团体） is a good idea． Charities are organizations（组织） that help others． September 5 is the International Day of Charity．

    You can help charities by giving your time， giving money or giving things that you own．

    ● Volunteering

    Volunteering is to give time to help others without pay．Some ways of volunteering are：

    ☆visiting old people to talk to them or help them

    ☆ walking dogs at an animal shelter（收容所）

    ☆ cleaning up a park

    ☆ helping some children．You can teach the children without life skills how to take care of themselves．

    ● Fundraising

    Fundraising is to collect or produce money to a charity to help others． Some ways of fundraising are：

    ☆ making cakes or biscuits to sell

    ☆ doing sponsored（有赞助的） activities． For example，families and friends give you money if you finish a long walk．

    ● Donating

    Donating is to give your things to a charity to help ot hers．Some ways of donating

are：

    ☆ giving your old toys or clothes to a charity that helps sick children or poor people

    ☆giving your old books to a library．

    So， what can you do to help others？

（1）Why is it a great thing to help others？ （at least one）　　

（2）Which day is the International Day of Charity？　　

（3）Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese　　．

（4）Mary makes some money by drawing pictures． She gives the money to a charity． It is a way of　　．（填写序号A或B或C）

A．volunteering

B． fuundraIsil

C． donating

（5）Give a proper title to the passage　　．

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