save the few who are rich."

Sb: Humanism or humanitarianism is a necessary quality for us human beings. We should share what we have and help those who are badly in need of help. I will become a volunteer if time permits. Actually I often help those who need help. For example, every Sunday, I take my neighbour, a disabled girl, to the park to refresh herself. And we talk a lot, and I think I help her a lot, which makes me very happy.

Sc: I agree with them, but I think the most important thing is that we should try to help the poor to be independent instead of just giving them food and clothes.

Sd: I have a different idea. It's not wrong to help the poor. But according to my experience, helping the poor is not always a pleasant experience.

Se: I can't agree more. I once read an article about such kind of things. The "poor" are not always so noble, and they are the hardest to deal with. People who deal with the poor can tell a hundred stories about how they waste money and opportunities. You bring food to their home and notice a large-screen TV. You give them money and they buy groceries at the nearby convenience store (where prices are very high). You have their car fixed and find out it is a Buick Skylark. Whenever you visit them, they are watching TV.

Sf: Maybe what you said is true. However, it is not right to let the poor fight alone with their many problems coming from poverty. Unless we do something about poverty, the problems will remain.

T: Excellent. I do hope that everyone can help those who need help. Second topic: Would you like to work as a volunteer like Dr Mary Murray and Professor Fred Hollows in the future? Where would you like to go? Why would you like to go there? What skills would you share there? ...

After the students have shared their ideas with each other, ask several of them to tell the class about their ideas without looking at the chart.

Sample description of ideas:

Sa: If I'm a volunteer, I'd like to go to the western part of our country. Because many people there can't get access to clean drinking water, and quite a few develop strange diseases. I think I can help them. I know how to make water clean for them. And from my grandfather, I learned to treat some diseases with Chinese medicine. I would like to spend as many days or months as possible to help them if possible. I will work as a doctor to cure diseases. Of course, I will learn more traditional methods to treat different diseases.

Sb: If I'm a volunteer, I'd like to go to Africa. Because many people there are too poor to get formal education. Just because of that, many suffer from AIDS or other contagious diseases. I'd like to share my skills of being a teacher and teach them. If possible, I will work there for a year and then come back to complete my education. And then I will return to the place to work again. In this way, I can help them get the latest information about the world and about science and technology. Of course, I can also get to know Africa and African people better, in order to help them help themselves. Because I know "God helps those who help themselves."

Sc: I will go to the hospital near my community. There are a lot of disabled people who have no one to help them. They are lonely and sad. I would like to talk with