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25 Events like NYSD show us that there is a diverse group of teenagers with like-minded civic sensibilities,
cotação that, even when working on separate projects, they are striving for a common goal: a better world for
A. Before reading the text, look at the statistical data and check if the sentences below 20 everyone. “They’re the most tolerant generation we’ve ever seen in history,” Culbertson says. “They can’t
are true or false. Correct the false statements. imagine that somebody should be left out of any aspect of society simply because they’re black or they’re
gay or they have a disability or they come from an ethnic background that’s unusual. They just don’t look
30 at those differences as anything more than just part of what it means to be a human. They don’t let those
Why do young people volunteer? What do you most enjoy about volunteering? differences get in the way of progress. That’s what makes this the greatest generation I think we’ve ever
30% They were asked to 62% Helping others seen in this country, and nobody knows it.”
24% It makes them feel good 22% Meeting people They do now.
21% They believe it makes a difference 11% Learning new skills From Inspire Your World, April/May 2005 (abridged and adapted)
8% They want to build their résumé 5% Other
6% Their school requires it
Source: Center for Democracy & Citizenship, 2002 Source: Youth Service America (www.ysa.org)
B. What is the meaning of the underlined words/expressions? Choose the correct answer. 18
1. Most teenagers do volunteer work to gain experience.
1. “is embracing” (line 1) 4. “untapped resource” (line 11)
2. Few teens volunteer for academic reasons.
a) hugging a) unused
3. Volunteers prefer learning new skills than meeting new people. b) taking up willingly b) available
4. Volunteering is considered vital to one’s curriculum vitae by many teens. c) including c) available but unused
5. Being able to help is what most volunteers appreciate about their work. 2. “at all-time high” (line 2) 5. “a chance to shine” (line 12)
a) at the highest that there has ever a) be skilled at
Read the following text very carefully:
been b) stand out
b) always high c) glimmer
The World Is in Their Hands c) unsurpassed
6. “have struck a chord” (line 22)
Volunteerism has taken hold of a young generation that is embracing every opportunity to make a 3. “selfless souls” (line 6) a) created an emotional response, a
lasting difference. Youth activism levels are at all-time high. The volunteer rate among teens is almost 27
a) selfish reaction
percent, while nearly three quarters of young adults say they have donated money, clothes or food to a
community or church organization over the past few years. They get involved at national and local levels, b) gallant b) triggered a feeling or memory
5 and their numbers are growing. Doing good, not gaining recognition, is their motivation. c) unselfish c) been relevant to
There is, however, a celebration for these selfless souls and their year-round achievements: National

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Youth Service Day (NYSD). Actually, their contributions are so tremendous that the single largest service
event in the world needs three days – April 15, 16 and 17 – to place America’s young volunteer corps
C. Find out in the text what the following words refer to: 12
aptly center stage. Some 115 national non-profit organizations and 50 other lead agencies have joined
10 coordinator Youth Service America in this effort to mobilize forces while showing the public at large how 1. their (line 13)
this potent yet essentially untapped resource for positive change is doing great works.
Since it began in 1986, NYSD has given some 22 million young people a chance to shine. “We’ve seen 2. it (line 15)
a huge demand from young people who want their voices heard and who feel they’ve got something to 3. them (line 19)
contribute to society,” says Youth Service America president Steve Culbertson. “And they’re not going to
15 wait until they grow up to do it.” 4. whom (line 23)
Clearly. Millions of youth volunteers will be out in force again this year, from five-year-olds visiting and
decorating senior-citizen homes to high school kids tutoring peers. Distributing HIV/AIDS educational
materials, cleaning up the environment, registering voters – the list of projects is almost as limitless as the
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enthusiasm and energy of the people engaged in them. Making a difference in their communities and
20 laying a foundation for a future of civic engagement, these volunteers also learn such life skills as creating 1. Teens volunteer because they want to help but they don’t want attention.
financial budgets, planning events, raising funds, and assuming leadership roles and responsibilities.
The examples of sustained local citizenship in action have struck a chord with the corporate sponsor. Just 2. Youth Service America is not alone in the organization of National Youth Service Day.
as the young volunteers whom NYSD honors become personally involved to improve their communities, so 3. Young volunteers have inspired companies as well.
too can a major company.
4. Despite their diversity, young people share the same objective.

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