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Open to Volunteers
January 6, 2020
6 Intermediate Economy & Business Europe
Exercise 1
Vocabulary
volunteer /ˌvɑːlənˈtiːr/ a person who does work but is not paid
Noun
We need more volunteers who are willing to give
blood.
We need a few more volunteers for the school
festival.
A lot of volunteers gathered at the disaster area to
help the victims.
random /ˈrændəm/
Adjective done, happening, etc. without any pattern or reason
Exercise 2
Article
Faroe Islands Close to Tourists but Open to Volunteers
More and more tourists have been visiting the Faroe Islands in recent
years. In 2013, 68,000 tourists visited the Danish territory, The
Telegraph reports. And in 2018, that number reached 110,000.
Exercise 3
Questions
1. How many volunteers will be chosen for the program?
2. What kind of work will the volunteers do on the Faroe Island's highest
mountain?
Exercise 4
Discussion
1. Would you be interested in volunteering in the Faroe Islands?
2. Have you ever done any volunteer work? If so, please share your
experience.
4. What do you make of the idea that "tourism is not all about
numbers"?
Exercise 5
Further Discussion
1. Do you have any travel plans for 2020? If so, what are they?
3. If you could only vacation in one country for the rest of your life,
where would you choose and why?
4. What would you say is the most important thing you've learned while
traveling?
5. The happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving
more. – H. Jackson Brown Jr. What do you make of this statement?