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    Sylvia Wong volunteers with HandsOn, a charity that delivers soup to the needy. She was inspired to join after seeing an elderly woman scavenging for food in the garbage, which was heartbreaking. The elderly deserve comfort after contributing to society their whole lives. Sylvia enjoys the soup delivery program as it helps serve the elderly.

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    Charity and Volunteering

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    Sylvia Wong volunteers with HandsOn, a charity that delivers soup to the needy. She was inspired to join after seeing an elderly woman scavenging for food in the garbage, which was heartbreaking. The elderly deserve comfort after contributing to society their whole lives. Sylvia enjoys the soup delivery program as it helps serve the elderly.

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    Sylvia Wong volunteers with HandsOn, a charity that delivers soup to the needy. She was inspired to join after seeing an elderly woman scavenging for food in the garbage, which was heartbreaking. The elderly deserve comfort after contributing to society their whole lives. Sylvia enjoys the soup delivery program as it helps serve the elderly.

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    Charity and Volunteering

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    Sylvia Wong volunteers with HandsOn, a charity that delivers soup to the needy. She was inspired to join after seeing an elderly woman scavenging for food in the garbage, which was heartbreaking. The elderly deserve comfort after contributing to society their whole lives. Sylvia enjoys the soup delivery program as it helps serve the elderly.

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    READING COMPREHENSION

    My name is Sylvia Wong. I'm one of the volunteer leaders in HandsOn soup
    delivery program. I first got in touch with HandsOn Hong Kong through a friend of
    mine. What drove me to join this charity was that sometime ago I saw an old woman
    picking up food from the rubbish bin. I gave her some money hoping she can stop and
    leave to buy something clean. She did not have any reaction after receiving my
    money but kept digging in the trash silently.

    That scene was heartbreaking. I think she would not do that if it wasn’t her last
    resort. We may think it's normal to have disparity between rich and poor. We all
    know it's happening in Hong Kong and probably see the same scene everyday
    everywhere. However, the elderly are the ones who provided service to society
    throughout their life and helped to build our community. They need comfort more
    than anything else. They are very thankful to have anyone just visit them and talk or
    listen to them.

    There are different types of voluntary work every day on the charity calendar in
    order to serve more and more people in need, but I’m interested in elderly services
    and Soup Delivery is my favourite program.

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    COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

    1. Circle the right option.

    HandsON charity cares about…

    a. old people
    b. the homeless
    c. the needy

    2. How did Sylvia first find out about HandsOn charity ?


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    3. Complete with words from the text.

    The old woman that Sylvia saw was very ------------------ . She was searching for
    -------------------- in garbage.
    4. Sylvia felt ...
    a. sorry for the woman
    b. angry at her
    c. surprised

    5. Find a word in the text that means …

    difference : -----------------------------------

    6. Suggest two programs that HandsOn charity may include apart from

    Soup delivery.

    a. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    b. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    7. If you were a volunteer which group would you like to help and which program
    would you choose ? Give reasons for your choice.

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