Question

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1,Talk about your hobby or someone's hobby

2,Talk about the activities you like to do every day

3,Talk about one volunteer activity you have done or you now

Answer 1

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Câu 1 

In my free time I…
When I have some spare time I…
When I get the time, I…
I relax by watching TV / listening to music, etc.
My hobbies are bird-watching / playing sport, etc.

I’m interested in (+ noun / gerund)
I’m keen on (+ noun / gerund)
I’m into (+ noun / gerund)
I enjoy (+ noun / gerund)

You can add “really” or “quite” after “I’m…” for emphasis.
“I’m really keen on football.”
“I’m really into geneaology.”

Câu 2

In this fast-paced lifestyle, it is almost impossible to take some rest let alone having some free time activities. But one activity which I to do whenever I have some time to spare it to hang out with my friend.

By hanging out with friends, I mean a whole lots of activities such as dining out, having a drink in a bar, smoking and chatting about everything, going to the cybernet cafe, watching a football match, etc. totally depends on our mood. We don’t really plan anything, just go with the flow!

I have two friends who I always hang out with. One of them is my high school friend, the other one is my university friend. We both get along very well from when we first met until now. We are both very busy with work but we always try to make time for each other.

This is my favorite free time activity because It’s a simple, pracal and not an expensive activity to do. Hanging out with my friends, I’m able to discharge all the negative feelings by sharing my stories, making jokes and talking about lots and lots of topics that we can think of about anything in this world. It’s great to have some friends who share a lot in common with me and is willing to support me mentally and financially too!

Câu 3

1. DID NOT ANSWER
2. Office work.
3. I take my husband to the Cancer Center for radiation and chemo treatments 5 times a week. I've talked to many cancer patients.
4. Small programs such as food drives, clothing drives etc... locally
5. Tutored children
6. Prepare a petition requesting a federal agency to adopt a new policy.
7. Clerical (filing, typing, etc.) work, selling red ribbons and handing out pamphlets
8. help teach children,develop programs for children
9. Mostly, recreation, bingo, BBQ's, group meetings, wheel-chair bowling, outings, playing videos and music, playing games
10. candy sale, food-drive
11. I've done a little bit of just about everything one can do as a volunteer, from reading to young children to being principal spokesperson for an organization.
12. DID NOT ANSWER
13. I have baked rolls for Thanksgiving for the homeless in the community. I also volunteered through my job for the United Way. I have also have done babysitting for the people of my church.
14.   I assisted the Program Coordinator with activities at my local Mental Health Association. I have helped with Bingo, crossword puzzles, etc. at the convalescent hospital. I led a troop of Girl Scouts, and have been an elementary, junior high + HS volunteer.
15. Tutoring young people as well as college students.
16. WELL I HAD 2 MAIN DEPARTMENTS THAT I VOLUNTEERED IN THE INFORMATION DESK AND ADMITTING WERE I DIRECTED PATIENTS AND VISITORS, ANSWERED PHONES, WORKED THE COMPUTERS AND DID E.C.C PATIENTS CHART PICK UP AND DELIVERY. I ALSO DID THE TOWERS AND E.C.C AS WELL AS D.O.U WHEN REQUESTED WERE I HELPED THE PATIENTS, DELIVERED AND HELP PATIENTS WITH THEIR MEALS, READ LETTERS AND BOOKS AND WALKED PATIENTS. ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS OR SPECIAL EVENTS I VOLUNTERRED IN THE EVENTS SUCH AS THE HEALTH FAIR EXPO, NURSES WEEK AND THE IMMUNIZATION CLINIC. WERE I DID PATENTS COORDINATER AND THE BIO-CHEM LAB. I HAVE ALSO VOLUNTEERED FOR A INSURANCE AGENCY, WERE I WORKED THE CUSTOMER SERVICE, BILLING AND SALES DEPARTMENT.
17. Visiting shut-ins, Telephone counseling, Letter writing, tutoring, hospital and nursing home visits, yard clean-ups, community clean-ups, recycling program, adopt-a-grandparent, food service
18. Computer work, writing, page layout, word processing, working with kids ...
19. Taught basic computer skills, Lobbied poliians, Maintained mailing lists, Public speaking
20. I have volunteered in various school and community activities over the last 6 years. I volunteered at an elementary school for two months as a teacher's assistant. I volunteered as a fundraising coordinator in my community to raise money for AIDS Awareness.  I was responsible for overseeing the project and organizing the events. I paripated in a walkathon for Diabetes and raised over $250 through donations. I paripated in numerous school activities and fundraisers and really enjoy helping others.
21. At the James Cancer Center, Columbus, OH i used to volunteer at the Library specifically for patients and their relatives, who were interested in gaining additional health related information.

    At the Partnership in Healthy Aging, Institute for Aging, Upenn, i maintain patient databases adn patient membership directory.

    LibertyNet, is a non-profit organization which maintains web pages for different orgs in and around PA. Currently i am assiting them in setting up a web page for Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour (Penn PAT).

    MOSAIC, is a Asian American Arts magazine on the Penn campus, and i serve as a copy editor for the magazine.

22. DID NOT ANSWER
23. Computer related stuff
24. Teaching, chairmanships, stuffing envelopes, running water stations, archaeology, organizing benefits--you name it.
25. None whatsoever
26. Web page, slide presentations, newsletter, correspondence, databases, mail lists
27. DID NOT ANSWER
28. I have tutored Math to several individuals, and will be doing hospital work this summer.
29. delivery of meals to aged community Working with youth referral etc.
30. Helping sell kets. Answer questions (information booth).
31. DID NOT ANSWER
32. Web design and implementation. Organization of project involving disabled and non disabled people working together. Used my desktop publshing skills to create flyers and posters for display.
33. Program development, training, counselling, childcare, shift worker.
34. Hugger: 1993 & 1994 Summer games at the TX
    Special Olympics
    Fifth Grade Tutor:1987
    Office worker
    Special Ed Teacher's Aide:1994
    Library Assistant in an elementary school:1995-96
    Teacher's Aide with the Denton ISD:1993
    Teacher's Aidewith the Gainesville ISD:1987
35. DID NOT ANSWER
36. I worked for an AIDS hospice in my area, I am a volunteer at a local homeless shelter, and I volunteer for cloting drives for two local clothing banks.
37. Newsletters, one-on-one with seniors and children, church dinners, dances, cleanup, decorating, etc.
38. Organize school activites
    served on Parish Council
    Other parish function
39. None.
40. I have volunteered with our church as Vacation Bible School Director and Sunday School teacher. I was the team mom for my daughters softball team this past season. I am an assistant coach for her cheerleading squad. I am designing and printing their programs as a fund raiser. I quilted lap quilts for a local church to be given to the elderly at Christmas.
41. Worked as a troop assistant leader for the Girl Scouts. Working with young girls from Brownies to Juniors.
42. mostly labor-intensive environmental and human service delivery.
43. Vacation Bible School.
44. I helped collect money for my moms delta chapter. I gave cloths to the Salvation Army.
45. n/a
46. Helped the kids at several Earth day fuctions. Assisted with the animals at the discovery museum
47. donated time for local school district's web pages (http://www.gibraltar.k12.wi.us) and local non-profit music academy, fund-raisers, raised local awareness of issues, newsletter, video production, taught internet classes, food basket drive
48. See above box. When my children were young, I did everything from being the program director and P.T.A. vice-president to being the official score keeper at their basketball games, help decolrate the float for our local community club, was vice president of community club, prepared several presentations to the Board of Education, moderated a public forum on Quality Education with my six guest speakers coming from top city and state offices, etc. with the assistance of a nationally renowned education activist.
49. Delivered meals, ushered at concerts (including World Cup Games ), scheduled driver's, served meals, supervised overnights in shelter, PTA President's (3 yrs) do almost everything from running meetings, to fund raising, PR, putting up decorations, planning events, etc.. made phone calls, bandaged cut fingers, coordinated other volunteers..too much to list it all actually.
50. working with kids, help them feel good about themselves by cooking with them, drawing.
51. DID NOT ANSWER
52. I have worked on web programming for kids, raised money for a notable cancer society that I would mention. I have worked at nursing homes and hospitals.
53. Working w/ the computer,writing and helping w/ the childrens story times
54. worked in public relation dept.
55. DID NOT ANSWER
56. As a volunteer, I've been a weekly regular at the Hamilton Homeless Shelter as a tutor and reader for children at the shelter. I've worked at the San Francisco food bank. I've spend an evening at the Children's Hospital in Oakland, in the emergency room, playing with chilren, while they waited to see a doctor. I've worked with WISE, the Womens Initiative for Self Employment, and helped people with using computers and the internet.
57. DID NOT ANSWER
58. I visited elderly residents in a nursing home in Cumberland, Maryland. I paripated with them in activities and engaged in conversation with them. I also volunteered in a domes violence shelter in Columbia, Maryland. My experience at the shelter primarily involved monitoring clients (for safety needs), interacting with them, and completing paperwork.
59. Research on dog and adoptive family locations as well as developing a "railroad" network to find a way to get them together and going through the application process with families. Toutoring in math and reading.
60. diving,writing,polls,and web design
61. I give phone support, supplying of community resources, paperwork such as filing, typing updating. I give my own writings of songs and poetry as well as essays on subjects impacting my parular cause.
62. telemarketing, advertising, Adopt-a-family, marketing
63. Addressing envelopes, stuffing envelopes, coordinated benefit concerts, given out water at road races, paint faces, run games and activities.
64. Everything : ) Data entry; answering phones; writing letters; organizing volunteers; conducting phone interviews for research projects.
65. Cleaning up cat stuff....and getting ready for the Walt Disney World Marathon.
66. -Junior Volunteer: changed patient sheets and served meals, filing for x-ray and office, filing and cleaning shelves in pharmacy.
    -Key Club: visited nursing homes, paripated in Senior Citizens Prom (decorating and organizing), School Beautification
67. Various writing projects
68. -tutoring in Chinatown
    -mentoring for inner-city kids in Chicago and New York
    -organizing activities for junior high/high school students
    -help build web sites for a non-profit company (company no longer exists)
69. Offline:
    --Candystriper
    --Volunteer services
    --Tutoring K-12 grades
70. see above field
71. as technical resource to maintain their network of PC, and do some tutoring as well.
72. I help teach cheerleading at my old elemntary school, and drill team and music and my old middle shool. I help out with the kids at the pre-school by my house when they have parents night out which is babysitting night. I help my manager with a lot of her paperwork and sealing the anvelopes and things that(which I also do in the office of my elementary school,and I answer phones there), I answer phones at my dad's job when I dont have school.
73. DID NOT ANSWER
74. Data Entry. As a Big Sister my "little" and I did activities together.
75. I have volunteered at elderly homes, served Thanksgiving dinner at retirement homes, etc.
76. Mostly school related volunteer work. I am also currently volunteering in a prison ministry in which I correspond with inmates, helping them to believe and trust in God.
77. Visited nursing homes, gave computer support to schools and church organizations.
78. daytime phone co-ordinator/ meeting book chairperson/ office managers chairperson/ co-ordinator of other interested groups for the interests of Alcoholic Anonymous
79. helped with fundraisers
    developed programs
    create promotional material for various programs
80. reading, directing children in activities, serving food to children, and helping set up for events.
81. I was making a homepage for some non-profit organizations. I was also working in a hospital as a volunteerer.
82. All my experience, so far, has been offline. With the sexual assault organization, I did publicity, volunteer training and coordination, wrote the first volunteer training manual, grant writing, phone hotline, support group facilitator, and program coordinator.
    With the children's zoo, I did guided tours of the zoo, assisted with computer difficulties, animal handling, offsite educational programs, drove the train, helped out in the office, and worked in the gift shop. With the genealogical society, I did research, assisted others with research, helped put together written materials to be sold by the society, and maintained computer files of new acquisitions.
    With the Gambler's Anonymous group, I organized and began the first GA group in our area, have been a sponsor of many other members, worked the hotline, and typed up many educational materials for the group.
83. none
84. Secretarial, Girl Scout Leader, Organizer
85. None
86. I taught at-risk youth and mentored them in an after-school group
87. community service, children and families
88. While a volunteer for the AmeriCorps program, I tutored adults and high school students with the Americorps program. I was also involved in organizing fund raising events for local charities and organizations.

    As a volunteer for the NFS I acted as range assistant and compiled cattle allotment data for a final report. I also worked on a separate project which entailed compiling soil data so these could be incorporated into a final soil survey manual for the Forest.

    I helped write a grant for the local bicycling club which applied for ISTEA funding for a greenbelt project for the City of Laramie,WY.

89. Taught, spoke in church, helped in scouts, did dinners for people, visited people, etc.
90. Camping, hiking, mtn. biking, swimming, survival skills, computer tutoring
91. Shelfed books, cleaned books, and checked in books.
92. This will be the first time I work , but I usually make donations.
93. Camp Councilor, deckhand, group facilitator, web designer
94. DID NOT ANSWER
95. DID NOT ANSWER
96. None
97. Design the web pages with HTML, 3D, graphics and shockwave for Authorware and Flash.
98. N/A
99. Organized meetings, information pamphlets, information kiosks, written arles.
100. none.
101. DID NOT ANSWER
102. none
103. none
104. direct service basic needs (food, housing) - volunteer training - provide technical assistance to nonprofit organizations ("technical" as in computers, and also such as board development, volunteer management, office operations, etc.)
105. None.
106. showed people animals, etc.
107. Library
108. none
109. When I was in ROTC in college we voluteered our time at Christmas at the Palmer Home in Columbus, MS.