Skills Time! Lesson Five Reading 1 Look at the text. Why do you think these boys are heroes? Young Heroes Boy helps earthquake victims Charlie Simpson, from England, watched the news on TV about a strong earthquake in Haiti and felt very sad. Charlie was only seven years old, but he wanted to help the people in Haiti. He decided to do a sponsored bike ride around his local park to raise money for UNICEF, a large charity which helps children around the world. Charlie started a webpage to ask people to sponsor his bike ride for UNICEF. Soon lots of people heard about Charlie's idea, including the British Prime Minister! Lots of people sponsored Charlie, and his bike ride raised £136,000 to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Boy starts 'clean water' charity ان LIFE B NE ONE Ryan Hreljac, from Canada, was six years old when his teacher, Mrs Prest, told his class about a big problem in Africa. Many people there don't have clean water. Because of this, they often get ill. Ryan wanted to help, so he started doing chores for money. It took several months, but Ryan finally raised $$2,000 to pay for a well near a school in Uganda. Ryan was happy, but he wanted to do more. He started a charity called Ryan's Well Foundation. Since 1999, Ryan's foundation has raised millions of dollars to provide clean water to people in Africa. 3 Underline these words in the text. Guess their meanings and then check them in the Workbook 4 Dictionary. hero earthquake sponsored bike ride raise money charity well chores 4 Read again. Circle the wrong word and write the correct word. 1 Charlie decided to do a sponsored bike ride around his town. 2 UNICEF helps children around the country. 3 Charlie started a magazine to ask people to sponsor him. 4 Many people in Africa don't have clean air. 5 Ryan raised money to pay for a school. Unit 13 Words in context: Young Heroes Reading: two factual accounts