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The Pros and Cons of Voluntourism 志工旅行之利與弊(上)
空中英語教室 20250526

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hello friends
my name is Anne Marie
and today is a great day to learn something new
so let’s do that together
my name is Garrett and this is Studio Classroom
let’s start off our lesson today
with a Talk About It question
have you ever volunteered before?
i have done that many times. one of my
favorite places I got to volunteer at
was a home for people with cerebral palsy or CP(腦性麻痺)—
a sickness that means they can’t communicate very well
or move on their own.
but those people love to hear stories.
you know, when I was in high school,
I got a lot of joy out of volunteering at our local library.
it was great being around
so many books and helping to plan events for the community.
well, why are we talking about volunteering, friends?
it’s because we’re talking about a
type of volunteering in our lesson today—voluntourism.
the pros and cons of voluntourism.
let’s get right into our first reading for the day:
The Pros and Cons of Voluntourism
Is voluntourism helpful or harmful?
Classmates Maria and Alex
are chatting in a café between classes.
Maria: Alex,
I’m thinking about volunteering at a school in Nepal.
That way,
I can explore the country and do something to help others.
Alex: That sounds rewarding,
but I’m uneasy about the concept of voluntourism.
Maria: You mean volunteering while you’re on a trip?
What’s wrong with that?
hi everyone, welcome to Language Lab. I’m Jack.
首先來看 uneasy，這個形容詞意思是不安的。
比如：There’s something strange going on at that house.
I feel uneasy whenever I pass it.
那棟房子有點怪怪的，我每次經過都感到不安。
uneasy 的副詞是 uneasily，也是指不安的，
譬如：The student sat uneasily in his chair,
hoping that the math teacher wouldn’t notice him because he didn’t know the answer.
這名學生不安地坐在椅子上，希望數學老師不要注意到他，因為他不知道答案。
如果我們把 uneasy 字尾的 y 改成ness 就會變成名詞 uneasiness，
例如：Uneasiness settled over the crowd as a group of armed soldiers encircled them.
當一群武裝士兵包圍群眾時，不安的情緒籠罩在其中。
well friends,
let’s get into this month’s What’s Your Opinion article.
we are going to see two different types of views
about one topic, right?
what topic is that? it is voluntourism.
voluntourism is a type of travel
that combines both volunteering
with traditional tourism. exactly.
voluntourism allows
travelers to contribute to local communities
while exploring new places at the same time.
but not everyone thinks that this is a good thing.
let’s get into our article.
let’s do it. alright.
we read:
Classmates Maria and Alex are chatting in a café between classes.
Maria says: Alex,
I’m thinking about volunteering at a school in Nepal. okay.
so now we have
traditional volunteering. this word isn’t voluntourism—
just volunteering. this is the act of offering
services or help,
and you’re not expecting any payment for it.
let’s try using that in a sentence:
She enjoys volunteering at the animal shelter on weekends.
yes, there are many different places you could volunteer at.
that’s right.
now the place that Maria wants to volunteer at is a school
in Nepal, but we see her next sentence here,
and she isn’t just going to volunteer. no.
she says: that way I can explore the country
and do something to help others. okay.
let’s look at this word explore together, friends,
so we can understand more about what she’s trying to say.
if you explore a place,
it means that you travel through it, investigate something,
and this is done in order to learn more about it.
alright, people may plan to explore ancient ruins
during their vacation.
if you’re exploring,
you’re learning something new or seeing something new. okay.
so Maria wants to explore the country
and do something to help others. but
she is talking with Alex. Alex has a different point of view.
Alex says: That sounds rewarding,
but he thinks something else first.
let’s talk about this word rewarding. okay.
if something is rewarding,
it means that it provides you satisfaction
or a sense of achievement.
here’s an example:
Helping others is one of the most rewarding experiences in life.
and yes,
I think we all feel this way—when you help others,
it feels rewarding. exactly.
so Maria is trying to think of a way to go on a trip
and also get that rewarding feeling at the same time.
Alex says: it does sound rewarding,
but he’s uneasy about the concept of voluntourism.
now, you’ve probably heard us use that word
concept lots of times on the show.
the concept of something is the abstract idea or
general idea of it.
that’s right. the concept of
freedom might be central to a country’s values.
freedom is not a physical thing—it’s an idea.
just like voluntourism—it’s not a physical thing,
it’s an idea. yeah.
we’re not talking about just one specific trip,
but the idea of voluntourism in general—
all these kinds of trips that people go on.
that’s right. and we do see
a kind of definition for voluntourism in this next sentence:
Volunteering while you’re on a trip.
Maria says: You mean volunteering
while you’re on a trip? What’s wrong with that?
well,
on the surface, nothing sounds wrong with that.
going on vacation sounds great, and so does volunteering.
but we’ll get into it some more
as we go into our next reading:
The Pros and Cons of Voluntourism
Let me explain.
During a volunteering trip in Guatemala,
I stayed at a homestay to learn about the culture and language.
It was a great experience,
and my group helped build a school.
That’s great—now the community has a new school.
But most of us had no experience in construction,
so we made mistakes. Local workers had to fix them.
Why didn’t they just hire them to build it in the first place?
接下來看 construction 這個名詞，意思是「建築」或者「建設」。
例如：Standards for construction became stricter after the destructive earthquake.
發生這場毀滅性的地震之後，建築標準變得更加嚴格。
Construction 的動詞是 construct，意思就是「建造」。
例如：The father and his children spent two hours constructing the new Lego set.
這位父親和他的孩子花了兩個小時建造新的樂高玩具組合。
Construct 的反義字是 deconstruct，意思就是「拆解」。來看例句：
One way to develop a better grammatical understanding of the language is to deconstruct sentences.
更深入了解語言文法的方式之一就是拆解句子。
Okay, so we’ve just found out
that Maria and Alex
have two different points of view when it comes to voluntourism.
And Maria’s not quite sure what Alex means,
while Alex continues to explain.
He says during a volunteering trip in Guatemala,
he stayed at a homestay
to learn about the culture and language.
What is a homestay? Well,
this is a stay at a local person’s home as a guest.
It’s usually for cultural exchange,
and this is done instead of staying at a hotel
or a dormitory or something like that.
During your trip to Japan, you may
enjoy a homestay with a local family.
This is a great way to learn about culture,
and it sounds like Alex has done this before.
It was a great experience, and
his group helped build a school. Yeah,
so they did some volunteering
while he was over there in Guatemala.
Maria thinks that sounds great.
Now the community has a new school. Now we see this word
community, friends,
and we need to talk about what it means.
A community is a group of people
living in the same place
or having shared interests.
There are a few different kinds of communities.
One might be kind of like a neighborhood.
The community might organize a cleanup event in the park.
So Maria thinks this sounds great.
The community that Alex went and stayed in
now has a new school.
But Alex continues: his group that he went with
had no experience in construction,
so they made some mistakes
while they were working on it.
Now, you just saw that word construction in your Language Lab today,
so you know this is the idea of building a building
and everything that entails, right?
So they made some mistakes
while they were building this building.
Local workers had to fix them.
So it wasn’t all good once they were done.
No, not at all. And now
Maria has a question:
So why didn’t they just hire them to build it
in the first place?
Hmm. Why didn’t they just hire them?
To hire someone means to employ someone or give them a job. Exactly.
The company plans to hire more staff next month.
This company wants to employ more people—
they want them to come work for them.
So Maria wants to know
why they didn’t just hire the group
that helped to fix those mistakes.
Finally, we heard in that sentence: in the first place.
We use the phrase
in the first place to indicate that there is a
starting point
to a certain situation
or a certain argument.
So in this sentence,
the idea is that the voluntourism group
went and built a school,
and there were problems.
So if they would have hired these workers
in the first place—at the beginning of the project—
the problem wouldn’t have happened.
That can happen with lots of group plans
or even government plans.
You might hear the sentence:
Why did you agree to the plan in the first place?
That’s right.
So here is the argument, friends. This is the first argument
against voluntourism:
Hiring people who live in that area to do a job,
and they can get paid for it—
rather than people just traveling to the area to volunteer.
Yeah.
It sounds like it would be cheaper for the people there—
they get this almost-free work on this building—
but it can cause problems.
And then local people don’t get those salaries.
Besides the fact—
if you’re flying to a different place
to do this volunteering,
it costs a lot of money to get there.
Airfare is expensive.
That’s what we’re going to be talking about
in the next section.
But first, let’s go to today’s Info Cloud.
Welcome to Info Cloud, everyone!
Sometimes
I get to visit schools to judge their English speech
or singing competitions.
It’s always great to see how hard the students
have worked and prepared.
That’s a memorable experience for many students,
especially during high school.
For speech contests in particular,
you can really tell if someone has done their homework or not.
If you say someone has done his or her homework,
it means they have prepared well.
This phrase can apply outside of school, too.
It’s important to do your homework before a job interview.
That might involve researching the company
you’re applying to,
and preparing some questions for them in advance.
Let’s practice three forms of the verb do.
We’ve already used two of them in our conversation so far:
do, did, and done are the three.
When sharing this phrase as advice, use the present tense:
You should do your homework before
deciding to invest that money.
When describing someone’s actions,
use the past tense or present perfect tense:
It’s clear that Johnson did
or has done his homework before meeting the customers.
When you are well prepared,
it shows—so be sure to do your homework
if you want good results.

do your homework 做好功課
在求學過程中，我們對 do your homework 做功課這件事情並不陌生。
Do your homework 也可以用來表達「為一件事情做好準備」。
例如，如果有人要做某項投資，你可以跟他說：
You should do your homework before deciding to invest that money.
你在下決定投資之前，應該要做好功課。
如果有人在一件事情上表現良好，你也可以用 did your homework（過去式）
或是 done your homework（完成式）來形容：
Johnson did his homework before meeting the customers.
Johnson 在見客戶之前就已經做好功課了。
這就是今天的 Info Cloud，那麼下次雲端見！

The pros and cons of voluntourism
That’s the point.
If we had just donated the money instead of spending it on travel,
we could have paid
for a school that was built by professionals.
With the appropriate program,
volunteering overseas can still help.
Joining the teaching program would make me a better teacher
and help the kids in Nepal learn English.
Volunteering can be great for personal growth,
but it must protect the community it serves.
I hope the program protects the students from
harm and poor-quality teaching.
今天的 Usage，特別來看「與過去事實相反」的 if 假設語氣句型。
這種句型在表達：
假如當初有做某件事，就會出現某個結果。
也就是說，實際上當初並沒有做某件事，也沒有實現某個結果。
在這種句構中，if 子句的動詞必須使用過去完成式，而主要子句的動詞則要使用助動詞 + have + 過去分詞。
來看一個例句：
If she had seen a doctor earlier, her condition would not have been so severe.
如果她早點去看醫生，她的病情就不會這麼嚴重了。
For our Info Cloud, we heard Maria say a sentence:
Why didn’t they just hire them to build it in the first place?
And Alex replies with a
really great sentence that you can use in your
everyday conversation:
He says, “That’s the point.”
That’s exactly what he meant,
and why he has an issue with voluntourism today.
“That’s the point” is used to emphasize the main idea
or purpose of something.
Here’s an example:
I don’t want to rush through it—
that’s the point of taking our time.
Now, Alex is going to explain what he
means here in this next sentence,
which happens to be our usage tip for today.
Here it is:
If we’d just donated the money instead of spending it on travel,
we could have paid for a school that was built by professionals.
If we’d just donated the money…
Let’s talk about what that word donated means.
If you donate something,
you give it away—especially money or goods—to help a cause,
and often you don’t expect anything in return.
Exactly. A lot of times, we do talk about donating money,
but you could donate other things as well.
For example:
She donated books to the local library.
That means she gave the books to the library
and didn’t expect anything in return.
So, that same amount of money they spent on those plane
tickets could have just been used to build the school
and pay those local workers,
which would lead to them having some extra money.
Exactly, friends. This is something that you can think about
and talk about. What is your opinion about this first point?
Think about it—in English.
Maria says:
With the appropriate program, volunteering overseas can still help.
Maria isn’t convinced yet.
No, not yet—she wants to share her opinion.
She used that word appropriate.
This is something that’s suitable or proper
in certain circumstances.
For example:
Wearing a suit to the meeting can be appropriate
in certain circumstances.
That is the right thing to do.
So you would need the appropriate program, Maria says.
And she says, then volunteering overseas can still help.
When we use that word overseas,
we’re talking about a foreign country—usually
one we have to travel across the sea to get to.
Now, when you use the word overseas,
it really depends on where you are when you say it.
Overseas means different things to people in different countries.
Right—you might need to open up a map to understand this,
but often it just means a foreign country
that’s a little bit further away.
Exactly. Some people might plan to study overseas
at some point in their lives—
another country far away from where they grew up.
Exactly.
All right, we continue on.
Joining the teaching program would make me a better teacher
and help the kids in Nepal learn English.
That sounds like a good point.
If they can learn English from a native speaker,
that would help them a lot—
and she would need to go there for that.
That’s right.
So we see here that Alex says:
Volunteering can be great for personal growth.
Exactly—personal growth means to grow as a person.
But it must be protecting the community it serves.
I hope the program protects the students from harm
and poor-quality teaching.
Here’s another point.
Alex is concerned that the teaching might be poor quality.
This means that the standard is very low
or of an inferior quality.
That could be because the school
is happy to have that free help from volunteers
and doesn’t care quite as much about standards.
That’s true, and this does happen sometimes, friends.
So you need to think about what you think about this topic.
What is your opinion?
Do you feel like you agree with Maria or with Alex?
Maybe you have a mixed opinion.
Try to think about what your answer is.
All right, friends—we’ll be right back after today’s Fun Fact!
Hello, fact friends! I am Detective
Ernest Finder, and I have a fun fact for you today.
Yes, you, Jimmy!
Did you know that volunteering usually makes people happier?
Studies confirm this.
It’s true—there is an old saying:
It is more blessed to give than to receive.
So it is true—and the science backs it up!
And that is today’s fun fact.
We heard two different points of view in our article today—
Maria’s and Alex’s points of view.
Let’s review what their opinions are:
Maria thinks that voluntourism is a good idea.
Not only do you get to grow as a person as you’re traveling,
but you also get to help people out.
And Alex
thinks that voluntourism could potentially harm communities.
It’s not always good
for the people who live there.
Right. And I’m sure if you have some experience, friends,
you will have very interesting insights or ideas on this.
So talk about it—in English!
That’s all the time we have for today.
My name is Anne Marie.
And my name is Garrett. We’ll see you next time
right here on Studio Classroom.


The Pros and Cons of Voluntourism 志工旅行之利與弊(下)
空中英語教室 20250527 
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只要修正英文文法，保留原文，同時將簡體中文修改為繁體中文
hello friends
my name is Anne Marie
and today is a great day to learn something new
so let’s do that together
my name is Garrett and this is Studio Classroom
you’re just in time for day two of our article called
The Pros and Cons of Voluntourism
before we get into it
let’s remind our viewers what voluntourism is, right?
it’s a fairly new word, and it’s actually two words
squished together:
volunteering and tourism,
and doing them at the same time
now, this is our What’s Your Opinion? article
so we have two characters:
Maria and Alex
and both of them have a different opinion
about whether voluntourism is a good thing or a bad thing, right?
they both have some good arguments
we hope you’ve had some time to think about this
since we started talking about it yesterday
we’re going to learn more about this today, friends
so
let’s get started with the first part of our conversation
right now
The Pros and Cons of Voluntourism
In the program I’m considering,
the volunteers
must be university students studying to become teachers
and pass background checks
they are also monitored by teachers who are licensed
that sounds like a win-win program
the program is designed
so that the students continue to learn with
every group of short-term volunteers
that’s good
but wouldn’t hiring a full-time teacher be more efficient
and effective?
Hi, I’m Jack
今天的 Usage Tip 又來看否定疑問句的句型否定疑問句是以助動詞或是 be 動詞加 not 的縮寫開頭也可以寫為助動詞或 be 動詞 + 主詞 + not
課文裡面的這一句：
But wouldn’t hiring a full-time teacher be more efficient and effective? 
也可以改寫為：
Would hiring a full-time teacher not be more efficient and effective?
但以縮寫開頭比較常見本句是利用否定疑問句來進行提議
但是否定疑問句也可以用來確認資訊或表達驚訝或不滿的情緒
來看一個例句：
Haven’t you heard the shocking news about what happened this morning?
你沒有聽說今天早上發生的震撼性消息嗎？
All right friends, first
in this part of our conversation,
we’re going to hear from Maria
remember
she is the one who’s considering going to teach English
in Nepal — and you just used
one of our words from our sentence, Anne Marie
“I’m in the program
I’m considering...”
the volunteers must be university students studying to be
teachers — let’s talk about that word considering, all right
If you consider something,
it means that you are taking a lot of different things
into account when you’re making a decision
or that you’re thinking about something in general
let’s try to use that word:
She’s doing well,
considering she only started learning piano last year.
All right
what Maria is considering is going overseas to teach
It says that anyone who goes with this program
needs to pass a background check
What is that? Ah, a background check is not a lot of fun to do
It’s an investigation
into your history
and you often need these for employment
when you’re looking for a job
or for special security
they will see if you’ve done anything bad in the past
for example, when you get a new job,
the company might require a background check
if you are a new hire
Exactly. So
this allows them to make sure the
people they’re bringing on to help teach
are good people who will be
good for the students. And these teachers
also have to be monitored by other teachers who are
already licensed
A licensed teacher is
much different than a university student
studying to become a teacher
Absolutely
Someone who’s licensed
has official permission to do something
For some careers and jobs
you have to be licensed in order to start
actually doing it
Exactly. For example:
He’s a licensed electrician with years of experience.
Now we see here that Alex kind of agrees with Maria
He calls this situation a win-win program
A win-win program
So he thinks this is a good program
When we say something is win-win,
everyone involved is a winner
There are no losers or people
who get a bad deal from the arrangement
That’s right. For example:
The partnership is a win-win for both companies.
They both get something good out of it, right?
So it’s a win-win program for the teachers, for
the students, and probably for the schools and local people
as well
Maria explains this program further in her next sentence:
The program is designed
so that the students continue to learn
with every group of short-term volunteers
Yes
Every group of short-term volunteers
So that tells us more about this program
We learn they are short-term volunteers,
or they’re not going to be doing this for a long time
If it is short-term — for example:
I’m only going to do this job short-term.
I don’t plan to make it my career.
Yes
So Alex says, “That’s good,
but wouldn’t hiring a full-time teacher
be more efficient and effective?”
All right — efficient — this is a great
term for us to talk about
If you are efficient
it means that you achieve maximum productivity with minimal
wasted effort
Right. Here’s an example:
The new system is much more efficient than the old one.
It’s able to do more
in the same or less amount of time
Now
Alex has a point here
Wouldn’t it be more efficient to just hire a teacher
to do the work that all of these
short-term teachers are doing?
They will be there
for much longer
and have longer-term relationships with the students
Exactly
We’re going to talk
about the answer to this question in just a moment
but first let’s go to the next part of our conversation
The Pros and Cons of Voluntourism
Maybe it
does take a lot of people
and money to run an overseas short-term
teaching program.
Before you sign up,
ask some questions:
Does the project meet the community’s needs?
Is it sustainable?
Does the money you pay benefit the community,
or just cover the organization’s costs?
Homestay families are
paid to provide teachers with a place to stay and meals,
so I know for sure that
some of the money stays in the local economy.
我們來看形容詞 sustainable，意思是「永續的、可持續的」。
例如：
The growing global population makes sustainable agriculture more important than ever.
全球人口的不斷增長，使得永續農業比以往更加重要。
Sustainable 去掉字尾的 -able就會變成動詞 sustain，意思是「維持」或「持續」。
譬如：
Everyone was astonished that the children were able to sustain themselves during their four weeks lost in the jungle.
每個人都很驚訝，孩子們在叢林中迷路四週，竟然能夠維持生命。
Sustain 的名詞是 sustainability，是指「永續性」。
比如：
The team questioned the long-term sustainability of the project and decided against proceeding.
該團隊質疑這個計畫的長期可持續性，最後決定不繼續進行。
Friends, it seems like Alex has convinced Maria
to reconsider.
What does Maria say next?
Well,
Maria says maybe
it does take a lot of people and money
to run an overseas short-term teaching program.
Yeah,
even if they are volunteering,
there are still a lot of costs involved.
Definitely.
Now Alex
has some suggestions for Maria,
and I think that this is good advice for anyone in general
who is considering voluntourism.
Yeah.
Alex says, “Before you sign up, ask some questions.”
Now, friends,
I’m sure you often sign up for things —
that’s to register or enroll for something.
That’s right.
You could sign up for a class, like an exercise class,
or you could sign up to get promotional emails from a company.
You might even
sign up
to be a part of a program like Maria is talking about.
Alex wants her to ask some questions first:
Does the project
meet the community’s needs?
Ah — to meet someone’s or something’s needs —
this is to fulfill some type of requirement
or expectation of a group of people.
Right.
Like a new project might aim to meet the community’s needs
for better transportation —
not just some plan that someone in an office has,
but actually meet the needs of the people
it will be for.
So here’s the question:
The place that she is going to teach English —
do they actually need someone to go and teach English?
Right.
Is it worth all the resources and time that are going
into the program?
So — “Is it sustainable?” — is the question.
Alex asks, “Does the money you pay
benefit the community,
or just pay the organization’s costs?”
Ah, benefit —
this is a word that you know, friends.
Let’s review what it means right now.
This is an advantage or some type of
profit, and it’s gained from something.
Yeah —
it’s the good things you get.
We know that regular exercise
has many health benefits —
from your physical body to your mind as well.
That’s right.
So who is benefiting from this program?
Is it the organization that’s running the program,
or does the community actually
benefit?
Yeah.
Sometimes organizations just keep themselves going,
but aren’t actually doing enough good.
So Maria continues and says that homestay families
are paid to provide teachers
with a place to stay and meals.
Okay —
we talked about homestay yesterday, friends,
but I want to review it again now.
This is when you live as a guest in someone’s home,
and it’s usually
while you’re traveling or studying.
This is done
instead of staying at a hotel or something like that.
Yeah, living with a homestay family
might give you a second family for life. Definitely.
So this is good — this program
pays for these homestay families to feed the teachers.
Yes, for their stay and for their meals.
So Maria knows for sure that some of the money
stays in the local economy
because
those homestay families are a part of that. Exactly.
Now,
when you see “local economy,”
this is something that’s
really key when talking about voluntourism.
We’re really looking to see if
the things that are going on and the money that’s put in
are benefiting the economy of the place
you’re going to — and not just giving one specific short-term
benefit to them,
but lifting all of them up together
so the economy can grow and people’s lives with it. Exactly.
We have more to talk about in just a moment, friends,
but first, let’s go to today’s Info Cloud.
Hello everyone,
welcome to Info Cloud.
Rex, did you hear about the new project
Phil is starting? What part do you think we’ll have in it?
Hey Garrett, I’m not sure. The project sounds complicated,
but I don’t want to think about it too much.
As for our part,
we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.
Ah, that’s a great phrase.
It means dealing with a problem or decision
only when it actually happens,
instead of stressing about it beforehand.
It’s like if you’re planning a
road trip and start worrying about what
you’ll do if it rains three days from now.
You don’t need to figure it all out in advance —
you can deal with it if and when it happens. Right?
The phrase reminds us to focus on what’s in front of us
rather than getting overwhelmed by wondering
what might happen.
Like last month,
when my friend worried about his job application process,
I told him to concentrate on preparing his résumé first
and not to overthink the interview stage just yet.
That’s a great example.
It’s about staying calm and taking things one step at a time.
So for our audience — when life throws uncertainties your way,
remember: you don’t need to solve
every possible problem right now.

We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it. 臨機應變
當你看到一個人很容易過度擔憂，或許你可以跟他說：
We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.
字面上是「接近那座橋時我們再過橋」，意思就是「等事情發生了再解決」，不需要提早擔心。
例如：有人擔心旅行時餐廳會下雨，你就可以說：
If it rains, we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.
如果下雨，我們再想辦法。
We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it這句話也是在鼓勵我們：
先完成眼前的工作，未來的挑戰等到出現時再解決就好，不需要過度緊張。
這就是今天的 Info Cloud，我們下次雲端見！

The Pros and Cons of Voluntourism
That’s good — the community should benefit
directly from projects like this.
With a local program
that is approved and run by an organization you can trust,
voluntourism can make a positive difference.
Is that what you’re saying?
In some cases, yes.
Thanks for helping me think this through, Alex.
I’ll do more research before signing up.
接下來看 approve 這個動詞，意思是「批准」。
來看例句：
Make sure the supervisor approves any expenditure before purchasing.
在購買之前，請確定主管會批准任何支出。
Approve 的名詞是 approval，
例如：
Without the approval of her parents, she did not feel that she could accept his marriage proposal.
沒有父母的批准，她覺得自己無法接受他的求婚。
Approve 的反義詞是 disapprove，意思是「不贊成」。
譬如：
While traditionally considered symbolic of one’s status in the community, tattoos nowadays當今 can jeopardize危及 your ability to find work because many employers disapprove of them.
紋身在傳統上被視為一個人在社會中的地位象徵，但現今許多雇主不贊成紋身，所以可能會影響求職的機會。
Okay friends,
it’s time for us to finish up the last
part of our conversation.
What does Alex say here, Garrett?
Well, Alex says the community should benefit
directly from projects like this.
If they’re benefiting directly,
they get benefits without
something happening in between.
That’s right.
So for example,
you could speak directly to your manager.
This means that you don’t go to someone in between
or have someone tell them what you said —
you go talk to them directly.
And if they’re getting direct benefits,
they’re probably also getting
more benefits. That’s a good point as well.
So the community should benefit
directly from projects like this.
Maria says:
With a local program
that is approved and run by an organization
you can trust,
voluntourism can make a positive difference.
So it seems that Maria’s opinion really hasn’t changed.
No, not a whole lot.
But she wants to make sure she’s
understanding what Alex is saying.
So she finishes off her comment by asking:
Is that what you’re saying?
This is a really great phrase for you to know, friends —
especially as you are learning another language.
If you hear someone say something
and you’re not exactly sure what they mean,
you can rephrase or repeat what they say
and then ask, “Is that what you’re saying?”
Here’s an example:
So you think we should start over — is that what you’re saying?
Exactly. This is used to confirm your
understanding of something.
It’s really a useful sentence.
Yeah, you’re pretty sure about something,
but you want to make sure.
Well, is that what Alex meant?
He says, “In some cases.”
Kind of — that’s kind of what he meant.
He might
think that voluntourism could be okay in this situation,
but he’s
definitely not convinced that voluntourism as a whole
is a good idea as a concept. He’s not totally convinced.
Well,
Maria says, “Thanks for helping me think this through, Alex.”
Let’s think that one through together.
All right, let’s think it through and define it.
If you think something through,
you carefully consider it,
and you do this before you make a decision.
Here’s an example:
Let’s think this through before we make any changes.
Now you can think something through in your own mind —
think through some ideas and brainstorm —
or you can think something through by
talking about it with someone else.
I’m the type of person
who really likes to think out loud.
I like to process my ideas
or what I’m thinking with someone else.
Sometimes I say things that
I’m not really sure how I feel about myself,
and after I say them out loud,
it’s easier for me to make a decision.
And I prefer
to think things through in my mind at first —
think through some different variations of it —
and then talk about it with someone else.
So, friends,
how do you like
to think things through?
It seems like Maria really liked
thinking this through with Alex,
because he brought up some points that she really
hadn’t thought about, right?
So think this through, friends —
what do you think about voluntourism?
I think we would agree
that there are good things and
bad things about it.
That’s definitely how I feel about it.
I think the word that comes to my mind is short-term or
long-term.
I think that a lot of short-term volunteer
tourism could be really
harmful for communities.
For example,
if you’re only going to a place for one or two weeks,
I think it’s very hard to make an impact there.
But if you’re staying in a place more like
four months or six months,
it’s more possible that that community could benefit.
Yeah.
And you might
have more efficient benefits
if you separate volunteering
from tourism and do them separately.
That’s a really great point.
We’ll be right back, friends, after today’s Fun Fact.
Would you like me to continue with the Fun Fact section as well?
Hello, fact friends!
I am Detective Ernest Finder,
and I have a fun fact for you today.
Did you know that the most likely group to volunteer
is from Canada,
specifically unmarried Canadians?
Way to go, unmarried Canadians!
It’s true. In 2004,
people from the USA
volunteered 7.7
billion hours in total.
Oh,
that’s a lot of time to volunteer!
But that is today’s fun volunteering fact.
We should volunteer!
Friends, what do you think about voluntourism?
Just now, you heard my answer to this question,
and now I’m going to ask the question to Garrett.
Garrett, what do you think about voluntourism?
Well, I have a somewhat negative opinion of it.
From my experience,
some of these trips were used up by
eating good food,
traveling, and then spending a few hours here and there
to help people out.
It’s just not very efficient.
But I think what you said about
long-term projects can be very beneficial.
Exactly.
Francis, it’s definitely something that
you need to talk about as well,
form your own opinion about it, and talk about it in English.
That’s all the time we have for today.
My name is Anne Marie,
and my name is Garrett.
We’ll see you next time, friends,
right here on Studio Classroom.
Goodbye!

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