- solar power rocks………….
The Shinta Mani Foundation is in Cambodia. It helps poor families in the countryside. The Foundation gives training, houses, clean water, and solar lights to people who need them.
Rice for Cambodia is a partner. It gives rice and other help to many families every month. Both groups work together and make life better for many people.
Try to imagine the joy that ten families feel this week. No candle light anymore, they turn on a light in their home for the first time in their lives. Now each house has solar panels on the roof. Inside the house there are three lights. The family can also charge their phone. This makes life much easier. Children can study in the evening. Parents can work or cook when it is dark.
We thank Rice for Cambodia and every donor. Their kindness makes a big change in people’s lives. Every gift helps a family. With solar lights and rice, families feel safe and happy. They have hope for the future. The Shinta Mani Foundation and Rice for Cambodia continue this work every day. They bring light and hope to the countryside.
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Vocabulary:
- a foundation – a group that gives help or money to people.
- countryside – land with farms and villages, not a city.
- to give training – to teach someone how to do something.
- clean water – water that is safe to drink.
- a solar light – a light that uses power from the sun.
- to make life better – to help people live more easily and happily.
- to try – to do something to see if it works.
- to imagine – to think about something in your mind.
- joy – a very happy feeling.
- to turn on light – to make a light start shining.
- candle light – light that comes from a candle.
- a solar panel – a flat thing that takes power from the sun.
- a roof – the top part of a house.
- to charge a phone – to put power into a phone’s battery.
- dark – when there is no light.
- a donor – a person who gives money or things to help others.
- kindness – being good and helpful to other people.
- to make a change in life – to do something that makes life different.
- a gift – something you give to someone.
- to have hope for the future – to feel good because you think good things will come.
- to continue – to keep doing something.
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Multiple choice exercise, one answer correct:
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1. What is a foundation?
a) A group that helps people
b) A kind of food
c) A small shop
2. Where is the countryside?
a) In a busy city
b) In a village or farm area
c) In a big school
3. What does it mean to give training?
a) To teach someone how to do something
b) To give someone food
c) To build a house
4. What is clean water?
a) Water that is dirty
b) Water that is safe to drink
c) Water that is hot
5. What is a solar light?
a) A light that uses the sun’s power
b) A light that uses candles
c) A light that uses oil
6. What does it mean to make life better?
a) To help people live more easily and happily
b) To make people buy more things
c) To make life more difficult
7. What does it mean to try?
a) To think about something in your mind
b) To do something to see if it works
c) To stop doing something
8. What does it mean to imagine?
a) To think about something in your mind
b) To work in the garden
c) To look at something on TV
9. What is joy?
a) A type of job
b) A big meal
c) A very happy feeling
10. What does it mean to turn on light?
a) To make a light start shining
b) To put out a fire
c) To close a door
11. What is candle light?
a) Light from the sun
b) Light from a candle
c) Light from a lamp
12. What is a solar panel?
a) A flat thing that takes power from the sun
b) A kind of table
c) A window in the roof
13. What is a roof?
a) The bottom of a house
b) The top part of a house
c) The side wall of a house
14. What does it mean to charge a phone?
a) To put power into a phone’s battery
b) To buy a new phone
c) To call a friend
15. What is dark?
a) When it is raining
b) When it is very hot
c) When there is no light
16. What is a donor?
a) A person who cleans the house
b) A person who sells food
c) A person who gives money or things to help others
17. What is kindness?
a) Being good and helpful to other people
b) Being very fast and strong
c) Being loud and noisy
18. What does it mean to make a change in life?
a) To watch TV in the evening
b) To stay the same every day
c) To do something that makes life different
19. What is a gift?
a) Something you give to someone
b) A place to sleep
c) A type of food
20. What does it mean to have hope for the future?
a) To feel sad about the past
b) To feel good because you think good things will come
c) To sleep all day
21. What does it mean to continue?
a) To keep doing something
b) To stop and never do it again
c) To forget something
Answers:
1a, 2b, 3a, 4b, 5a, 6a, 7b, 8a, 9c, 10a,
11b, 12a, 13b, 14a, 15c, 16c, 17a, 18c, 19a, 20b, 21a
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Gap fill, one answer correct
1. A __________ helps poor families and gives them support.
a) foundation
b) city
c) school
2. People live in the __________ far from the town.
a) market
b) countryside
c) shop
3. The foundation __________ training to help people learn new skills.
a) takes
b) gives
c) sells
4. Clean __________ is important for health.
a) food
b) light
c) water
5. A __________ light works with the sun.
a) candle
b) electric
c) solar
6. We want to __________ life better for everyone.
a) make
b) close
c) break
7. Try to __________ new things every day.
a) imagine
b) try
c) give
8. Can you __________ what your new house will look like?
a) imagine
b) feel
c) turn
9. Joy is a feeling of great __________.
a) happiness
b) fear
c) sadness
10. We __________ on a light when it is dark.
a) turn off
b) turn on
c) break
11. Before electricity, people used __________ light.
a) candle
b) solar
c) electric
12. A __________ panel is on the roof to catch sunlight.
a) solar
b) water
c) candle
13. The __________ is the top part of a house.
a) roof
b) door
c) window
14. You can __________ your phone with solar power.
a) charge
b) sell
c) buy
15. It is dark when there is no __________.
a) sun
b) light
c) rain
16. A __________ gives money or things to help others.
a) teacher
b) donor
c) driver
17. Kindness means being __________ to other people.
a) mean
b) kind
c) loud
18. To make a change in life means to do something __________.
a) different
b) same
c) easy
19. A gift is something you __________ to someone.
a) give
b) take
c) keep
20. To have hope for the future means to feel __________.
a) angry
b) sad
c) happy
21. We __________ to help people every day.
a) stop
b) continue
c) forget
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Answers:
1a, 2b, 3b, 4c, 5c, 6a, 7b, 8a, 9a, 10b,
11a, 12a, 13a, 14a, 15b, 16b, 17b, 18a, 19a, 20c, 21b
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Match the word to its correct definition:
Words:
- Foundation
- Countryside
- Training
- Solar
- Roof
- Donor
- Kindness
- Gift
- Charge
- Light
- Hope
- Joy
Definitions:
a) A person who gives money or help to others
b) The top part of a house that covers it
c) Feeling happy and excited inside
d) A feeling that good things will happen in the future
e) Something you give to someone to show care or thanks
f) To fill a phone or battery with power
g) The land outside the city where people live in villages
h) A group that helps people in need
i) Being nice and helpful to others
j) Training to learn new skills or knowledge
k) Energy from the sun used to make electricity or heat
l) What makes it possible to see when it is dark
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Answers: 1h, 2g, 3j, 4k, 5b, 6a, 7i, 8e, 9f, 10l, 11d, 12c
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True or false?
- The Shinta Mani Foundation helps families in the city.
- Rice for Cambodia gives rice to many families every month.
- Solar panels are put on the roof of each house.
- Before, families used electricity to light their homes.
- The foundation gives clean water and training to people.
- Children can study at night because of solar lights.
- Families use candles because they have no electricity.
- The foundation only gives food to families.
- People can charge their phones with solar lights.
- The foundation works only once a year.
- Donors help make a big change in people’s lives.
- Solar lights make life harder for families.
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True: 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11
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Complete, words below:
candles – rice – countryside – donors – better – charge – dark -panels
The Shinta Mani Foundation helps poor families in Cambodia’s __________.
It gives training, houses, clean water, and solar lights to people who need them.
Rice for Cambodia is a partner that gives __________ and other help to many families every month.
Together, they make life __________ for many people.
Ten families just turned on solar lights for the first time.
Before, they used __________ because they had no electricity.
Now, they have solar __________ on their roofs and three lights inside.
They can __________ phones, children can study at night, and parents can work or cook in the __________.
The foundation and __________ bring hope and happiness.
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Correct version:
The Shinta Mani Foundation helps poor families in Cambodia’s countryside. It gives training, houses, clean water, and solar lights to people who need them. Rice for Cambodia is a partner that gives rice and other help to many families every month. Together, they make life better for many people. Ten families just turned on solar lights for the first time. Before, they used candles because they had no electricity. Now, they have solar panels on their roofs and three lights inside. They can charge phones, children can study at night, and parents can work or cook in the dark. The foundation and donors bring hope and happiness.
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Interview with a representative of the Shinta Mani Foundation – complete, words below:
strong – clean – support [help] – teach – working – electricity – roofs – life – study – donors
1. Q: What does the Shinta Mani Foundation do?
A: The foundation helps poor families in the countryside. We give training, houses, __________ water, and solar lights.
2. Q: Who do you help?
A: We help families who live without many basic things like __________ and clean water.
3. Q: How do you give training?
A: We __________ people new skills that help them find jobs or improve their work.
4. Q: What kind of houses do you build?
A: We build safe and __________houses for families who have no home or bad homes.
5. Q: How do solar lights help the families?
A: Solar lights give light at night so children can __________ and parents can work or cook.
6. Q: Do you work with other organizations?
A: Yes, we work with Rice for Cambodia. They give rice and other ___________ every month.
7. Q: How do families use solar panels?
A: Families use solar panels on their __________to get electricity for lights and charging phones.
8. Q: How many families do you help?
A: We help many families every year, and we keep ___________ every day.
9. Q: How do donors help your work?
A: __________ give money or gifts. Their kindness helps us reach more families.
10. Q: What is your goal for the future?
A: Our goal is to bring light, hope, and better __________ to all families in need.
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A brief summary of SOLAR POWER:
Solar power comes from sunlight.
Solar panels change sunlight into electricity.
A solar panel has many small parts called solar cells.
These cells are made from a material called silicon.
When sunlight hits the cells, it makes a flow of energy.
This flow is called electricity.
The electricity goes through wires to the house.
People can use it for lights, phones, or other things.
If there is more electricity than needed, it can be saved in batteries. Solar power is clean and does not make pollution.
It is very useful in the countryside, where there are no power lines.
Families can have light and charge phones without fuel or big machines.
