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　　Six months’ preparation in Denmark：Africa studies, team work combined with social work with risk group teenagers．

　　Six months’ community work in Malawi in People to People Projects：Child Aid, HIV/AIDS．Fights and Teacher Training．

　　Qualifications：18 years, hard working and social engagement．

　　Please contact us by e-mail：takeaction@ betterworld．com．

　　YOUTH International is a non-profit high school foreign exchange students organization．We welcome teenagers from over 80 countries worldwide and provide host families．The community Representative is a part-time position designed for people with a strong desire to do something rewarding in the community and earn some extra money．

　　Applicants best suited for this work should enjoy teenagers, have a strong interest in cross-cultural communication and feel comfortable networking．Full training and support will be provided through branch offices throughout the US．Positions available in most states．

　　If interested, please email staff@ youth．org or call 888-123-9872．

　　Hi, I’m an ESL student in China．I’m 20, quiet and polite, and I speak reasonable English．I’m looking for a summer job in an English-speaking country．I can teach Chinese or do house and garden work and cook Chinese dishes．Can anybody offer me a job?I don’t need to earn much, just enough in two months(July－August)to pay for my return ticket to China．My goal is to improve my English and see a bit more of the world．

　　My email is：ram3462@ hotmail．com．

　　I am looking for native speakers of English to join in an experiment．This experiment is carried out over the Internet．You don’t need nay specific knowledge other than understanding and speaking English at a native level．The first task will take you around 15 minutes．After this task, you can decide whether you want to continue the experiment．The tasks involve reading texts and designing questions and answers．

　　If you are willing to help me, then please email us：club3864@ hotmail．com

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　　A picture, a calendar or even a balloon may be the best way for millions of people living in China’s vast country areas to learn about AIDS, one of the biggest threats to public health in the world today．

　　China has decided to use user-friendly methods including exhibitions, VCDs and TV programmes to spread knowledge of the disease across the nation to try to keep it in check．

　　Educating people nationwide about AIDS is the top priority(优先权)to prevent the disease from getting out of hand．The farmers will be given knowledge in the easiest way that they can understand．?

　　A recent survey from the commission(调查团)of more than 7000 people in China showed that nearly 20 percent of them had never heard of AIDS before．Just over 71 percent said they knew AIDS was highly infectious(传染的), but most of them had no clear idea of how the disease could be spread．Just over 62 percent said they knew they could do things in advance to prevent them catching AIDS but they didn’t know what these measures were．

　　The month-long survey, carried out last December, talked to people in seven countries and cities across China including both developed coastal areas and the less-developed inland areas．The interviewees ranged from 15 to 49 years old, and country residents(居民)were about 63％ of the total surveyed．?

　　Chinese people, especially those in the country, have very little knowledge about what AIDS is all about, not to mention prevention and treatment．By the end of last year, there were 22 517 known HIV/AIDS cases in China．However, more than 6 000 000 people in China have been infected．

　　Since 1985, China has discovered 880 patients with AIDS－466 of them have died．Sharing needles, prostitution(卖淫)and contaminated blood transfusions(输血传播)are major ways for HIV to spread．A lack of education has been the biggest difficulty against nationwide efforts to prevent AIDS, especially in the countryside．