三、阅读与回答问题
Worldwide, 8.1 million people are waiting for calls from strangers. They are volunteers for Be My Eyes, who all have a kind heart.
Be My Eyes was created in 2015 by Hans Jorgen Wiberg from Denmark. This free app connects blind people with sighted volunteers through video calls. If the blind people need help with everyday tasks, they make calls and the volunteers will provide guide and help.
Wiberg used to worry about finding enough volunteers. But today volunteers outnumber blind users by ten to one. It is not easy for volunteers to get a call. Zhang Yanfei joined Be My Eyes in 2019 but didn't receive her first call until four years later. Calls go out to many volunteers at the same time. If one doesn't respond immediately, another volunteer will take the call.
He Yanyan, a stage actress, was afraid of missing calls during rehearsals (排练) before joining the app. After learning that other volunteers would cover missed calls, she signed up at once. She received her first call the very next day. A young man nervously asked, "Can this app really help?" Feeling nervous herself, she realized the man was also new to the app. She described the things around him. The caller relaxed and asked if he looked tidy. Then she told him that his clothes were spotless.
Cao Zhenxiang was also nervous during his first call. After he helped an elderly man check the expiration date (有效期) on his bread, the two thanked each other repeatedly. "I was so nervous that I didn't even know why I was thanking him," he said. Now, Cao feels much more confident. He recently helped a blind person cross the street while working on his computer. "It just felt like chatting with a friend," he said.
1. Who can get help through Be My Eyes?
2. When did Zhang Yanfei get her first call from Be My Eyes?
3. What was He Yanyan worrying about before joining the app?
4. What did Cao Zhenxiang help the caller do during his first call?
5. What do you think of this way of offering and receiving help? (请自拟一句话作答)
Worldwide, 8.1 million people are waiting for calls from strangers. They are volunteers for Be My Eyes, who all have a kind heart.
Be My Eyes was created in 2015 by Hans Jorgen Wiberg from Denmark. This free app connects blind people with sighted volunteers through video calls. If the blind people need help with everyday tasks, they make calls and the volunteers will provide guide and help.
Wiberg used to worry about finding enough volunteers. But today volunteers outnumber blind users by ten to one. It is not easy for volunteers to get a call. Zhang Yanfei joined Be My Eyes in 2019 but didn't receive her first call until four years later. Calls go out to many volunteers at the same time. If one doesn't respond immediately, another volunteer will take the call.
He Yanyan, a stage actress, was afraid of missing calls during rehearsals (排练) before joining the app. After learning that other volunteers would cover missed calls, she signed up at once. She received her first call the very next day. A young man nervously asked, "Can this app really help?" Feeling nervous herself, she realized the man was also new to the app. She described the things around him. The caller relaxed and asked if he looked tidy. Then she told him that his clothes were spotless.
Cao Zhenxiang was also nervous during his first call. After he helped an elderly man check the expiration date (有效期) on his bread, the two thanked each other repeatedly. "I was so nervous that I didn't even know why I was thanking him," he said. Now, Cao feels much more confident. He recently helped a blind person cross the street while working on his computer. "It just felt like chatting with a friend," he said.
1. Who can get help through Be My Eyes?
Blind people.
2. When did Zhang Yanfei get her first call from Be My Eyes?
Four years after joining the app.
3. What was He Yanyan worrying about before joining the app?
She was afraid of missing calls during rehearsals.
4. What did Cao Zhenxiang help the caller do during his first call?
He helped check the expiration date on the bread.
5. What do you think of this way of offering and receiving help? (请自拟一句话作答)
It is convenient and not limited by locations (言之有理即可).
答案：1. Blind people.
2. Four years after joining the app.
3. She was afraid of missing calls during rehearsals.
4. He helped check the expiration date on the bread.
5. It is convenient and not limited by locations (言之有理即可).
2. Four years after joining the app.
3. She was afraid of missing calls during rehearsals.
4. He helped check the expiration date on the bread.
5. It is convenient and not limited by locations (言之有理即可).