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[00:01.48] Passage 1 Donna Fredrick 's served with the Peace Corps for two years in Brazil.
[00:09.57] She joined the Peace Corps after she graduated from the college because she wanted to do something to help other people.
[00:19.02] She had been brought up on a farm, so the Peace Corps assigned her to a agricultural project.
[00:26.29] Before she went to Brazil, she studied Portuguese for three months.
[00:32.04] She also learnt a great deal about its history and culture.
[00:37.35] During her two years with the Peace Corps, Donna lived in a village in northeast Brazil.
[00:44.52] That part of Brazil is very dry and farming is often difficult there.
[00:51.15] Donna helped the people of the village to organise an arrigation project, and she also advised them on planting corps.
[00:59.38] They didn 't require much water.
[01:03.14] When Donna returned to the States, she couldn 'tsettle down.
[01:08.10] She tried several jobs, but they seemed very boring to her.
[01:13.23] She couldn 'tget Brazil out of her mind.
[01:17.06] Finally, one day she got on an plane and went back to Brazil.
[01:22.45] She wasn 'tsure what she 'sgoing to do.
[01:25.27] She just wanted to be there.
[01:28.58] After a few weeks, Donna found a job as an English teacher, teaching five classes a day.
[01:36.33] Like most of the teachers, she doesn 'tmake much money.
[01:41.03] She shares a small apartment with another teacher.
[01:45.01] And she makes a little extra money by sending stories to newspapers in the States.
[01:51.25] Eventually she wants to quit teaching and work as a full time journalist.
[01:58.00] Question 16 Why did Donna join the Peace Corps after she graduated from college?
[02:05.53] Question 17 What was Donna assigned to do in Brazil?
[02:12.24] Question 18 Why did Donna go back to Brazil once again?
[02:19.51] Question 19 How did Donna make extra money to support herself?