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JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English.
 
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I'm June Simms. This week on our program, we talk to Harry Styles of the boy band One Direction and play some of the group's music...
 
We also take a look at some of your comments...
 
But first, we visit a building project in Washington, DC, where volunteers are working to help homeless teens.
 
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Home for Homeless Teens
 
JUNE SIMMS: Sasha Bruce Youthwork helps poor and homeless children in Washington, D.C. The not-for-profit group recently received an unusual donation: an old, unliva https://www.51lunwen.com ble house. Sasha Bruce is repairing the building to make a safe home for homeless teenagers. Shirley Griffith has more.
 

Harry Styles of One Direction
 
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Members of the American Institute of Architects are among the volunteers working at the house. The designers and builders are in Washington for the institute's yearly meeting. But on this day, they are carrying pieces of wood, adding nails to the floors and putting window glass into window frames. A few others are outside the house, digging a garden.
 

Volunteers are repairing and rebuilding this house in Washington, DC, to help homeless teenagersOne of the volunteers is Gwen Berlekamp from Ohio. She suggests the work being done will change more than just one house.
 
GWEN BERLEKAMP: "When you make improvements to communities, it has a ripple effect. So other people, the neighbors will feel better about living here, the children have a better neighborhood to grow up in."
 
Bedrooms, bathrooms, a kitchen, living and dining areas begin to take shape in the two-level house. Nineteen-year-old Kevin Vines is excited by the speed at which the repairs are being made. He has been on the job for several months as part of the Sasha Bruce YouthBuild, a work and life skills program.
 
KEVIN VINES: "I'm getting carpentry, as of right now. That's what I like to do. Hands on work."
 
The young man left high school before finishing. He was unemployed and facing legal problems when he entered the YouthBuild program. Marcus Brooks is showing him and other young people how to build houses. The trainer is proud of the progress Kevin Vines has made.
 
MARCUS BROOKS: "Kevin has really shown a lot of leadership and is pretty good with his hands. I expect him to be a big shining star for this program."
 
However, Marcus Brooks says it has not been easy.
 
MARCUS BROOKS: "We deal with the kids nobody else wants to deal with. When the kids come to us they have all types of issues, personal problems. We, kind of, show them love."
 
Marcus Brooks says the project has helped to build character in the young people.
 
MARCUS BROOKS: "What I'm interested in is that they have a strong work ethic because they can take that work ethic and become anything they want to be in life."
 
Debby Shore is the director of Sasha Bruce Youthwork. She explains the importance of the YouthBuild kids working with volunteers from around the country.
 
DEBBY SHORE: "We are building relationships here that make such a difference for young people."
 
Architect and volunteer Tom Schell is from Florida. He says being involved in the Youthwork project helps him better understand the difficulties faced by homeless Americans本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。