Although volunteers of the Beijing Olympic Games are mainly Chinese people from Beijing and other Chinese provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, as well as from Hong Kong, Macao and Chinese Taipei. There are also a number of foreign volunteers that have been recruited from China and abroad.
Eli and her American companions, in the picture, were teaching Olympic English to some passersby in the streets of Shenyang, in hope of dedicating a self strength to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
They are all English teachers from a local middle school in the city and have long been dedicated to spreading Olympic English all around by distributing relevant materials or tutoring the citizens on the scene.
Thanks to their effort, Olympic English learning activities are in full swing in progress in Shenyang.
Joshua Jerga, relaxing his athletic body in a chair with his letter of commitment in hand, said the thing he expected most as an Olympic volunteer was to enjoy the next seven weeks in Beijing.
“It’s like one big love party, (it) brings everyone together,” he said.
Jerga was among 40 students from Australia’s University of Newcastle who flew into Beijing early on July 10th and joined the rest of the 292 overseas volunteers who will serve with the Olympic News Service during the Games.
No matter whether the foreign volunteers are directly or indirectly serving the Olympics, they are passing the great Olympic spirit.