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If you are looking for some quick， fun and easy team building activities for small groups， youve come to the right page. Spare even 5 minutes to help your employees work more easily together and then you will have a good working atmosphere.

Idea Building Blocks

Time： 15—20 minutes

Number of participants： at least 5

Your employees must solve a hypothetical （假設(shè)的） problem posed by you. They should write their idea on a piece of paper. Then， the paper should go from person to person， with each of them developing a new solution to the problem using the original idea.

Poker Tower

Time： 10 minutes

Number of participants： at least 4

Divide your employees into two or more groups. Give each group scissors and a deck of cards， and let them compete and see which group will create the tallest tower with limited time.

Eye Contact

Time： 5 minutes

Number of participants： at least 2

You dont require any material， and you can have only two employees you want to bond. Just ask them to stare into each others eyes for at least one minute. Watch out！ There might be some laughter！ In any case， coworkers may become more friendly to each other.

What I Would Have Done

Time： 10—15 minutes

Number of participants： at least 2

You should write a few things all participants can relate to， something like career choice， sports， etc. Then， participants should pick one thing. If， for example， they pick career choice， they should first talk about what really happened， and then what they would do differently if given the chance and whether they would choose another career path.

1. What should be prepared for Idea Building Blocks？

A. Design drawing. B. Several blocks.

C. Pretty cards. D. Some paper.

2. Whats the purpose of Poker Tower？

A. To attract ones attention.

B. To develop artistic talent.

C. To encourage teamwork.

D. To brainstorm creative ideas.

3. What are you supposed to do in What I Would Have Done？

A. Share some personal experiences with others.

B. Comment on the jobs you have done before.

C. Make up some stories to entertain others.

D. Talk about your future life in detail.

B

As a first responder， you never know what type of situation you might walk into， or who youll meet along the way. Thats definitely been the case for Jeffrey Lanenberg， a 51-year-old paramedic （醫(yī)務(wù)輔助人員） since 1984.

Ten years into the job， Lanenberg received a call that reported that a man in his early 30s had fallen down in the Mall of America. When Lanenberg and his partner arrived at the scene， they found the young male face down on the ground. He had gone unconscious， making weak attempts to breathe. His wife stood beside him holding their small son in horror. They quickly rushed to defibrillate （除顫） and calm the man to keep him under control. After Lanenberg dropped the patient off at the neighboring hospital， he thought about the man and his family for a long time.

Lanenberg thought he had experienced everything under the sun until one random visit to Office Max three years ago， where he met a man repeatedly walk back and forth while staring at him. As it turned out， the man was the patient he had saved 20 years earlier.

“You gave me 20 years more than I ever thought Id have，” the man said. He thanked Lanenberg repeatedly and told him he had someone he wanted him to meet. He stepped around the corner and reappeared with a 20-something-year-old man. Lanenberg instantly knew that it was the son he had seen standing by his mother all those years ago.

“That day changed my life，” Lanenberg said. “Before that， everything was about work…When I talk to my beginner-training class， I tell them you never know the impact （影響） you can have on someones life.”

4. What did Lanenberg do with the young man？

A. He gave the man the first aid.

B. He cured the man at the scene.

C. He just sent the man to hospital.

D. He helped the man lie on the ground.

5. What did Lanenberg think of the encounter with the man？

A. It was unbelievable.

B. It was expectable.

C. It was a matter of course.

D. It was a dangerous situation.

6. Why was the man thankful to Lanenberg？

A. Lanenberg helped bring up his little son.

B. Lanenberg continued to support his family.

C. Lanenberg gave him the present happy life.

D. Lanenberg taught his son to be a new doctor.

7. After he met the man， Lanenberg .

A. changed his attitude to his job

B. was praised with much money

C. got a position to be a team leader

D. took up teaching work to train newcomers

C

Founder Nick Loosley is currently running a crowdfunding campaign to open a permanent Auckland home for the pay-as-you-feel pop-up， which has already been successfully running for almost a year.

Held at a Gemmayze St. restaurant in St. Kevins Arcade every Monday night， Everybody Eats aims to reduce food waste and food poverty—two big issues in New Zealand. People can eat for free or pay however much they can afford.

The non-profit pop-ups volunteers have served 7，000 meals to people from all walks of life， making full use of the food that is going to be thrown away before even being delivered to the table. “Its really successful in the UK and weve proven it works， and we have a lot of evidence to show it will translate well into a permanent space，” says Loosley.

The money raised in the campaign will help them rent and fit out a space so that they can run the restaurant just like a regular restaurant， five to seven days a week. Loosley also hopes to see Everybody Eats in other cities. “Once we get a permanent space， there will be a dozen of these feeding communities across the country in the next two to three years.”

Loosley says the campaign is going well but is calling for more people to support the cause. “Our targets really ambitious—$120，000. It is quite hard to get， but we managed to raise $20，000 on the first day. We hit the halfway mark after a week， which is really exciting. However， the momentum （勢頭）， like every crowdfunding campaign， has slowed down a bit.”

Loosley says people might not realize that by donating （捐贈(zèng)） to the campaign， someone can receive a reward （獎(jiǎng)品）， like Toms Shoes for example， but Everybody Eats will get the money. “Weve got a pretty amazing partnership with Toms Shoes. For every ten dollars that someone donates， were going to give a pair to someone in need at our pop-up.”

8. Why did Loosley start the campaign？

A. To pay for ingredients of the meals.

B. To make Everybody Eats a legal organization.

C. To establish a permanent non-profit restaurant.

D. To buy a Gemmayze St. restaurant in St. Kevins.

9. What can we learn about Everybody Eats？

A. It provides affordable food for everyone.

B. It recycles food materials to cook dishes.

C. It encourages people to finish their plates.

D. It aims to reduce poverty in New Zealand.

10. What can we infer about the campaign from Paragraph 5？

A. Its target is hard to achieve.

B. It had an encouraging beginning.

C. It has drawn peoples attention nationwide.

D. More and more people are joining to support it.

11. By donating ten dollars to the campaign， people can? .