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本文題目：高中英語(yǔ)課外閱讀：溫暖幫助無(wú)家可歸的人
Helping the Homeless
溫暖：幫助無(wú)家可歸的人
My Main Motivation
動(dòng)力所在
When I started university in London, it was quite a shock coming from a small village in Sussex to a big city. You see so many homeless people and you never know how to act. Do you talk to them, ignore them, walk away, give them money? To be honest, I knew nothing about homeless people and they kind of scared me. You hear all these stories that they’re alcoholics, high on drugs and thieves.
剛到倫敦讀大學(xué)時(shí)，從薩塞克斯的一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)來(lái)到大城市的轉(zhuǎn)變確實(shí)讓我很震驚。你會(huì)看見很多露宿者，卻根本不知道要怎樣做。你會(huì)跟他們聊天，無(wú)視他們，走開還是給他們錢?說(shuō)實(shí)話，我對(duì)露宿者一無(wú)所知，還覺(jué)得他們挺嚇人的。你聽過(guò)這些故事——他們是酒鬼，因吸毒而神智恍惚，或者是小偷什么的。
A friend was involved in a project with homeless people so I decided to go along one week. Every Sunday evening, a group of students make sandwiches in the student halls and then drive to Holborn to hand them out. Initially, I imagined we’d just go, hand out the food and leave, but we actually stand around for about an hour talking to them and hearing their stories.
我的一個(gè)朋友參加了一個(gè)幫助露宿者的計(jì)劃，所以我決定找一個(gè)星期跟著去。每個(gè)周日晚上，一群學(xué)生會(huì)在學(xué)生大廳里做三明治，然后開車到霍爾本區(qū)派發(fā)。起初我以為我們只需要去到那里，派完食物就離開。但實(shí)際上我們?cè)谀抢锎瞬畈欢嘁粋�(gè)小時(shí)，跟他們聊天，聆聽他們的故事。
The main thing I have realised is that homeless people are real people with amazing experiences. Sometimes you just can’t believe the reasons for them being homeless, but there are good stories, too. There was a guy that kept saying that he had his name on a housing list and that he had a job as a road sweeper. I thought it was all talk and then he came along one week and said: “I’m just coming along to say bye; I’ve got myself a place.” It was amazing and really nice that he remembered us and came back to tell us. It’s very satisfying when good things like that happen.
我認(rèn)識(shí)到露宿者也是有血有肉的人，他們有著非凡的經(jīng)歷。有時(shí)候，他們露宿街頭的原因簡(jiǎn)直讓人難以置信;當(dāng)然也有好故事。有這么一個(gè)男人總是說(shuō)自己是一名街道清掃工，住房救濟(jì)名單上有他的名字。我以為他只是說(shuō)說(shuō)而已，但是有一個(gè)星期他回來(lái)說(shuō)：“我只是順道過(guò)來(lái)說(shuō)再見，我找到落腳點(diǎn)了。”他記得我們，還回來(lái)告訴我們這個(gè)消息，這實(shí)在是太棒了。每當(dāng)發(fā)生這樣的好事，我都會(huì)感到很滿足。
Getting More Involved
進(jìn)一步投入
After a year of helping out, they asked me if I wanted to get a bit more involved, so now I organise everything. I make sure there are people to do the shopping, the bus is going to turn up and that we’ve got a driver. Next year I’ll be doing even more when I become the coordinator of the university’s Community Action Group, which incorporates all sorts of volunteering projects. Initially, boosting my CV didn’t even cross my mind; I just wanted to interact with homeless people, but being in charge of the whole thing is going to be a much bigger job.
在那里幫忙了一年后，他們問(wèn)我想不想進(jìn)一步參與其中，于是現(xiàn)在所有事情都由我組織。我要確保有人負(fù)責(zé)購(gòu)物，公交車會(huì)按時(shí)到達(dá)，還得有一個(gè)駕駛員。明年等我當(dāng)上學(xué)校社區(qū)行動(dòng)組的協(xié)調(diào)員負(fù)責(zé)組織協(xié)調(diào)全部志愿計(jì)劃后，我將有更多事情要做。起初，我從沒(méi)想過(guò)這會(huì)豐富自己的簡(jiǎn)歷;我只想與露宿者交流，然而負(fù)責(zé)所有事情將會(huì)是一項(xiàng)更龐大的工作。
Working on this project has encouraged me to stay connected with homeless people in the future. I’m training to be a doctor, and I can see myself working in specialist surgeries for homeless people eventually. I’ve seen some doctors freak out when a homeless person comes in to A&E (Accident and Emergency). They don’t know where to start—they would normally ask questions like: “Where do you live?” or “What did you do yesterday?” but how can you converse like this with a homeless person? From that point of view, it has been very useful for me to become comfortable talking to people in all sorts of situations.
參與這個(gè)計(jì)劃鼓勵(lì)我將來(lái)與露宿者保持溝通。我正在接受醫(yī)生培訓(xùn)，我能想象自己最終為露宿者進(jìn)行外科手術(shù)的情景。當(dāng)露宿者來(lái)到急癥室時(shí)，我見過(guò)一些醫(yī)生很慌張。他們不知道從何開始——他們平時(shí)會(huì)問(wèn)這類問(wèn)題：“你住在哪里?”或“你昨天做了什么?”但你怎么能跟一個(gè)露宿者說(shuō)這些呢?從這個(gè)角度看，我的經(jīng)歷對(duì)我很有幫助，它讓我在任何情況下都能自如地跟人交談。
Fitting It into My Life
工作生活兩不誤
Until someone referred to me as a volunteer, I’d never really thought of myself as one! Young people don’t want to volunteer because it sounds like what old ladies do—that is what I think of volunteering, even though I’m doing it myself. I guess the key is to find something you enjoy that will fit into your life—most people aren’t aware of the different ways you can volunteer in life.
直到有人說(shuō)我是一個(gè)志愿者，我才意識(shí)到自己是其中一員!年輕人不想從事志愿工作是因?yàn)檫@聽起來(lái)像是老婦人做的事——我確實(shí)是那樣想的，雖然自己正在做志愿工作。我認(rèn)為關(guān)鍵是找出可以融入你生活、并且是你喜歡做的事情——大多數(shù)人沒(méi)有意識(shí)到生活中有很多不同途徑可以從事志愿工作。
I’d definitely encourage other young people to start volunteering and try to make them realise that it doesn’t have to be an enormous commitment. We’re very adamant that volunteers can come once, twice, every week, whatever suits them. Most people don’t want commitment and at the end of the day we are all pretty selfish, so it has to be flexible.
我絕對(duì)鼓勵(lì)其他年輕人開始志愿工作，我也想讓他們知道當(dāng)志愿者不一定要承擔(dān)巨大的責(zé)任。我們一直認(rèn)為志愿者可以每周來(lái)一次或兩次，只要適合他們就行了。大多數(shù)人不想承擔(dān)重任，歸根到底，我們都是很自私的，所以志愿時(shí)間一定要靈活。
Getting More than I Bargained For
額外收獲
What’s more, I made a lot of friends during my volunteering. I never imagined when I first took this on that I’d find a group of brilliant friends, but I have discovered that volunteering is a great way to meet people. All of my best friends through university have been made through the project—we all have the same outlook on life and we’re all willing to give two hours a week. It’s not much to give and you get so much out of it personally.
另外，我在當(dāng)志愿者期間交到了很多朋友。剛開始參加志愿工作時(shí)，我從未想過(guò)自己會(huì)交到一群那么棒的朋友，但我發(fā)現(xiàn)當(dāng)志愿者是認(rèn)識(shí)人的好方法。我在大學(xué)的好朋友都是在參與(志愿)計(jì)劃時(shí)認(rèn)識(shí)的——我們對(duì)生活都有同樣的看法，而且都愿意每個(gè)星期抽出兩小時(shí)。你無(wú)需付出很多，卻可以從中收獲良多。
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