Help yourself by helping others帮助别人，快乐自己

Steven Dowshen 赵耀卫

语篇导读

如何来帮助需要帮助的人或动物？可以做一名志愿者！志愿服务意味着可以将自己的一些空闲时间用于帮助他人，还可以让自己的生活快乐而有趣，何乐而不为呢！

What can you do to help people （or animals） who need it？ The answer is—being a volunteer！

Volunteering means spending some of your free time helping others. You may volunteer to help other people， for example， the families who lost their homes after a natural disaster. But you can also volunteer to protect animals， the environment， or any other cause that you care about.

Volunteering helps others， but it can also help you. If you are upset about something thats happened—like the hurricane or other disasters， doing something about them can be a great way to deal with your feelings.

Volunteering also lets you see your own life in new ways. Sometimes its easy to worry about stuff like grades or get annoyed because you dont have the most expensive sports shoes or the newest computer game. Volunteering lets you spend some time focusing on others for a while.

Lots of people and kids find that they really enjoy volunteering. Volunteer experiences often put you in a different environment and show you to people and situations that you wouldnt have come across in your regular life. For example， you might learn that just on the edge of your town are some kids who really need winter clothes.

It feels good to be able to meet a need like that. Youll know that， thanks to you， some kids have warm coats， hats， mittens（連指手套） and boots. So whether theyre winter clothes， food for the hungry or homes for the unwanted pets， doing volunteer work means one very important thing—you make a difference in the world.

语块收藏

volunteer to do sth. 自愿做某事

be upset about 难过;失望

deal with 处理;应付

enjoy doing sth. 喜爱做某事

on the edge of... 在……边缘

thanks to sb. 多亏了某人

典句赏析

1.You may volunteer to help other people， for example， the families who lost their homes after a natural disaster. 你也许会自愿去帮助其他人，例如帮助那些在一场自然灾害后失去家园的家庭。

who在这里作关系代词，引导的是一个定语从句，修饰先行词the families;for example是固定词组，意为“例如”。

2....， doing something about them can be a great way to deal with your feelings. ……，做一些相关的事情可能会是一个处理你感情的好方法。

动名词短语doing something about them在这里充当句子的主语;动词不定式短语to deal with your feelings作后置定语，修饰名词way。

3.For example， you might learn that just on the edge of your town are some kids who really need winter clothes. 比如说，你也许会得知，在你故乡的边缘地带就有一些真正需要棉衣的孩子。

这是一个多重复合句。that just on... winter clothes是由连接词that引导的宾语从句;who作为关系代词，引导的是定语从句，修饰先行词some kids。

理解自测

根据短文内容，从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案。

1.If you are something thats happened—like the hurricane or other disasters， doing something about them can be a great way to deal with your feelings.

A.excited about       B.happy with

C.upset about         D.interested in

2.The meaning of the underlined word “stuff” in the passage is “_________”.

A.织物   B.东西   C.废话   D.废物

3.Which of the sentences is NOT true？

A.It feels good to be able to meet a need like that.

B.Lots of people and kids find that they really enjoy volunteering.

C.Volunteering also lets you see your own life in new ways.

D.Volunteering means spending your all free time helping others.

词句微练

根据所给汉语句子，完成下列英语句子。每空一词。

1.盐城比江苏的其他任何一个城市都大。

Yancheng is larger than

in Jiangsu Province.

2.不要担心我，我能照顾好我自己。

Dont me. I can look after myself well.

3.善良的人经常关爱他人。

Kind people often

others.

4.汤姆，你是如何处理你的旧书的？

How do you your old books， Tom？

5.多亏了我的英语老师，我在英語上取得了很大的进步。

my English teacher， I have made great progress in English.