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One summer holiday,a teenager volunteered to work in a soup kitchen and got her first big lesson there.What was the lesson she drew from the experience?Let's read the following story.
  Becoming a Better Person
  Laura Hennessey
  In the summer of 1992 I got my first big lesson in community service.I can still remember how I felt the first day of my volunteer assignment.I thought I was one of the most selfless teenagers around,giving a whole month of my precious summer to work in a soup kitchen.
  At 7 a.m.every morning,I would walk to the bus stop in my suburban neighborhood,board the 67A and settle in for the hour-long ride into,what seemed to be,another world.Goodbye air-conditioning,big grassy yards and pedigree dogs.Hello smelly soup kitchen,sweltering street corners and trash-filled alleyways.I felt like a saint.
  Two experiences from that month in the soup kitchen still stand out in my mind.One day the kitchen got a huge cardboard box filled with unpeeled baby shrimp.Needless to say,I,with the help of other volunteers,spent the whole morning sorting through and peeling a million little shrimp for the gumbo.I couldn't eat shrimp for years.
  The second experience was far more influential than the shrimp incident,but it was also much more difficult.Part of our job at the soup kitchen was to come up with activities for the neighborhood kids.We would see the same kids almost every day,so we got to know them quite well.I became particularly fond of a young boy named Bruce.
  One rainy day Bruce,who was normally very outgoing and laughed easily,sat motionless,all alone at a big table in the corner.We tried to get him to join in the fun with the other kids,but he refused to take part in the silly games.Eventually,I approached him and sat down to talk.
  "Hi,Bruce.How are you?" No response."What's wrong,Bruce?Are you sad?"
  "No."
  "Are you angry at somebody?"
  "No."
  "OK,Bruce.Are you tired?"
  "No."
  "Are you sick?"
  Once again Bruce replied,"No."
一次暑假,一个少年自愿在一家施粥所工作,在那里他得到了第一次教训,是什么呢?让我们看看下面的故事:
做更好的人
劳拉·亨尼西
1992年的夏天,我在社区服务中得到了第一个大的教训,我还记得我怎么看自己第一天的志愿服务工作.我感觉自己是周围最无私的孩子了,因为我可以把这么宝贵的整个暑假时间花在施粥所里.
每天早上七点钟,我会走着去城郊附近的公交车站,登上67A公交车,开始了长达一个小时的看起来是通往另一个世界的旅行.小空调、绿草地、狗狗们,再见了!我要迎接你们啦,臭气哄哄的施粥所、闷热的街角和堆满垃圾的小巷!我觉得自己是个圣人.
我心里仍然记得那两次在施粥所的经历.有一天,施粥所得到了一大盒子的未去皮的小虾.自然不用说,在其它的志愿者的帮助下,我花了一个上午摆弄这一大堆的虾,把它们都去了皮,以便做汤.那时候我自己也很多年不能吃到虾了.
第二次经历要比第一次对我影响大得多.但也是很困难的工作.我们在施粥所一部分的工作就是为近郊的孩子们琢磨可玩的游戏.我们每天都会见到同一批孩子,因此我们都混得很熟了.我尤其喜欢一个叫布鲁斯的男孩.
一次雨天,布鲁斯呆呆地独自一个人坐在角落里的桌子旁,而这个孩子往日一直很活泼爱笑.我们试着叫他和别的孩子一起来玩,但是他 不想做这些“幼稚的”游戏.最后,我来到他身边和他说话.
“嗨,布鲁斯,最近怎么样?”
没有回应.
“怎么了,布鲁斯?你很难过吗?”
“不.”
“你和谁生气了吗?”
“不.”
“你是累了吗?”
“不.”
“那你是病了?”
布鲁斯还是回答道:“不.”
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