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Good morning.

早上好。

My name's Lucy Crittenden, and I’m the Director of Operations for an organisation that arranges volunteering in this part of the country.

我的名字是露西·克里腾登，我是国家在本地区负责安排志愿服务组织的运营总监。

I'm hoping I can persuade one or two of you to become volunteers yourselves.

我希望我能说服你们中的一两个人主动成为志愿者。

Let me start by briefly explaining what we mean by volunteering.

首先，让我简单解释一下志愿服务的含义。

Volunteers are teenagers and adults who choose to spend some time, unpaid, helping other people in some way.

志愿者是一些选择以某种方式花一些时间、无偿地帮助其他人的青少年和成年人。

Most volunteers devote two or three hours to this every week, while a few do much more.

大多数志愿者每周投入两到三个小时来做志愿活动，而少数志愿者投入的时间会更多。

The people they help may have physical or behavioural difficulties, for example.

举个例子，他们帮助的人可能有身体上或者行动上的困难。

Volunteers can do all sorts of things, depending on their own abilities and interests.

志愿者可以根据自己的能力和兴趣做许多种事情。

If they're supporting a family that's struggling, for example, they may be able to give them tips on cooking, or recommend how to plan their budget or how to shop sensibly on their income.

如果他们正在帮助一个挣扎在温饱线的家庭，举个例子，他们可以给这个家庭提供烹饪技巧，或建议如何规划他们的预算，或者在他们的收入范围内如何理智地购物。

They might even do some painting or wallpapering, perhaps alongside any members of the family who are able to do it.

志愿者们甚至可能与家庭中能干活的人一起，做一些刷漆或贴墙纸的工作。

Or even do some babysitting so that parents can go out for a while.

或者甚至做一些帮忙看孩子的工作，以便孩子的父母可以出去一段时间。

The benefit from volunteering isn't only for the people being helped.

志愿服务不仅仅对那些需要帮助的人是有好处的。

Volunteers also gain from it: they're using their skills to cope with somebody's mental or physical ill health, and volunteering may be a valuable element of their CV when they're applying for jobs: employers usually look favourably on someone who's given up time to help others.

志愿者也会从中获益：他们正在利用自己的技能，去帮助某些人解决精神上或身体上的问题，而且志愿服务可能是他们申请工作时的简历中的一个重要元素：雇主通常会看好那些牺牲自己的时间来帮助别人的人。

Significantly, most volunteers feel that what they're doing gives them a purpose in their lives.

值得注意的是，大多数志愿者都认为他们正在做的事情为他们的生活带来了目标。

And in my opinion, they're lucky in that respect, as many people don't have that feeling.

在我看来，他们在这方面很幸运，因为很多人都体会不到这种感觉。

Now I'd like to tell you what some of our volunteers have said about what they do, to give you an idea of the range of ways in which they can help people.

现在我想告诉你们，我们的一些志愿者对他们所做的事情都说了些什么，让你们了解他们是通过哪些方式来帮助其他人的。

Habib supports an elderly lady who's beginning to show signs of dementia.

哈比卜帮助的是一位开始出现老年痴呆症迹象的老奶奶。

Once a week they, along with other elderly people, go to the local community centre, where a group of people come in and sing.

他们每周都和其他老人一起去一次当地的社区中心，会有一群人去那里唱歌。

The songs take the listeners back to their youth, and for a little while they can forget the difficulties that they face now.

这些歌曲把听者带回到了他们的年轻时代，他们可以暂时忘记他们现在所面临的困难。

Our volunteer Consuela is an amazing woman.

我们的志愿者康斯薇拉是一位了不起的女士。

She has difficulty walking herself, but she doesn't let that stop her.

她自己走路有困难，但她并没有被这件事所阻碍。

She helps a couple of people with similar difficulties, who had almost stopped walking altogether.

她帮助了几个有类似困难的人，他们之前几乎完全放弃走路了。

By using herself as an example, Consuela encourages them to walk more and more.

康斯薇拉以自己为例， 鼓励他们走得越来越多。

Minh visits a young man who lives alone and can't leave his home on his own, so he hardly ever saw anyone.

明拜访了一个独自生活，无法自己离开家的年轻人，所以他几乎没有见过任何人。

But together they go out to the cinema, or to see friends the young man hadn't been able to visit for a long time.

但是他们一起去电影院，或者去拜访这个年轻人之前很长一段时间没见的朋友。

Tanya visits an elderly woman once a week.

塔尼娅每周一次探望一位老奶奶。

When the woman found out that Tanya is a professional dressmaker, she got interested.

当老奶奶发现塔尼娅是一名职业裁缝时，她对此很感兴趣。

Tanya showed her some soft toys she'd made, and the woman decided to try it herself.

塔尼娅向她展示了自己制作的一些布绒玩具之后，老奶奶决定自己也尝试一下。

And now she really enjoys it, and spends hours making toys.

现在她真的很喜欢做玩具，并在这上面花了许多时间。

They're not perhaps up to Tanya's standard yet, but she gains a lot of pleasure from doing it.

这些作品可能还没有达到塔尼娅的水平，但她从中获得了很多乐趣。

Alexei is a volunteer with a family that faces a number of difficulties.

阿列克谢是一个志愿者，他帮助的是一个面临着许多困难的家庭。

By calmly talking over possible solutions with family members, he's helping them to realise that they aren't helpless, and that they can do something themselves to improve their situation.

通过心平气和地与家庭成员们讨论可能的解决方案，他逐渐帮助他们意识到他们并非是无助的，他们可以自己做些什么来改善他们的处境。

This has been great for their self-esteem.

这对他们的自尊心很有帮助。

And the last volunteer I'll mention, though there are plenty more, is Juba.

虽然还有更多的志愿者，但我会提到的最后一位志愿者是朱巴。

She volunteers with a teenage girl with learning difficulties, who wasn't very good at talking to other people.

她为一名有学习障碍的女孩子做志愿者，这个女孩不善于与其他人交流。

Juba's worked very patiently with her, and now the girl is far better at expressing herself, and understanding other people.

朱巴对她非常耐心，现在这个女孩在表达自己和理解其他人的方面比以前要好得多。

OK, I hope that's given you an idea of what volunteering is all about.

好吧，我希望这些能让你们了解志愿服务的内容。

Now I'd like ...

现在我想……