在英国,每年都有成千上万的年轻人在高中毕业后放一年假,然后才开始工作或者进大学。有些年轻人会选择去其它的国家当志愿者。他们利用这段时间去帮助别人,例如,在学校或者医院做志愿工作,或者参加一些环境保育工作。
宝琳琼斯,18岁,生活在英国威尔士的加的夫市。接下来的一年,她想去大学修读中文,而她现在住在伯利兹(中美洲国家)。宝琳说:「我现在和其他人一起在近伯利兹的海域做挽救珊瑚礁的工作。这里的珊瑚礁非常美,但是如果海水被污染的话,珊瑚就会死去。我在帮忙做些研究工作,研究生活在礁石周围的珊瑚和鱼类。整个世界的珊瑚礁在渐渐地消失。我们必须在及时去补救,以免为时已晚。」
「我寄宿在这里的一个家庭,我会帮忙做一些家务。我没工钱,但没关系。我喜欢这份工作。这儿的人让我受益良多。当我完成我的工作后,我想在这儿多呆三个月,我想在伯利兹和中美洲到处旅游。」
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原文全文如下:
Every year thousands of young people in England finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to university. Some young people go to other countries and work as volunteers. Volunteers give their time to help people. For example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they do something helpful for the environment.
Pauline Jones, 18, lives in Cardiff, Wales. Next year she wants to go to university to study Chinese, but now she's living in Belize. Pauline says, "I'm working with other people here to save the coral reefs in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful, but if the sea water is very polluted, the coral dies. I'm helping to do research on the coral and the fish that live around the reefs. All over the world, coral reefs are dying. We need to do something about the problem before it's too late. "
"I'm staying with a family here and I help do some housework. I don't get any money, but
that's OK. I love my work here, and I'm learning a lot about the people of Belize-and myself!
When I finish my work, I want to stay here for another three months. I want to travel around Belize and Central America."
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