2017年12月英语四级美文：Volunteers

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        　　2017年12月英语四级美文100篇汇总
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        　　Volunteers
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        　　It is impossible to find out exactly how many volunteers
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        　　are at work today in the United States.
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        　　Thirty-seven million or so
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        　　are known to belong to organizations like the Pink Ladies,
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        　　Travelers’Aid, or Big Brothers;
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        　　but those who work alone
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        　　or in small informal groups cannot be counted.
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        　　The total number of men and women
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        　　who give their time to help others
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        　　appears to be between fifty and sixty-eight million.
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        　　They do almost anything:
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        　　they sew, clean, scrub, paint, cook, repair things,
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        　　record books for the blind, amuse sick children in hospitals,
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        　　or escort senior citizens who do not want to go out alone.
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        　　They give their blood; they work in libraries and schools;
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        　　they translate documents for new citizens with a language problem
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        　　or raise money to support local symphony orchestras;
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        　　they answer the telephone calls of the desperate
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        　　who are thinking of killing themselves,
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        　　and who need a friendly ear.
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        　　Volunteers start community projects
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        　　too small to attract the attention of organized agencies,
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        　　or work at jobs for which no funds are available.
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        　　A handful of city folk will turn an empty lot into a playground
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        　　for the children of their neighborhood;
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        　　others decide to repair
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        　　and paint a few dilapidated houses in their street.
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        　　Somewhere else women cook and deliver two hot meals a day
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        　　to elderly people living alone,
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        　　and too sick or too tired to prepare their own food.
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        　　Another group calls lonely old people once a day
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        　　to chat a little and find out if they are all right.
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        　　Some college students teach English,
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        　　mathematics, or drawing to the inmates of a local jail.
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        　　Young men and women spend part of their weekends
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        　　collecting empty cans
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        　　and bottles for the recycling center of their community,
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        　　and some children pick up the trash left
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        　　on the beach by the crowd of a summer holiday.
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        　　Anywhere one looks, the army of volunteers is hard at work —
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        　　not only in the United States,
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        　　but in many other countries where “volunteerism” is spreading.
        　　2017年12月英语四级美文100篇汇总