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Have you ever thought about volunteer work?
你想過參加一些志愿工作嗎？
Many people around the world choose to take time away from their jobs to do volunteer work.
世界上很多人選擇從工作中移出時間來參加志愿活動。
Read this leaflet on volunteer work and why it might be a good choice for you in the future.
讀讀這則關于志愿工作傳單，為什么說參加志愿工作對你的未來是一個很好的選擇。
Have you ever thought about volunteer work?
你想過參加一些志愿工作嗎？
Have you ever participated in some?
你參加過一些（志愿工作）嗎？
Why would you want to devote your precious time to a job that does not pay you anything?
為什么會把你的寶貴時間投入到一個毫無回報的工作呢？
Perhaps to say that 'volunteer work does not pay' is not completely true.
僅僅說“志愿工作毫無回報”是不完全正確的。
Although it does not compensate financially, volunteer work is actually a two-way street.
盡管得不到經濟上的補償，但是志愿工作實際上是互惠的。
Volunteer work should always benefit people who need help,
志愿工作應讓那些需要幫助的人從中獲益，
but others often forget how much it benefits the volunteers themselves.
但是其他人通常忘了志愿者自己從中獲益多少。
By volunteering, you have the opportunity to develop skills and gain experience that may be useful later in a paying job.
通過志愿工作，你可以得到發展技能，增加經驗的機會，會對以后的有償工作有所幫助。
It also helps you test and develop your own personality,
它也幫助你檢測并發展了自己的人格，
because you are doing the work out of passion and desire rather than simply to get material rewards.
因為你是出于熱情和愿望來做這份工作，而不是僅僅為了得到物質回報。
Through this kind of work, you are telling yourself that you are not only interested in your own future,
通過這種工作，你是在告訴自己，你不僅對自己的未來感興趣，
but also in the world as a whole.
而且對整個世界充滿熱情。
Volunteer work gives you confidence and a sense of self.
志愿工作給了你自信和自我的感覺。
You can see how you do and feel in certain risk-free situations,
你看到了自己是怎樣做的，在一個沒有任何危險的狀態下感受自己，
and thus better figure out the kind of things or jobs that really interest you.
從而更好的體會出什么樣的事物或工作是你確實所感興趣的。
And of course, there is always the opportunity to make new friends with people of all ages and backgrounds.
毫無疑問，會有很多機會可以結交不同年齡不同背景的新朋友。
Perhaps it is more appropriate to say that 'volunteer work is a school'.
或許更適合說“志愿工作是一所學校”
You pay for a time to learn.
你花了時間學習，
Volunteer work is also a memory-you will only realize its true value later in life,
志愿工作也是一段回憶-你會在之后意識到它真正的價值，
when you look back with feelings of internal joy and satisfaction.
直到有一天你帶著內心的喜悅和滿足感回想起這段經歷的時候。
