奉献即有收获—“21世纪联想杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军演讲Giving_is_Receiving

Giving is Receiving

—

Personal Growth in volunteer Work

奉献即有收获—“

21

世纪联想杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军演讲

Morning, ladies and gentlemen.

早上好，女士们先生们。

Last

summer,

I

volunteered

to

work

as

an

English

teacher

in

a

primary

school

for

children

of

migrant workers.

去年夏天，我自愿在一所外地农民工子弟小学当起了一名英语教师。

To be accurate, I didn

’

t volunteer. I was dragged in.

（

literally

）

确切的说，我并不是自告奋勇去参加的。我其实是被拽着参加 的。

（从字面上说）

When my friend first hit upon the idea of this project, I was all against it:

vacation standing

in the heat,

当我的朋友首次提出参加这个计划时我是完全反对的：

“什么？让我 整个暑假冒着酷暑，

Yelling

at

a

bunch

of

nine-year-

olds

who

couldn’t

even

speak

proper

Mandarin

Chinese?

And

besides, there`s no pay

for my toil. No, I am definitely not going.”

对

着

一

帮

9

岁

大

的

< br>小

孩

大

声

嚷

嚷

，

他

们

甚

者

连

普

通

话

都

说

不

标

准

。

而且我的辛苦工作是无

偿服务。不，我绝对不会去的。

”

But my friend twisted my arms to have me join them.

但是在朋友的坚持下，我还是去了。

Unexpectedly, the first lesson I taught turned out a lesson for me.

出乎意料的是，我的第一节课却变成了我的一课。

The moment I stepped into the shabby classroom, I was touched dy the loud, respectful voices in

unison: “Good

morning, teacher!

当我踏进那间破旧的教室，我被一阵充满敬 意，整齐的喊声深深打动了。

“老师，早上好！

”

Instead

of

fooling

around,

the

chilend

were

thirsty

for

knowledge

and

efficient

in

absorbing

everying I was able to

give them.

这些孩子没有四处打闹，对知识如饥似渴的他们 有效地吸收我交给他们的知识。

This made me despise myself for I hadn’t even prepared for

the class.

让我鄙视自己，因为我事前根本没有备课。

During the break, I leaned over the squeaky desk, chatting with a sweaty boy in the front row:

Without air-

Conditioning,

it’s

really hot here. Are you tired?

课间休息时，我靠在一张吱吱作响的桌 子旁，与前排一位满头大汗的男孩子聊天：

“这里没

有空调，实 在太热了，你感到热吗？”

tiring and hot.

< /p>

“一点都不，

”他摇摇头说，

“这里很好 。我爸爸在修沥青公路。

那里才是真的又热又累人。

”

As summer advanced, my enthusiasm as a teacher grew.

随着夏天的推移，我作为一名老师的热情在上涨。

I prepared my lesson carefully and even used some methods my teachers used.

我认真的备课，甚至采用了一些我老师曾经用过的教学方法。

I

organized

many

group

activities

to

give

the

kids

fun.

Strangely

enough,

the

heat

was

also

becoming less and less

unbearable.

我组织了 许多小组活动让孩子们玩得很开心。奇怪的是，这酷暑热浪也逐渐让人能忍受了。

Soon, my one-month volunteer work came to an end.

不久，我为期一个月的志愿活动接近尾声

。

When I was leaving my last class, I turned back and saw smiling faces and waving hands.

当我结束作何一节课时，我转身，看到那张张 笑脸和学的挥动的手。

Never

before

had

I

ever

had

such

a

feeling

of

sadness,

which

was,

nevertheless,

mixed

with

a

sense of enrichment,

fulfillment and happiness.

我从未感到过如此伤心，但是这种感觉却夹杂着充实

,

满足和幸福。

I was paid for my work, amply paid, not in terms of money, but something more valuable.

我的工作得到了回报，

而且获益很大 。

这种报偿不是用金钱来衡量的，

而是其他一些更加珍

贵的东西。

My English was improved. I was able to teach it, although not very professional. I learned about

the grassroots-

level society.

我 的英语水平得到了提高。

虽然不是很专业，

但我可以胜任这份教 学工作了。

我了解到了基

层社会。

Inside myself a heart is growing, a heart that not only beats for myself, but cares for others as well.

< br>我的内心激情澎湃，这不单单是对自己的鞭策，也是在关心着其他人。

The volunteer work gave me a precious little chance to say thanks to people like the little boy’s

father,

这次志愿工作给我一次难得的机会向诸如那位小男孩的父亲一 样的人们表达谢意。

Who

construct

highways

san

under

grounds,

build

up

modern

skyscrapers,

and

make

our

cities

more and more beautiful.