1) What are some of the ways people can help others in the community? Which is the most important?
I think there are many ways to help others in our local communities. For example, where I live, some people volunteer to run activity clubs for children, or they help out in residential homes for elderly people. Others give money, food or clothes to organisations that support people living below the poverty line. In my opinion, there isn’t a scale of importance when it comes to helping others; all forms of help are positive.
我認為有很多方法可以幫助我們當?shù)厣鐓^(qū)的其他人。例如,我住的地方,有人自愿為孩子們辦活動俱樂部,或者在老年人的家中幫忙。另一些人給生活在貧困線以下的人們提供金錢、食物或衣服。在我看來,在幫助別人的時候,不在于規(guī)模的大小,所有的幫助都是積極的。
2) Why do you think some people like to help other people?
Most people get a good feeling when they help others, and they understand that we can all experience difficult times in our lives when we might need support. For example, we all grow old, and we all run the risk of losing our jobs or having a health problem that affects our ability to look after ourselves. So, I think people help others because they empathise with them.
大多數(shù)人在幫助別人的時候都會有一種好的感覺,他們明白在我們可能需要支持的時候,我們都會經歷困難的時刻。例如,我們都變老了,我們都冒著失去工作或健康問題的風險,這會影響我們照顧自己的能力。所以,我認為人們幫助別人因為和別人產生共鳴。
3) Some people say that people help others in the community more now than they did in the past. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
I disagree with that kind of opinion. It’s impossible to generalise about how much people help in their communities from one generation to the next, so I don’t think we should try to judge or compare how altruistic people are now or were in the past. There have always been those who help others and those who don’t.
我不同意這種觀點。概括社區(qū)中每一代人有多少人去幫助別人,這是不可能的,所以我認為我們不應該試圖判斷或比較現(xiàn)在和過去的人哪一代比較無私。一直都是有兩種人,幫助別人的人,和不幫助別人的人。