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作者James 梁，一个在美国学习、生活的15岁孩子。
今天我来介绍一个在美国已有二十五年历史的慈善活动： “圣诞儿童行动”（俗称“鞋盒礼物”），这是由美国教会发起、组织的依靠成千上万的志愿者每年圣诞节前募集和分发邮寄数百万的鞋盒礼物给全世界贫困儿童作为圣诞礼物的慈善活动。
这些志愿者在整个活动中担当许多角色，有的是在每年十一月起向大家宣传介绍这个活动；有的是向熟悉的朋友或陌生人募集鞋盒礼物（主要是各类学习用品、小玩具、生活用品等以装满一个鞋盒为限）；还有的就是前往鞋盒基地负责拆开、检查、再包装等工作。这个慈善活动有一个美好的目标：就是把圣诞老人的礼物带给全世界有需要的贫困儿童手中。
Today I'd like to introduce a has 25 years history of charity in the United States: "Christmas children action" (commonly known as "gift box"), which is initiated by the American church, organizations rely on every year tens of thousands of volunteers collect and distribute mail millions of shoe before Christmas gifts for poor children around the world as a Christmas gift of charity activities. These volunteers play many roles in the whole activity. Some of them introduce the activity to the public every November. Have a plenty of to familiar friend or stranger collect shoe box gift (basically be all sorts of study things, small toy, daily necessities to wait with filling a shoe box to be restricted); What is more, I went to the shoebox base to take apart, inspect and repackage the shoes. The charity has a beautiful goal: to bring Santa's gifts to needy children all over the world.
在十一月三十日晚上六点我和我的朋友们也参与到了这个活动的最后一个环节中。当我们来到位于 Fullerton的鞋盒基地后就被分到了第22组，在这个组里我们又被分工在了不同的岗位上。
有些人是负责拆开盒子检查有没有夹带钱财的；有一些是负责检查里面的礼物是否符合卫生、安全要求的；还有一些是再重新打包这些盒子的；最后会有人统一负责把这些盒子都放进一个大箱子里面，然后贴上封条并运到指定的位置。我开始时在负责把鞋盒放进箱子这一岗位，要求把每十六个鞋盒装进一个箱子整齐摆放好。
后来我被换去了检查鞋盒礼物这一岗位，在检查中我发现最贵重的礼物是一双崭新的NIKE运动鞋；不过我们听说其他组还真发现有爱心人士在礼物中夹带了高达六百美元现钞的信封。今晚通过我们流水线般的高效率，历经四个小时的工作整个工厂25个小组共完成了3000多个鞋盒的包装，同时我也获得了四个小时的义工证明。
At six o 'clock in the evening of November 30th, my friends and I also took part in the last part of the activity. When we arrived at the shoebox base in Fullerton, we were divided into group 22, in which we were divided into different positions. Some people are responsible for opening the box to check if they have any money with them. Some are responsible for checking whether the gifts inside conform to hygiene and safety requirements; Some of them are repackaged; Finally, someone will be responsible for putting all these boxes into a big box, and then affix a seal and deliver it to the designated place. In the beginning, I was responsible for putting shoeboxes into boxes and required that every 16 shoeboxes should be put into a box neatly. Later, I was transferred to the position of checking the gift box of shoes. During the inspection, I found that the most expensive gift was a pair of brand new NIKE sneakers. But we've heard that other groups have actually found caring people with envelopes containing up to $600 in cash. Tonight, through the efficiency of our assembly line, after four hours of work, 25 teams in the whole factory completed the packaging of more than 3,000 shoe boxes. At the same time, I also obtained the certificate of four-hour volunteers.
下面我就简要介绍一下在美国学生的义工制度，众所周知美国的义工教育是从小抓起的：小学生可以为邻居分发报纸、为他人照看宠物等；初中生可以在学校的组织下去往各类社会服务机构--博物馆、图书馆、红十字会提供力所能及的服务；高中生义工服务内容更多了，可以向困难家庭提供做家务、照看孩子或老人、粉刷房间以及去演出、比赛场馆提供检票、引座、发资料等服务。
学生们在做完义工后，都会得到一份凭证。在美国“诚信”是非常重要的品德，不能说谎，不作伪证是美国孩子从小就知道的“底线”，因此不必担心凭证会被篡改。
Below, I would like to briefly introduce the volunteer system of American students. As is known to all, American volunteer education starts from childhood: primary school students can distribute newspapers to their neighbors and take care of pets for others. Junior high school students can go to various social service organizations -- museums, libraries, and the Red Cross to provide services within their ability. The content of high school students' volunteer services has increased. They can provide poor families with services such as doing housework, looking after children or the elderly, painting rooms and going to performances and competition venues to check tickets, guide seats and send materials. Students get a certificate after they finish volunteering. "Good faith" is a very important moral character in the United States, cannot lie, do not make perjury is the "bottom line" that American children know from an early age, so do not have to worry about credentials will be tampered with.
在美国只有高中时期对义工有明确要求：高中生能否获得毕业证书，除了学分以及成绩等级的要求外，还必须无偿为社会服务满60个小时，每做20个小时可以算1个学分。高中学校把为社区服务纳入学生必修课程，也会为学生介绍做义工的机会。因此周末和各种假期就成了高中学生做义工的大好时机，在医院、残疾人康复中心、老年人活动中心等，随处可见我们学生的身影。
我高兴地告诉大家，在去年九年级时我就完成了学校认可的高达六十四小时的义工数。以下是我17年9月～18年7月在YIA（动感青年）组织内参加义工获得的奖状，因为这里包括我暑假中义工时间，所以达到近74个小时。如果是美国籍学生的话，已经达到可以领取“总统奖”的标准。
In the United States, only high school students have clear requirements for volunteers: whether high school students can obtain the graduation certificate or not, in addition to the credit and grade requirements, they must also serve the society for 60 hours free of charge, and each 20 hours of work can be counted as one credit. High schools incorporate community service into their students' compulsory curriculum and introduce volunteer opportunities to their students. Therefore, weekends and holidays have become good opportunities for high school students to do volunteer work. We can be seen everywhere in hospitals, rehabilitation centers for the disabled and activity centers for the elderly. I am pleased to report that in ninth grade last year I completed 64 hours of volunteer work recognized by the school. The following is the certificate of merit that I participated in the volunteer work in YIA (dynamic youth) organization from September 2017 to July 2008. Since the volunteer work time in summer vacation was included here, it reached nearly 74 hours. If you are an American student, you are eligible to receive a presidential award.
据了解美国绝大多数医科大学（硕士）招生有明文规定：如果申请入学的学生没有在医院或养老机构做过一定时数的义工，无论你成绩多好，都不会予以考虑。因为学校认为学医的人首先要有奉献和服务他人的精神。有数据显示，半数美国人平均每年花在做义工上的时间约有100小时，这相当于美国1.5亿人，每三～四天就会去做1小时的义工。许多美国人认为“服务的责任始于个人而不是政府”。
It is understood that the vast majority of medical universities in the United States (master) enrollment has clear provisions: if the student who applies for admission has not done a certain number of hours of volunteer work in the hospital or pension institutions, no matter how good your grades, will not be considered. Because the school believes that medical students should first have the spirit of dedication and service to others. According to statistics, half of the americans spend about 100 hours a year doing volunteer work on average, which is equivalent to 150 million people in the United States who do volunteer work for one hour every three to four days. Many Americans believe that "the responsibility to serve begins with the individual, not the government."
小胖提醒您，如果有意于在美国深造下去的的朋友们，不妨抽出一点时间，放下书本，放下手机、电脑，去做几个小时的义工吧！
Xiao pang reminds you that if you want to further your study in the United States, you might as well spare some time, put down your books, put down your cell phone and computer, and do a few hours of volunteer work.
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