(2017·北京卷)
話題:助人為樂 詞數:431W 難度:★★★
Hannah Taylor is a schoolgirl from Manitoba, Canada. One day, when she was five years old, she was walking with her mother in downtown Winnipeg. They saw a man eating out of a garbage can. She asked her mother why he did that, and her mother said (that the man was homeless and hungry). Hannah was very upset . She couldn’t understand (why some people had to live their lives without shelter or enough food). Hannah started to think about( how she could help ), but, of course, there is not a lot( one five-year-old can do to solve(解決)the problem of homelessness).
Later, when Hannah attended school, she saw another homeless person. It was a woman, ( pushing an old shopping trolley(購物車)(which was piled with bags )). It seemed that everything (the woman owned) was in them. This made Hannah very sad, and even more determined to do something. She had been talking to her mother about the lives of homeless people( since they first saw the homeless man). Her mother told her (that if she did something to change the problem (that made her sad), she wouldn’t feel as bad as before. )
Hannah began to speak out about the homelessness in Manitoba and then in other provinces. She hoped to spread her message of hope and awareness. She started the Ladybug Foundation,( an organization (aiming at getting rid of homelessness)). She began to host“Big Bosses”lunches, (where she would try to persuade local business leaders to contribute to the cause). She also organized a fundraising(募捐)drive in“Ladybug Jars”to collect everyone’s spare change during“Make Change”month. More recently, the foundation began another campaign (called National Red Scarf Day)—a day when people donate＄20 and wear red scarves in support of Canada’s hungry and homeless.
There is an emergency shelter in Winnipeg called“Hannah’s Place”, something (that Hannah is very aware of). Hannah’s Place is divided into several areas,( providing shelter for people when it is so cold that sleeping outdoors can mean death). In the more than five years since Hannah began her activities, she has received a lot of praises . For example, she received the 2007 BRICK Award (recognizing the efforts of young people to change the world). But besides all this, Hannah still has the normal life of a Winnipeg schoolgirl, except that she pays regular visits to homeless people.
Hannah is one of many examples of young people (who are making a difference in the world). You can, too!
漢娜·泰勒是來自加拿大馬尼托巴省的一名女學生。五歲時的一天，她和母親在溫尼伯市中心散步。他們看見一個人在垃圾桶裡吃東西。她問她的母親他為什麼這樣做，她的母親說，這個人是無家可歸和飢餓。漢娜非常難過。她無法理解為什麼有些人不得不在沒有住所和足夠食物的情況下生活。漢娜開始思考她如何幫助,但是,當然,並不是有很多人五歲能做的來解決(解決)無家可歸的問題。
後來，當漢娜上學時，她看到另一個無家可歸的人。她是一個女人,把一個古老的購物車(購物車)堆滿了行李。似乎這個女人擁有的一切都在他們身上。這讓漢娜非常傷心，她甚至下定決心要做點什麼。自從她母親第一次見到那個無家可歸的人，她就一直在和她談論無家可歸者的生活。她的母親告訴她，如果她做點什麼來改變這個讓她傷心的問題，她就不會感覺那麼糟糕了。
漢娜開始公開談論馬尼托巴省和其他省份的無家可歸問題。她希望傳播她的希望和意識的信息。她創立了瓢蟲基金會，這是一個致力於解決無家可歸問題的組織。她開始舉辦“大老闆”午餐會，試圖說服當地商界領袖為這項事業做出貢獻。她還在“瓢蟲缸”裡組織了一次募捐活動，在“找錢”月裡收集每個人的零錢。最近，該基金會發起了另一項名為“國家紅領巾日”的活動。在這一天，人們捐出20美元，戴上紅領巾，以支持加拿大的饑民和無家可歸者。
溫尼伯有一個緊急避難所，叫做“漢娜之家”，漢娜對此非常清楚。漢娜的住所分為幾個區域，當天氣太冷，睡在戶外可能意味著死亡時，為人們提供避難所。在漢娜開始參加活動的五年多時間裡，她得到了很多表揚。例如，她獲得了2007年的BRICK獎，表彰年輕人為改變世界所做的努力。但除此之外，漢娜仍然過著溫尼伯女學生的正常生活，除了定期看望無家可歸的人。
漢娜是眾多改變世界的年輕人中的一個。你也可以!
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