You have decided to give several hours of your time each month to improve the community where you live. What is one thing you will do to improve your community? Why? Use specific reasons and details to explain your choice.
Volunteering a few hours each week to some community activity is an important way of investing in the future of our society. I chose to spend my time working with elementary school children helping them to learn to read. Developing good reading skills will help these students keep up with their classmates, open new worlds to them, and help them succeed in life.
每周为一些社区活动做几个小时的志愿者是为我们社会的未来投资的重要方式。我选择花时间和小学生一起帮助他们学习阅读。培养良好的阅读能力有助于这些学生跟上同学的步伐，为他们打开新的天地，帮助他们在生活中取得成功。
Students who are not good readers cannot keep up with their studies. They will not understand the lessons; they will come to school unprepared; they will not be able to perform. By learning to read, students will be on equal footing with their classmates. They will be active participants in class.
不是好读者的学生跟不上他们的学习。他们不会理解课程，他们会毫无准备地来学校，他们不会表演。通过学习阅读，学生们将与同学们处于平等地位。他们将积极参与课堂活动。
Books on different lifestyles, occupations, cultures, or governments will open new doors to students. Students who can't read will only know what they see around them. Students who can read will be able to travel to new worlds and experience new ideas without ever leaving their classrooms.
关于不同生活方式、职业、文化或政府的书籍将为学生打开新的大门。不会读书的学生只知道他们周围看到了什么。能够阅读的学生将能够在不离开教室的情况下到新的世界去旅行，体验新的想法。
Today, a person who can't read is severely handicapped. A non-reader will have to work at the most menial jobs. Readers, especially good readers, have the whole universe open to them. They will have the possibility to learn any job that interests them.
今天，一个能够阅读的人严重残疾。非读者将不得不从事最卑微的工作。读者，尤其是优秀的读者，对他们敞开了整个宇宙。他们将有可能学习任何他们感兴趣的工作。
By volunteering to help an elementary school child learn to read, I am helping him or her not only today, but for the rest of his or her life. I am helping them keep pace with their peers and explore the world and themselves through books.
通过志愿帮助一个小学生学习阅读，我不仅在今天，而且在他或她的余生中都在帮助他或她。我正在帮助他们跟上同龄人的步伐，通过书本探索世界和自己