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1、Helping the Remote Village援助山村A year ago, the famousastronautreceived an invitation byairmailfrom aremotevillage. Intending tosniffsome fresh air, he and his interpreterpaid afortnightvisit there. It was aprivilegefor them to be there, but they were shocked by what they saw. The tracks weremuddy. Th
2、e river wasdrying up. Most villagers only possessed onebroom, a fewtins and severaljars and theirrectangulargrass huts with roundangles were surrounded byweeds. Besides, their school had noroofandplatform, and the students had noconceptofclicking a computer at all. They were badlyin need.Soon, the a
3、stronaut made a generousvoluntarydonationto the village. There weretextbooks for students,sewing machines fortailors andtractors for farmers. His distributioncataloguealso includedoperatingaclinicand atrunk library, as well as givingweekly lessons to teachrelevant farming knowledge like how todry ou
4、t seeds or raiseoxen. He himself not only helped do somepaperworkbut alsopurchasedgrills for boys totoast potatoes andcombs for girls whowere dying toget one.The other day, he heard from the villagers again inviting him toparticipate inthe donationanniversary. Forpoliticalandsecurityreasons, he coul
5、dntadjusthis outgoingarrangement-otherwisehe would go. But his deeds were remembered forever.一年前，那位著名的宇航员收到一份由一个偏远村庄通过航空邮件寄来的邀请。因为想要呼吸一下新鲜空气，他和翻译到那儿做了一次两周的访问。当地之行使他们倍感荣幸，但却震惊于所见所闻。泥泞的道路、河流干枯，大部分的村民拥有的财产只不过是一只扫帚、几个瓶瓶罐罐而已，圆角的矩形草屋四周长满了杂草，学校也没有屋顶和讲台，学生们更对点击操作电脑毫无概念。他们生活确实相当困难。很快，宇航员就向村庄做了慷慨的自愿捐赠。捐赠品中有给学生的课本，给裁缝的缝纫机，还有给农民的拖拉机。捐赠金的分配目录中还包括一间诊所和一间书箱图书馆的运作，并有传授像怎么使种子干透，或者怎么养牛这种相关农业知识的每周课程。他自己不仅亲自帮助做一些文书工作，还给男孩子们购买了烤马铃薯的烤架、给渴望得到梳子的女孩子们买了梳子。前几天，他又收到了村民们邀请他参加捐赠周年会的来信。出于政治和安全原因，他无法调整外出时间安排，否则他就会去了。不过他所做的一切村民们都永远记得。
