Some of you maybe have seen him before. His name is Nick Vujicic. He was born without hands and legs. All the doctors can’t explain why. But through his struggle（斗争）, he became a real man with a strong heart and positive faith. He can swim, play golf, write and so on, almost everything we can do included.

He graduated and received 2 bachelor degrees（学士学位）in 2003. He was awarded（被授予） “Australia’s Annual Youth” title in 2005. When he was 17 years old, he came to schools, prisons, hospitals and communities to make public speeches. He has been to more than 30 countries and places. In 2008, he served as president and CEO of an organization called “Life Without Limbs（肢体）”. In 2009, he published his DVD High Spirits. And in 2010, he published autobiographical inspirational books（自传式励志书籍）: Life without limits: Inspiration for a ridiculously good life.

Here are some words from his books which encourage lots of people.

When we stand here, we know we are alive. We can still change the world.

To be thankful, to dream big and never give up.

What is there to live? Living is to do something meaningful, and to do something meaningful is alive.

The Queen ant woke up on a warm summer’s day. In a few months’ time, winter would arrive. Her army of ants had been working hard to collect food for the winter. However, there was still a shortage of food for every ant in the army.

So the Queen ordered her soldier ants to work all day and all night without resting for the next few weeks. Since all her soldier ants were strong and well-trained, they followed her order and did their best to store the food for the coming winter. However, a young soldier ant, Sam refused to work. He thought to himself, “Why don’t I just rest since there are so many other ants working for the Queen? There must be enough food for the winter with other ants’ work.”

Soon, the captain ant found out that Sam was not working. He informed the Queen at once. She was so angry that she wanted Sam to leave the army. Sam begged the Queen to forgive him. “Please do not send me away. I promise to turn over a new leaf,” cried Sam.

“Well, I will let you off this time but I hope you have learned an important lesson. Everyone should play a part in the army. It’s wrong of you to sit around and just hope to gain something from the team,” said the Queen.

Lots of young people are interested in volunteering. Are you one of them? Do you want to know how to be a volunteer? Follow these steps and ways. Maybe you can be a volunteer today.

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What can you do? What’s your hobby? You may have skills (技艺；技能) or hobbies that could help other people. Write them down so that you can decide how you can help others by using your skills or hobbies.

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Maybe your parents or friends are members of a volunteer organization. They are sure to give you some good suggestions about how to be a volunteer. After all, they are always behind you when you need help.

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Many schools welcome volunteers. The schools need some volunteers to help teachers prepare something or do something else. For example, a school needs some older students help younger ones to walk across the street safely.

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In your letter, you can show your skills and your hope for being a volunteer. If a volunteer organization needs you, they will contact (联系) you after reading your letter.

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There are some websites (网站) about volunteering. You can go online and visit the websites. Then you will find more chances (机会) to be a volunteer.

72. 暑假中，Leo喜欢玩手机游戏，最近他的脖子有点难受。假如你是Leo的朋友Denny，请你写一封信，帮Leo分析一下他的问题，并就此提出几点建议。

I am sorry to hear about your problems. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

If you follow all these tips, you’ll be better soon!

Yours truly,

Denny