#165. What is one thing you will do to improve your community?
Fostering a sense of community in one's neighborhood is an excellent idea. When one knows one's neighbors, one can easily ask for favors or opinions on community issues. I think that if I were to spend a number of hours each week helping out my community, I would offer free computer lessons.
If one hopes to succeed in business, it is of utmost importance that they learn how to use a computer. Most decent jobs require at least a basic amount of computer skills. By helping members of my community to get well-paying jobs, I would be helping out the community at large. If my neighbors have more disposable income, it is likely that they will give some money back to the community to improve all of our living situations.
Second, offering free computer lessons to neighbors would increase friendly dispositions between all members in the community. If neighbors meet each other during lesson times, it is more than possible that they will become friends. Many people meet their best friends during the educational process. This socialization could continue during my computer course, thus increasing the friendly atmosphere of the community.
Finally, helping members of the community learn to use a computer would allow them to have more fun. There are many entertaining activities one can occupy one's time with on the computer. The computer also offers the user the opportunity to "surf the Internet", which can be a great way to spend one's time. For example, a person can download movies from the Internet, which can be watched on lazy summer evenings, or cold winter nights.
Thus, I think that offering computer lessons to those in my community would be an excellent way to volunteer my time. Computers improve people's living situations in so many ways, and I would love to be a part of this process.
165. 你会做什么事来改善社区？
在邻居之间培养一种社区的感觉是一个极好的想法。在认识自己的邻居之后，就能很容易地请求帮助或者交流有关社区的问题。我认为如果自己要每周用几个小时来帮助我的社区，我会选择提供免费的电脑课程。
如果一个人想在商业方面取得成功，那么学会如何使用电脑对他来说是非常重要的。绝大多数体面的工作至少都要求一些基本的电脑技巧。通过帮助我们社区的成员们找到收入丰厚的工作，我将能够帮助我的整个社区。如果我的邻居们有了更多可以自由支配的收入，他们很有可能愿意给社区捐一些钱，来改善我们大家的生活状况。
第二，给邻居们提供免费的电脑课程将会增进社区成员之间的友谊。如果邻居们在上课的时候遇见对方，那么他们就很有可能成为朋友，很多人都是在接受教育的过程中遇到了他们最好的朋友。这种社会化现象在我的电脑课程中也可能继续，这就增加了社区中的友好气氛。
最后，帮助社区成员们学习使用电脑能帮助他们得到更多的乐趣。一个人在电脑的陪伴之下可以进行很多有趣的活动来打发时间。电脑还给了使用者进行“网上冲浪”的机会，这也是一种很好的休闲方式。例如，一个人可以从互联网下载电影，在慵懒的夏夜或者寒冷的冬夜里观看。
因此，我认为给社区成员提供电脑课程是我自愿去做的事情。电脑能够从很多方面改善人们的生活状况，而且我很乐于参与这个过程。
- foster ［ˈfɔ:stə］ v. 培养
- disposition ［ˌdispəˈziʃən］ n. 意向；倾向
- utmost ［ˈʌtˌməust］ adj. 极度的
- socialization ［ˌsəuʃəlaiˈzeiʃən］ n. 社会化
- decent ［ˈdi:sənt］ adj. 体面的
- atmosphere ［ˈætməˌsfiə］ n. 气氛
- at large 整个的；全部的
- entertaining ［ˌentəˈteiniŋ］ adj. 有趣的
- disposable ［diˈspəuzəbəl］ adj. 可任意使用的
- volunteer ［ˌva:lənˈtiə］ v. 自愿提供