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Last semester our teacher read us a letter about a far town.「上个学期」，老师给我们读了一封关于远方小镇的信。 A terrible storm had hit it, and many homes were gone.一场「可怕的」暴风雨袭击了那里，许多房屋被毁。 Next morning she asked us to help that town.第二天早上，她请我们去帮那个小镇。 She asked a singular question: what can one class do for strangers?她问了一个「特别」的问题：一个班级能为陌生人做些什么？

I thought about it all the way home.回家的路上，我一直在想这件事。 I told my family, and we talked that evening.我告诉了家人，那天晚上我们一起谈论了它。 My mother said we should do whatever we could.妈妈说我们应该做「我们能做的事」。 I asked my friends, and they promised to help tomorrow.我问了朋友们，他们答应「明天」来帮忙。

We formed a small group to standardize the boxes and labels.我们组建了一个小组，把箱子和标签「统一标准」。 The others carried boxes to the door and did their homework afterward.其他人把箱子搬到门口，之后还做了「作业」。 Our teacher helped, yet she let us plan it ourselves.老师帮了忙，但她让我们自己安排这些事。 We could not fly there by airplane, so a truck driver took the boxes.我们没法「坐飞机」过去，于是一位卡车司机把箱子带走了。

That semester taught me something I carry: help yourself by helping others.那个学期教会了我一件至今仍记得的事：帮助别人就是「帮助自己」。 We never met those people, yet we felt close to them.我们从未见过那些人，却觉得和他们很亲近。 When I feel terribly tired, I remember those boxes and keep going.每当我感到「特别疲惫」时，我就想起那些箱子，然后继续前进。