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一切美好的根源 一切美好的根源 One day I decided to plant a garden in our backyard, and my husband began to paint our weathered fence. We’re renters, not owners, and were growing tired of waiting for the day when we would be able to buy something, so we began turning our house into a place we could call home.　　一天，我决定在我们的后院里栽种花木，建一个花园，而我的丈夫开始给我们那因日晒雨淋而褪色的栅栏刷上油漆。我们是这套房子的租客，不是房主，但我们越来越厌倦等待有钱买房的那天到来，于是我们开始把这套房子变成我们可以称之为“家”的地方。 But it’s not just our house that we’ve become committed to—it’s our neighborhood and our neighbors, not to mention our city. The more people we get to know here and the more friends we make, the more we grow interested in local politics and come to care about what happens to our community. For example, a newspaper article about the future of dog parks in our city means something more to us now that we use those parks and have friends that value and enjoy them as well.　　但我们不仅仅对租来的房子投入了感情，还融入到周围的街区和邻居们当中，对于我们所在的这座城市，我们更是以心相许。我们在这里认识的人以及结交的朋友越多，我们就越是对本地的政治感兴趣，越是关心我们社区里发生的事情。比如，我们格外关心一篇关于我们这座城市未来的遛狗公园的新闻报道，因为我们会去那些公园，而且我们有朋友同样重视这些公园，享受它们带来的乐趣。 We’ve also taken on new responsibilities: I started volunteering at the city’s animal shelter, and my husband has been volunteering for a nonprofit art gallery. Being involved in this way has given each of us an increased sense of purpose and strengthened our ties to the place we live.　　我们也承担了新的职责：我开始在市里的动物庇护所里当志愿者，我丈夫也一直在一个非营利性的艺廊当义工。用这种方式参与到这座城市里增强了我们每个人的使命感，巩固了我们和我们所居住的地方的联系。 But it’s not just the things that you can add to your resume that matter. I’m happy to be able to help out an elderly woman I see struggling with her bag. I know I’ve done something good when I knock on a neighbor’s door and let her know her car lights are still on. I feel I’ve done my part when I find a lost dog wandering in the neighborhood and return him to his relieved owner.　　然而并不是唯有像做义工这种可以作为工作经验写进简历的事情才是重要的。当我看见一个老妇人艰难地拎着包，我很开心自己能够去帮助她；当我敲开邻居的门告诉她，她的车灯忘了熄，我知道我做了一件好事；当我在家附近发现一只迷路的狗在外游荡，并把它归还给如释重负的狗主人时，我感觉自己尽到了作为这社区一份子的职责。 No doubt it works th