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　　Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun．He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks (积木)．His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since．He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk．

　　Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art．He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art．He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait (自画像)．It took him two days just to build the eyes．

　　Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world．Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating．Since it began in2007, Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere．

　　"I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it," says Nathan．"To do what you love in life is the most important thing．"

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　　Gloria is a famous hostess of a TV station．When she was 15, she happened to walk into a bookstore in her hometown and began looking at the books on the shelves．Hie man behind the counter, John Smith, asked if she'd like a job．She needed to start saving for college, so she said yes．

　　Gloria worked after school and during summer vacations, and the job helped pay for her first year of college．During college she would do many other jobs：she served coffee in the student union, was a hotel cleaner and even made maps for the Forest Service．But selling books was one of the most satisfying jobs．

　　One day a woman came into the bookstore and asked Gloria for books on cancer．The woman seemed anxious．Gloria showed her practically everything they had and found other books they could order．The woman left the store less worried, and Gloria has always remembered the pride(自豪) she felt in having helped her customer(顾客)．

　　Years later, as a television hostess, Gloria heard about a child who was born with problems with his fingers and hand．His family could not afford an operation, and the boy lived in shame, hiding his hand in his pocket all the time．

　　Gloria persuaded(说服) her boss to agree to let her do the story．After the story was broadcast, some doctors called, offering to perform the operation for free．

　　Gloria visited the boy in the hospital after the operation．The first thing he did was to hold up his repaired hand and say, "Thank you．" What a sweet sense of satisfaction Gloria felt!

　　At Smith's bookstore, Gloria always realized she was working for the customers, not the store．Today it's the same．The TV station pays her, but she feels that she should work for the people who watch the programmes, helping them understand the world better．

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　　To start as a volunteer, you could look for an organization(机构)or activity in your area．Some volunteers sign up for the Peace Corps(和平部队)or other organizations and travel to faraway parts of the world．But you already have things to do at home．So maybe you should start with a small project．

　　Meng Chen is a student in Beijing．He goes to the Forbidden City almost every day．The 20-year-old volunteers there．He tells visitors about the clocks in the clock gallery(钟表馆)．

　　Meng is one of around 300 volunteer tour guides in the Forbidden City．One-third of them are university students．They hang around the palace like other visitors, but with red “volunteer” cards on their clothes．

　　Meng said he loves spending time in the buildings where 25 emperors(皇帝)spent their whole lives．“Every brick has a story to tell, ” he said．

　　But volunteer work is more than fun．Meng has to study for the job．It took him about three months to remember every detail(细节)of the 176 clocks in the clock gallery．

　　And it can be frustrating(让人泄气的)．Often, tourists turn down volunteering guides．“Too many people are in a rush to finish sightseeing．They don't have time to listen to us, ” said Shi Hui．He is a university student who volunteers there．

　　On his first day, Shi walked around for three hours until he found a man in his 50s who was happy to listen to him．

　　“It's always fun to have listeners who are interested in your talk, ” Shi said．

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