“我读书越多，书籍就使我和世界越接近，生活对我也变得越加光明和有意义。”
Maxim Gorky: “The more I read, the closer I become to the world, and the brighter and more meaningful life is for me.”
—高尔基
你知道自己家里有多少本书吗？
Do you know how many books you have in your home?
书本对于城市的孩子来说是随处可见的，它可能沉睡在你家中的书架上、藏在学校的图书馆里，或者摆在琳琅满目的书店橱窗中，互联网更是拉近了我们与进口书、原版书的距离。也许你不知道，与此同时，在不够发达的农村，书籍对孩子而言往往是遥不可及的奖赏。反复阅读一本课外书、即使内页破破烂烂、书脊散架依然舍不得撒手、那种匮乏的心情，城里的孩子或许永远无法体会。
Books are everywhere for urban children, they may be sleeping on your bookshelf at home, hidden in your school library, or in the window of a dazzling bookstore, and the Internet has brought us closer to imported English books. Perhaps you don't know that, at the same time, books are often a more rare, special reward for children in less developed rural areas. Reading a book over and over again, even if the inside pages are torn and tattered and the spine of the book is falling apart -- that kind of feeling of it being so precious, the city children may never know.
乡村的教育经费有限，资源分布不均，图书室难觅，有数据显示欠发达地区80%的图书室由废弃教室临时充当，大部分藏书是过气的教科书。地区偏远，生活条件不佳，个人购书的途径和机会不多。当地孩子大多为留守儿童，父母长期在外务工无法陪伴在孩子身边，他们的精神世界急需得到社会的更多关注。而那些生动有趣的故事、五彩缤纷的图书画面，能够给孩子的成长以安慰和陪伴，像是一个朋友，了解他们的懵懂和孤独。他们渴望着一句话、一个故事来解答自己对生活的困惑，期待一本书带他们看更大的世界，憧憬有人能够帮助自己实现遨游书海的梦想。虽然我们的成长环境有所差异，但对阅读和知识的渴望让我们构成了命运共同体。你愿意帮助这群孩子实现梦想吗？
Rural education funding is limited, resources are unevenly distributed, and libraries are hard to find. Some data shows that 80% of libraries in less developed areas are actually abandoned classrooms, and most collections are outdated textbooks. With remote areas and poor living conditions, there are few ways and opportunities for individuals to purchase books. Most of the local children are left-behind children, and their parents are away for long periods of time, unable to accompany their children and their spiritual world urgently needs more attention from society. And those vivid and interesting stories and colorful book images can give comfort and companionship to children's growth, like a friend who understands their longing and loneliness. They long for some words or a story to answer their confusion about life; they expect a book to show them the bigger world, and they long for someone to help them realize their dream of traveling in the sea of books. Although we grew up in different environments, our desire for reading and knowledge makes us a community of destiny. Are you willing to help this group of children realize their dreams?
FLIS计划在三明的研学基地为当地留守儿童打造一个共建图书室，我们倡议每一个西湖人都能为此献出自己的一份力，也欢迎你邀请其他朋友一起加入[书籍捐赠活动]。你可以捐赠自己觉得十分有意义的书或者曾经为你带来欢笑或感动的书，为我们的图书室添砖加瓦，为乡村的孩子送上一份感恩节礼物。
FLIS plans to create a library at the study base in Sanming for the left-behind children in the countryside. We encourage everyone to contribute to this, and you are welcome to invite other friends to join [the book donation campaign]. You can donate books you find very meaningful or books that have brought you laughter or touched your heart to add to our library as a Thanksgiving gift to the children in the countryside.
在这个感恩节，FLIS希望每一位西湖人都能借着节日的契机感谢自己的平凡生活，感谢我们拥有学习知识的机会，感谢父母提供了优渥的生活条件，感谢我们能够拥有那么多的机会去认识这个世界。接受这份幸福和好运时，也让我们心存感恩，不忘帮助有需要的人。图书室虽小，却可以装下孩子大大的梦想；一本书不多，但也许就能改变一个人的世界。
On this Thanksgiving Day, FLIS hopes that every FLISer will take the opportunity on this holiday to give thanks for our modern life, for the opportunity to gain knowledge, for the excellent living conditions provided by our parents, and for the fact that we can have so many opportunities to get to know the world. In accepting this good welfare and good fortune, let us also be grateful and not forget to help those in need. A library is small, but it can hold a child's big dream; a book is not much, but it may change a person's world.
捐赠方式：11月25日前将捐赠书籍交至F3图书馆；我们也欢迎校外人士参加捐助活动，请将捐赠图书送至学校保安室转达。同时，也欢迎你在此篇公众号文章评论内留下你对书籍捐赠的感想，截止11月25日评论点赞数前五名的留言者将会获得福州海峡文化艺术中心的演出券，请大家踊跃发言。
How to donate: Donated books will be delivered to the FLIS Library by Nov. 25. We also welcome donations from outside the school. Please send donated books to the school's security office. You are also welcome to leave your thoughts on the book donation within the comments of this public article. The top five commenters (with the most likes) as of November 25 will receive a ticket for a performance at the Fuzhou Strait Culture Art Center. Please speak up!
