Volunteer Day In Uganda.docVIP

Volunteer Day In Uganda 　　词数：343字 建议阅读时间：5分钟 难度：★★☆☆☆ 　　In China， March 5th is Chinese Young Volunteer Service Day （or Day of Learning from Lei Feng）， when many people work or do others a favor on a voluntary basis in memory of Lei Feng. During my business trip to Uganda， I happened to experience the volunteer day unique to the African country. 　　One day， my colleague and I were going to a marketplace for an errand with Willie， a local employee， as guider. Our car had broken down， so Willie told us that we could go there by his car and we agreed. 　　However， not long after we started driving， we were stopped by a policeman. Willie seemed to have sensed something at that moment， saying sorry to us. As we felt puzzled. 　　The traffic policeman was rather polite. Seeing us through the car window， he had no more sullen（阴沉的） look at once. According to my experience of staying overseas many years， I knew that the more serious a policeman looks， the more easily a problem can be tackled and that otherwise， it is hard to be done. 　　The policeman said something to us in the local language， but my colleague and I couldn’t understand him. Judging from his gesture of waving hands， we could still guess his permission to let us go. Surprised as well， Willie got the car started again promptly. He told us that he had forgotten today was Saturday. In Uganda， the last Saturday in every month is a day for the Ugandans to help each other in the neighborhood. They are most familiar with the occasion. On this day， all the local people will be stopped by the police on the roadside when driving out， because they are obliged to clean up the garbage in urban areas. The police will impound the car of any driving skiving off and give him tools to do cleaning nearby. 　　Fortunately， the policeman let us go for the sake of our identity. To be honest， I would really join them if not busy otherwise. 　　【理解试题】 　　1. Why did the police let the author go？ 　　A. Because we had something importa