超級英雄

Superhero

I worked in a drugstore when I was very small. Workinglong and hard， I treasured my lunch breaks when I could readlots of comic books. Superman， Batman， Spiderman and IronMan were some of my heroes.

There were always two distinct patterns in those books.

First， there was always a battle between good and evil.The battle was always tough^[艱苦的]. No matter how strong thesuperhero was， evil pushed him to the very limit and mosttimes almost defeated him.

Second， the superhero was never paid by the society.Superman made money as a newspaper reporter; Batman， anindustrialist^[企業家]; Spiderman， a photographer; Iron Man， theowner of Stark Industries. None of them were paid for beinga superhero and the contributions they made.

In other words， though they’ve risked everything forothers， real heroes don’tget paid for the superherostuff.

We can all do superhero stuff–volunteering，helping someone inneed， or doing anythingbeneficialthat takestime， effort，energyorresources.

Use yourpowerswell!

年紀還很小的時候，我在一家藥店工作。由于工作時間長，活兒也累，所以我非常珍惜午休時間，因為每到那個時候我就可以看很多漫畫書。超人、蝙蝠俠、蜘蛛俠和鋼鐵俠都是我的英雄。

那些書里總有兩個明顯的套路。

首先， 善惡之間總有一場惡斗。這場戰斗總是無比艱辛。無論超級英雄有多強大，邪惡勢力總能將他逼入絕境，而且常常差點兒就會將他打敗。

其次，超級英雄從不向社會索取報酬。超人的收入來源于其報社記者一職，蝙蝠俠是一位企業家，蜘蛛俠是一名攝影師，而鋼鐵俠則是“斯塔克工業”的老板。他們當中沒有人因為身為超級英雄及其所作的貢獻獲得回報。

換句話說，盡管他們為了別人奮不顧身，但真正的英雄不會從超級英雄的事業中獲得報酬。

我們都可以成為超級英雄——例如投身志愿服務，幫助有需要的人，或者做一些需要花費時間、努力、精力或資源的善舉。

好好發揮你的力量吧！