云南省玉溪市重点学校2022-2023学年高二下学期期中英语试卷试题详情
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As a boy, John Kerr wanted to be a fireman or a park ranger(护林员). Looking back on that childhood fantasy, he says, "I think it was calling me."
Instead, he spent four decades at WGBH in Boston, one of public broadcasting's flagship stations. He retired in 2005 at the age of 65 without any particular post-career goal in mind. After several idle weeks, he decided to drive his camper to visit family in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
In route, he casually stopped at the Yellowstone Park Foundation, which raises funds for Yellowstone, America's first national park. As it happens, the foundation was hiring people to educate park guests on wolves. Kerr signed on. After working there for several weeks, at the urging of his daughter, Kerr applied to the Student Conservation Association for an internship (实习).
To say that Kerr stood out in the intern crowd is a massive understatement. Most interns were college and even high school students. But, in a sense, he had been ready for this since his youth. His outdoor adventures with his grandfather had given him a love of nature, and, as an adult, he had helped out at the local fire department on medical calls.
He also had something else. There are 31 million Americans between the ages of 44 and 70. Some retired and looking for a third act, some looking for a more satisfying career, searching for something where they feel as if they're making a contribution, doing something to make their neighborhood, their country, their world just a little bit better. Kerr also had that deep urge to do something more.
From his internship, he moved up to ranger, educating park visitors, making for safe encounters between guests and animals, and responding to medical emergencies. He treasures his stewardship (管理) of what he describes as one of the most beautiful places on Earth, andrevels inmoments when he treats a visitor to an up-close look at one of the park's wolves or bears through his telescope, an occasion that can move visitors to tears.
"These are rich and all-too-rare moments," recalls Kerr, "I never forget them."
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