Being active in your local community is important because it is an essential part of living a satisfying life.

Humans by nature are social beings. We need to be around other people to feel happy, secure and safe. Hanging out with friends helps, but that isn’t quite enough. We need to be active in our local community.

Everyone benefits from a strong community. Being active within our society helps individuals feel less lonely, have a more vital and interesting life, stay healthy and feel happier. Being active within our society brings us inspiration, helps us succeed in business and helps us find our way in life.

Communities thrive﹙興旺﹚ when people are better connected. Local economies expand, businesses succeed, education grows, support systems become more efficient, and so on.

There may be some obstacles on the way to being active in the local community. People may become disconnected from their community. It is a modern day reality that people turn to their computers for connection with others. This can be a great thing, but it can also go too far and we can become separated from our local, physical world society. Computers are usually at their best when used as a tool to accomplish tasks and not as a portal (傳送門(mén)) into an online existence that controls our life. Online communities have become very real and they help millions feel more connected, but they must not take the place of our physical life community.[來(lái)

It is also common for people to find jobs online and to migrate to different locations around the world. This uproots﹙使人遷移他處居住﹚ us and takes us away from the local society we grew up in, forces us to make new friends and establish ourselves in a new community.

Becoming active in our community does require effort, but it’s well worth it. Understanding the importance of community and becoming more active within yours will greatly increase your quality of life.

1.Being Active

2.Importance

3.be around/stay with

4.Benefits

5.helping

6.education

7.obstacles

8.connecting with others

9.job online

10.increase

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講了，在當(dāng)?shù)氐纳鐓^(qū)中活躍是很重要的因?yàn)檫@對(duì)于人們過(guò)上一個(gè)滿(mǎn)意的生活是必不可少的。其次簡(jiǎn)要介紹了這樣做的好處和障礙并得出結(jié)論。

1.Being active in your local community is important because it is an essential part of living a satisfying life.句意為在當(dāng)?shù)氐纳鐓^(qū)中活躍是很重要的因?yàn)檫@對(duì)于人們過(guò)上一個(gè)滿(mǎn)意的生活是必不可少的�？梢酝茢喑鲞@篇文章的主要內(nèi)容是在當(dāng)?shù)厣鐓^(qū)中要活躍，所以標(biāo)題也是這個(gè)，故填Being Active。

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5.helping。

6.education。

7.obstacles。

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