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雷鋒（1940~1962）同志是中國家喻戶曉的全心全意為人民服務(wù)的楷模，他作為一名普通的解放軍戰(zhàn)士，在他短暫的一生中卻助人無數(shù)，偉大領(lǐng)袖毛主席曾親筆為他題詞“向雷鋒同志學(xué)習(xí)”。

Lei Feng， formerly known as Lei Zhengxing， was born in a poor peasant family on December 18， 1940 in Wangcheng County， Changsha， Hunan Province. Before liberation， his family members died with hatred one after another. Lei Feng became an orphan (孤兒) at the age of seven. He struggled to survive with poor folks’ help.

After liberation， Lei Feng walked out of the painful life. He grew up happily under the care of the Party and the People’s Government. On January 8， 1960， Lei Feng was drafted (征募) into the army. Under the training and education of the military， he established an idea of serving the people wholeheartedly. He considered utter (完全的) devotion to others without any thought of himself as the life’s biggest happiness. He gave his money saved on food and expenses to the affected people and poor comrades (戰(zhàn)友). During the holidays and the rest time， he often went to the nearby station to help the aged and the young， to receive and send passengers. When he was on a business trip， he brought water for the passengers and did the cleaning after he got on the train. He would not hesitate to offer help to anyone who needed it.

What he did were very common things， but all embodied (體現(xiàn)) the lofty (崇高的) idea of serving the people wholeheartedly. On August 15， 1962， Lei Feng died on duty unfortunately. On March 5， 1963， Chairman Mao called on people to “Learn From Comrade Lei Feng”， so March 5th is the day of “Learn From Lei Feng Day”.

雷鋒，原名雷正興，1940年12月18日出生于湖南省長沙市望城縣一個(gè)貧苦農(nóng)民家庭。解放前，他一家親人相繼含恨死去，時(shí)年7歲的雷鋒淪為孤兒，在窮鄉(xiāng)親的拉扯下，掙扎著活了下來。

解放后，雷鋒從此走出了痛苦的生活，在黨和人民政府的關(guān)懷下幸福成長。1960年1月8日，雷鋒應(yīng)征入伍。在部隊(duì)的培養(yǎng)教育下，樹立了全心全意為人民服務(wù)的思想，把“毫不利己、專門利人”看成是人生最大的幸福和快樂。他把自己省吃儉用積存起來的錢寄給受災(zāi)人民，送給家庭困難的戰(zhàn)友。他經(jīng)常在節(jié)假日和休息時(shí)間到附近車站，扶老攜幼，迎送旅客。雷鋒出差時(shí)，一上火車就為旅客端茶送水，打掃衛(wèi)生，遇到任何需要幫助的人，他都毫不猶豫地伸出援助之手。

他做的都是很普通的小事，但都體現(xiàn)了他全心全意為人民服務(wù)的崇高思想。1962年8月15日，雷鋒同志因公殉職，不幸犧牲。1963年3月5日毛主席號(hào)召全國人民“向雷鋒同志學(xué)習(xí)”，因此把3月5日定為“學(xué)雷鋒紀(jì)念日”。

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雷鋒的小故事

Lei Feng helped comrades to learn knowledge by taking his books out for all to learn. His companion Qiao Anshan had a low educational lever. Lei Feng taught him to read and to learn arithmetic(算術(shù)). After knowing that Zhou’s father was seriously ill， Lei Feng sent his family 10 yuan in Zhou’s name. Comrade Han’s trousers were burnt a few holes by acid water when he drove the truck at night. Lei Feng found it， and pulled his hat down to patch(修補(bǔ)) the trousers for him. Qiao Anshan， who knew the details， said， “In order to patch your trousers， Lei Feng didn’t sleep until midnight!”

雷鋒幫助同志學(xué)習(xí)知識(shí)，把自己的藏書拿出來供大家學(xué)習(xí)。同班戰(zhàn)友喬安山文化程度低，雷鋒就教他認(rèn)字，學(xué)算術(shù)。小周父親得了重病，雷鋒知道后以小周的名義給家里寄去10元錢。戰(zhàn)友小韓夜里出車時(shí)棉褲被硫酸水燒了幾個(gè)洞，雷鋒發(fā)現(xiàn)后，把自己的帽子拆下來為小韓補(bǔ)好褲子。知道這個(gè)情況的喬安山說：“為了給你補(bǔ)褲子，雷鋒半宿都沒睡！”

One evening， the rain fell heavily. A woman with a baby in her arms， holding a child， carrying a burden， walked in the heavy rain with difficulty. Lei Feng stepped forward in a hurry to ask and know that the woman returned after visiting relatives from other places. Lei Feng put his rain coat around her shoulder and held the baby for her. Seeing that the baby trembled (發(fā)抖) with cold， Lei Feng took off his clothes and put it on him. He would rather soak(濕透) himself in the rain. He sent them home after two hours’ walk.

一天傍晚，天下起大雨，一位婦女懷里抱著小孩，手里拉著小孩，身上還背著包袱，在嘩嘩的大雨中艱難地走著。雷鋒忙上前一打聽，才知道這位大嫂從外地探親歸來，雷鋒把雨衣披在大嫂身上，接過孩子來替她抱著。那孩子冷得直哆嗦，雷鋒又脫下自己的衣服給他穿上，寧可自己淋得透濕，一直走了兩個(gè)多小時(shí)，才把她們送到家。