我的秘密工作午夜心灵之约

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1、我的秘密工作午夜心灵之约　　It'seasytofeelparanoid1）walkinghomealonefromaclubat2am―especiallyinanewcity.Yourearsareringingasyouwalkbacktoyourhalls.Theunfamiliarstreetsseemespeciallydarkandeerily2）quiet.Rightnowyou'dgiveanythingjusttohearafriendlyvoice.　　Whetherit'sfresher'sw

2、eek3）orexamsweek，auniversitynightlineservicecanbealife-saver，sometimesliterally4）.Nightlinesarestudentlisteningservicesthatopeninthesmallhours5），relyingonstudentvolunteerstorunandpublicizetheservice.Nightlinecurrentlyprovidesemotionalsupporttoover1.5millionstud

3、ents，with36branchesbasedatover90universitiesandcollegesacrosstheUKandIreland.　　AsaformervolunteerforVoice，theUniversityofExeter'sstudentnightline，Iknowfirst-hand6）howrewarding―andchallenging―therolecanbe.　　Onatypicalshift，I'darrivejustbefore8pm，readyforthe12-ho

4、urshiftahead.Therewereusuallytwoorthreevolunteersanight，dependingonwhetheritwasabusytimeoftheyear，suchastheexamperiod.Someonewouldputthekettleonandbringout7thesnacks，andwe'dallchat，watchamovieorgetonwithcoursework.　　Iwouldmeetnewpeopleonmostnights，buttherewasal

5、waysasenseofcamaraderie7）.Ataround11or12pm，we'dclimbintomakeshift8）bedsandsleepingbags，alwayswithonepersonnexttothephone.Theringtonewasloudsotherewasneveranyworryaboutsleepingthrough.　　Thenumberofcallersvariedeverynight，whichkeptusonourtoes9）.Sometimesnoonewoul

6、dcall，andonothernightsthephonewouldringminutesafterIsteppedthroughthedoor.　　Somecallsleftmefeelingverytired.Duringoneofmyearliestsessionstherewasadistressedcalleratthreeinthemorning，andthecalllastedalmosttwohours.Butitalwaysfeelsgoodtoknowaconversationisgenuine

7、lymakingadifferencetosomeone.　　ThemajorityofcallsIansweredwerefromstudentswhowereeitherhomesickorjustwantingreassurancewalkinghomealone，butIwastrainedforanything：fromprank10）callstopeopleonthevergeofsuicide.　　Theanonymous11）partofthisjobcanbeupsetting.　　Tessa，1

8、9，hasdonenightshiftstotaling250hoursforExeter'sVoicenightline，andfindstheworkcantakeitstoll12）."Verydistressedcallsfromstudentscanbeemotionally7taxing13），"shesays.Hermostmem