In recent years, a strange phenomenon¹ has occurred in our country—people are very cautious of helping² others, especially helping strangers, because a few people are getting involved in trouble when helping others. Thus, a number of people have no idea whether they should help strangers or not.

近年来，我国出现了一个奇怪的现象，人们都非常谨慎的帮助别人，特别是帮助陌生人，因为有些人在帮助别人的时候卷入麻烦。因此，许多人都不知道他们是否应该帮助陌生人。

As far as I am concerned, we should help strangers in an appropriate way. Firstly, helping others is our traditional virtue³ and we have been taught to be glad to help others all the time. Hence, we should develop this virtue as much as possible in view of making a harmonious⁴ society. Secondly, helping others is helping ourselves in some ways. Just imagine the situation when we are getting into trouble but no one is reluctant to lend a hand to us. Therefore, we should put ourselves in others’ shoes and be glad to help others.

我觉得我们应该适当的方式帮助陌生人。首先，帮助别人是我们的传统美德，而且我们一直都被教导乐于助人。因此，鉴于营造一个和谐的社会，我们应该发扬这种美德。其次，在某种程度上，帮助别人就是帮助自己。想象一下，如果我们陷入困境的时候，但没有人愿意帮助我们的情况。因此，我们应该乐于帮助别人。

However, in order to avoid involving in unnecessary trouble when helping others, it would be better for us to choose a reasonable way. For example, to help a child who was falling into river, seeking others’ help rather than jumping into the river if you cannot swim at all.

然而，为了在帮助别人时避免卷入不必要的麻烦，选择一个合理的方式是最好的。例如，帮助一个掉进河里的孩子，如果你不会游泳，应该寻求别人的帮助而不是自己跳进河里。