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Luma felt more and more love for the children on the team.
卢玛给予球队里的孩子们越来越多的关爱。
She treated them like they were her own children.
她对待他们就像对待自己的孩子一样。
Today, the Fugees gives many refugee children a safe place to play, grow and learn.
如今，“难民营球队”为许多难民儿童提供了一个安全的踢球、成长和学习的地方。
When Shamsoun joined the Fugees, Coach Luma had a strange request for him.
当沙姆松加入“难民营球队”时，卢玛教练对他提出了一个奇怪的要求。
She told him to bring his school work when he came to play football.
她让他来踢足球时把作业带来。
She wanted to help him do well in school.
她想帮助他在学校取得好成绩。
And she knew that he needed encouragement.
她知道他需要鼓励。
Shamsoun also knew that this was very important.
沙姆松也知道这很重要。
“It was my mother’s dream for me to do well.
“取得好成绩是我母亲的梦想。
Coach Luma became like a mother to me.”
卢玛教练就像我的母亲一样。”
With the coach’s help, Shamsoun worked hard at school and at football.
在教练的帮助下，沙姆松在学业和足球上都很努力。
In 2007 he finished high school.
2007年，他高中毕业。
“It took some time to understand that my mother was gone.
“我花了一段时间才明白我母亲已经不在了。
There is nothing I can do about that.
对此我无能为力。
So I try to work hard.
所以我努力学习。
I try every day to work hard in school so I can make her happy.”
我每天都努力学习，这样我才能让她开心。”
Life is still difficult for Shamsoun, but he has a lot to be happy about.
对沙姆松来说，生活仍然艰难，但他有很多值得高兴的事情。
Next year, he will be attending university.
明年，他将上大学。
He received a football scholarship, for his hard work in school and in football.
由于他努力学习和踢足球，他获得了足球奖学金。
He will not have to pay any money for his education.
他将不必支付学费。
“I am very excited. I am the most blessed person in the world.
“我很激动。我是世界上最幸福的人。
But I am going to keep working, so that when I finish some day I can say, ‘See? I made it. I am still standing.’”
但我会继续努力，这样，当我有一天实现梦想时，我可以说，‘看到了吗？我成功了。我依然屹立不倒。’”
Luma Mufleh made a big difference in Shamsoun’s life.
卢玛·梅夫勒对沙姆松的生活产生了很大的影响。
She gave him a safe place to play, and learn.
她给了他一个安全的踢球和学习的地方。
When people ask her why she wants to help children like Shamsoun, she answers,
当人们问她为什么要帮助像沙姆松这样的孩子时，她回答说，
“The truth is that I love helping these children, and I cannot imagine doing anything else.”
“事实是，我喜欢帮助这些孩子，我无法想象自己还能做什么。”
