The Samaritans are a charity that offers a free telephone (and now also message) service to people who are very sad, worried, frightened, or thinking about killing themselves.

The Samaritans The Samaritans撒瑪利亞會are a charity是一個慈善機構that offers a free telephone (and now also message) service提供免費電話（現在也有訊息）服務to people who are very sad, worried, frightened, or thinking about killing themselves給非常難過、擔心、害怕，或有輕生念頭的人。

You do not have to give your name. The volunteers are trained to listen; they do not preach, and they do not rush you into a tidy answer. The idea is that some pain is easier to say to a stranger than to someone who knows you.

You你do not have to give your name不必留下你的名字。The volunteers志工are trained to listen都受過傾聽的訓練; they do not preach他們不會說教, and they do not rush you into a tidy answer也不會急著把你推向一個整齊的答案。The idea is這背後的想法是, that some pain is easier to say to a stranger than to someone who knows you有些痛苦對一個陌生人說，反而比對認識你的人說更容易。

The organisation began in Britain in the 1950s and now works in many countries. You say the Samaritans, with the.

The organisation這個組織began in Britain in the 1950s在1950年代創立於英國and now works in many countries現在在許多國家都有服務。You你say the Samaritans要說the Samaritans, with the前面要加the。

It is named after the good Samaritan in the Bible — the stranger who stays and helps — but this word with a capital S and a plural is the organisation, not “several kind people.” Though actually, each country has its own sister groups and local names; in Taiwan the service students already know is 生命線, which does a similar job.

It它is named after the good Samaritan in the Bible名字來自聖經裡的the good Samaritan好撒瑪利亞人— the stranger who stays and helps那個留下來幫忙的陌生人— but this word with a capital S and a plural is the organisation但這個字大寫S、又是複數形式時，指的是這個組織, not "several kind people"不是「好幾個好心人」。Though actually不過其實, each country has its own sister groups and local names每個國家都有自己的姊妹組織和在地名稱; in Taiwan the service students already know is 生命線在台灣，學生已經熟悉的服務是生命線, which does a similar job做的是類似的工作。