Ⅲ. 阅读理解

　　(原创)This is not a typical summer camp. But Michelle Pawlaw is glad she signed up for it. “Getting to experience the fires hands­on(亲自动手的)is really cool and something that most people don't get to do，” she said.

　　Michelle and eight other teenage girls are participating in the three­day camp offered by the Arlington County Fire Department located just outside of Washington. Firefighter Clare Burley is in charge of the program. “The purpose is to try to get young women interested in considering the fire service as a career，” she said.

　　The free of charge, overnight camp is designed to let the girls experience what firefighters do in the line of duty to protect the community. They take classes and learn how to climb the ladder on a fire truck, operate emergency tools and rescue an injured person. They also do their share of cleaning the firehouse and the equipment.

　　Firefighting is still a male­dominated service, but Burley says with 32 women on its force of 320 the Arlington Fire Department is above the national average of 4.5 percent. She joined the department seven years ago. “Women are generally weaker than men physically, but we do everything that the guys do to the same standard. We are tested to the same standard. We are expected to operate at the same standard，” she said.

　　The girls help the crew on duty prepare for dinner. It is also part of the program. “Because the kitchen is a very important part of a firefighter's life. We work 24 hours together, seven days a week. We cook here, we sleep here. We usually have breakfast and dinner together. That's how we build teamwork，” said Officer Robert Beer.

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