CCTV9英语新闻12月：弃婴试点项目引起争议

Child abandonment is a growing issue in China. In order to protect abandoned children, the Civil Affairs Administration is rolling out pilots of baby shelters across the country. The temporary shelters will provide facilities for the babies before they are transferred to child care facilities. But this move is not without controversy¹.

A shelter for abandoned babies...that is the aim behind the latest move to set up these temporary shelters. Literally², translated as "Babies’ Safe Havens³", Shenzhen is one of the cities chosen to pilot the project. It is now planning to build the first such shelter in Guangdong province early next year. It is expected to cost around 150,000 yuan, or 24,000 US dollars.

Each shelter will have incubators, cribs, bedding, alarms, ventilation fans, air conditioners and infrared⁴ intruder detectors⁵. No surveillance camera will be installed at the site to protect parents’ privacy. But such a move is not without its critics.

But experts believe establishing the shelters is in line with international practice, and will not lead to an increase in abandoned babies.

The first such shelter in China was launched in 2011 in Shijiazhuang in Hebei province. The facility has so far taken in about 170 children. Over two years of its running, no obvious change has been noted⁶ in the number of abandoned babies.

 

 

1 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

2 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

3 havens   

n.港口，安全地方( haven的名词复数 )v.港口，安全地方( haven的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Your twenty havens would back out at the last minute anyhow. 你那二十个避难所到了最后一分钟也要不认帐。 来自辞典例句
• Using offshore havens to avoid taxes and investor protections. 使用海面的港口避免税和投资者保护。 来自互联网

4 infrared   

adj./n.红外线(的)

参考例句：

• Infrared is widely used in industry and medical science.红外线广泛应用于工业和医学科学。
• Infrared radiation has wavelengths longer than those of visible light.红外辐射的波长比可见光的波长长。

5 detectors   

探测器( detector的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The report advocated that all buildings be fitted with smoke detectors. 报告主张所有的建筑物都应安装烟火探测器。
• This is heady wine for experimenters using these neutrino detectors. 对于使用中微子探测器的实验工作者，这是令人兴奋的美酒。 来自英汉非文学 - 科技

6 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。