环球慢速英语 艾滋病家庭（2）

Voice 2: Priscilla is seven years old. She is an AIDS orphan¹. She lives with her grandmother and two brothers in Maua, Kenya. In the beginning things were very difficult for her family. They had little food. Their grandmother did not work. There was not any money for the children to go to school. But then, things changed. Priscilla and her brothers became part of a programme at the Maua Methodist Hospital. Their AIDS Orphan programme began in 2001. The programme aims to help children get back into school. They provide clothing money for schooling². And they have a project to build houses for orphans³ and those who care for them.

声音2：普里西拉今年7岁。她是名艾滋孤儿。她和祖母以及两个哥哥一起生活在肯尼亚马乌阿镇。一开始，她家的生活非常艰难。他们家几乎没有食物。他们的祖母没有工作。孩子们没有钱上学。不过后来，情况发生了改变。普里西拉和她的哥哥参加了马乌阿卫理公会医院的一个项目。这家医院于2001年启动艾滋孤儿救助项目。该项目旨在帮助艾滋孤儿重返校园。他们为这些孤儿提供衣服和上学的费用。他们还有一个建房工程，为这些孤儿和照顾他们的家人提供住房。

Voice 1: Priscilla now attends school and is doing well. And Priscilla is just one of the many children that the programme has helped. At first the programme could help only ten children at a time. They gave the chosen ten grandmothers corn, beans and cooking oil. And they gave their grandchildren⁴ school clothes and shoes. They paid the money for them to attend school. But with the help of other groups the orphan programme now feeds over four hundred children. And they help educate around two hundred.

声音1：现在普里西拉已经上学了，而且她的表现很好。普里西拉只是这个项目帮助的众多孤儿之一。一开始，该项目每次只能为10个孩子提供帮助。他们会给被选中的10位祖母玉米、豆类和食用油。给孩子们提供上学的衣服和鞋子。并支付孩子们上学的费用。现在，在其他组织的帮助下，孤儿救助项目为400余个孩子提供帮助。同时他们在教育上为约200个孩子提供帮助。

1 orphan   

n.孤儿；adj.无父母的

参考例句：

• He brought up the orphan and passed onto him his knowledge of medicine.他把一个孤儿养大，并且把自己的医术传给了他。
• The orphan had been reared in a convent by some good sisters.这个孤儿在一所修道院里被几个好心的修女带大。

2 schooling   

n.教育；正规学校教育

参考例句：

• A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。
• Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。

3 orphans   

孤儿( orphan的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The poor orphans were kept on short commons. 贫苦的孤儿们吃不饱饭。
• Their uncle was declared guardian to the orphans. 这些孤儿的叔父成为他们的监护人。

4 grandchildren   

n.孙子；孙（女），外孙（女）( grandchild的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He left a bequest to each of his grandchildren. 他给他的孙辈每人留下一笔遗产。
• His grandchildren afforded him his greatest pleasure in his old age. 他的孙子和孙女们在晚年的时候给了他最大的欢乐。 来自《简明英汉词典》