环球慢速英语 现代奴隶(6)

Voice 1: You can also report cases in your area. Maybe there are factories where people are forced to work in poor conditions? Maybe you know of cases where people are not free to leave their jobs. You can report these to your local government officials. They have the authority to act and change situations. If governments are not trustworthy, human rights groups can intervene¹.

声音1：你还可以举报你所在地区发生的这类事件。也许存在强迫人们在恶劣的条件下工作的工厂。也许你知道有人不能自由离开工作。你可以向当地政府举报。他们有权采取行动并改变现状。如果政府不值得信任，那可以让人权组织介入。

We too have the power to help protect each other. We can do this through education and then sharing information.

我们也有力量互相帮助、互相保护。我们可以通过教育和共享信息做到这点。

Voice 2: Regivaldo Pereira da Silva lives in Brazil. A local labour employer cheated Regivaldo and his wife. He made them work in a far-off place. They had little food and poor shelter. When they escaped, they tried to get their earnings². The employer refused. However, the employer did not know that Regivaldo possessed³ something powerful. Regivaldo had knowledge. He knew who to ask for help - a trained lawyer. Fernando de Paiva Gomes is an expert in law. Fernando helped Regivaldo go to court - and win his case!

声音2：雷吉瓦尔多·佩雷拉·达西尔瓦生活在巴西。当地的一名雇主欺骗了雷吉瓦尔多和他的妻子。他让他们在一个遥远的地方工作。他们只能得到很少的食物，还要住在一个简陋的地方。他们逃跑时曾试图拿回他们的工资。雇主拒绝了。但是，雇主不知道雷吉瓦尔多拥有一种力量。这种力量就是知识。雷吉瓦尔多知道要寻求谁的帮助，他找到了一名经验丰富的律师。费尔南多·德派瓦是法律专家。费尔南多帮助雷吉瓦尔多向法院提起诉讼，而且帮助他打赢了官司！

1 intervene   

vi.干涉，干预，干扰，阻挠

参考例句：

• When riot broke out,the police were obliged to intervene.发生暴乱时，警察有责任干预。
• You don't intervene between those two drunks.你不要在那两个酒鬼之间进行调解。

2 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

3 possessed   

adj.疯狂的；拥有的，占有的

参考例句：

• He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
• He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。