环球慢速英语 新天地(3)

Voice 1: They exchange ideas about how they can influence their community for good. They decide what practical steps they can take to make this possible. Then advisers¹ like Ben help them to prepare business plans. The young people learn skills that will be useful to them throughout their lives.

声音1：他们就如何对社区产生有益的影响交换意见。他们决定采取哪些实际步骤来实现这一目标。之后，像本这样的顾问会帮助他们准备商业计划。年轻人会学习对他们一生都有用的技能。

Voice 2: There is some government money to help make the young people's plans happen. And the groups ask local businesses if they can assist² them financially. But there is never enough money. This is especially true because "Save the Children" wants to increase the number of groups across the area. Ben saw how the young people were growing in so many different ways. He did not want lack of money to stop their development as responsible young people. So he decided³ to find a way to raise as much money as he could. Ben spoke⁴ about his idea:

声音2：政府提供了一一些资金来帮助年轻人实现他们的计划。这些组织询问当地企业能否在财政上帮助他们。但资金永远不够。这一点尤其正确，因为“拯救儿童”机构希望增加整个地区的组织数量。本看到了年轻人如何以各种不同的方式成长。他不希望因为缺乏资金导致他们无法成为负责任的年轻人。因此他决定想办法筹集尽可能多的钱。本谈到了他的想法：

Voice 3: "I decided to raise ten thousand pounds for Save the Children's 'YES' project. How? By cycling from the top to the bottom of Vietnam! My friends and family offered to give me some money for the 'YES' project. But I had to promise to complete the cycle ride first! I needed to do a lot of training. The distance between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam is one thousand eight hundred kilometres! I had never cycled so far before."

声音3：“我决定为‘拯救儿童’机构的‘YES’项目筹集1万英镑。要怎么做？骑行穿越越南！我的朋友和家人提出给我些钱来资助‘YES’。但我必须承诺先完成骑行！我需要进行大量训练。越南河内和胡志明市之间的距离是1800公里！我以前从没骑过这么远。”

1 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

2 assist   

vt.协助，帮助，促进；vi.帮忙，参加

参考例句：

• He asked us to assist him in carrying through their plan.他要我们帮助他实施他们的计划。
• We'll assist at your wedding.我们将出席你们的婚礼。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。