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AS IT IS - A bakery in New York City and the growing movie business in China
From VOA Learning English, welcome to AS IT IS!
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AS IT IS --- our new magazine show in Special English. Today and in the days to come, we will be expanding on major world events and reporting on issues that concern you. We will be talking with newsmakers, experts and VOA’s own reporters to help make sense of this quickly changing world --- AS IT IS.
AS IT IS- - - - -我们特别英语的新版块。在今后的日子里,我们将更加关注世界主要事件和你关心的问题。我们将跟大事件,权威们和美国之音的记者来帮助你了解这个迅速变化的世界- - - - - AS IT IS 。
Hello, again. I’m Jim Tedder2 in Washington. It’s nice to have you with us. On today’s program, the big cats of Africa are disappearing, and Zambia has decided3 to act. Also, a look at the growing movie business in China, and how it is affecting Hollywood. But first, a trip to New York City to a bakery that helps to change lives with every loaf of bread it sells.
你好,我们再来打一次招呼。我是吉姆特德在华盛顿。很高兴有你和我们在一起。在今天的节目中,非洲的大型猫科动物濒临灭绝,赞比亚已经决定采取行动。然后,我们来关注一下中国电影市场的增长,以及它对好莱坞的影响.但首先,我们前往纽约一家可以改变生活的面包店.
Ahhh! The air is filled with the wonderful smells of freshly baked breads …walnut raisin4, grindstone rye, and sourdough. Welcome to the “Hot Bread Kitchen.” Six years ago, Jessamyn Rodriguez left her job at the United Nations and started the business. But bread was not all she had in mind.
啊!空气中充满了美妙的新鲜的烤面包的气味…核桃葡萄干,磨石黑麦和酵母。欢迎来到“ Hot Bread Kitchen “.六年前,Jessamyn Rodriguez离开她在联合国的工作开始做生意。但她所想要的并不仅是做面包。
“Many women who immigrate5 to the United States have passion and skill in the culinary arts but often end up in jobs with no professional trajectory6.”
“许多移民美国的妇女在烹饪方面富有激情和技能但最终往往在工作方面没有专业的轨迹。”
Ms. Rodriguez’s idea was to hire women to bake the kinds of bread they made in their home countries. She knew that immigrant minority women were hard workers, but often very poorly paid.
Rodriguez女士雇佣女性的想法是让她们烤制有自己国家特点的面包.她知道移民少数民族妇女工作努力,但往往非常低薪的。
“And I’m also a firm believer that if you invest in a woman you are investing in a family and a community.”
“我也坚信如果你投资一个女人那么你就等于投资一个家庭和一个社区。”
She has eighteen women working in her bakery. They come from Mexico, Bangladesh, Togo, Morocco, Haiti, and other places.
她雇佣了十八位妇女在她的面包店工作。他们来自墨西哥、孟加拉国、多哥、摩洛哥、海地和其他地方。
“A head baker1 in New York City can make up to sixty-five thousand dollars a year. We’re hoping that within a few years our women will be headed toward head baker management track positions in the city.”
“一位面包师在纽约可以赚到六万五千美元一年。我们希望在几年内我们的妇女朝这个城市的面包师的方向发展.”
The women who work and learn at the Hot Bread Kitchen are paid nine dollars an hour. They also receive health care and get English lessons two times each week. Fatiha Outabount is from Morocco.
在Hot Bread Kitchen工作和学习的妇女们被支付9美元一个小时。他们还获得卫生保健和每周两次的英文课。Outabount Fatiha来自摩洛哥。
“Before, I don’t speak English…nothing. Just “Hi, bye, goodnight” …that’s it. But when I start to have class here, I’m speaking English little bit well.”
“之前,我不会讲英语…没什么。只是“你好,再见,晚安”…就是这样。但当我开始上课在这里,我的英语在变好。”
The breads the women bake are sold to markets and expensive restaurants in New York City. Ms. Rodriguez says her business is the only bakery in the city that produces breads from so many different cultures.
妇女们烤的面包卖给市场和在纽约市的昂贵的餐馆。 Rodriguez 女士说她的业务是这个城市唯一一家生产不同文化的面包的面包店。
“I like to say that we’re like the United Nations of breads.”
“我喜欢说我们像面包的联合国。”
When asked Fatiha if the job was what she expected it would be, she smiled and said, “Yes.”
当被问及Fatiha工作是否如她所预期的那么好,她笑了笑,说:“是的。”
“So I love this program. We learn a lot of stuff. We work like a family.”
“所以我喜欢这个项目。我们学习很多东西。我们的工作就像一个家庭。”
Experts say there are twenty to forty thousand lions in Africa. There are even more leopards7. But, their numbers are sharply lower than they were 20 years ago. Now, Zambia has decided to act to slow the loss of these extraordinary animals. Caty Weaver8 tells us more.
专家说有二十到四十万年非狮子在非洲.甚至有更多的豹子.但是,它们的数量正在大幅低于20年前. 现在,赞比亚已决定采取措施保护这些非凡的动物。 Caty Weaver 告诉我们更多。
In January, Zambia banned the hunting of lions and leopards in several areas. The country’s Tourism Minister Sylvia Masebo says Zambia has not fully9 profited from permitting hunting by visitors.
今年1月,赞比亚在几个地区禁止猎杀狮子和豹子。国家旅游部长 Sylvia Masebo 说赞比亚没有充分借鉴允许游客狩猎。
Ms. Masebo says a number of the parks have areas that private businesses pay to use for safari10 hunting operations. Recently the government advertised 19 game management areas for safari hunting. But Ms. Masebo says the process was marred11 by corruption12.
Masebo女士说,许多地区的公园,私营企业支付用于狩猎行动。最近政府下达禁令,在19个地区禁止进行狩猎活动。但是Masebo女士说,这个过程中有腐败行为。
The hunting ban covers those 19 areas. However, there are other national park areas where safari hunting will still be permitted. And Ms. Masebo says there is no ban on private game properties that are fenced and have the legal permits for hunting. But the surrounding community will now play a part in such operations.
狩猎禁令涵盖了19个区域。然而,还有其他的国家公园地区狩猎仍将是被允许的。和Masebo女士说没有禁止私人游戏属性坚固和拥有合法狩猎许可证。但周围的社区现在将扮演一个角色在这样操作。
“We need to ensure that the people that come from these areas must benefit. The government itself must benefit. The animals themselves must be protected.”
“我们需要确保的是,来自这些地区的人们应该受益。政府本身必须受益。动物本身必须受到保护。”
Gavin Robinson is chairman of the Professional Hunters Association of Zambia. He says the ban in the 19 areas means fewer jobs for professional hunters in Zambia. And he does not share the government’s concern about the lion population in the country.
Gavin Robinson是赞比亚猎人协会的主席。他说,禁止在19个地区意味着职业猎人在赞比亚更少的工作.他不同意政府的担忧在该国狮子数量。
“We have always looked after the remaining lion to ensure that we have lion for the following year. We as professional hunters are very involved in conservation.”
“我们一直照顾剩下的狮子,以确保我们有狮子的第二年。我们作为专业的猎人非常参与保护。”
The ban in Zambia follows similar action in Botswana. That country announced last November that it would ban sport hunting in 2014. I’m Caty Weaver.
这项禁令在赞比亚遵循类似的行动在博茨瓦纳。这个国家去年11月宣布,它将在2014年禁止运动狩猎。卡狄维可撰稿。
China has become a huge market for films. It is second only to North America. China is also extending it entertainment work with other countries. And this is changing the way the American film industry does business. Steve Ember has a front row seat.
中国已成为一个仅次于北美的巨大的市场为电影。中国也正在扩大娱乐业与其他国家合作。这是改变了美国电影行业的业务方向。史蒂夫·恩伯有前排座位。
A foreign army invaded the United States in last year’s remake of the movie “Red Dawn.” But the filmmakers changed the movie just before its release. The invaders13 had originally been Chinese soldiers. They became North Koreans. The “Red Dawn” filmmaker did not want to offend Chinese audiences or censors14.
一个外国军队入侵了美国在去年的重拍的电影"Red Dawn". “但是导演在上映之前做了改编. 侵略者原本是中国士兵, 该成了朝鲜人。“ Red Dawn ”导演并不想冒犯中国观众或审查。
A team of censors in China watches movies to decide if they contain offensive material. The James Bond movie “Skyfall” had parts removed for that reason. And, the censors cut 40 minutes from the recent film “Cloud Atlas15.” Most of the scenes showed sex and violence. But, films also may be cut if they are judged critical of China or its government.
一个团队在中国电影的审查表,决定如果他们包含攻击性材料。这就是詹姆斯邦德电影 “Skyfall” 部分删除的原因.还有,从最近的电影 “Cloud Atlas” 审查削减40分钟。“大部分显示性和暴力的场景。但是,电影依然可能被削减,如果他们被认为批评中国或其政府。
Stanley Rosen is a Chinese film and culture expert at the University of Southern California. He says Chinese censors also influenced other films, like the disaster story “2012.”
斯坦利·罗森是南加州大学夫人中国电影和文化专家. 他说,中国审查者也影响了其他电影,像灾难故事“2012”。
“Even if you’re not shooting in China, a film like ‘2012’ will be very careful to include positive references to China. Negative references will simply kill the market.”
“即使你不是在影射中的电影,如“2012”会非常小心地包括积极引用到中国。消极只会扼杀市场。”
Stanley Rosen says more Hollywood studios are finding Chinese partners for joint16 productions. Hollywood needs China because the North American market has not been strong, the professor believes. But, he says, China needs Hollywood as well.
斯坦利·罗森说更多的好莱坞电影公司正寻找中国的合作伙伴联合制作。教授认为,因为北美电影市场的疲软,好莱坞需要中国.但是,他说,中国一样需要好莱坞。
I’m Steve Ember.
And that’s AS IT IS for today. I’m Jim Tedder.
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immigrate
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marred
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