TED演讲:如何帮助年轻人构建更好的未来(7)

And in South Africa, there's a program called Techno Girls.

在南非，有个叫“理工女孩”的项目。

And these are girls from disadvantaged neighborhoods who are studying the STEM program area:

这些来自弱势地区的女孩正在学习STEM科目：

science, technology, engineering and math.

即科学(S)，技术(T)，工程(E)和数学(M)。

And they have a chance to job shadow.

她们有机会做见习工作。

This is the way that they then can see themselves in jobs that are in engineering, in science,

她们可以在这里看到自己在工程领域，科学领域，

and maybe in the space program.

甚至在太空项目中工作的样子。

In Bangladesh, we have partners who are training tens of thousands of young people in the trades,

在孟加拉国，我们的合作伙伴在培训成千上万的年轻人实用的职业技能，

so that they can become motorcycle repair people, or mobile phone service people.

这样他们就可以成为摩托车维修工人，或者手机服务人员。

But these are a chance to see their own livelihoods¹.

这是一个看到自己人生的机会。

And maybe even to have a business of their own.

他们甚至可能会拥有自己的企业。

And in Vietnam, there's a program where we are pairing young entrepreneurs with the needs in their own local communities.

在越南，我们有个匹配年轻企业家和他们当地社区需求的项目。

So with this program, a group gathered and they decided² that

通过这个项目，一组人聚集了起来，

they would solve the problem of transportation for people with disabilities in their communities.

他们决定解决社区残疾人的交通问题。

So with a mentor³ and a bit of seed funding, they've now developed a new app to help the whole community.

于是通过一位导师和募集的一些资金，他们现在开发了新的应用来帮助整个社区。

1 livelihoods   

生计，谋生之道( livelihood的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• First came the earliest individualistic pioneers who depended on hunting and fishing for their livelihoods. 走在最前面的是早期的个人主义先驱者，他们靠狩猎捕鱼为生。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• With little influence over policies, their traditional livelihoods are threatened. 因为马赛族人对政策的影响力太小，他们的传统生计受到了威胁。

2 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。

3 mentor   

n.指导者，良师益友；v.指导

参考例句：

• He fed on the great ideas of his mentor.他以他导师的伟大思想为支撑。
• He had mentored scores of younger doctors.他指导过许多更年轻的医生。