艾伦脱口秀第224期:无私的付出

 　　It's our season nine premiere and I'm so excited for you all to meet an amazing woman 这是我们第九季的首场秀 我很激动 你们将认识这位了不起的女士

　　who is made her life's work to make a difference.take a look at Sherrie Gahn 她无私的付出让世界变的不同 认识一下Sherrie Gahn

　　I'm Sherrie Gahn and I'm the principal¹ of Whitney Elementary School 我是Sherrie Gahn 我是惠特尼小学的校长

　　Whitney is very unique because we service very high needs population 惠特尼是个特别的学校 我们为特别需要帮助的人们服务

　　we had a lot of homeless children here，more than 85% of our students are famished² reduce lunch and a lot of the 85% are homeless 我们学校有很多无家可归的孩子 85%的孩子们不吃晚饭挨着饿 在这85%里许多孩子还无家可归

　　when they leave here on the daily basis，sometimes we don't know where they are going 当他们学完功课离开学校后 有时候我们也不知道他们会去哪里

　　their environment changes everyday，somedays they may live in their apartment，somedays they like in a hotel motel³ 他们的生活环境每天都在变 有时他们住在出租屋 有时住旅馆

　　somedays they may be in the streets，we don't know where they're gonna go 有时候可能流落街头 我们不知道他们能去哪

　　when I first came to Whitney and I was in the lunch room walking around helping⁴ the kids 当我刚来到惠特尼时 一天我在餐厅帮忙

　　and they kept pocketing their ketchup，putting their ketchup，when I asked my staff what were they doing 看到孩子们在收集番茄酱 把自己那份装进口袋里 我问我的员工他们为什么这么做

　　they told me that they do that often because they needed do it.it's gonna be their dinner it's ketchup soup 他们告诉我他们常这么做因为他们需要这么做 那些番茄酱将是他们的晚餐 煮汤用的

　　they're gonna go home and make ketchup soup with it，because there ain't no food 他们要用那些番茄酱回家煮汤 因为他们没有食物

　　my goal was if I can take that off their plan,if I can make them come to school and feel safe and warm and they have clothes 我的目标是想帮他们结束这样的生活 如果可以 我希望他们能上学 有衣服穿 并且感到温暖 有安全感

　　just like any other child and they are under same level playing field as any other child in school,then they can learn 就像其他同等条件 学校里同龄的孩子们一样 那他们就可以安心学习了

　　I guess it's sort of like that fairy tale that you go to school you get new backpack you get new clothes 我想那有点像童话故事 你上学了还可以有新书包 新衣服

1 principal   

adj.主要的；n.负责人，校长，资本

参考例句：

• When he saw the principal,he raised his hand in salutation.他看到校长时举手敬礼。
• Their school gave a reception to their new principal.他们学校为新校长举办了一个招待会。

2 famished   

adj.饥饿的

参考例句：

• When's lunch?I'm famished!什么时候吃午饭？我饿得要死了！
• My feet are now killing me and I'm absolutely famished.我的脚现在筋疲力尽，我绝对是极饿了。

3 motel   

n.汽车游客旅馆

参考例句：

• Late that night he landed at a motel.那晚他到了一家汽车旅馆。
• The motel manager showed the guests to their room.汽车旅馆经理把旅客领到他们房间。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。