2006年VOA标准英语-Top Footballers Help Charity Campaign

By Parke Brewer¹
Berlin
03 July 2006

The official charity campaign of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany is "6 Villages for 2006." It's a joint² fundraising project between football's world governing body (FIFA) and the international non-governmental organization called SOS Children's Villages. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer is in Germany covering the World Cup and has more.

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SOS Children's Villages 
  
  
SOS Children's Villages is a social development organization founded in 1949 with the aim of improving the lives of many deprived children after World War II.

From its beginning in Austria, there are now more than 450 SOS Children's Villages in 132 countries. Most are in Asia and Africa. There are three in the United States, two of them in Illinois and one in Florida.

The focus is on family-based care for orphaned³, abandoned and destitute⁴ children, as well as integrated community-based programs for families in need. The villages typically have ten to 12 family houses, each with up to eight children and a designated so-called "mother" who is trained to take care of them.
 

Hugh Linnehan  
  
Hugh Linnehan, a spokesman for SOS Children's Villages, told VOA sports about the charity campaign being conducted at the World Cup in Germany.

"The whole reason we are at this World Cup is we have something called '6 Villages for 2006.' And this is a partnership⁵ with FIFA where we are constructing six new children's villages around the world - one in [Brovary, near Kiev] Ukraine, one in [Gwagwalada, near Abuja] Nigeria, one in [Rustenburg] South Africa, one in [Igarassu] Brazil, one in [Dong Hoi] Vietnam and the last children's village is in Morelia, Mexico," said Hugh Linnehan.

Linnehan said this campaign hopes to raise 18 million euros, or nearly $25 million, to construct these villages and operate them for five years until they are mostly self-sufficient.

Vital to the campaign, says Linnehan, are the nearly 100 football players who serve in the SOS Children's Villages ambassador program.

"We have some of the more famous players like [Ukraine's] Andriy Shevchenko, [Dutchman] Ruud van Nistelrooy, [England's] Wayne Rooney, [Italian] Fabio Cannavaro, [Italian] Francisco Totti; we have Dunga and Juninho Pernambucano from Brazil and we have many, many very active and committed ambassadors, and they help in any way they can by spreading the message of what we do, our work, and by also doing PR [public relations] events for us, for instance attending a gala or trying to raise money for these children's villages," he said.

Linnehan says the organization is also actively⁶ seeking donations online at www.SOS-childrensvillages.org , or www.6villagesfor2006.org.

One of the newest player ambassadors for the organization is U.S. goalkeeper Kasey Keller, who signed on while he was at the World Cup.

He told VOA Sports it is a worthy⁷ cause.

"Any organization that is helping⁸ orphaned or homeless children find a home, what can be a better organization than that? And obviously with the close ties it has with FIFA and football it just felt right," said Kasey Keller. "It's easy to give money and it's harder to give time, and I'm looking forward to giving some time."

Hugh Linnehan says SOS Children's Villages is well on its way of meeting its fundraising goal by the end of the World Cup.

"This is a crucial time for us because during the 31 days of the World Cup is when we are most exposed to the world and so having an event like this is just to bring exposure to our campaign," noted⁹ Hugh Linnehan.

Linihann said they were able to bring some of the children in SOS villages in Europe to Germany by bus and put them up in youth hostels¹⁰. FIFA donated match tickets so the children have been able to experience the thrill of the World Cup.

1 brewer   

n. 啤酒制造者

参考例句：

• Brewer is a very interesting man. 布鲁尔是一个很有趣的人。
• I decided to quit my job to become a brewer. 我决定辞职，做一名酿酒人。

2 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

3 orphaned   

[计][修]孤立

参考例句：

• Orphaned children were consigned to institutions. 孤儿都打发到了福利院。
• He was orphaned at an early age. 他幼年时便成了孤儿。

4 destitute   

adj.缺乏的；穷困的

参考例句：

• They were destitute of necessaries of life.他们缺少生活必需品。
• They are destitute of common sense.他们缺乏常识。

5 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

6 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

7 worthy   

adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有价值的

参考例句：

• I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
• There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。

8 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。

9 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

10 hostels   

n.旅舍，招待所( hostel的名词复数 )；青年宿舍

参考例句：

• The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels. 学生们在抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。 来自辞典例句
• Are there any cheap hostels in Nanjing for one person? 南京有没有便宜的旅店可以一个人住？ 来自互联网