环球慢速英语 联合国千年发展目标(1)

Hello, I'm Rachel Hobson.

大家好。我是蕾切尔·霍布森。

And I'm Marina Santee. Welcome to Spotlight¹.

我是我是玛丽娜·桑蒂。欢迎大家收听重点报道节目。

This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting.

本节目用慢速英语的方式播报新闻。

It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.

便于全世界各地民众的理解。

Fatima lives in a small village in Angola.

法蒂玛生活在安哥拉一座小村庄。

She had to walk four hours every day to collect water.

她每天必须步行4个小时去打水。

And the water was not even clean.

可是那些水还不干净。

Some children in the village became sick after drinking it.

村庄里的一些儿童在饮用了这些水以后患病。

Kaima is twelve years old. She lives in the desert area of Rajasthan, in India.

凯玛今年12岁。她生活在印度拉贾斯坦邦的沙漠区。

She is the first female² in her family to learn how to read and write.

她是她家第一个学习读写的女性。

Kaima wants to be a pilot.

凯玛想成为飞行员。

1 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

2 female   

adj.雌的，女(性)的；n.雌性的动物，女子

参考例句：

• We only employ female workers.我们只雇用女工。
• The animal in the picture was a female elephant.照片上的动物是头母象。