环球慢速英语 医疗保健和广播(3)

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San Lorenzo Clinic is part of a Community Development Project.

圣洛伦索诊所隶属于社区发展项目。

The project is aimed at people who live in countryside areas. It is difficult for them to reach the hospitals in the city.

这一项目旨在为那些生活在乡村地区的人提供帮助。这些人很难前往城市的医院。

Christian¹ radio station HCJB began this project.

该计划由基督教广播电台HCJB启动。

The Community Development Project works to help poor communities in Ecuador.

社区发展项目的目的是为厄瓜多尔的贫困社区提供帮助。

There are nine other clinics like San Lorenzo.

还有9家像圣洛伦索诊所这样的诊所。

The Community Project also operates a clean water programme. It manages a tropical disease laboratory.

社区发展项目还运行清洁水计划。该项目还负责管理一家热带疾病实验室。

It operates a medical vehicle for communities in far off areas.

同时为偏远地区的社区提供医疗车辆。

And it includes training programmes for Ecuadorian key healthcare workers.

这个项目还为厄瓜多尔医疗关键工作者提供培训。

So, why did a radio station begin healthcare work?

为什么一个广播电台会开始进行医疗工作呢？

Sheila Leech² is head of the healthcare work in Latin America. She said,

希拉·利赫是拉丁美洲医疗工作负责人。她说：

'The healthcare work began with a small clinic in Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, fifty years ago.

“50年前，医疗工作开始于厄瓜多尔首都基多市的一家小诊所。

It was for the workers at the HCJB radio station. And it was for the local native people.

这家诊所当时只为HCJB的工作人员和当地原住民提供医疗服务。

Then Dr Paul Roberts came from Canada. He had a desire to build a hospital.

随后，保罗·罗伯茨医生从加拿大来到这里。他想修建一家医院。

A radio programme raised the money. Workers built a hospital with fifty beds. This became 'Vozandes Hospital Quito.'

一个广播节目为这家医院的兴建筹集了资金。工人们建造了一家有50个床位的医院。这家医院就是基多安地斯医院。

A short time later, they built a small hospital on the edge of the Amazon rain forest.

不久之后，他们在亚马逊雨林边缘建造了一家小型医院。

This was to serve the local native people.

这家医院专为当地原住民提供医疗服务。

Since these early beginnings the healthcare has grown and grown.'

这些早期的行动使医疗项目日益扩大。”

1 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

2 leech   

n.水蛭，吸血鬼，榨取他人利益的人；vt.以水蛭吸血；vi.依附于别人

参考例句：

• A leech is a small blood-sucking worm and usually lives in water.水蛭是一种小型吸血虫，通常生活在水中。
• One-side love like a greedy leech absorbed my time and my mirth.单相思如同一只贪婪的水蛭，吸走了我的时间和欢笑。