【轻松英文阅读】维护和平

 You will often find Aki Ra walking quietly through the villages and fields of Cambodia searching the ground. He’s clearing land mines. He buried land mines himself a long time ago. When Aki Ra was a child he was taken from his family by the Khmer Rouge¹ and forced to be a soldier and do terrible things like bury land mines. He says he did other bad things then too. But he had no choices back then. Aki Ra knew nothing but war until he was in his early twenties.

 

Now, Aki Ra does good things. So far he has removed over 50,000 land mines. In one year, he cleared over 160,000 square meters of land. Thanks to him twenty-four hundred people could go back to land that was once dangerous. Clearing mines is not all he does. He has built a home for orphans² and provided³ educations and opportunities to many children maimed by land mines .

 

Aki Ra is a great example of one person making a difference. In his words, he is making peace step by step. His efforts have been recognized around the world. In 2010, he was named one of CNN’s Heroes of the Year .

 

Aki Ra will be visiting Osaka, Japan, from next week. Please stay tuned⁴ for more updates about his visit.

 

If you want to know how to donate to Aki Ra’s cause , click the link below:

1 rouge   

n.胭脂，口红唇膏；v.(在…上)擦口红

参考例句：

• Women put rouge on their cheeks to make their faces pretty.女人往面颊上涂胭脂，使脸更漂亮。
• She didn't need any powder or lip rouge to make her pretty.她天生漂亮，不需要任何脂粉唇膏打扮自己。

2 orphans   

孤儿( orphan的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The poor orphans were kept on short commons. 贫苦的孤儿们吃不饱饭。
• Their uncle was declared guardian to the orphans. 这些孤儿的叔父成为他们的监护人。

3 provided   

conj.假如，若是；adj.预备好的，由...供给的

参考例句：

• Provided it's fine we will have a pleasant holiday.如果天气良好，我们的假日将过得非常愉快。
• I will come provided that it's not raining tomorrow.如果明天不下雨，我就来。

4 tuned   

adj.调谐的，已调谐的v.调音( tune的过去式和过去分词 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• The resort is tuned in to the tastes of young and old alike. 这个度假胜地适合各种口味，老少皆宜。
• The instruments should be tuned up before each performance. 每次演出开始前都应将乐器调好音。 来自《简明英汉词典》