英语听力—环球英语 1129 Good Tasting Peace

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　　Welcome to Spotlight¹. I'm Robin² Basselin.

 

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　　And I'm Ryan Geertsma. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.

 

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　　J.J. Keki is a musician from the country of Uganda. In 2001, he travelled to the United States for the first time. As he travelled through the country, he spoke³ and played his music for people. On the night of September 10th, J.J. stayed with friends in the city of Boston. And on the morning of September 11th, 2001, he travelled to New York City. J.J. was on his way to visit a friend. His friend wanted to show him the World Trade Center buildings. J.J. was walking toward⁴ the door of the World Trade Center. Suddenly, something unthinkable happened. An airplane flew into one of the buildings. Like many other people that day, J.J. ran from the building.

 

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　　This was the day that terrorists⁵ attacked the World Trade Center buildings. Thousands of people died in this attack. But J.J. Keki survived. And the events of that day changed J.J.'s life forever. Today's Spotlight is on J.J. Keki and an organization called Mirembe Kawomera. J.J. started this organization to encourage religious peace. But he uses an unusual thing to do this - coffee.

 

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　　Coffee may seem like a strange thing to use to encourage religious peace. And at first thought, it is. However, to understand J.J.'s idea, you much first understand his community.

 

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　　J.J. is from a small community in eastern Uganda. The people of his community are called the Abayudaya. Most Ugandans are either Christians⁷ or Muslims. However, the Abayudaya are followers⁸ of the Jewish⁹ religion. In the 1970s, government leaders began treating minorities, like the Abuyudaya, very badly. Many people started to hate the Abuyudaya and during this time, many Abuyudaya were killed.

 

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　　Over the years, relations between the Abuyudaya and the surrounding communities improved. But the communities were still divided based on religion. Christians, Muslims and Jews did not spend much time together. And they did not think that they had very much in common.

 

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　　However, there was one thing that many Jews, Muslims and Christians in the area had in common. They were small coffee farmers. And often they struggled economically. They worked hard, but they had a difficult time earning enough money from their small crops. J.J. recognized this common problem. After his experience on September 11th, he had an idea. He told a writer for "O" magazine,

 

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　　"I was nearly a victim. After that, I began to wonder what I could do to help end this religious violence. People use small differences to make hatred¹⁰. I am a Jew, and in Israel Jews and Muslims are killing¹¹ each other. In Kenya, Africans are killing each other because of their tribes¹². I began to wonder 'what do I have with which to make peace?' Coffee. I have coffee."

 

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　　In 2004, J.J. decided¹³ to act. He went from house to house in his Ugandan community asking people to join together. In a film about J.J.'s organization, he explained,

 

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　　"I brought the idea to my friends around me, Muslims and Christians. I said we should make a co-op, selling our coffee together as well as spreading peace in the world. They were all so happy. We called it Mirembe, which means peace. And Kawomera, which means delicious or good tasting - that even our coffee must be of quality."

 

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　　The members of the Mirembe Kawomera coffee cooperative¹⁴ decided to sell their coffee together. Coffee buyers pay a better price for coffee that is sold in larger amounts. So, together, each coffee farmer could make more money for their coffee crop.

 

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　　Mirembe Kawomera worked with a not-for-profit organization called Kulanu. This organization helped the cooperative achieve their fair trade certification¹⁵. This official document tells coffee buyers that the coffee was grown in a way that is fair - fair to the environment, to the workers and to the community.

 

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　　Next, Kulanu helped Mirembe Kawomera find a coffee distributor. This company would buy the cooperative's coffee and sell it all over the world. Mirembe Kawomera finally found a distributor - the American owned Thanksgiving Coffee Company. The head of this company is Paul Katzeff. He liked Mirembe Kawomera's coffee. But he also liked their message of peace between religions. In fact, when he heard the Mirembe Kawomera story, he said,

 

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　　"I will buy it all. All or nothing. I want the whole story. I do not want any other coffee company to have a single bag. I want to bring this story to the world."

 

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　　And so, Thanksgiving Coffee became Mirembe Kawomera's only distributor. Working with Thanksgiving Coffee, the Mirembe farmers were able to earn four times more money for their coffee. And together, Mirembe and Thanksgiving Coffee are telling the cooperative's story of religious peace. They also encourage people who buy their coffee to gather, talk and learn more about people of other religions.

 

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　　Mirembe Kawomera coffee has travelled all over the world. In 2005, two American filmmakers named Curt¹⁶ Fissel and Ellen Friedl received a gift. It was a bag of Mirembe Kawomera coffee. This bag of coffee had a huge effect on their lives. They wrote this about their experience of receiving the coffee,

 

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　　"It arrived and excited us. It came in the form of coffee that tasted "kawomera" – or delicious. And in a way that represented "mirembe" - or peace - peace between the Christian⁶, Muslim and Jewish farmers who had formed a cooperative. We knew immediately that this was a story we wanted to shout to the world. It was a story about how community members with a history of conflict found a way to live together. And how they found peace and improved their lives."

 

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　　Curt and Ellen produced a documentary¹⁷ film called "Delicious Peace". It tells the story of Mirembe Kawomera. And the story is encouraging religious peace far beyond Eastern Uganda.

 

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　　Today, Mirembe Kawomera has more than 1000 coffee farmers - Jews, Christians and Muslims. They work together. They send their children to the same schools. And they show how there can be peace between religious groups. People are excited to tell their story. And people all over the world are encouraged by their message of peace.

 

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　　The reach of Mirembe Kawomera's message is far. But it all started with one simple idea for peace - coffee! As J.J. told "O" magazine,

 

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　　"It is simple to cause peace. We use what we have to make our enemies into our friends. We do not need the highest educational degrees. We have coffee."

 

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　　The writer of this program was Robin Basselin. The producer was Mark Drenth. The voices you heard were from the United States. All quotes were adapted and voiced by Spotlight. You can find our programs on the internet at http://www.radioenglish.net This .program is called 'Good Tasting Peace'.

 

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　　We hope you can join us again for the next Spotlight program. Goodbye!

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 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 toward   

prep.对于，关于，接近，将近，向，朝

参考例句：

• Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
• Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了，并跑了过去。

5 terrorists   

n.恐怖主义者，恐怖分子( terrorist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The terrorists have halted their bloody campaign of violence. 恐怖分子已经停止了他们凶残的暴力活动。
• They were finally forced to capitulate to the terrorists' demands. 他们最后被迫屈从恐怖分子的要求。

6 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。

7 Christians   

n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
• His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。

8 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

9 Jewish   

adj.犹太人的，犹太民族的

参考例句：

• The coin bears a Jewish symbol.硬币上有犹太标记。
• They were two Jewish kids;I was friendly with both of them.他们是两个犹太小孩；我同他们都很要好。

10 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。

11 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

12 tribes   

n.部落( tribe的名词复数 )；（动、植物的）族；（一）帮；大群

参考例句：

• tribes living in remote areas of the Amazonian rainforest 居住在亚马孙河雨林偏远地区的部落
• In Africa the snake is still sacred with many tribes. 非洲许多部落仍认为蛇是不可冒犯的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

14 cooperative   

adj.有合作意向的，合作的；n.合作社（企业）等

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• We decided to set up a cooperative.我们决定开办一家合作社。

15 certification   

n.证明，鉴定，证书

参考例句：

• the medical certification of the cause of death 为死因出具医学鉴定
• He received his certification as a high school English teacher. 他取得了中学英语教师证书。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 curt   

adj.简短的，草率的

参考例句：

• He gave me an extremely curt answer.他对我作了极为草率的答复。
• He rapped out a series of curt commands.他大声发出了一连串简短的命令。

17 documentary   

adj.文献的；n.纪录片

参考例句：

• This case lacked documentary proof.本案缺少书面证据。
• I watched a documentary on the Civil War.我看了一部关于内战的纪录片。