万花筒 2012-11-07&11-09 缅甸童工问题堪忧

 For several hours a day, 13-year-old Chit Ko works bare foot with the basket full of rocks on his shoulder. He earns just 3 dollars and 50 cents a day, transporting stones back and forth¹ for a construction company who uses them to build roads and highways. It's back breaking work but Chit, who quits school so he can support his family, has other plans.  

"I want to be a doctor when I'm older." He says, "I wanna take care of my parents." 

Chit is just one of many child labors³ being exploited in Myanmar, a country whose recent foray into the international stage has its screwing to play catch-up, when it comes to infrastructure⁴ economic growth. The International Labor² Organization says the lure⁵ of cheap labor is a slippery slope when the government has so many priorities that need to be addressed. 

"They have to address economic policies, social, education, health, development, agriculture, all these policies together, because each of them, each of them work in different areas to achieve that objective, and it's a massive problem."

According to rights groups, only about 60% of Myanmar's children are enrolled⁶ in school, and all those about a third dropped out after fifth grade.

1 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

2 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

3 labors   

v.努力争取(for)( labor的第三人称单数 )；苦干；详细分析；（指引擎）缓慢而困难地运转

参考例句：

• He was tiresome in contending for the value of his own labors. 他老为他自己劳动的价值而争强斗胜，令人生厌。 来自辞典例句
• Farm labors used to hire themselves out for the summer. 农业劳动者夏季常去当雇工。 来自辞典例句

4 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

5 lure   

n.吸引人的东西，诱惑物；vt.引诱，吸引

参考例句：

• Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
• He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。

6 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》