英国新闻听力 印尼烟草种植业现大量童工

Now some of the world's biggest tobacco companies are buying their products from farms which employ child workers. The BBC has found evidence of children working at every stage the tobacco production process in Indonesia,the world's fifth-largest producer. In a report launched today, Human Rights Watch claimed thousands of children are working in hazardous¹ conditions in the industry. Rebecca Henschke travels to the island of Lombok to investigate. Tobacco grows well here in the dry but fertile soil on the island of Lombok. On a visit to the tobacco fields here, we found children working at every stage of

the process. With bare hands, Tina is putting chemical fertilizer on the tobacco plant. This is the first stage of the process. The point which children really get involved is when these leaves trees become big and then the children pick the tobacco leaves and take them into the ovens to dry. I get headaches. I start coughing and become dizzy when the dried tobacco comes out of the oven. It's hard to breathe. I vomit² and I get headaches. Rrom the age of 12, she'd been working on farms that supply to multinational³ tobacco companies，including Philip Morris International. Like Muktar's farm, he says lots of children work for him during the harvest including his 11 year-old daughter. Sometimes she gets sick, sometimes she does not. The smell of the dried tobacco is still strong，but it's a nice smell. It's a very strong smell. When we smell it, we right away feel dizzy. She does not smoke. For people who smoke is nice, but if you do not, it gives you a headache.

The symptoms they report are consistent with acute nicotine⁴ poisoning. Given the fact that they were in close proximity⁵ with tobacco you know, very well could be cases of acute nicotine poisoning. Philip Morris International knowledge to the BBC that there is child labor⁶ in their supply chain. Look, I'm a father of three and I grew up in rural environment. And while I know it is normal that children help on the family farm. The report is pointing out situation that I, as a father would be very concerned. If we are changing the way we procure⁷ tobacco, introducing direct contracts that allow us to provide concrete support, monitor the issues. On one of their direct contract farms, we were told children are no longer hired. Tobacco is a dangerous drug. They get sick. It's dangerous. They get dizzy and get headache. But Sinarwulan says she will be working again in the next harvest as she has since she was nine years old. Rebecca Henschke BBC news Lombok.

1 hazardous   

adj.(有)危险的，冒险的；碰运气的

参考例句：

• These conditions are very hazardous for shipping.这些情况对航海非常不利。
• Everybody said that it was a hazardous investment.大家都说那是一次危险的投资。

2 vomit   

v.呕吐，作呕；n.呕吐物，吐出物

参考例句：

• They gave her salty water to make her vomit.他们给她喝盐水好让她吐出来。
• She was stricken by pain and began to vomit.她感到一阵疼痛，开始呕吐起来。

3 multinational   

adj.多国的，多种国籍的；n.多国籍公司，跨国公司

参考例句：

• The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
• He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。

4 nicotine   

n.(化)尼古丁，烟碱

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。

5 proximity   

n.接近，邻近

参考例句：

• Marriages in proximity of blood are forbidden by the law.法律规定禁止近亲结婚。
• Their house is in close proximity to ours.他们的房子很接近我们的。

6 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。

7 procure   

vt.获得，取得，促成；vi.拉皮条

参考例句：

• Can you procure some specimens for me?你能替我弄到一些标本吗？
• I'll try my best to procure you that original French novel.我将尽全力给你搞到那本原版法国小说。