英语听力精选进阶版 13832

Preventing Peruvian child labour

Summary

13 July 2012

The government in Peru has unveiled a programme aimed at preventing and reducing child labour. According to the International Labour Organisation¹, one in ten children and adolescents works in Latin America, but in Peru the rate is much higher.

Reporter:

Mattia Cabitza

Report

Some two million children and adolescents work in Peru; 400,000 of them do so almost full-time², putting at risk their education. For the government, this is a serious problem and one of its main priorities. 

At an event in Lima, it launched a pilot project that aims to benefit thousands of children and their families in three of Peru's poorest regions. Costing 13 million dollars, which were donated by the US government, the project wants to improve access to education in rural areas, as well as the income of farmers so that they no longer need their children to work in the fields. 

But Maro Guerrero, the director of the programme, said that some forms of work would be acceptable, as long as they didn't interfere³ with school work: 

"We believe that we need to look at the conditions under which adolescents work, making sure they do so with proper training, without exceeding working hours, and never in dangerous activities. If adolescents do go to work, it's important that they do it in the right conditions."

Poverty is the main reason that drives children and adolescents to work. One in three Peruvians is poor, and most live in rural areas. The government knows that eradicating⁴ child labour won't be easy without boosting income and employment opportunities.

1 organisation   

n.组织，安排，团体，有机休

参考例句：

• The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
• His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

2 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

3 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

4 eradicating   

摧毁，完全根除( eradicate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Objective: To study the acute and chronic toxicity of Ten-flavor-acne eradicating-capsule. 目的：探讨复方中药合剂十味平痤胶囊的急性及慢性毒性。
• We are on the verge of eradicating polio in the world. 我们已在世界消除小儿？痹症的边缘了。