VOA常速英语2015--肯尼亚企业家期待奥巴马来访

肯尼亚企业家期待奥巴马来访

NAIROBI— An artisanal businessman working in Kenya's informal job sector¹ said he hopes U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to a global entrepreneurship conference will open international markets to workers such as himself.

Joseph Omondi works on an earthen stove at his workshop in Korogocho, on the outskirts² of Kenya’s capital Nairobi.

约瑟夫·欧蒙迪在肯尼亚首都内罗毕郊区罗戈乔的作坊里制作泥质火炉。

He began working with metal four years ago to provide for himself and his young family.

四年前他开始从事冶金业来养活自己和家人。

Produces pots, pans

Everyday he produces pans, pots and metal boxes. On average, his business makes $300 a month.

他每天都制造平底锅、盆盆罐罐的金属盒，每月平均挣得300美元。

Being a low-skilled worker meant that Omondi couldn’t join the country’s formal employment sector, so he turned to small-scale production.

作为一名低技术劳动力，欧蒙迪无法进入该国的正轨就业领域，所以只能进行小规模的生产。

Omondi hopes that the entrepreneurial summit will help businesses like his access international markets, especially the U.S.

欧蒙迪希望这次企业家峰会能帮助他这样的小企业进入国际市场，尤其是美国市场。

“My prayer is, or rather I hope, when President Obama comes he gives us advice on how small-scale businesses can access the American market, and then we will have benefited from the summit. This is my hope," Omondi said.

“我祈祷，或者说我希望奥巴马总统来访时，能就小企业如何进入美国市场提供建议，这样我们就能从峰会中受益，这是我的希望。”

A new report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa said Kenya has the highest informal sector employment in Africa -- in large part because the more formal economy can't absorb all the would-be workers. Close to 16 million Kenyans have no formal employment.

联合国非洲经济委员会的一份新报告指出，肯尼亚的非正规就业率在非洲是最高的，这很大程度上是因为更多的正规经济部门无法吸收所有的准工人，近1600万的肯尼亚人没有正式工作。

Small, unregulated businesses

The government has programs to help youth acquire much needed capital, such as the Youth Enterprise Fund, and the "Uwezo" fund, which offers loans to young adults and women starting businesses at zero percent interest.

政府有项目可以给年轻人提供所需的资金，比如青年企业家基金，以及Uwezo资金，该基金给年轻人和妇女提供零利息的创业贷款。

Kwame Owino at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), a research group that focuses on fiscal³ accountability, said entrepreneurial support could spark industrialization in Africa.

Kwame Owino就职于关注财政责任的研究组织经济事务研究所，他说对创业的支持可以促进非洲的工业化。

“It’s almost inevitable⁴. Now whether that will happen in each and every African country is all entirely⁵ a different thing because every country has its own peculiar⁶ policy problems that they need to fix, but, yes, I think entrepreneurial innovation is required for most of the African continent," Owino said.

“这是不可避免的，现在无论每个非洲国家是否会实现工业化是一件完全不同的事，因为每个国家都有自己独特的政策问题，都有待修复，但我认为对非洲大陆大部分地区来说企业创新都是必要的。”

 

In a few weeks, Kenya will host the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, the first to be held in Sub-Saharan Africa, emphasising the importance of entrepreneurship needed to spark industrialization on the continent.

未来几周，肯尼亚将举办全球创业峰会，这是撒哈拉南部非洲举办的首个此类峰会，它强调促进非洲大陆工业化所需的企业家精神的重要性。

1 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

2 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

3 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

4 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

5 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

6 peculiar   

adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的

参考例句：

• He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
• He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。