环球慢速英语 联合国千年发展目标(2)

Voice 1: Chorn is an intelligent two year old boy. But he has been very sick for much of his short life. Chorn and his parents live in Cambodia. His parents have to borrow money to pay for private doctors. But no-one seems able to help their son.

声音1：科恩是一个聪明的两岁男孩。但是在他不长的人生中，他一直在生病。他和父母住在柬埔寨。他的父母不得不借钱来支付私人医生的费用。但是看起来没有人能帮助他们的儿子。

Voice 2: Water supply, education, healthcare - it is a sad fact that millions of people around the world do not enjoy these basic services. But in the year 2000, the UN set 'the Millennium¹ Goals'. These goals seek to improve the lives of people in developing² countries. And world leaders promised to make every effort to achieve these goals. But how many people’s lives have truly changed? Have the Millennium goals made any real difference? And who can actually remember what they are? Here is Spotlight’s guide to the Millennium Goals:

声音2：水资源供应、教育、医保，不幸的事实是，全世界有数百万人没有享受到这些基本服务。但是在2000年，联合国制定了“千年发展目标”。这些目标寻求改善发展中国家人民的生活水平。世界领导人承诺竭尽全力去实现这些目标。但是有多少人的生活真正得到了改善？联合国千年发展目标有产生真正的影响吗？谁能真正记得这些目标都有什么？下面是重点报道节目对联合国千年发展目标进行的说明：

1 millennium   

n.一千年，千禧年；太平盛世

参考例句：

• The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
• We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。

2 developing   

adj.发展中的

参考例句：

• Transport has always been the key to developing trade.运输一直是发展贸易的关键。
• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。