英语听力—环球英语 638 Steve Saint

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Welcome to Spotlight¹. I’m Ruby² Jones.
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And I’m Adam Navis. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
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Today’s Spotlight looks at the life of Steve Saint³. His organisation⁴ helps tribes⁶ and communities around the world to use modern technology. He first created the organisation to help one particular tribe⁵ in South America. Once, people of this tribe expected Steve Saint’s family to attack them. Instead, Steve brought them help.
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Steve Saint’s organisation is called I–TEC – ‘Indigenous People’s Technology and Education Center’. I–TEC teaches local people how to use technology. This means that native people do not have to depend on foreign groups giving them aid.
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Steve Saint started the organisation because he wanted to help the Waodani tribe. They live in the Amazon rainforest. He had known them for much of his life. The story of how they came to know each other is a story of violence – and forgiveness.
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Back in the early 1950s, a group of young men from the USA went to Ecuador. Some of them had heard about a tribe that lived in the huge rainforest around the Amazon River. Many local people were afraid of this tribe. Few people had met the tribe and survived. People called them the Aucas. This name was an insult⁷ in the local language. It means ‘wild people’. However, the group of five men tried very hard to meet them. The men were Christians⁹ – followers¹¹ of Jesus Christ⁸. They believed that Jesus’ teachings¹³ could bring the tribe peace.
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First of all, the men used an airplane to fly over the rainforest to search for the Aucas. After months of planning and searching, they found the tribe. Next, the men tried to gain the tribe’s trust. They dropped gifts as they flew over. But the men wanted to meet the tribe face to face. So, in January 1956, they landed the airplane on an area of sand by the river. This was not far from where the Aucas lived. Then the men waited for the tribe to come.
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A few days later they had their first meeting. Three members of the tribe came to them. It was a friendly and peaceful visit. Two days later, more people from the tribe came to them. However, these people were not friendly. They did not trust the foreigners. The Aucas attacked the visitors with long sharp sticks. These spears killed all five men. The men were all around thirty years old. They were all married, and most had children. One of these children was Steve Saint. His father, Nate Saint, had been the pilot of the airplane.
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Steve Saint was only five years old when his father was killed. And yet when Steve was ten years old he began visiting the tribe. He lived with them during his school holidays. How was this possible? Well, his father’s sister had gone to live with the Aucas. Rachel Saint had successfully continued the work started by the group of five men. She discovered the tribe’s real name – the Waodani. Rachel told the tribe that she believed in peace and forgiveness. This was very new to Waodani people. They expected that the dead men’s families would come and attack them. But instead the families forgave them. This idea helped the tribe to become much more peaceful.
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Rachel Saint lived with the Waodani for many years. And, in 1994 she died. She was eighty years old. Steve Saint came to bury her in the rainforest. The Waodani persuaded him to stay and live with them. So Steve Saint came with his family to live in the rainforest with the tribe. However, after a year and a half he decided¹⁴ to leave again. He was worried that the Waodani depended on him too much. So, he moved away and decided to find another way to help them.
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Foreign aid groups had been using their skills to help the Waodani for some years. But the Waodani wanted to learn how to do things for themselves. They wanted Saint to teach them the skills that the foreigners had.
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So that was when Steve Saint created I–TEC. One way I–TEC is helping¹⁵ is by teaching¹² people how to do the work of a dentist. Fixing people’s teeth is difficult without the right equipment. So I–TEC has designed a dentist’s chair. It is easy to carry so it can be taken to where it is needed. And, it is not just the Waodanis that I–TEC has helped with this. I–TEC has taught dentistry to tribal¹⁶ people in a number of different countries. One such person is King Hammond from Ghana. He wrote a letter to Steve Saint.
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‘Hello Steve, I think of you often. Your dentist chairs often help me to remember you. We are in our fourth year of doing dentistry ourselves. We have helped around ten thousand patients with both small and big problems. We praise God for this. Thank you again.’
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I–TEC’s other projects includes a small flying vehicle. This will let the Waodani visit other villages much more easily.
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Steve Saint also does a lot of travelling. He speaks to many people about the work he does. Often his friend from the Waodani travels with him. He is called Mincaye. Mincaye knew Rachel Saint. Her behaviour influenced him greatly. So he decided to become a follower¹⁰ of Jesus too.
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Mincaye’s story is also one of amazing forgiveness. Mincaye was one of the Waodani that attacked the group of men in 1956. He killed Steve Saint’s father, Nate. But today Mincaye and Steve are good friends. They travel the world together, telling other people about their lives. They also work together on I–TEC projects. Steve Saint has written about an event that describes their friendship – a friendship only made possible by the power of forgiveness.
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‘Mincaye pulled out the tooth that was causing a woman pain. Then he gently held her head in his hands and prayed that God would heal¹⁷ her heart. When Mincaye held her face to pray... I looked at his gentle hands. I knew that they were the same hands that put spears through my precious father’s body. I love those hands. Like my own, they have been changed by the hands of God.’
 

1 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

2 ruby   

n.红宝石，红宝石色

参考例句：

• She is wearing a small ruby earring.她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。
• On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world.他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。

3 saint   

n.圣徒；基督教徒；vt.成为圣徒，把...视为圣徒

参考例句：

• He was made a saint.他被封为圣人。
• The saint had a lowly heart.圣人有谦诚之心。

4 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。

5 tribe   

n.部落，种族，一伙人

参考例句：

• This is a subject tribe.这是个受他人统治的部落。
• Many of the tribe's customs and rituals are as old as the hills.这部落的许多风俗、仪式都极其古老。

6 tribes   

n.部落( tribe的名词复数 )；（动、植物的）族；（一）帮；大群

参考例句：

• tribes living in remote areas of the Amazonian rainforest 居住在亚马孙河雨林偏远地区的部落
• In Africa the snake is still sacred with many tribes. 非洲许多部落仍认为蛇是不可冒犯的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 insult   

vt.侮辱，凌辱；n.侮辱的言词或行为

参考例句：

• You will insult her if you don't go to her party. 你要是不去参加她举办的聚会，就对她太无礼了。
• I can't sit down with that insult.我不能忍受那种侮辱。

8 Christ   

n.基督，救世主，耶稣

参考例句：

• I regarded him as the Christ.我把他当作救世主。
• Christ preached that we should love each other.基督在布道中说人们应该互爱。

9 Christians   

n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
• His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。

10 follower   

n.跟随者；随员；门徒；信徒

参考例句：

• He is a faithful follower of his home football team.他是他家乡足球队的忠实拥护者。
• Alexander is a pious follower of the faith.亚历山大是个虔诚的信徒。

11 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

12 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

13 teachings   

n.教学( teaching的名词复数 )；教学工作；教诲；学说

参考例句：

• We must never be unworthy of our teachers' untiring and sincere teachings. 我们决不要辜负老师的谆谆教导。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The Party's teachings were ringing in her ears. 党的教导在她耳边回响。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

14 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

15 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

16 tribal   

adj.部族的，种族的

参考例句：

• He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
• The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。

17 heal   

v.使愈合，治愈，使康复；平息(争吵等)；消除，解决(分支等)

参考例句：

• Time helped heal the old wounds.时间有助于治愈旧创伤。
• This wound will soon heal if yon keep it clean.如果你保持伤口清洁，它很快就会痊愈。