英语听力—环球英语 676 Rescued into a Family

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Welcome to Spotlight¹. I'm Robin² Basselin.
Voice 2
And I'm Ryan Geertsma. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
Voice 1
Catalin first met Oltita at a dance club. She was beautiful and many other men wanted to dance with her. Catalin jokes that he had to lie to get her to dance with him. Whatever he did, it worked! Catalin and Oltita later married. But Oltita made him more than just a happy man with a beautiful wife. Oltita and Catalin became partners in service. Together they have helped hundreds of Romanian children without families - including two children they made part of their own family. Today's Spotlight is on the story of Catalin and Oltita Baciu.
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You may remember another Spotlight program about Catalin Baciu and his work with Global³ Teen Challenge⁴. The Bacius live in Romania. In 1989, Romanian dictator⁵ Nicholae Ceaucescu lost power. When this happened, the world learned⁶ about a terrible problem that Ceaucescu had been hiding. Romania had over 100,000 children without families living in government childcare homes. As these orphans⁷ grew, many of them left the government homes to live on the streets in very difficult conditions.
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After a visit to the city of Bucharest, Catalin and Oltita Baciu felt that God wanted them to work with the city's street children. The Bacius started both a girl's home and a young men's home. Over the years, they served hundreds of orphans and street children through these homes. However, the Bacius began to understand that they were supposed to give much more. The Baciu's felt that God wanted them to give the deepest part of their lives to orphans.
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Their story starts at the City of Hope children's shelter⁸ in Bucharest. Oltita worked at the shelter. One day she saw a 2 year old boy come in with an older child. The boy had long, un-kept hair and he was very dirty. His stomach was round and hard because he was almost starving. Oltita said that something about him was wild, like an animal. His name was John.
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Oltita discovered that John's mother sold sex for money. She only lived part of the time with him. The rest of the time, he lived on the streets with other people - as part of a criminal⁹ gang¹⁰. John's mother could not take care of John. The gang did not care for him either. Instead of taking care of John, they hurt him very badly.
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The Bacius had a new baby daughter. But Oltita could not stop thinking about John. Oltita told Bill Prevette, a researcher from Oxford¹¹ University,
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"We believed that God wanted us to try and help him."
Voice 1
At first, Oltita and Catalin thought they would just take John into their home and try to clean him up. They wanted to teach him some basic things about living. But soon they understood that they needed to give much more of their lives. John needed serious help. The Baciu's did not know how hard it was going to be to take care of John. His behaviour was very bad, and he was very hard to control. Oltita told Bill Prevette,
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"You cannot imagine what this child was like. He had no sense of what was right and wrong. He would do things that I could not believe a young child could imagine, let alone do."
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At one point, John even tried to attack Oltita with a knife. But she kept showing love to him.
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Caring for John was a big sacrifice for the Bacius. Oltita even had to ask her mother to help take care of their baby daughter. She explained,
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"Those first few months were almost impossible for me. I wanted to give up many times."
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But Oltita and Catalin had help. Oltita told Bill Prevette,
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"People prayed for us and offered to help. Our faith in God helped us through this; our church is like family."
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After John had been with the Bacius for a few months, Oltita knew that she could not leave him at a shelter. So, they decided¹² to adopt John as one of their own children. Oltita says that the first two years were the most difficult years of her life. But now, John is their very own child.
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Today, John is 16 years old. Oltita describes him as a caring, responsible¹³ boy who does very well in school. He gets along very well with his sisters and younger brother. On Thursday nights he helps Catalin at a special church service for drug addicts¹⁴ and young adults living on streets.
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About five years later, the Baciu's adopted another child - a girl named Lavinia. Like John, Lavinia also lived on the streets. When she was eleven years old, a group of other girls pushed her into a fire. Half of her body was badly burned. By the time she got to the hospital, she had already had a heart attack. The doctors did not think she could live, but she did. However, they still did not think she would ever be able to walk again.
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Lavinia stayed in the hospital for seven months. At the time, the Bacius were managing a girls' home in Bucharest. Doctors asked the Bacius if they could help Lavinia. Oltita and Catalin did not think that they could. They thought Lavinia needed too much special care, physically¹⁵ and emotionally¹⁶. So the doctors decided to put her in a government orphanage¹⁷. The Bacuis knew that living in an orphanage would be very difficult. Catalin writes,
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"We knew what that meant for Lavinia. We started praying hard for a solution. We realized that we were the solution."
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The Bacius decided to invite Lavinia to live at the girls' home. But things were still not good for Lavinia. She was alive, but she never smiled. On the streets she had seen too many terrible things - things no child should see. Catalin writes,
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"She saw her own sisters being sold for sex to people she did not know. She saw all kinds of pain. She suffered way too much for an eleven year old."
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At the girls' home they kept working with Lavinia. Catalin writes,
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"Two years after much love, patience, care, and the sacrifices of many people, Lavinia was able to walk again. She laughed more than the other girls, and she became one of the happiest girls at the home."
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Soon after that, the Baciu's decided to invite Lavinia to live with them. They already had John, and two other children of their own. And they wanted Lavinia to be part of their family. Catalin tells Spotlight,
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"We deeply¹⁸ love our children. We have the same family values and treatment for all of them. They see that, and it brings stability¹⁹. They get along very well."
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Now Lavinia is married and lives a full life. She and John both came from lives filled with suffering. But Catalin and Oltita did not give up when things were difficult. Instead, they followed God's calling to rescue the children that others had forgotten. And now, two grown children live lives filled with hope and love.
Voice 1
The writer of this program was Jennifer Hawkins. The producer was Ryan Geertsma. The voices you heard were from the United²⁰ States and the United Kingdom. All quotes²¹ were adapted and voiced by Spotlight. You can find this program and others on our website at This program is called "Rescued into a Family." We hope you can join us again for the next Spotlight program. Goodbye!

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 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

3 global   

adj.全球的；球形的；世界的

参考例句：

• A global environmental meeting is going to be held here.一个全球环境会议将在这里举行。
• The report takes a global view of the company's problems.这份报告对公司的问题作了综合性的论述。

4 challenge   

n.挑战；v.向...挑战

参考例句：

• The job doesn't really challenge him.这项工作不能真正地考验他。
• She looked at me with challenge.她带着挑战的目光看着我。

5 dictator   

n.独裁者，爱发号施令的人

参考例句：

• We felt quite impotent to resist the will of the dictator.我们感到无力抗拒独裁者的意志。
• A dictator must have a firm hand.独裁者的手段是很厉害的。

6 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

7 orphans   

孤儿( orphan的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The poor orphans were kept on short commons. 贫苦的孤儿们吃不饱饭。
• Their uncle was declared guardian to the orphans. 这些孤儿的叔父成为他们的监护人。

8 shelter   

n.掩蔽，掩蔽处，避身处；庇护所，避难所，庇护；vt.庇护，保护，隐匿；vi.躲避

参考例句：

• We took shelter from the rain in a cave.我们在一个山洞里避雨。
• Trees are a shelter from the sun.树木可以遮挡阳光。

9 criminal   

n.罪犯，犯人，刑事；adj.犯了罪的，罪的，有罪的

参考例句：

• He is a habitual criminal.他是一个惯犯。
• We captured the criminal.我们捕获了那个犯人。

10 gang   

n.一伙，一帮；结伴的朋友

参考例句：

• The gang live abroad,beyond reach of the British police.这帮匪徒住在国外，英国警方鞭长莫及。
• Some gang came in and shot the place up.有股匪帮进来对这个地方开枪扫射。

11 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

12 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。

13 responsible   

adj.有责任的，应负责的；可靠的，可信赖的；责任重大的；vi.休息，睡；静止，停止

参考例句：

• He must be responsible to me for this matter.这件事他必须对我负责。
• The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order.警察负责维持法律与秩序。

14 addicts   

有…瘾的人( addict的名词复数 )； 入迷的人

参考例句：

• a unit for rehabilitating drug addicts 帮助吸毒者恢复正常生活的机构
• There is counseling to help Internet addicts?even online. 有咨询机构帮助网络沉迷者。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

15 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

16 emotionally   

adv.感情上，情绪上，冲动地

参考例句：

• a special school for emotionally disturbed children 为精神异常儿童开办的特殊学校
• A wide range of emotionally stressful events may trigger a relapse. 多种令人情绪紧张的事情都可能引起旧病复发。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 orphanage   

n.孤儿院

参考例句：

• They dispensed new clothes to the children in the orphanage.他们把新衣服发给孤儿院的小孩们。
• They gave the proceeds of the sale to the orphanage.他们把销售的收入给了这家孤儿院。

18 deeply   

adv.深刻地，在深处，深沉地

参考例句：

• I do feel deeply the strength of the collective.我确实深深地感到了集体的力量。
• We're deeply honoured that you should agree to join us.您能同意加入我们，我们感到很荣幸。

19 stability   

n.稳定，稳固

参考例句：

• The situation is tending towards stability.局势趋于稳定。
• She lacks emotional stability.她的情绪不稳定。

20 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

21 quotes   

v.引用，援引( quote的第三人称单数 )；报价；引述；为（股票、黄金或外汇）报价

参考例句：

• He quotes a few verses from Tennyson in his paper. 他在论文中引用了英国诗人丁尼生的几行诗句。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He quotes (from) the Bible to support his beliefs. 他引用圣经来支持自己的信念。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》