英语听力—环球英语 808 Helping Refugees in South Africa

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Welcome to Spotlight¹. I'm Liz Waid.
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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.
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Adonis Musati was a refugee². He had left his home in Zimbabwe, and he travelled to Cape³ Town, in South Africa. There, he hoped to find food and work. But first, he needed legal papers to stay in South Africa. Every day, he waited with other refugees⁴ at a government office. For a month, he waited. He slept in the streets. And he did not have anything to eat. On November 2, 2007, Adonis died while waiting in line. He had died from starvation, a lack of food. Adonis was only 23 years old.
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South African newspapers wrote about Adonis, and the problems many refugees face. Gahlia Brogneri read the story. She lives in Cape Town, and she felt great shame and sadness. She had not even known about the refugee problem in her city. So Gahlia and her friend Terry Hodson decided⁵ to act. They started the Adonis Musati project.
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Today's Spotlight is on the work of the Adonis Musati Project, the AMP.
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Refugees come to South Africa from many different countries. Most come to the country looking for work so that they can take care of their families. The government of South Africa does not group all the refugees together in a camp. Instead, it permits the refugees to live, work, and attend school with South Africans. As a result, the government does not assist⁶ the refugees with food or basic needs. Gahlia and her friends did not want any more refugees to die unnecessarily. Gahlia talked about this in a video created by Anna Telford.
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"If we do not help these people, there is no hope. They have suffered so much and we treat them in this way. Instead of rescuing them and helping⁷ them, we have treated them worse than criminals. And we have left them to sleep outside in the most dangerous area of Cape Town. So we made a decision in the Adonis Mosati Project. We are going to make sure that no one else starves in the line while waiting for their legal papers."
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The workers of the AMP give their time for free. They are volunteers. But the volunteers do more than give their time. They also use their own resources. They pay for their own vehicles and use their homes to hold materials. Because of these volunteers, all of the money AMP receives goes to help the refugees.
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The main goal of AMP is to make sure all the refugees in Cape Town receive food. The volunteers know the main areas where refugees gather. They go to these areas every week. Then they give food from their cars. The organization gives away about 800 sandwiches and 300 pieces of fruit every week. Gahlia told The Zimbabwean, an online newspaper,
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"The needs of these people are simple. Their immediate⁸ needs are food, clothes – especially shoes – blankets and shelter. For hungry refugees without money, their only home is under a bridge."
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The Christian⁹ Science Monitor shares this story about the volunteers meeting refugees under a bridge. They were bringing supplies of food and blankets.
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Terry Hodson and other AMP volunteers drove to the bridge. They saw five men around a fire. But as they stepped out of their cars, more men came from out of the darkness. Terry and the volunteers began to give food and water. Within ten minutes there were more than 75 men. While she gave away food, Terry looked for new faces. She does this every time, so she can talk to the men and discover what kind of help they need.
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The refugees have many needs. For the refugees' basic needs, AMP gathers things like clothes, shoes, and blankets. AMP also collects toiletries like soap for washing, toothbrushes and tooth paste¹⁰ for cleaning teeth, and other things for human cleanliness.
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The AMP also works¹¹ to help refugees find places to live. There are few shelters in Cape Town and many of them are overcrowded. But when there are open rooms, AMP will pay the cost for a refugee to stay there. AMP will also continue to give the refugees food so that they do not starve while looking for work.
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In September 2009, AMP opened a half-way house for 12 young men. A local business man supports the house. These 12 refugees live there with house-parents. It is a place for them to live while they look for work and wait for their legal papers. Together, they will care for the house and land.
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AMP works to help refugees in as many ways as possible. The organization provides for their basic needs. But it does not stop there. It informs refugees of all the places that they can get help, including legal help. They also help refugees to prepare for their job searches.
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Gahlia, Terry, and the other volunteers of the Adonis Musati Project work very hard to help every refugee in Cape Town. But they hope that one day the organization will be able to do even more. In the video about AMP, Gahlia shares her hopes for the future of the organization.
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"If we were given a lot of money I think the first thing we would do is try to open an emergency center. It would be wonderful if we had another place to meet people. The second thing we would probably do is get a shelter and give people a chance to just get off their feet. And if we had lots of money, I would love to open an orphanage¹² and help as many parentless refugee children as we can. It is a big dream, but I do not think it is impossible. We are a rich country and there are lots of people that want to help. If you give them something clear and defined¹³ to do, they will help."
 

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 refugee   

n.难民，流亡者

参考例句：

• The refugee was condemned to a life of wandering.这个难民注定要过流浪的生活。
• The refugee is suffering for want of food and medical supplies.难民苦于缺少食物和医药用品。

3 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

4 refugees   

n.避难者，难民( refugee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The UN has begun making airdrops of food to refugees. 联合国已开始向难民空投食物。
• They claimed they were political refugees and not economic migrants. 他们宣称自己是政治难民，不是经济移民。

5 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。

6 assist   

vt.协助，帮助，促进；vi.帮忙，参加

参考例句：

• He asked us to assist him in carrying through their plan.他要我们帮助他实施他们的计划。
• We'll assist at your wedding.我们将出席你们的婚礼。

7 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。

8 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

9 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

10 paste   

n.糊，浆糊，铅制玻璃；vt.粘贴，覆盖，猛击

参考例句：

• Please paste these sheets of paper together.请将这几张纸粘在一起。
• Stick the paper with paste.用糨糊粘纸。

11 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

12 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。

13 defined   

adj 定义的; 清晰的

参考例句：

• These categories are not well defined. 这些类别划分得不太明确。
• The powers of a judge are defined by law. 法官的权限是由法律规定的。