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MelissaFleming_2014G-_帮助难民走向成功，而不仅仅是生存_
So I started working with refugees because I wanted to make a difference , and making a difference starts with telling their stories. 我开始同难民们一起工作 是因为我想帮他们改变现状 而改变现状 要从向人们讲述他们的故事开始
refugees:n.避难者;逃亡者;难民;(refugee的复数) make a difference:有影响,有关系;
So when I meet refugees, 所以当我遇见难民时
I always ask them questions. 我总是问他们一些问题
Who bombed your house? 是谁炸毁了你的房子？
Who killed your son? 谁杀死了你的儿子？
Did the rest of your family make it out alive? 你还有其他存活的家人吗？
How are you coping in your life in exile ? 你还适应 流亡的日子吗？
coping:n.墙压顶;v.(成功地)对付,处理;(cope的现在分词) exile:n.流放,充军;放逐,被放逐者;流犯;v.放逐,流放;使背井离乡;
But there's one question that always seems to me to be most revealing , and that is: 但有一个问题 总是给我启示,那就是,
revealing:adj.暴露的;发人深省的;v.揭示;露出;显示;展示;(reveal的现在分词)
What did you take? 你带走了什么？
What was that most important thing that you had to take with you when the bombs were exploding in your town, and the armed gangs were approaching your house? 当你的家园硝烟弥漫 危在旦夕 当武装分子逼近你的家门 你随身带走的最重要的东西是什么？
exploding:v.爆炸;爆裂;勃然(大怒);突然发生(危险);(explode的现在分词) gangs:n.帮派(gang的复数);v.成帮结伙;合伙行动(gang的三单形式); approaching:v.靠近,接近;接洽;建议;要求;(approach的现在分词)
A Syrian refugee boy I know told me that he didn't hesitate when his life was in imminent danger. 一个叙利亚男孩告诉我 他面临生命危险时 没有丝毫犹豫地带上了
Syrian:adj.叙利亚的;叙利亚人的;叙利亚语的;n.叙利亚人;叙利亚语; hesitate:v.(对某事)犹豫,迟疑不决;顾虑;疑虑; imminent:adj.即将来临的;迫近的;
He took his high school diploma , and later he told me why. 自己的高中毕业证 之后他告诉了我原因
high school diploma:高中文凭;
He said, "I took my high school diploma because my life depended on it." 他说,「我带了高中毕业证 因为我得靠它生存」
And he would risk his life to get that diploma. 他曾愿冒生命危险获得了那张证书
On his way to school, he would dodge snipers . 上学的路上,他需要躲避狙击手
dodge:v.闪避;躲开;逃避;n.推脱的计策;逃避的诡计; snipers:n.狙击手(sniper的复数);
His classroom sometimes shook with the sound of bombs and shelling , and his mother told me, "Every day, I would say to him every morning, 'Honey, please don't go to school.'" 有时他的教室 随着炸弹的轰鸣声晃动 他的母亲告诉我 「每天早晨,我都会跟他说 ‘亲爱的孩子,求你不要去学校了’
shelling:n.去皮;去壳;v.剥去…的外壳;向…开枪;脱落(shell的ing形式);
And when he insisted, she said, "I would hug him as if it were for the last time." 而每当他坚持要去 我就会紧紧拥抱他
But he said to his mother, "We're all afraid, but our determination to graduate is stronger than our fear." 就当这是最后一次拥抱」 「我们都很害怕 可是我们要毕业的决心 让我们克服恐惧」
determination:n.测定;确定;决心;计算;
But one day, the family got terrible news. 但是有一天,噩耗降临
Hany's aunt, his uncle and his cousin were murdered in their homes for refusing to leave their house. Hany 的叔叔阿姨一家 因为拒绝离开自己的房子 被杀死了
Their throats were slit . 他们被割开了喉咙
slit:vt.撕裂;使有狭缝;n.裂缝;投币口;vi.纵裂;
It was time to flee . 他们不得不逃了
flee:v.逃走;迅速离开;逃避,逃跑
They left that day, right away , in their car, 他们当天就开车逃离了
right away:立刻;
Hany hidden in the back because they were facing checkpoints of menacing soldiers. Hany 藏在后备箱中 躲避检查站上凶残的士兵
checkpoints:n.检查点集;检验点;(checkpoint的复数) menacing:adj.威胁的;危险的;恐吓的;v.威胁;对…构成危险;危及;(menace的现在分词)
And they would cross the border into Lebanon , where they would find peace. 他们穿越边境,抵达黎巴嫩 只为保命
Lebanon:n.黎巴嫩(西南亚国家,位于地中海东岸);
But they would begin a life of grueling hardship and monotony . 他们面临的生活不仅单调,还会充满艰辛
grueling:adj.累人的;紧张的;使极度疲劳的; hardship:n.艰难;困苦;拮据; monotony:n.单调;千篇一律;
They had no choice but to build a shack on the side of a muddy field, and this is Hany's brother Ashraf, who plays outside. 他们不得不在一片泥地旁 搭建了一个临时的棚子 照片中的孩子 是 Hany的弟弟 Ashraf,在外玩耍
shack:n.棚屋;小室;vi.居住; on the side of:拥护…;站在…一边;赞助; muddy:adj.泥泞的; vt.使污浊; vi.变得泥泞;
And that day, they joined the biggest population of refugees in the world, in a country, Lebanon, that is tiny. 也就是那一天 他们加入了世界上最庞大的难民群体 在黎巴嫩这个小小的国家
It only has four million citizens, and there are one million Syrian refugees living there. 只有四百万公民 却有一百万的叙利亚难民居住于此
There's not a town, a city or a village that is not host to Syrian refugees. 那里每一座城市,每一座村庄 都向叙利亚的难民敞开大门
This is generosity and humanity that is remarkable . 这是何等的慷概与仁慈啊！
generosity:n.慷慨,大方;宽宏大量; humanity:n.人类;人道;仁慈;人文学科; remarkable:adj.卓越的;非凡的;值得注意的;
Think about it this way, proportionately . 我们用同样的比例算算
proportionately:adv.相称地,成比例地;
It would be as if the entire population of Germany, 80 million people, would flee to the United States in just three years. 这其实等同于 德国的全部人口 八百万人 在三年内全部逃向美国
United:adj.联合的; v.联合,团结; (unite的过去分词和过去式)
Half of the entire population of Syria is now uprooted , most of them inside the country. 现在叙利亚一半的人口 都不得不背井离乡 他们大部分还在叙利亚境内
uprooted:vt.根除,连根拔起;迫使某人离开出生地或定居处;vi.迁离;改变生活方式;
Six and a half million people have fled for their lives. 六百五十万人为了生存而流亡
fled:v.迅速离开;逃避,逃跑;(flee的过去分词和过去式)
Over and well over three million people have crossed the borders and have found sanctuary in the neighboring countries, and only a small proportion, as you see, have moved on to Europe. 远超三百万人口越过了边境 在邻国找到了避难所 只有一小部分人,如图所示 逃到了欧洲
sanctuary:n.避难所;至圣所;耶路撒冷的神殿; neighboring:adj.邻近的;接壤的;v.邻近;使接近;位于…附近;(neighbor的现在分词)
What I find most worrying is that half of all Syrian refugees are children. 最令我担忧的事情是 半数的叙利亚难民都是孩子
I took this picture of this little girl. 这张小女孩的照片是我拍的
It was just two hours after she had arrived after a long trek from Syria into Jordan. 当时她刚经历了两小时长途跋涉 从叙利亚抵达了约旦
trek:v.长途跋涉;远足,徒步旅行;n.长途跋涉(尤指在山区);
And most troubling of all is that only 20 percent of Syrian refugee children are in school in Lebanon. 而最棘手的事情是 叙利亚难民儿童中只有百分之二十 在黎巴嫩的学校接受教育
And yet, Syrian refugee children, all refugee children tell us education is the most important thing in their lives. 然而,所有的孩子都告诉我们 在他们生命中最重要的就是读书
Why? Because it allows them to think of their future rather than the nightmare of their past. 为什么？因为教育让他们看到未来 而不是回想经历过的噩梦
nightmare:n.恶梦;梦魇般的经历;adj.可怕的;噩梦似的;
It allows them to think of hope rather than hatred . 教育让他们充满希望
hatred:n.仇恨;憎恨;厌恶;
I'm reminded of a recent visit I took to a Syrian refugee camp in northern Iraq, and I met this girl, and I thought, "She's beautiful," 我想起我最近在伊拉克北部 探访过一个叙利亚难民营地 我遇见了这个女孩 我想,她真美
reminded:v.提醒;使想起;(remind的过去分词和过去式)
and I went up to her and asked her, "Can I take your picture?" 我走上前问她 「我能不能给你拍张照片？」
And she said yes, but she refused to smile. 她答应了 但她却不愿微笑
I think she couldn't, because I think she must realize that she represents a lost generation of Syrian refugee children, a generation isolated and frustrated . 我想她是笑不出来 我想她一定是意识到她代表着 叙利亚迷失的一代难民儿童 这是孤单的,失意的一代
represents:v.代表;维护…的利益;相当于;(represent的第三人称单数) isolated:adj.偏远的; v.隔离,孤立,脱离; frustrated:adj.失意的,挫败的;泄气的;v.挫败;阻挠;(frustrate的过去式和过去分词)
And yet, look at what they fled: utter destruction , buildings, industries, schools, roads, homes. 让我们看看他们逃离的那个地方 彻底的毁灭 楼房,工厂,学校,公路,住宅
utter:v.说;出声;讲;adj.完全的;十足的;彻底的; destruction:n.破坏,毁灭;摧毁;
Hany's home was also destroyed. Hany 的家也被摧毁了
This will need to be rebuilt by architects , by engineers, by electricians . 一切都需要重建 需要建筑师,工程师,电工
architects:n.建筑师;设计师;创造者;(architect的复数); electricians:n.电工(electrician的复数);
Communities will need teachers and lawyers and politicians interested in reconciliation and not revenge . 社会需要教师和律师 以及致力于和平 而不是复仇的政治家们
Communities:n.社区;社会;团体;共有(community的复数) politicians:n.政治家;(蔑)政客;(美)政治贩;(politician的复数) reconciliation:n.和解;调和;和谐;甘愿; revenge:n.报复;复仇;v.报复;替…报仇;洗雪;
Shouldn't this be rebuilt by the people with the largest stake , the societies in exile, the refugees? 这一切难道不该被这些处于危险中的人们 这个流亡中的群体
stake:n.桩,棍子;赌注;火刑;奖金;v.资助,支持;系…于桩上;把…押下打赌;
Refugees have a lot of time to prepare for their return. 难民们有充足的时间 来为回归祖国做准备
You might imagine that being a refugee is just a temporary state. 你也许会以为难民的流亡只是暂时的妥协
temporary:adj.暂时的,临时的;n.临时工,临时雇员;
Well far from it. 那你就错了
With wars going on and on , the average time a refugee will spend in exile is 17 years. 战争仍在进行 一个难民的平均流亡时间长达17年
on and on:继续不停地;
Hany was into his second year in limbo when I went to visit him recently , and we conducted our entire conversation in English, which he confessed to me he learned from reading all of Dan Brown's novels and from listening to American rap . 最近,在Hany即将流亡两周年时 我又去拜访了他一次 我们一直用英文交谈 他向我坦白说 这全部是从丹·布朗的小说里 还有从美国说唱歌曲里学来的
limbo:n.监狱;地狱的边境;放置丢弃物的场所;处于中间的或不定的状态; recently:adv.最近;新近; conducted:v.组织;安排;实施;执行;指挥;带领;引导;(conduct的过去分词和过去式) confessed:adj.公开认错的;v.供认,坦白,承认;悔过;(confess的过去分词和过去式) novels:n.小说;(novel的复数) rap:n.说唱;说唱音乐;罪责;不公正的判决;v.击打;突然大声说出;严厉批评;
We also spent some nice moments of laughter and fun with his beloved brother Ashraf. 我们也和他所爱的弟弟Ashraf 度过了一段愉快的时光
beloved:adj.心爱的;挚爱的;n.心爱的人;亲爱的教友;
But I'll never forget what he told me when we ended our conversation that day. 但我永远不会忘记 我临走时他对我所说的话
He said to me, "If I am not a student, I am nothing." 他对我说 「若我没有了学习,我便一无所有了」
Hany is one of 50 million people uprooted in this world today. Hany 是当今五千万 被迫背井离乡的人中的一员
Never since World War II have so many people been forcibly displaced . 第二次世界大战以来 再也没有哪个时期有如此多被迫离开家乡的人
forcibly:adv.用力地;强制地;有说服力地; displaced:v.取代;替代;置换;迫使(某人)离开家园;转移;(displace的过去式和过去分词)
So while we're making sweeping progress in human health, in technology , in education and design, we are doing dangerously little to help the victims and we are doing far too little to stop and prevent the wars that are driving them from their homes. 现在我们在医学 科技、教育以及设计 各方面有着飞速的发展 但我们给予受害者的帮助少得惊人 战争让他们背井离乡 我们却根本没做什么来停止战争 或避免战争的发生
sweeping:n.扫除; adj.影响广泛的; v.打扫; (sweep的现在分词) technology:n.技术;工艺;术语; dangerously:adv.危险地;不安全;
And there are more and more victims. 受害者人数不断增长
Every day, on average, by the end of this day, 32,000 people will be forcibly displaced 32,000 people. 时至今日 平均每天有32,000人 32,000人！
They flee across borders like this one. 他们为了逃生,像这样穿越国界线
We captured this on the Syrian border to Jordan, and this is a typical day. 这是在从叙利亚去约旦的边境线上拍下的 这是很平常的一天
captured:adj.捕获的;被俘的;v.捕获;占领;引起;(capture的过去式和过去分词) typical:adj.典型的;特有的;象征性的;
Or they flee on unseaworthy and overcrowded boats, risking their lives in this case just to reach safety in Europe. 或冒着生命危险 乘坐超载的危船 只为抵达欧洲寻求安稳
unseaworthy:adj.[水运]不适于航海的;经不住海上风浪的; overcrowded:adj.过度拥挤的;v.拥挤(overcrowd的过去分词);
This Syrian young man survived one of these boats that capsized — most of the people drowned — and he told us, " Syrians are just looking for a quiet place where nobody hurts you, where nobody humiliates you, and where nobody kills you." 这位叙利亚的年轻人 逃过了一次船难 这场灾难中大部分人都淹死了 他告诉我们 「叙利亚人只是渴望一个安静的地方 那里没有人伤害你 没有人侮辱你 没有人会要杀你」
capsized:v.倾覆(capsize的过去分词);翻船;覆没;adj.翻覆的; drowned:v.(使)淹死,溺死;浸透;淹没;浸泡;(drown的过去分词和过去式) Syrians:n.叙利亚人(Syrian的复数); humiliates:vt.羞辱;使…丢脸;耻辱;
Well, I think that should be the minimum . 我认为,这本是生存的最低要求
minimum:n.最低限度;最小值;最少量;极小量;adj.最低的;最小的;最低限度的;
How about a place of healing , of learning, and even opportunity? 而一个能让他们疗伤 学习 或是得到机会的地方更是奢望
healing:n.康复; adj.痊愈中的; v.(使)康复,复原; (heal的现在分词)
Americans and Europeans have the impression that proportionally huge numbers of refugees are coming to their country, but the reality is that 86 percent, the vast majority of refugees, are living in the developing world, in countries struggling with their own insecurity , 美国人跟欧洲人 总是认为大量难民 正涌向他们的国家 但事实上 有 86% 的难民,即大部分难民 都居住在发展中国家 那些还被自身的不安全所困扰的国家
Europeans:n.欧洲人(European的复数); impression:n.印象;影响;效果;感想; proportionally:adv.成比例地;相称地,适当地; majority:n.大部分:大多数:多数票:成年人: insecurity:n.不安全;不牢靠;无把握;心神不定;
with their own issues of helping their own populations and poverty . 那些连帮助自己人民摆脱贫困 都还有困难的国家
issues:n.重要议题;争论的问题;v.宣布;公布;发出;(issue的第三人称单数和复数) poverty:n.贫困;困难;缺少;低劣;
So wealthy countries in the world should recognize the humanity and the generosity of the countries that are hosting so many refugees. 所以发达国家都应该认可 这些发展中国家 接待如此多的难民的慷慨和仁慈
recognize:v.认识;认出;辨别出;承认;意识到; hosting:v.主办,主持;主持;做东;(host的现在分词)
And all countries should make sure that no one fleeing war and persecution arrives at a closed border. 所有国家都应该向被逼逃离家乡, 受到战争和迫害的人们 敞开国门
fleeing:v.迅速离开;逃避,逃跑;(flee的现在分词) persecution:n.迫害;烦扰;
(Applause) （掌声）
Thank you. 谢谢
But there is something more that we can do than just simply helping refugees survive. 但我们其实可以做到更多 不仅是帮助难民们生存下去
We can help them thrive . 还有帮助他们走向成功
thrive:v.繁荣;茁壮成长;蓬勃发展;兴旺发达;
We should think of refugee camps and communities as more than just temporary population centers where people languish waiting for the war to end. 难民营和难民社区 不应仅仅被认为是临时集中地 难民在临时集中地 只会消沉地等待战争结束
languish:v.被迫滞留;长期受苦;受煎熬;变得衰弱;
Rather, as centers of excellence , where refugees can triumph over their trauma and train for the day that they can go home as agents of positive change and social transformation . 而如果我们建立优秀的难民营 难民们就能克服悲痛的记忆 待重返家园之日 他们就能成为先锋,推进改革
excellence:n.优秀;美德;长处; triumph:v.战胜;成功;打败;n.巨大成功;重大成就;伟大胜利;喜悦; trauma:n.[外科]创伤(由心理创伤造成精神上的异常);外伤; agents:n.代理人,经纪人;原动力;(agent的复数) positive:adj.积极的;[数]正的,[医][化学]阳性的;确定的;n.正数;[摄]正片; transformation:n.转变;(用于南非)民主改革;
It makes so much sense, but I'm reminded of the terrible war in Somalia that has been raging on for 22 years. 这样做真的非常有意义 我想起了发生在索马里的战争 那场持续了22年的恶战
raging:adj.愤怒的,狂暴的;v.发怒,恼火(rage的现在分词);
And imagine living in this camp. 想象一下住在这个营地的感受
I visited this camp. 我拜访过这个营地
It's in Djibouti, neighboring Somalia, and it was so remote that we had to take a helicopter to fly there. 它位于索马里附近的吉布提 那里十分偏僻 我们不得不做坐直升机去
remote:adj.偏远的;偏僻的;遥远的;久远的;
It was dusty and it was terribly hot. 那儿沙尘弥漫,炎热难当
dusty:adj.落满灰尘的;
And we went to visit a school and started talking to the children, and then I saw this girl across the room who looked to me to be the same age as my own daughter, and I went up and talked to her. 我们去拜访了一所学校 并与那儿的孩子们聊天 在房间对面, 我看到一个女孩将目光投向我 她差不多跟我女儿同龄
And I asked her the questions that grown-ups ask kids, like, "What is your favorite subject?" 我问了她一些 大人们通常会问的问题 比如说,你最喜欢哪一门课？
grown-ups:n.成人(grown-up的复数形式);
and, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" 你长大了以后想做什么?
And this is when her face turned blank, and she said to me, "I have no future. 她的脸色突然变得苍白 然后她说 「我没有未来
My schooling days are over." 我学习的日子已经结束了」
And I thought, there must be some misunderstanding , so I turned to my colleague and she confirmed to me there is no funding for secondary education in this camp. 于是我想,这其中一定是有什么误会 所以我询问了我的同事 她说这是真的 在这个营地里他们没有足够的资金开办中学教育
misunderstanding:n.误解;误会;意见不一;v.误解;误会(misunderstand的现在分词) colleague:n.同事,同僚; funding:n.基金;资金;提供资金;v.为…提供资金;拨款给;(fund的现在分词) secondary education:中等教育;
And how I wished at that moment that I could say to her, "We will build you a school." 在那一刻 我是多么的希望我能告诉她 「我们会帮你建一所学校」
And I also thought, what a waste. 同时我也觉得,这是多么的可惜
She should be and she is the future of Somalia. 她本应是索马里未来的希望
A boy named Jacob Atem had a different chance, but not before he experienced terribly tragedy . 一个叫 Jacob Atem 的男孩 他的故事大为不同但正是一场惨剧给了他这个机会
tragedy:n.悲惨的事;不幸;灾难;悲剧作品;
as his village — he was only seven years old — burned to the ground, and he learned that his mother and his father and his entire family were killed that day. 亲眼看着自己在苏丹的村子 在一场大火中被烧为灰烬 他的父母亲 所有的家人 全部丧生于那场火灾
Only his cousin survived, and the two of them walked for seven months — this is boys like him — chased and pursued by wild animals and armed gangs, and they finally made it to refugee camps where they found safety, and he would spend the next seven years in Kenya in a refugee camp. 只有他与他的表兄弟两人侥幸逃过一劫 他们两人整整行走了七个月—— 照片中的就是位像他一样的男孩—— 一路上他们受野兽追逐,受武装分子追踪 最终历经万险抵达了难民营 找到了安全的栖身之地 从那之后的七年 他一直待在肯尼亚的难民营
pursued:v.追击,追踪;继续从事(pursue的过去分词形式); finally:adv.终于;最终;(用于列举)最后;彻底地;
But his life changed when he got the chance to be resettled to the United States, and he found love in a foster family and he was able to go to school, and he wanted me to share with you this proud moment when he graduated from university. 但后来,一件事情改变了他的生命 他得到了一个分配到美国的机会 并且在领养他的家庭中重新找到了爱 他得到了接受教育的机会 并且他想通过我与你们分享 这个激动人心的 大学毕业时刻
resettled:vi.重新定居;vt.使重新定居; foster:vt.培养;养育,抚育;抱(希望等);adj.收养的,养育的;
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I spoke to him on Skype the other day , and he was in his new university in Florida pursuing his Ph.D. in public health, and he proudly told me how he was able to raise enough funds from the American public to establish a health clinic back in his village back home. 一次我用 Skype 与他通话 当时他在弗洛里达的一所大学 攻读公共健康的博士学位 他骄傲地告诉我 他很快就能在美国筹集足够的善款 回到自己的村庄开一个诊所了
Skype:n.网络电话(一个网络语音沟通工具); the other day:不久前某一天;几天以前; pursuing:v.追求;致力于;贯彻;跟踪;追赶;(pursue的现在分词) proudly:傲慢地 funds:n.[会计]资金,现金(fund的复数);基金;v.资助(fund的三单形式);提供资金; establish:v.创立;设立;建立;确立;使立足;查实; clinic:n.诊所;临床实习;(医院的)门诊部;门诊时间;
So I want to take you back to Hany. 现在我想再跟你们谈谈 Hany
When I told him I was going to have the chance to speak to you here on the TED stage, he allowed me to read you a poem that he sent in an email to me. 当我告诉他我将有机会 走上 TED 的演讲台跟大家交流 他写了一首诗通过电子邮箱发给我
He wrote: "I miss myself, my friends, times of reading novels or writing poems, birds and tea in the morning. 他写到 「我怀念曾经的自己 挚友们 读书与写诗的时光 清晨的鸟儿与茶香
My room, my books, myself, and everything that was making me smile. 我的房间,我的书本,我自己 以及曾令我展露笑颜的一切
Oh, oh, I had so many dreams that were about to be realized." 噢,噢,我有过许多梦想 它们也曾触手可及」
were about to:眼看就要;即将;正要;行将;
So here is my point: 总之,我想说
Not investing in refugees is a huge missed opportunity. 不为难民们筹款 就是浪费了一个巨大的机会
investing:v.投资;投入(时间、精力等);(invest的现在分词)
Leave them abandoned , and they risk exploitation and abuse , and leave them unskilled and uneducated , and delay by years the return to peace and prosperity in their countries. 若我们就这样抛弃他们 他们将面临被剥削和虐待的危险 如果他们没有学到技能没有得到教育 他们国家将过更久 才能重现和平与繁荣
abandoned:adj.被抛弃的放纵的;v.抛弃;丢弃,离开;放弃;(abandon的过去分词和过去式) exploitation:n.开发,开采;利用;广告推销; abuse:n.滥用;虐待;辱骂;弊端;恶习,陋习;v.滥用;虐待;辱骂; unskilled:adj.无特长的;无(需)特别技能的;无(需)专门训练的; uneducated:adj.无知的;未受教育的;v.未受教育(uneducate的过去式和过去分词); prosperity:n.繁荣,成功;
I believe how we treat the uprooted will shape the future of our world. 我相信我们对待流亡者的态度 会对世界的未来造成巨大的影响
treat:v.治疗;处理;招待;款待;n.款待;乐事;乐趣;
The victims of war can hold the keys to lasting peace, and it's the refugees who can stop the cycle of violence . 这些战争的受害者们 掌握着长久的世界和平的关键 也正是这些难民们 才能阻止暴力与战争的恶性循环
violence:n.暴力;侵犯;激烈;歪曲;
Hany is at a tipping point . Hany正处于人生中最关键的时刻
tipping point:n.(个案积累终成大趋势的)引爆点;
We would love to help him go to university and to become an engineer, but our funds are prioritized for the basics in life: tents and blankets and mattresses and kitchen sets, food rations and a bit of medicine. 我们希望能帮助他走进大学 成为一名工程师 但是我们的资金只能优先保证他们最基本的生活需求: 帐篷,毯子,被子与厨具 定量的食物以及少量的医药
prioritized:v.优先化(prioritize的过去分词); mattresses:n.床垫,底垫(mattress的复数形式); rations:n.给养(ration的复数); v.[经管]定量供应;
University is a luxury . 上大学是奢侈的愿望
luxury:n.奢侈,奢华;奢侈品;享受;adj.奢侈的;
But leave him to languish in this muddy field, and he will become a member of a lost generation. 但我们若任他在荆棘中失去锋芒 他也会成为迷失一代中的一员
Hany's story is a tragedy, but it doesn't have to end that way. Hany 的故事以悲剧开头 但它不必要以悲剧结束
Thank you. 谢谢
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