Child Hunger

歌曲 Child Hunger
歌手 英语听力
专辑 VOA慢速英语：教育报道

歌词

[00:00.10] From VOA Learning English,
[00:02.00] this is the Education Report.
[00:05.68] A new study shows that child hunger
[00:09.31] costs Ethiopia billions of dollars a year
[00:13.30] in economic losses.
[00:15.15] The research showed that in 2009,
[00:19.03] the country lost an estimated $4.7 billion
[00:24.50] because its children do not get enough to eat,
[00:28.38] that is equal to 16.5 percent of its Gross Domestic Product.
[00:35.56] The report says poor nutrition has slowed growth
[00:40.34] and development in two of every five children in Ethiopia,
[00:45.96] and it says 80 percent of malnourished children
[00:51.30] do not get treatments.
[00:54.23] The African Union Commission,
[00:56.77] the United Nations World Food Program (WFP)
[00:59.61] and Ethiopian government agencies did the study.
[01:03.90] The research shows that malnutrition
[01:07.53] causes more than 20 percent of child deaths in Ethiopia.
[01:12.16] And the report notes that the deaths have reduced
[01:16.59] the number of working people in the country by eight percent.
[01:21.52] Elizabeth Byrs is a World Food Program official.
[01:25.26] "The study estimates that Ethiopia
[01:28.04] could reduce losses by $12.5 billion by 2025,
[01:36.51] if it reduces underweight rates
[01:41.05] to five percent and stunting to 10 percent."
[01:46.18] The report says under developed or stunted children
[01:51.55] in early education repeat grades more than non-stunted children.
[01:57.32] In addition, stunted children in Ethiopia
[02:01.28] are more likely to drop out of school,
[02:04.16] meaning they will end their education before it is completed.
[02:09.93] Mrs Byrs said the effects of stunting do not end with childhood.
[02:15.17] Instead, she said, stunting remains a life-long problem.
[02:21.14] She said it affects both those who suffer from it,
[02:24.82] and the larger society.
[02:27.61] The report says nearly 70 percent of adults in Ethiopia
[02:33.05] have suffered from stunting as children.
[02:35.93] It says this means more than 26 million people of working age
[02:42.26] have not been able to reach their potential.
[02:46.04] The report notes that adults who were stunted as children
[02:50.68] are less likely to have jobs that require a lot of physical labor,
[02:56.56] because they generally are smaller.
[02:59.74] It says this results in earnings losses.
[03:04.12] Mrs Byrs said the Ethiopian government recently launched
[03:09.60] a half-billion dollar National Nutrition Program,
[03:13.49] because the effects of the malnutrition are so severe.
[03:17.77] She said the government's program would provide food
[03:22.35] and vitamins to young children from birth through age 5.
[03:27.78] She said the goal is to prevent stunting
[03:31.56] during the first 1,000 days of life.
[03:35.44] Mrs Byrs also said the program will increase school feeding programs.
[03:41.46] She said support programs for pregnant and breast-feeding women
[03:46.85] will be developed in health centers and hospitals.
[03:50.58] And that's the Education Report from VOA Learning English,
[03:55.82] I'm June Simms.

歌词大意

[00:00.10] lái zì měi guó zhī yīn yīng yǔ xué xí lán mù,
[00:02.00] zhè shì yī fèn jiào yù bào gào.
[00:05.68] yī xiàng xīn de yán jiū biǎo míng yòu ér jī jǐn,
[00:09.31] měi nián yào zào chéng āi sāi é bǐ yà shù shí yì měi yuán
[00:13.30] de jīng jì sǔn shī
[00:15.15] yán jiū biǎo míng, zài 2009 nián,
[00:19.03] zhè gè guó jiā de gū jì sǔn shī dá 47 yì měi yuán.
[00:24.50] jǐn jǐn yīn wèi gāi guó ér tóng men méi yǒu de dào zú gòu de shí wù,
[00:28.38] zhè xiāng dāng yú qí guó nèi shēng chǎn zǒng zhí de bǎi fēn zhī 16. 5.
[00:35.56] bào gào chēng yíng yǎng bù liáng jiǎn huǎn le
[00:40.34] wǔ fēn zhī èr de āi sāi é bǐ yà hái zi men de shēng zhǎng hé fā yù.
[00:45.96] bào dào tóng yàng chǎn míng bǎi fēn zhī 80 de yíng yǎng bù liáng ér tóng
[00:51.30] bìng wèi dé dào zhì liáo.
[00:54.23] fēi zhōu lián méng wěi yuán huì,
[00:56.77] lián hé guó shì jiè liáng shí jì huà shǔ WFP
[00:59.61] hé āi sāi é bǐ yà zhèng fǔ jī gòu gòng tóng wán chéng le zhè xiàng yán jiū.
[01:03.90] yán jiū biǎo míng, yíng yǎng bù liáng
[01:07.53] dǎo zhì āi sāi é bǐ yà chāo guò bǎi fēn zhī 20 de ér tóng sǐ wáng.
[01:12.16] ér bào gào zhǐ chū, zhè lèi sǐ wáng yǐ jīng xuē jiǎn le
[01:16.59] zhè gè guó jiā bǎi fēn zhī bā de láo dòng rén kǒu.
[01:21.52] Elizabeth Byrs shì shì jiè liáng shí jì huà shǔ guān yuán.
[01:25.26] zhè xiàng yán jiū gū jì, āi sāi é bǐ yà
[01:28.04] dào 2025 nián kě yǐ jiǎn shǎo 125 yì měi yuán de sǔn shī
[01:36.51] rú guǒ tā jiǎn shǎo dī tǐ zhòng lǜ de ér tóng shù mù
[01:41.05] dào bǎi fēn zhī wǔ fā yù chí huǎn de ér tóng shù mù dào bǎi fēn zhī shí.
[01:46.18] bào gào shuō, fā yù zhuàng kuàng bù gāo huò fā yù bù liáng de ér tóng
[01:51.55] zài zǎo qī jiào yù jiē duàn liú jí de xiàn xiàng chāo guò fēi fā yù bù liáng de ér tóng.
[01:57.32] chú cǐ zhī wài, āi sāi é bǐ yà fā yù bù liáng de ér tóng
[02:01.28] chuò xué de jī lǜ gèng dà.
[02:04.16] yì wèi zhe tā men jiāng tí qián jié shù tā men de jiào yù zài tā běn yīng wán chéng zhī qián.
[02:09.93] Byrs nǚ shì shuō, fā yù chí huǎn de yǐng xiǎng bìng bú huì suí tóng nián de jié shù ér zhōng zhǐ.
[02:15.17] xiāng fǎn, tā shuō, fā yù chí huǎn cán liú wèi yí gè zhōng shēn wèn tí.
[02:21.14] tā shuō, zhè bù jǐn huì yǐng xiǎng nèi xiē zāo shòu tā de rén,
[02:24.82] tóng yàng yě yǐng xiǎng zhe gèng dà de qún tǐ shè huì.
[02:27.61] bào gào shuō, zài Ethiopia jìn bǎi fēn zhī 70 de chéng nián rén
[02:33.05] cóng ér tóng shí qī jiù yǐ jīng kāi shǐ rěn shòu fā yù chí huǎn de tòng kǔ.
[02:35.93] bào dào chēng, zhè yì wèi zhe chāo guò 2600 wàn de gōng zuò shì líng qī de chéng rén
[02:42.26] méi yǒu néng gòu dá dào tā men běn lái de qián lì.
[02:46.04] bào gào zhǐ chū, ér tóng qī fā yù bù liáng de chéng nián rén
[02:50.68] bù tài kě néng yōng yǒu yī fèn xū yào dà liàng tǐ lì láo dòng de gōng zuò,
[02:56.56] yīn wèi tā men yì bān dōu bǐ jiào shòu xiǎo.
[02:59.74] bào dào shuō, zhè dǎo zhì le yíng lì de sǔn shī.
[03:04.12] Byrs nǚ shì shuō, āi sāi é bǐ yà zhèng fǔ zuì jìn tuī chū le
[03:09.60] yī xiàng 50 yì měi yuán de guó jiā yíng yǎng jì huà,
[03:13.49] yóu yú yíng yǎng bù liáng de yǐng xiǎng shì rú cǐ yán zhòng.
[03:17.77] tā shuō zhèng fǔ de zhè xiàng gōng chéng jiāng tí gōng shí wù
[03:22.35] hé wéi shēng sù gěi ér tóng men cóng tā men chū shēng zhí dào 5 suì.
[03:27.78] tā shuō, zhè xiàng jǔ cuò de mù dì shì wèi le fáng zhǐ
[03:31.56] xīn shēng ér dì yí gè 1000 tiān qī jiān fā yù chí huǎn.
[03:35.44] Byrs nǚ shì hái biǎo shì, jì huà jiāng zēng jiā xué xiào gōng yǎng fāng àn.
[03:41.46] tā hái biǎo shì huái yùn qī hé bǔ rǔ qī fù nǚ de yuán zhù gōng chéng
[03:46.85] jiāng zài jiàn kāng zhōng xīn hé yī yuàn zhú bù fā zhǎn qǐ lái.
[03:50.58] zhè shì lái zì měi guó zhī yīn màn sù yīng yǔ de jiào yù bào dào,
[03:55.82] wǒ shì June Simms.