节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-07-05
难易度:Medium
关键字:pregnant, multiple, household, grateful, supervision, coordinate
Today we are continuing our article on Christian Salvation Service, a wonderful
organization that helps women and children in crisis.
Today we've been learning a little bit about Alison, one of the many children
that they helped to be adopted into a wonderful family.
We found out that her mother found herself pregnant after going to live at a
factory.
And then Alison was adopted by a wonderful loving family and now helps children
in her office, in her workplace.
Well, we have another person we'd like to learn about in the next part of our
article today - Susanna.
(Music).
Christian Salvation Service Celebrates Life.
Susanna - born in 1987, lives in Sweden.
One of five children in a single-parent family, the teenage girl was taken to
the hospital by her mother.
Only when premature labor began did the family realize the girl was pregnant.
At birth, the hospital referred the 1600 gram baby, Susanna, to CSS for care.
Adopted by a family from Sweden, Susanna grew up in a loving household with her
brother, adopted from Vietnam.
Now she seeks to tell her birth family how grateful she is.
She feels they were brave, or desperate, to give her a chance.
Well, I would be grateful as well.
Let's go to the beginning here talking about Susanna.
She was born in 1987 and lives in Sweden.
Carolyn, have you ever been to Sweden?
I have not been to Sweden, but my brother has.
He actually went there on a mission trip.
Well, that's really cool.
I would be interested in visiting there as well.
Susanna lives here.
One of five children in a single-parent family, the teenage girl was taken to
the hospital by her mother.
All right, so a single-parent family.
That means she was living with either her mom or her dad, not both of them.
That's right.
And we see that it was her mother who took her to the hospital.
Only when premature labor began did the family realize the girl was pregnant.
Well, this sounds like a very scary situation, especially when there is
premature labor.
We learned yesterday from Paula that if something is premature, then it is
happening before its time.
It's not time for labor to happen, and so it is called premature.
And there's a really great phrase in this sentence: only when something did
something happen.
That's right.
So they didn't realize that she was pregnant until they took her to the
hospital.
Only when premature labor began did this happen.
Let's use this phrase in another way, OK?
You could say we wanted to see the lion at the zoo.
But only when we left did the lion come out into the area where you could see
it.
Only when we left did it come out.
Oh, that's too bad.
You missed seeing the lion.
Well, you could also use this phrase: Only when it started raining did I
remember I left my umbrella at home.
Oh, goodness.
You don't want to forget your umbrella if it's raining outside.
Well, it's time for us right now to go and enjoy some time with Steve and Ken in
the Information Cloud because they have something they want to share with us
about this word "realize".
Hi, friends.
Have you ever wondered how is realizing something different from knowing
something?
Good question, Steve.
When translated into Chinese, both words have very similar meanings.
But there is a difference between to know and to realize.
And the difference is time.
That's right, Ken.
Knowing is long-term while realizing takes place in a very short instance.
If I say, for example, I know who I love, then that means I've had this
knowledge for a long time.
Right. You've always perceived or understood this fact.
But if I say I realize who I love, it's more of a revelation.
Right. It's like you suddenly grasped or understood something clearly.
It's like being hit over the head.
It's what we call an "a-ha" moment, something dawns on you.
I just realize she's the one I love after all these years working alongside her.
Good example.
It may take you a while to come to a realization.
But you cannot actively realize something for a long period of time.
Knowing something, on the other hand, you can.
So knowing something describes a steady state.
However, realizing something is to transition from a state of ignorance to a
state of knowledge.
Very well said.
(Chinese).
Well, I'm glad that we now know the difference between know and realize.
Continuing in our article:
At birth, the hospital referred the 1,600 gram baby, Susanna, to CSS for care.
So this baby was very, very small - 1,600 grams.
That's right.
Now of course, she had an adopted family in Sweden.
We're going to learn about that right now.
Adopted by a family from Sweden, Susanna grew up in a loving household with her
brother, adopted from Vietnam.
So she's not the only one in this family who is adopted.
She has a brother adopted from Vietnam.
Let's take a look at a key word there.
It is "household." Here we're talking about a loving household.
And when you see a household written like this, it basically means family.
That's right.
It means the people who are living together as a family, so.
You could ask: How many people are in your household?
How many people are in your family that live with you?
And I hope you have a loving family, that you grew up in a loving household.
Of course, I think that is very important.
And if someone is willing to adopt children, I think that is an act of love.
Already there is love in that household.
So now there's someone, Susanna from Taiwan and her brother adopted from
Vietnam.
That's right. And we find out a little bit more about Susanna.
Now she seeks to tell her birth family how grateful she is.
And we'll look at that word "grateful." It means that she is very, very
thankful.
She wants to show how much she loves them and how thankful she is.
It's good to be grateful.
It's good to have a grateful attitude, good to have a grateful spirit.
And I do wonder what you are grateful for.
What kinds of things in your life are you grateful for?
I think you should talk about those in English.
That would be good practice.
Yes. So I am very grateful for God's love for me.
And Susanna is very grateful to her birth parents.
She feels they were brave, or desperate, to give her a chance.
They really wanted her to have a good life.
That's right.
It says "brave or desperate." Maybe Susanna is not sure if they were really
brave or if they were desperate.
But either way, they wanted to give her a chance at life.
So now she can celebrate life.
Well, it's time right now for us to watch a special video about CSS.
And then we'll join Michelle in the Language Lab.
A child is not able to choose the family it is born into.
Even though these adorable babies might face a very different fate from most
people, "love" can change their future.
Christian Salvation Service was established in 1983.
It upholds the believes that "Every life is equally precious," and "Where there
is love, there is home.".
CSS helps repair the tremendous cracks in these children's lives with a
far-reaching love.
Due to constant efforts, more than 1,800 children have been rescued.
The organization helps weak and vulnerable babies to face the many challenges of
life and its imperfections.
Christian Salvation Service Co-founder Hsieh Hui-chen.
"The children in our Mu-En Hallway House came to us through different channels.
Many were referred to us by the government or by social workers in hospitals.
Some were referred to CSS by other social-welfare organizations.
These children have various health conditions resulting from premature births or
other illnesses including lung diseases and congenital defects.
Some of them came from families with mental illness or retardation.
Some with parents addicted to drugs.
The various needs of these children must be met, such as 24 hour a day care,
food and supplies as well as the need to go to the hospital for examinations,
physical therapy or even surgery.
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The children's many needs can only be met with all of our support so that each
and everyone of them can get the most appropriate assistance,
a forever home and a bright future.".
OK.
(Chinese).
And let's return to our teachers now.
Well, today we've learned about two kids who were adopted out with the help of
Christian Salvation Service.
And of course, this organization has been around for 30 years, and many things
have changed over the last 30 years.
Carolyn, do you know anything that has changed over the last 30 years?
Well, one thing that has changed is the adoption law here in Taiwan.
If you want to adopt, you have to go through a special organization like CSS.
You can no longer do private adoptions through a court.
OK. That is one very significant change.
If you are interested in more about CSS, you can visit their website:
csstaipei.org.
You should do that if you are interested in learning more.
And of course, we have more for you on this tomorrow, so please come back right
here to Studio Classroom.
See you then.