节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2012-08-13
难易度:Low
关键字:justice, mission, prompt, nonprofit, volunteer, human trafficking,
HIV-positive, cooperative [co-op]
Hi, everybody.
Welcome to Studio Classroom.
Thanks for taking time out of your busy day to study English with us.
We appreciate that.
My name is Steve.
Well, poverty is a terrible thing.
It can drive good people to do illegal and immoral things.
Take prostitution, for example.
It the only way a woman can feed herself and her children is by selling her
body, well, then chances are that's what she'll do.
Well, our ORGANIZATION feature this month introduces us to a couple that has
given poor women facing these tough choices hope and a chance at a better life
through making jewelry.
Let's open our magazines to page 30 and learn about the Trade Justice Mission.
(Music).
The Trade Justice Mission.
This organization provides hope, one piece of jewelry at a time.
Two overseas trips changed American couple Eric and Susan Rosenberg forever.
During a year in the Philippines, the Rosenbergs helped women who were victims
of human trafficking.
Then two years later in 2008, Eric traveled to Zambia, where he worked with
women who were HIV-positive.
The trips exposed the Rosenbergs to real people who were facing real-life
crises.
These experiences prompted the couple to do something to help the world's women
in need.
Hello, everyone.
Thank you for joining us.
My name is Ryan.
And my name is Kaylah.
And today we are in our ORGANIZATIONS article on page 30 in your Studio
Classroom magazine talking about an important organization called the Trade
Justice Mission.
That's right, everyone.
You know that we like to talk about organizations that are making a difference
in the world.
And this organization does that too.
It's called the Trade Justice Mission.
Now Ryan, we've talked about... another organization just recently in Studio
Classroom about another justice mission.
What was that?
Well, that was called the International Justice Mission.
But these two organizations are actually very different.
That's right. Today we're talking about the Trade Justice Mission.
Now let's define what this word "justice" means.
It means the quality of being just or fair.
So it's how fair in life... life can be.
And honestly, life is not very fair to a lot of people.
That's true.
But if you want to hold up justice, that means you want to punish people who are
wrong and help people who are right.
And so you want to be able to make sure that the two people are in the correct
group.
Now this is also a mission.
What is a mission?
Now a "mission" is a special assignment given to a person or a group of people
that are ambitious and have a purpose, and they're trying to accomplish it.
So this organization has a mission, a purpose - to help people find justice.
Yes. They want to provide hope, and it's one piece of jewelry at a time.
Now that might not make sense to you right now.
But let's get into our article and we'll explain how jewelry is a part of this
organization.
That's right.
This organization is all about jewelry, things that are shiny like necklaces
or... wristbands, things like that.
And we'll see how that can bring justice.
Well, let's get started.
Two overseas trips... changed American couple Eric and Susan Rosenberg forever.
So they traveled overseas twice, and it made the difference in their life.
OK. Now they spent a year in the Philippines, and they helped women who were
victims of human trafficking.
Now we've talked about "human trafficking" before.
"Trafficking" is the buying and selling of goods.
So human trafficking is when you sell someone to another person to work as a
slave, or to usually put them into the sex slave industry.
Yeah. It's actually a very terrible industry right now; and it's become
increasingly common.
And so this is actually a great place for people to try and help out these
people in need.
That's right.
It's forcing people into modern-day slavery.
Well, then two years later in 2008, Eric traveled to Zambia, where he worked
with women who were HIV-positive.
Now Ryan, in Januray we talked about AIDS and HIV.
Right. The word "HIV" actually means that you have an infection that causes
AIDS.
And if you're HIV-positive, that means you have that infection.
Well, these trips exposed the Rosenbergs to real-life people who were facing
real-life crises.
Now they "exposed" means it showed them or they experienced people facing
real-life crises.
And crises are extreme problems.
That's right.
Now that is our Grammar on the Go tips.
So let's go visit Liz.
Hello, friends.
I hope you're doing well today.
My name is Liz.
And it's time for Grammar on the Go.
I'm in Zambia today.
And it's here in Zambia that Eric Rosenberg worked with women who were
HIV-positive.
Besides working in Zambia, Eric and Susan Rosenberg were working in the
Philippines.
We read: The trips exposed the Rosenbergs to real people who were facing
real-life crises.
That's our Grammar Tip sentence.
It basically means these trips gave the Rosenbergs a chance to see real people
who were facing real-life crises.
Notice the pattern: to expose somebody to something.
It means to let somebody have the chance to experience something.
"To expose somebody to something" or "to be exposed to something" can be used
when you want to talk about how somebody has the opportunity to go through an
experience or action.
For example:
The two-month summer camp exposed the city kids to life in the mountains.
Or: The young boy has a good sense of rhythm because he was exposed to music at
a very young age.
We can also use this pattern to talk about negative experiences that people go
through.
For example: It is unfortunate that the children in this neighborhood are
exposed to crime at such a young age.
Now friends, if you want to see some more example sentences, they're available
in today's Grammar Tip section in your Studio Classroom magazine.
That's it for today.
This is Liz with Grammar on the Go, signing off, in Zambia.
Bye-bye.
Well, these experiences prompted the couple, the Rosenbergs, to do something to
help the world's women in need, to help these victims.
All right.
Now if someone is "prompted," that means they are inspired to do something.
Something caused them to want to help or do something.
In this case, the Rosenbergs wanted to help the world's women in need.
That's right.
These women that are victims to poverty and to human trafficking, that means
they are forced, they're going through the difficulties of it.
We're going to see what these trips inspired them to do.
But first, let's visit the Chat Room.
Good morning, Ken.
Morning, Bryan.
Ken, you're not going to believe this, but somebody found a jewel in the library
last night.
A jewel? You mean like a necklace or an earring?
No, Ken. You are thinking of jewelry.
Someone found an opal, which is a semi-precious stone.
An opal? And that's a jewel?
OK. Why don't we go to Doris and see if she can explain for us what a jewel is.
OK.
A jewel is a precious stone like a diamond; or a ruby, which is red; or an
emerald, which is green.
They are also called gems and are very costly.
A jewel can also be a semi-precious stone like an amethyst, which is purple; or
an opal, which is cream-colored.
These are also expensive but not as costly as precious stones.
OK, I get it.
What about jewelry?
How is that different from a jewel?
Jewelry is like a necklace or a ring or an earing or a bracelet.
It is often made of silver or gold and has jewels or gems on it.
It is used for adornment, which means to decorate a person.
And we wear jewelry like we wear clothes, right?
Right, Ken.
And when gold or silver has a jewel or several jewels on it, we call that the
setting.
So an engagement ring often has a diamond of some shape on it.
The way the diamond is placed on the ring is called the setting.
Don't we call a person or a thing a "jewel" sometimes?
Yes. A person who is highly thought of or highly esteemed is a jewel.
Also, something that's very precious to you can also be called a jewel.
So what did you do with the jewel that was found?
We turned it over to the police, of course.