节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2012-08-14
难易度:Low
关键字:profit, poverty, escape, take care of, red-light district, orphanage
Welcome back, everybody.
Friends, you can help the Trade Justice Mission and make a positive difference
in the world by logging on to okoajewelry.org and buying a piece of jewelry.
Every purchase helps a woman climb out of her life of poverty; and international
orders are welcome.
OK. Let's finish up the lesson with this final reading, Providing hope for the
women, on line 11.
(Music).
The Trade Justice Mission.
Providing hope for the women.
Jimmie from the Philippines has worked in the red-light district since her
teens.
But now TJM has provided her with a possible escape from her old life.
Mariyati from Sumatra comes from a very poor family with seven children.
They couldn't take care of her, so she had to go to an orphanage.
Mariyati says, "I am hopeful that being part of the Okoa Jewelry co-op will open
up more opportunities for me.".
That's what the Rosenbergs hope for needy women everywhere.
All right, friends.
Now you've seen how the Trade Justice Mission works, how this actually helps all
of these women that are in poverty and in need.
But what else does this provide these women other than just money?
Well, it provides women with hope for the future.
So if you have hope, that means you are looking forward to.
You think that it can be better, and you are excited about it.
OK. So we're going to take a look at a few stories of women who have been helped
from the Trade Justice Mission.
The first woman her name is Jimmie.
That's right.
Now Jimmie is from the Philippines and has worked in the red-light district
since her teens.
Now the "red-light district" is a specific part of a city usually in a poor part
of town.
Usually in larger cities that there is illegal trading going on, usually having
to do with human trafficking and prostitution.
So that's sex slavery industry we've talked about before.
That's right, friends.
There are a lot of brothels, a lot of sex shops.
It's a very dirty part of town.
And so she was there since her teens, since she was between the age of 12 to 18.
That's right.
So she was very young when she went into it and has been there a while.
But now that TJM has provided her with a possible escape from her old life, she
can move on.
She doesn't have to work in the red-light district.
Women often do work in these areas just because it's the only way they know how
to make money, or how to make a larger amount of money.
But TJM has provided her a new opportunity.
That's right.
I think that's an important point, friends,
is that many of these women that work in the red-light districts have to work
there because there's no other way for them to make money.
So that's why the Trade Justice Mission has given Jimmie hope.
She's able to escape.
That's right.
She can "escape." That means to get away from, to get away from her worries and
her cares and her problems and everything that is unpleasant, unwanted.
This is her way out of something.
Exactly. Like we learned before the break, it's her way out of trouble.
Now we've seen her story, Jimmie's story, and it's very touching.
But there's someone else here.
Her name is Mariyati.
Now Mariyati comes from Sumatra and comes from a very poor family with seven
children.
Ooh. OK.
So this makes things more difficult for her parents because there are seven kids
for them to take care of.
Now what does it mean if you take care of someone?
Well, when you "take care of" them, that means you provide for their needs.
You are providing a home, food, clothing, water, shelter, these basic needs.
And usually taking care of someone means there is love and tenderness involved
as well.
Yeah. I might use the word "support" here.
To support someone, give them what they need.
So her parents couldn't take care of her, so she had to go to an orphanage.
That's right.
Sometimes when poor families have a lot of children, they can't take care of all
of them.
They can only provide for some of them.
So those other children have to go to an orphanage.
And an "orphanage" is a home for children without families.
That's right.
Now Mariyati says: I'm hopeful that being part of the Okoa Jewelry co-op will
open up more opportunities for me.
That's right.
Growing up in an orphanage usually means her future would not be very hopeful
because she doesn't have anything.
She doesn't come with any money or family background, so it would be difficult.
But with TJM, she has a new hope for a better future.
Right. She wants to have more opportunities open up for her.
That means they will be provided for her or given to her.
And of course, the founder of Trade Justice Mission, the Rosenbergs, that's what
they hope for needy women everywhere.
That's right.
One woman at a time is how they're helping them, and countries all over the
world where women really are needy.
They have great needs and have... need someone to help them out, and TJM is
doing that.
And I think this is a great opportunity, something you could support, friends,
by buying their jewelry and giving back to help these needy women.
Absolutely.
Now friends, let's visit the Chat Room.
Hey, Ken.
Did somebody send you a letter?
Oh yeah.
I hardly ever get real mail anymore.
This letter is from my friend who lives in Philippine.
Uh, it's Philippines, plural.
Oh, OK.
This letter is from my friend who lives in Philippines.
The Philippines.
The Philippines?
What else do you have to correct?
Nothing else, Ken.
Good.
So why do I have to put "the" in front of Philippines?
Because Philippines is a plural noun.
We use the definite article "the" with countries that have plural nouns as their
names like The Netherlands or The Bahamas.
So countries that have singular nouns don't need the definite article?
That's right.
We don't say The China or The England, do we?
No. We just say China and England.
Right.
But the definite article is always used for countries whose names are
descriptions of a form of a state rather than being purely geographical.
So we have to say The People's Republic of China and The United Kingdom.
So "kingdom" is also a form of a state.
That's right.
So is the word "republic." That's why we say The Czech Republic.
So when do we use a country's official name?
When you're discussing politics, you should use a country's official name.
For example, the United States decided to raise the tax on gasoline.
But when discussing nature or geography, we are more likely to say: the birds of
North America.
Oh. I didn't know that.
Well, I should write a letter back to my friend who lives in The Philippines.
Good. You do that.
(Chinese).
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.
(Chinese).
And I guess that's it for today.
Goodbye and take care.
OK. After traveling to a few different developing countries, Eric and Susan
Rosenberg were inspired to start the Trade Justice Mission,
a nonprofit organization that helps destitute women break the chains of poverty.
They do it by training these women to make jewelry, which is then sold at a fair
price on the Okoa Jewelry website.
When Okoa business grows, the co-ops are able to bring in more women.
So check out the website and consider buying a beautiful piece of jewelry.
It's for a great cause.
Friends, have a great Tuesday.
And we'll see you all tomorrow.
Bye-bye.