讓世界美好的英語作文
Making a Difference: Tanya Pinto
This is the VOA Special English Development Report:
In two thousand five, Tanya Pinto was a successful young businesswoman in Dallas, Texas. But she decided to take three months off from work at an advertising company to visit her birthplace, India.
She volunteered at Mother Teresa's home for orphans in Kolkata. She also traveled, and saw children in great need.
TANYA PINTO: "And that experience was life changing. And that's why I decided to start a charity."
She returned to her job in Texas and began Baal Dan Charities. In Hindi, the name means "child donation."
India has an estimated eighteen million poor children. Some charity workers say the conditions on the streets are, if anything, worse than those shown in the film "Slumdog Millionaire." Many children depend on international charity projects like Baal Dan.
At first, Baal Dan provided street children with clothes. Today, the organization gives money to orphanages, schools and local projects. The money provides food, medicine, schoolbooks and some education. The work is centered in Kolkata, Hyderabad and Kerala province.
Tanya Pinto started her project with small donations from friends and co-workers.
TANYA PINTO: "I would pass them in the hallway and they would say, 'Hey, the next time you go back to India, here is twenty dollars, here is fifty dollars, here is ten dollars for the children.'"
Today, Baal Dan has other financial supporters in the United States. People organize events to raise money. A restaurant in Dallas donates money whenever anyone orders "Tacos for a Cause."
In the next several years, Tanya Pinto hopes to begin sponsoring an orphanage. She visits India as often as she can while working full-time at the advertising company. Her last trip was in May.
TANYA PINTO: "I will take the children on an outing as well. I will take them to the zoo or to the park. And so I'll do things that are really fun activities, because these are children who are living in unimaginable poverty. So I like to bring some fun into their lives."
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She talks about a trip when she visited a care center operated by a local group that her charity has helped. Two boys recognized her. They had met her at a shelter at a railway station the year before. The children, she says, were rescued from the streets and were doing well.
Tanya Pinto says you do not have to be wealthy or well known to help others.
TANYA PINTO: "Even if you are not a celebrity, if you are not rich, if you are not famous, you can do something to help make this world a better place."
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And that's the VOA Special English Development Report, written by Jerilyn Watson, with Gregg Flakus in Dallas. You can find transcripts and podcasts of our reports at voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Steve Ember.
2005年，Tanya Pinto是得克薩斯州達(dá)拉斯一名成功的女商人。但是她決定向所就職的廣告公司請(qǐng)假三個(gè)月游覽其出生地印度。
她在Kolkata孤兒院“泰瑞沙修女之家”做志愿者。她還旅行和探視了那些亟需幫助的孩子。
Tanya Pinto：“那是改變生活的一次經(jīng)歷。而且那就是我決定開始慈善事業(yè)的原因�！�
她返回得克薩斯的工作崗位并開始了Baal Dan慈善機(jī)構(gòu)。在被印度語中，該名字的意思是“兒童捐助”。
印度大約有1800萬名貧困兒童。一些慈善工作者說，印度街道上的狀況比“貧民窟的百萬富翁”中展示的還要糟糕。許多兒童依靠Baal Dan這樣的慈善機(jī)構(gòu)來生活。
起初，Baal Dan為街道上的兒童提供衣物�，F(xiàn)在，該組織為孤兒院，學(xué)校和當(dāng)?shù)仨?xiàng)目提供資金。這項(xiàng)資金用于提供食物，藥品，課本和一些教育。工作中心位于Kolkata，海得拉巴和喀拉拉邦。
Tanya Pinto最初依靠朋友和同事的小額捐贈(zèng)開始了她的項(xiàng)目。
Tanya Pinto：“我在大廳遇到他們的時(shí)候他們會(huì)說，‘下次你去印度的時(shí)候，我給20美元，他給50美元，另外一個(gè)給10美元，都帶給孩子們。’”
今天，Tanya Pinto在美國有了其他的經(jīng)濟(jì)支持者。人們會(huì)舉辦一些活動(dòng)來籌款。在達(dá)拉斯一家餐館，每當(dāng)人們點(diǎn)"Tacos for a Cause"這道菜時(shí)餐館都會(huì)捐款。
在接下來的幾年，Tanya Pinto希望開始資助孤兒院。她在廣告公司工作的.同時(shí)盡可能多的訪問印度。她最后一次印度之行是在五月份。
Tanya Pinto：“我會(huì)帶孩子們?nèi)ソ加巍Ｎ視?huì)帶他們?nèi)?dòng)物園或公園。我還會(huì)舉辦一些真正有趣的活動(dòng)，因?yàn)檫@些孩子居住在無法想象的貧困中。所以我希望給他們的生活帶來一些樂趣。”
她談到了參觀一個(gè)由她的慈善機(jī)構(gòu)幫助的當(dāng)?shù)亟M織時(shí)的情景。兩個(gè)男孩認(rèn)出了她。他們一年前曾在火車站一個(gè)庇護(hù)所見過她。她說，這兩個(gè)孩子被從街道上救援出來，現(xiàn)在狀況很好。
Tanya Pinto說，要幫助他人不一定要非常富有，也不一定非常出名。
Tanya Pinto：“即使你不是明星，即使你不是富翁，即使你不出名，你也可以做一些事情來讓世界更加美好�！�
1.birthplace n. 誕生地
例句：Philadelphia is the birthplace of the United States.
費(fèi)城是美國的誕生地。
2.charity n. 慈悲,博愛,慈善團(tuán)體,施舍
例句：She gave the beggar some money out of charity.
她出于慈善給乞丐一些錢。
3.estimated adj. 估計(jì)的
例句：The medicare cost is estimated to be one billion dollars.
老年醫(yī)療保健費(fèi)用估計(jì)為十億美元。
4.raise v.升起,舉起,喚起,提高,使出現(xiàn),使復(fù)活,提出,籌集；養(yǎng)育
例句：The farmer raises chickens and corn.
農(nóng)夫養(yǎng)雞和種植玉米。
5.sponsor v. 發(fā)起,贊助,倡議
例句：The company sponsored several TV programs.
這家公司為幾個(gè)電視節(jié)目提供了贊助。
6.outing n. 郊游,遠(yuǎn)足
例句：I hope you enjoyed your outing.
我希望你們郊游玩得很痛快。
7.unimaginable a. 不可思議的
例句：It is unimaginable that he is an unhonest man.
他竟然是個(gè)不誠實(shí)的人是不可思議的。
1.But she decided to take three months off from work at an advertising company to visit her birthplace, India.
take off拿掉,取消,脫衣,起飛,減弱,離開,岔開,復(fù)制
例句：The plane 's taking off. Please fasten your seat belt.
飛機(jī)起飛了。請(qǐng)系好安全帶。
Good news took a load off my mind.
這個(gè)好消息卸去了我心頭的重?fù)?dān)。
She took two days off work.
她休了兩天假。
2.She volunteered at Mother Teresa's home for orphans in Kolkata. She also traveled, and saw children in great need.
in need 在急需時(shí),在貧困時(shí),在危難中
例句：Nothing is dearer to a man than a friend in need.
患難之交最可貴。
3.And that's why I decided to start a charity.
表語從句
名詞性從句在be等系動(dòng)詞后作表語時(shí)被稱為表語從句， 例如： The problem is how we can get the things we need.問題是我們?cè)鯓幽芘轿覀冃枰臇|西。(how 在表語從句中充當(dāng)方式狀語)// The scissors are not what I need. 這把剪刀不是我所需要的。(what 在表語從句中充當(dāng)賓語)// What I told him was that I would find him a good play. 我告訴他的是我會(huì)給他找個(gè)好劇本。(what在主語從句中作直接賓語， that作為表語從句的引導(dǎo)詞在該表語從句中不充當(dāng)句子成分， 不能省略)// That is what I want to tell you.那就是我想要對(duì)你講的。(what在表語從句中充當(dāng)直接賓語)// That is why she failed to pass the exam. 那就是她考試不及格的原因。(why 在表語從句中充當(dāng)原因狀語)
注意： “That is why...”是常用句型， 意為“這就是……的原因/因此……”， 其中why引導(dǎo)的名詞性從句在句中作表語， 該句型通常用于針對(duì)前面已經(jīng)說明過的原因進(jìn)行總結(jié)， 又如： That is why you see this old woman before you know, Jeanne. 珍妮， 這就是現(xiàn)在這個(gè)老太婆出現(xiàn)在你面前的原因。(前文提到Jeanne對(duì)老婦人顯得蒼老憔悴深感詫異， 說話人對(duì)她講述了其中的原因之后，用這一句來進(jìn)行概括)。// That is why I came. 這就是我來的原因。
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