Let me tell you about Beatrice Biira.
下面這個故事有關碧翠斯,比拉.
Beatrice was living in Uganda
碧翠斯住在烏干達,
near the Congo border,
剛果邊界附近,
and like Dai Manju, she didn't go to school.
和戴曼君一樣,她失學了。
Actually, she had never been to school,
其實她從未去過學校,
not to a lick, one day.
一點都沒有。
Her parents, again, said,
她的父母也說,
"Why should we spend the money on her?
“我們為什么要在她身上花錢?
She's going to spend most of her life lugging water back and forth."
她這輩子都只需要來來回回運水。”
Well, it just so happens, at that time,
那時候她確實只是來來回回運水。
there was a group in Connecticut
在康涅狄格州有一個團體,
called the Niantic Community Church Group in Connecticut.
名為“康涅狄格州奈安蒂克教會”。
They made a donation to an organization
他們給一個
based in Arkansas
位于阿肯色州德名為“小母牛”的
called Heifer International.
國際慈善組織捐款。
Heifer sent two goats to Africa.
“小母牛”送了兩頭山羊去非洲。
One of them ended up with Beatrice's parents,
其中一頭最后給了碧翠斯的父母。
and that goat had twins.
那頭山羊后來生了雙胞胎。
The twins started producing milk.
雙胞胎小山羊開始產奶。
They sold the milk for cash.
他們賣山羊奶賺錢。
The cash started accumulating,
錢越來越多,
and pretty soon the parents said,
有一天她父母說,
"You know, we've got enough money. Let's send Beatrice to school."
“既然我們有了足夠的錢,就送碧翠斯去上學吧。”
So at nine years of age,
所以在她九歲時,
Beatrice started in first grade --
碧翠斯開始讀小學一年級--
after all, she'd never been to a lick of school --
完全從頭開始--
with a six year-old.
和一群六歲的孩子一起。
No matter, she was just delighted to be in school.
盡管如此她非常高興。
She rocketed to the top of her class.
她很快趕上進度并成為了最好的學生。
She stayed at the top of her class
她始終保持著第一名,
through elementary school, middle school,
小學,中學,
and then in high school,
一直到高中,
she scored brilliantly on the national examinations
她在全國統考中考了非常棒的分數,
so that she became the first person in her village,
于是她成為他們村子里,
ever, to come to the United States
第一個拿獎學金,
on scholarship.
來到美國的人。
Two years ago,
兩年前,
she graduated from Connecticut College.
她從康奈迪格學院畢業了。
On the day of her graduation,
畢業那天,
she said, "I am the luckiest girl alive
她說,“我如此幸運地活著,
because of a goat."
多虧一頭山羊。”
And that goat was $120.
那頭山羊價值120美金。