Lesson 6 Children’s Welfare in China
中國兒童福利狀況
A senior United Nations Children’s Fund( UNICEF) official on May 29 praised China for its remarkable achievements in children’s welfare.
聯合國兒童基金會的一位高級官員于5月29日贊揚了中國在兒童福利方面取得的非凡成就。
H.M.Farook,UNICEF’s operations area officer for China and Mongolia,
聯合國兒童基金會中國和蒙古地區工作官員H。M。
said that China: can be very satisfied to tell the Whole world what can be done with limited resource
法魯克先生說中國“可以滿意地告訴全世界自己如何依靠有限的資源
to help its children to grow healthily and happily.
幫助兒童健康 快樂地成長。
China’s child population makes up one-fifth of the world’s total.
中國兒童占世界占世界總數的五分之一。
The reason behind the tremendous achievement is China’s long tradition of caring for children both at home and in society.
他說;能取得巨大成就的原因在于中國家庭與社會愛護兒童的悠久傳統。
he said.What’s more. Chinese people have always given special at tention to children who are in special need.
此外,中國人一直給予有特殊需要的兒童以特別的關注
The UN official made the remarks when addressing a group of 50 children and staff from the Beijing Children’s Welfare Home at the Shangri-la Hotel. Beijing.
這位聯合國官員是在北京香格里拉飯店給北京兒童福利院的50名孩子和工作人員講話時發表的這些見解。
The hotel invited the orphans to share snacks. sing. dance and play games at a park inside the hotel for a Share the Sunshine.
作為兒童節慶祝活動的序幕,飯店邀請孤兒們在店內的一個公園參加“分享陽光”晚會,
party, which served as a prelude to celebrations to mark the Children’s Day.
一起吃點心、唱歌、跳舞、做游戲。
Pre-school Education
學前教育
When do children start school in your country?
在你們國家,小孩什么時候開始上學?
Normally at six. Before that,they spend several years in the kindergarten or pre-school education center.
通常是6歲,上學之前,孩子們上幾的幼兒園或是學前教育中心。
But that’s only in the cities, isn’t it?
但只是在城市情況才是如此,不是嗎?
Right. In the countryside, things are more complicated.
對。農村的情況要復雜一些。
Can kids in the countryside get equally good benefits and education like those in the cities?
農村的孩子也能像城市的孩子一樣得到很好的福利和教育嗎?
It depends. In some poor, underdeveloped areas, children’s education is a problem.
這要看情況,在一些貧窮,不發達的地區,孩子們的教育是個問題,
Many kids cannot afford to go to school.
很多孩子都上不起學。
Pre-school Education
學前教育
When do children start school in your country?
在你們國家,小孩什么時候開始上學?
Normally at six. Before that, they spend several years in the kindergarten or pre-school education center.
通常是6歲,上學之前,孩子們上幾的幼兒園或是學前教育中心。
But that’s only in the cities, isn’t it?
但只是在城市情況才是如此,不是嗎?
Right. In the countryside, things are more complicated.
對。農村的情況要復雜一些。
Can kids in the countryside get equally good benefits and education like those in the cities?
農村的孩子也能像城市的孩子一樣得到很好的福利和教育嗎?
It depends. In some poor, underdeveloped areas, children’s education is a problem.
這要看情況,在一些貧窮,不發達的地區,孩子們的教育是個問題,
Many kids cannot afford to go to school.
很多孩子都上不起學。