（聽力口語表達(dá)系列）

主題：Global Problems?（全球的問題）2

句子1：There are still many regions of the world where children?die of hunger/starvation?(die from not having enough food). Unfortunately,?extreme poverty?is common in the rural areas of?developing countries,?where the population often suffers from?food shortages?(not enough food) and?lack of access to clean water.?

知識(shí)點(diǎn)：

1.?die of hunger/starvation：死于饑餓

2.?extreme poverty：極度貧困

3.?developing countries：發(fā)展中國家

4.?food shortages：糧食短缺

5.?lack of access to clean water：缺乏干凈的水

中文翻譯：

世界上仍有許多地區(qū)的兒童死于饑餓（死于沒有足夠的食物）。不幸的是，極度貧困在發(fā)展中國家的農(nóng)村地區(qū)很普遍，那里的人口經(jīng)常遭受糧食短缺（沒有足夠的食物）和缺乏干凈的水。

句子2：In the cities,?homeless people?sleep on the streets if there is not enough room in local?homeless shelters. There are also many families?on the margins of society?(outside the dominant society and culture) who are?living below the poverty line?and struggle to make ends meet every month. Although many governments create?welfare programs?(programs that give money to poor people) to?alleviate poverty,??the widening gap between rich and poor suggests that poverty may never be completely eradicated.?

知識(shí)點(diǎn)：

1.?homeless people：無家可歸的人

2.?homeless shelters：流浪漢收容所

3.?on the margins of society：社會(huì)的邊緣

4.??living below the poverty line：生活在貧困線以下

5.?welfare programs：福利計(jì)劃

6.?alleviate poverty：緩解貧困

中文翻譯：

在城市里，如果當(dāng)?shù)?span id="s0sssss00s" class="color-pink-03">無家可歸者（流浪漢）收容所沒有足夠的空間的話，無家可歸的人就會(huì)露宿街頭。還有許多處于社會(huì)邊緣（主流社會(huì)和文化之外）的家庭，他們生活在貧困線以下，每個(gè)月只能勉強(qiáng)維持生計(jì)。盡管許多政府制定了福利計(jì)劃（給窮人錢的計(jì)劃）來緩解貧困，但貧富差距的擴(kuò)大表明貧困可能永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)被完全消除。