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 . I'm Steve Ember.
2005年，Tanya Pinto是得克薩斯州達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假三個月遊覽其出生地印度。
她在Kolkata孤兒院“泰瑞沙修女之家”做志願者。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歷。而且那就是我決定開始慈善事業的原因。”
她返回得克薩斯的工作崗位並開始了Baal Dan慈善機構。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。一些慈善工作者説，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`慈善機構來生活。
起初，Baal Dan為街道上的兒童提供衣物。現在，該組織為孤兒院，學校和當地項目提供資金。這項資金用於提供食物，藥品，課本和一些教育。工作中心位於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開始了她的項目。
Tanya Pinto：“我在大廳遇到他們的時候他們會説，‘下次你去印度的時候，我給20美元，他給50美元，另外一個給10美元，都帶給孩子們。’”
今天，Tanya Pinto在美國有了其他的經濟支持者。人們會舉辦一些活動來籌款。在達拉斯一家餐館，每當人們點"Tacos for a Cause"這道菜時餐館都會捐款。
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儘可能多的訪問印度。她最後一次印度之行是在五月份。
Tanya Pinto：“我會帶孩子們去郊遊。我會帶他們去動物園或公園。我還會舉辦一些真正有趣的活動，因為這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。”
她談到了參觀一個由她的慈善機構幫助的當地組織時的情景。兩個男孩認出了她。他們一年前曾在火車站一個庇護所見過她。她説，這兩個孩子被從街道上救援出來，現在狀況很好。
Tanya Pinto説，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。”
hplace n. 誕生地
例句：Philadelphia is the birthplace of the United States.
費城是美國的誕生地。
ity n. 慈悲,博愛,慈善團體,施捨
例句：She gave the beggar some money out of charity.
她出於慈善給乞丐一些錢。
mated adj. 估計的
例句：The medicare cost is estimated to be one billion dollars.
老年醫療保健費用估計為十億美元。
e v.升起,舉起,喚起,提高,使出現,使復活,提出,籌集；養育
例句：The farmer raises chickens and corn.
農夫養雞和種植玉米。
sor v. 發起,贊助,倡議
例句：The company sponsored several TV programs.
這家公司為幾個電視節目提供了贊助。
ng n. 郊遊,遠足
例句：I hope you enjoyed your outing.
我希望你們郊遊玩得很痛快。
aginable a. 不可思議的
例句：It is unimaginable that he is an unhonest man.
他竟然是個不誠實的人是不可思議的。
she decided to take three months off from work at an advertising company to visit her birthplace, India.
take off拿掉,取消,脱衣,起飛,減弱,離開,岔開,複製
例句：The plane 's taking off. Please fasten your seat belt.
飛機起飛了。請繫好安全帶。
Good news took a load off my mind.
這個好消息卸去了我心頭的重擔。
She took two days off work.
她休了兩天假。
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,在貧困時,在危難中
例句：Nothing is dearer to a man than a friend in need.
患難之交最可貴。
that's why I decided to start a charity.
表語從句
名詞性從句在be等系動詞後作表語時被稱為表語從句， 例如： The problem is how we can get the things we need.問題是我們怎樣能弄到我們需要的東西。(how 在表語從句中充當方式狀語)// The scissors are not what I need. 這把剪刀不是我所需要的。(what 在表語從句中充當賓語)// What I told him was that I would find him a good play. 我告訴他的是我會給他找個好劇本。(what在主語從句中作直接賓語， that作為表語從句的引導詞在該表語從句中不充當句子成分， 不能省略)// That is what I want to tell you.那就是我想要對你講的。(what在表語從句中充當直接賓語)// 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引導的名詞性從句在句中作表語， 該句型通常用於針對前面已經説明過的原因進行總結， 又如： That is why you see this old woman before you know, Jeanne. 珍妮， 這就是現在這個老太婆出現在你面前的原因。(前文提到Jeanne對老婦人顯得蒼老憔悴深感詫異， 説話人對她講述了其中的原因之後，用這一句來進行概括)。// That is why I came. 這就是我來的原因。
