2006年VOA标准英语-US Piano Store Gives Donated Pianos to Ken
时间：2019-01-06 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（二月）
By Bill Rodgers
Washington, DC
23 February 2006
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A former Olympic hopeful working in a piano store in Seattle, Washington is helping 1 create much-needed jobs in Kenya. How? By shipping 2 donated pianos to the East African nation where they are refurbished and sold.
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Inside Seattle's Piano Gallery, Kenn Wildes is hard at work tuning 4 pianos.
Wildes did this work in Kenya 15 years ago, while training as an Olympic runner. But a car accident ended this dream. Instead, his other dream to help Kenyans is a reality.
"The pianos will find a very thankful home," he says.
The pianos find homes in Nairobi, Kenya in churches and schools. The store has shipped more than a hundred donated pianos to Nairobi since 2003.
Pianos donated to Kenya
Kenya is a poor country, afflicted 5 by drought and hunger. Jobs are in short supply. But donated pianos can provide work, says storeowner Arnie Tucker. "They want the work because there's 50 percent unemployment in Kenya, and they will work on the inside while neighbors are stripping and finishing the outside, and rebuild that piano so it's marketable."
So, pianos donated by the Seattle community are shipped to Kenya, where they are helping people enjoy a better life, thanks to Kenn Wildes.
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
- We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
- There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。
- a potpourri of tunes 乐曲集锦
- When things get a bit too much, she simply tunes out temporarily. 碰到事情太棘手时，她干脆暂时撒手不管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They are tuning up a plane on the flight line. 他们正在机场的飞机跑道上调试一架飞机。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The orchestra are tuning up. 管弦乐队在定弦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》