VOA慢速英语2016--美国评出全球十大青年领袖
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2016年VOA慢速英语(四)月
AS IT IS 2016-04-22 US Recognizes 10 Global Youth Leaders 美国评出全球十大青年领袖
The United States government honored ten young people from around the world on Wednesday.
The State Department praised the winners of the first-ever Global Emerging Young Leaders Award for making positive social change.
Next month, the winners will visit the U.S. to attend a leadership program and meet with people who can support their work.
Here are the winners:
Basel Almadhoun, from the Palestinian territories, launched a debate club for young people in Gaza. He says the group gives teenagers a way to express their opinions and change their way of thinking.
Hillary Briffa, from Malta, helped lead a campaign against violent extremism. She has also led after-school programs on conflict resolution.
Jessel Recinos Fernandez of Honduras was raised in a city that has been called “the murder capital of the world.” Soon after becoming a gang member, he was shot. He later founded Skate Brothers, an organization that helps young people avoid gangs.
Samuel Grzybowski, from France, founded Coexister, a group that invites young people with different religious beliefs to come together. The hashtag of the group’s members, #NousSommesUnis (We are united), was the most re-tweeted French hashtag after the terror attacks on Paris last November.
Asha Hassan, from Kenya, is an ethnic 1 Somali. She uses youth-led groups to improve contacts among ethnic clans 2 in her home community. She teaches children the value of life and warns them of the dangers of joining extremist groups.
Ahmad Shakib Mohsanyar, from Afghanistan, founded a social media campaign called "Afghanistan Needs You." The campaign is aimed at disputing the idea that young people need to leave Afghanistan for a better life.
Ahlem Nasraoui of Tunisia started a Peace Mediators program to oppose terrorism and extremism. The program teaches young people leadership, arts and mediation 3 skills. She also helps women and girls set up their own businesses.
Nino Nanitashvili, from Georgia, uses new technology to help support peace building and development. She leads a group for women in technology. She has spoken in parliament and at Google’s headquarters in California about how technology can improve civic 4 life.
Thinzar Shunlei Yi, from Myanmar, works for Burma’s National Youth Congress and the National Youth Network. She also helped organize the ASEAN Youth Forum 5. She also held a United Nations International Youth Day event that raised awareness 6 about mental health issues.
Zulfirman Rahyantel, from Indonesia, organized discussions about hatred 7, loss and other feelings among people in Ambon. The city experienced 10 years of violence between opposing religious groups.
Words in This Story
positive - adj. useful or good
club - n. a group of people who meet to take part in an activity
teenager - n. someone between 13 and 19 years old
gang - n. a group of criminals; a group of young people who often do illegal things together
mediation - n. intervention between conflicting sides in support of a settlement or compromise
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
- There are many clans in European countries. 欧洲国家有很多党派。
- The women were the great power among the clans [gentes], as everywhere else. 妇女在克兰〈氏族〉里，乃至一般在任何地方，都有很大的势力。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源
- The dispute was settled by mediation of the third country. 这场争端通过第三国的斡旋而得以解决。
- The dispute was settled by mediation. 经调解使争端得以解决。
- I feel it is my civic duty to vote.我认为投票选举是我作为公民的义务。
- The civic leaders helped to forward the project.市政府领导者协助促进工程的进展。
- They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
- The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
- There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
- Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。