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JUDY WOODRUFF: There are many things we take for granted in the U.S. Tonight's Brief But Spectacular features Gertrude Kabwazi, the country director for a nonprofit that is working to help people deal with COVID-19 and break the cycle of poverty in Malawi.

GERTRUDE KABWAZI, Yamba Malawi: I am in Malawi, which is situated in the southern part of Africa. The poverty levels in this country are very high. Almost 52 percent of the population is living under a dollar a day. These people are suffering more with COVID-19 because they are communities that were already struggling. I work for an organization called Yamba Malawi. Our mission is to uplift the lives of vulnerable children by empowering communities to break the cycle of poverty. Having grown in the village myself, I understand the challenges that people in the rural communities face every single day. Malawi was very late to recognize COVID cases, simply because we didn't have the facilities to test, but also because many people in Malawi do not have access to information. It was very difficult for those people who are in remote areas to understand what COVID is, but even what to do when they're infected. Nine out of 10 households do not have soap. And most of the community members do not have access to running water, clean water. They live in a one-room house. And there may be six to 10 members in that house. So, isolation will be practically impossible. We are fearing that even the small gains that have been made through programs like Yamba Malawi, they are going to be eroded by the impact of the COVID-19. Their savings are only minimal, and those savings can not last them that long. The community members themselves, they're geared up to contribute something to deal with COVID-19 in whatever way they would love to. The households that have something, they want to share with the other households that do not have something. So, it gives me hope that we are all more united than ever. My name is Gertrude Kabwazi. This is my Brief But Spectacular take on empowering the people of Malawi during COVID-19.

重点解析

1.poverty line 贫困线

If you really think about it, we have zero income and are living below the poverty level.
假如你真的想一下，我们的收入为零，生活在贫困线下dZc|V5NHa9ItQ=^FF(72。

2.have access to 使进入

They now have access to the mass markets of Japan and the UK.
他们现在进入了日本和英国的大众市场y)VizjLtPIGuUC7Z7O)f。

3.running water 自来水

Rinse the vegetables under cold running water
用凉的自来水清洗这些蔬菜j^96qO+xP*&。

4.contribute to 是...原因

Human error may have been a contributing factor.
人为的失误可能是一个起作用的因素J6=#Qozf%%[n[Pu。

5.every single day 每一天

I take it around the city with me every single day and it's held up nicely.
我和我周围的城市每一天它和它的举起很好FJRYvZ#WtW0.K|F。

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