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听力文本
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.
The United Nations is warning that Syrian children are suffering as a result of the country's nearly three year-long conflict. It says many children have developed emotional problems, are separated from their parents, and are not in school.
The United Nations says more than 1 million Syrian children are registered with its refugee agency, the UNHCR. Most of them now live in Lebanon and Jordan. These boys and girls may have escaped from the fighting, but they continue to suffer the effects of war.
Syrian refugee children gather around fire near makeshift tents, central Ankara, Oct. 5, 2013.
In a new report, the U.N. agency says 75 percent of the 1,100,000 children it has registered are Under the age of 12. The agency is urging international donors to increase financial support to refugee families. It says the money could in turn help displaced children.
Brian Hansford is a spokesman for the UNHCR.
"It illustrates the immense suffering — we are talking here of psychological distress, withdrawal, anger, loneliness, fractured families and widespread use of child refugees as labor," said Hansford.
The U.N. report noted efforts to keep Syrian refugee children in school, but as of September, it said more than 100,000 of those in Jordan were not attending classes. And it said twice that number could be out of school in Lebanon by the end of the year.
Disabled children are said to be having an even harder time. Many children, especially boys, are out of school because their families need them for work.
Brian Hansford says the report found that 10 percent of Syrian refugee children in the area are working for a living, many work long hours in dangerous conditions.
"One child interviewed, he was burned by hot oil in a restaurant, another cut his hand while fixing a car mirror, and a third was beaten by the son of his boss," Hansford said.
Refugee babies are also at risk, often lacking necessary documents. That is because babies born in Syria are not registered if their families fled the country, or if they were born as refugees in Lebanon or Jordan.
Mr Hansford said, the lack of birth certificate can create problems for these children later in life.
"A birth certificate is a vital document to protect against risks such as statelessness. Without a birth certificate, people can have difficulties later enrolling in schools, or getting health care and other services," Hansford said.
The report also found that many Syrian children are growing up without one or both parents. More than 70,000 Syrian refugee families live without fathers and nearly 4,000 refugee children are living without or are separated from both parents. The U.N. operates centers for these children in refugee camps, the centers provide social services while workers try to reunite the youngsters with relatives.
And that's the Education Report From VOA Learning English, I'm Milagros Ardin.
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词汇解释
1.makeshift n. 权宜之计；凑合；临时措施；将就 adj. 临时的；权宜之计的；凑合的
The makeshift tent answered their purpose.
将就代用的帐篷解决了他们的问题。
2.fractured adj. 断裂的；挫伤的；折裂的 v. 断裂（fracture的过去式）
At least one-third of all women over ninety have sustained a hip fracture.
90岁以上的妇女中至少有1/3遭受过髋骨骨折。
3.enroll vt. 登记；使加入；把...记入名册；使入伍 vi. 参加；登记；注册；记入名册
They enroll him as a member of the club.
他们吸收他为俱乐部会员。
4.youngster n. 年轻人；少年
The youngster has been excused by the law on the ground of his youth.
这个青年由于年轻而受到法律的赦免。
内容解析
1.It says the money could in turn help displaced children.
in turn 反过来；依次，挨个；交替地，轮流地
The students were summoned in turn to be interviewed.
学生依次被召入进行口试。
Theory is based on practice and in turn serves practice.
理论的基础是实践，反过来理论又为实践服务。
2.And it said twice that number could be out of school in Lebanon by the end of the year.
out of school 失学
She dropped out of school to become a waitress.
她退学去当女招待。
At the start of the story, Holden is kicked out of school.
故事一开始, 霍尔顿被勒令退学。
参考译文
这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。
联合国警告说，叙利亚近三年的冲突给该国儿童带来了伤痛。联合国称许多儿童有心理问题，已被从父母身边隔离开，也没有上学。
联合国称100多万叙利亚儿童已在联合国难民署注册登记，他们大多数现在生活在黎巴嫩和约旦，这些男孩和女孩们或许已经逃离战争，但仍遭受战争的影响。
联合国难民署在一份报告中说，在这里登记的110万儿童中有75%的年龄在12岁以下。该机构敦促国际捐赠者为难民家庭增加财政援助，称这些资金可以用来帮助流离失所的儿童。
布赖恩·汉斯福德是联合国难民署的发言人。
“这份报告揭示了沉重的苦难，我们在这里讨论心理困扰、退缩、愤怒、孤独、破碎的家庭以及将儿童难民作为劳工来用。”
这份联合国报告提到为帮助叙利亚儿童留在学校而做出的努力，但称9月份约旦有10万多儿童没有上学，称年底黎巴嫩将有20多万儿童辍学。
据悉残疾儿童的生活更艰难，许多儿童，尤其是男孩子，因为家庭需要而辍学。
布赖恩·汉斯福德说，这份报告发现该地区有10%的叙利亚儿童为生存而工作，许多人在危险条件下长时间工作。
"一位接受采访的儿童在餐馆被热油烫伤，另一个孩子在安装汽车镜子时割了手，还有一个孩子被老板的儿子殴打。"
难民婴儿也处境危险，通常缺少必要的证件。这是因为如果家人逃离叙利亚，或者在黎巴嫩或约旦出生，一出生就是难民，那么这些儿童就无法上户口。
汉斯福德说，没有出生证会给这些孩子今后的生活带来问题。
“出生证是防止出现无国籍等危险的重要证件，没有出生证，今后在上学、获得医疗等服务就会遇到困难。”
这份报告还发现，许多叙利亚儿童是在单亲或孤儿的状态下成长的。7万多个叙利亚难民家庭没有父亲，近4000个难民儿童是孤儿，或与父母双亲分离。联合国为这些孩子在难民营建立了一个中心，为他们提供社会服务，工作人员还努力这孩子们与亲属相聚。
这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道，我是Milagros Ardin。
