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听力文本
This is the VOA Learning English Education Report.
500 young African leaders are taking part in a US government program at American universities this summer. They would study Civic Leadership, Public Management and Business. Fauzia Abdikadir of Kenya is among the young people.
Ms. Abdikadir spoke to VOA about her goals and the goals of her group in Kenya — the Northern Organization for Social Empowerment. She says she wants to improve health care and development in the northeastern part of the country.
Ms. Abdikadir comes from a family of travelling animal herders in Garissa. Garissa has failed to develop as fast as the rest of the country. Ms. Abdikadir hopes the Northern Organization can change that.
"We are being taught how to transform the societies with what we have. They say what we have is the energy, the zeal, the enthusiasm and the brains of coming up with new ideas in order to save the society from poverty, illiteracy, gender-based violence and so many social vices," said Abdikadir.
The people of northeastern Kenya have depended for centuries on their animals. Families move from one place to another in search of water and places to feed the animals. This traditional life — always on the move limits education and health care. Most people walk more than 10 kilometers to reach schools, or a health center.
Ms. Abdikadir said she wants to make agriculture another way of life in her community. She believes settling permanently and planting crops would provide a better future for young people.
"Specifically, where I come from we are not so much into agriculture yet we have very fertile land, we have very good opportunities to practice agriculture. The other thing is the youth empowerment, we need to empower the youth," Abdikadir said.
Ms. Abdikadir said there are two kinds of young people — those from rural areas and those from cities. She said only the city people can make use of what limited resources that exist.
In the United States, Ms. Abdikadir said she and the other young people receive six weeks of training, they will also work for two months in the civil leadership field. The program seeks to guide Africa's educators, business people and activists of the future.
The Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders is part of President Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative. Those attending are between ages 25 and 35. They will receive money to support their plans and organizations after they complete the program.
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词汇解释
1.empowerment n. 许可，授权
This government believes very strongly in the empowerment of women.
这届政府坚信赋权于妇女。
2.zeal n. 热情；热心；热诚
They plunged into their work with immense zeal.
他们以极大的热情投入工作。
3.initiative n. 主动权；首创精神 adj. 主动的；自发的；起始的
Local initiatives to help young people have been inadequate.
当地对年轻人的扶助法案一直不够完善。
内容解析
1.They say what we have is the energy, the zeal, the enthusiasm and the brains of coming up with new ideas in order to save the society from poverty,
come up with 提出；想出；赶上
We weren't able to come up with any new suggestions.
我们提不出任何新建议。
You would take things as they came. All you had to do was think a little harder and come up with a new solution.
既来之, 则安之， 你必须多动脑子， 想出个新的解决方法来。
参考译文
这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。
今年夏天，500名非洲领袖在美国大学参加了美国政府的一个项目，他们将学习民事领导、公共管理和商业。来自肯尼亚的阿布迪卡迪是年轻人中的一位。
阿布迪卡迪向美国之音谈到自己的目标和她在肯尼亚的北方社会赋权组织的目标，她说希望改善本国东北部的医疗和发展。
阿布迪卡迪来自加里萨一个游牧家庭，加里萨未能像该国其他地方那样快速发展。阿布迪卡迪希望北方社会赋权组织能改变这一现状。
“我们学习如何利用目前的条件来改造社会，他们说我们拥有能量、热情、激情和创新的头脑，可以用来将社会从贫困、文盲、性别暴力和诸多社会罪恶中拯救出来。”
数世纪以来，肯尼亚东北部的人一直靠动物生活。这些家庭随水草迁徙来喂养动物，这种总是移动的传统生活限制了教育和医疗。大多数人要行走10多公里去上学或去医疗中心。
阿布迪卡迪说她想在自己的社区创造另一种农业生活方式，她认为永久定居并种植作物能给年轻人提供更好的生活。
“具体来说，我的家乡不是很农业化，但我们有肥沃的土地，我们有很好的机会来发展农业。另一个就是青年人的赋权，我们需要赋权青年人。”
阿布迪卡迪说有两种青年人，来自农村地区的和来自城市的。她说只有城市人才能利用现存的有限资源。
阿布迪卡迪说在美国，她和其他青年人接受了6周的培训，他们还将在民事领导领域工作两月。该项目希望指导非洲未来的教育者、商界人士和活动家。
华盛顿非洲青年领袖奖学金是奥巴马总统的非洲领袖倡议项目的一部分，参加者年龄在25到35岁，项目结束后他们将获得资金，来支持他们的计划和组织。
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