Lesson 6Children's Welfare in China
中国儿童福利状况
A senior United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official on May 29 praised China for its remarkable achievements in children's welfare.
联合国儿童基金会的一位高级官员于5月29日赞扬了中国在儿童福利方面取得的非凡成就。
H.M. Farook, UNICEF's operations area officer for China and Mongolia,
联合国儿童基金会中国和蒙古地区工作官员H.M。
said that China: can be very satisfied to tell the Whole world what can be done with limited resource
法鲁克先生说中国“可以满意地告诉全世界自己如何依靠有限的资源
to help its children to grow healthily and happily.
帮助儿童健康 快乐地成长。
China's child population makes up one-fifth of the world's total.
中国儿童占世界占世界总数的五分之一。
The reason behind the tremendous achievement is China's long tradition of caring for children both at home and in society.
他说；能取得巨大成就的原因在于中国家庭与社会爱护儿童的悠久传统。
he said. What's more. Chinese people have always given special at tention to children who are in special need.
此外，中国人一直给予有特殊需要的儿童以特别的关注
The UN official made the remarks when addressing a group of 50 children and staff from the Beijing Children's Welfare Home at the Shangri-la Hotel. Beijing.
这位联合国官员是在北京香格里拉饭店给北京儿童福利院的50名孩子和工作人员讲话时发表的这些见解。
The hotel invited the orphans to share snacks. Sing, dance and play games at a park inside the hotel for a Share the Sunshine.
作为儿童节庆祝活动的序幕，饭店邀请孤儿们在店内的一个公园参加“分享阳光”晚会，
party, which served as a prelude to celebrations to mark the Children's Day.
一起吃点心、唱歌、跳舞、做游戏。
Pre-school Education. When do children start school in your country?
学前教育。在你们国家，小孩什么时候开始上学？
Normally at six. Before that, they spend several years in the kindergarten or pre-school education center.
通常是6岁，上学之前，孩子们上几的幼儿园或是学前教育中心。
But that's only in the cities, isn't it?
但只是在城市情况才是如此，不是吗？
Right. In the countryside, things are more complicated.
对。农村的情况要复杂一些。
Can kids in the countryside get equally good benefits and education like those in the cities?
农村的孩子也能像城市的孩子一样得到很好的福利和教育吗？
It depends. In some poor, underdeveloped areas, children's education is a problem.
这要看情况，在一些贫穷，不发达的地区，孩子们的教育是个问题，
Many kids cannot afford to go to school. Pre-school Education.
很多孩子都上不起学。学前教育。
When do children start school in your country?
在你们国家，小孩什么时候开始上学？
Normally at six. Before that, they spend several years in the kindergarten or pre-school education center.
通常是6岁，上学之前，孩子们上几的幼儿园或是学前教育中心。
But that's only in the cities, isn't it?
但只是在城市情况才是如此，不是吗？
Right. In the countryside, things are more complicated.
对。农村的情况要复杂一些。
Can kids in the countryside get equally good benefits and education like those in the cities?
农村的孩子也能像城市的孩子一样得到很好的福利和教育吗？
It depends. In some poor, underdeveloped areas, children's education is a problem.
这要看情况，在一些贫穷，不发达的地区，孩子们的教育是个问题，
Many kids cannot afford to go to school.
很多孩子都上不起学。