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艾伦秀第224期:无私的付出

2016-07-13来源:和谐英语

It's our season nine premiere and I'm so excited for you all to meet an amazing woman

这是我们第九季的首场秀 我很激动 你们将认识这位了不起的女士

who is made her life's work to make a difference.take a look at Sherrie Gahn

她无私的付出让世界变的不同 认识一下Sherrie Gahn

I'm Sherrie Gahn and I'm the principal of Whitney Elementary School

我是Sherrie Gahn 我是惠特尼小学的校长

Whitney is very unique because we service very high needs population

惠特尼是个特别的学校 我们为特别需要帮助的人们服务

we had a lot of homeless children here,more than 85% of our students are famished reduce lunch and a lot of the 85% are homeless

我们学校有很多无家可归的孩子 85%的孩子们不吃晚饭挨着饿 在这85%里许多孩子还无家可归

when they leave here on the daily basis,sometimes we don't know where they are going

当他们学完功课离开学校后 有时候我们也不知道他们会去哪里

their environment changes everyday,somedays they may live in their apartment,somedays they like in a hotel motel 

他们的生活环境每天都在变 有时他们住在出租屋 有时住旅馆

somedays they may be in the streets,we don't know where they're gonna go 

有时候可能流落街头 我们不知道他们能去哪

when I first came to Whitney and I was in the lunch room walking around helping the kids

当我刚来到惠特尼时 一天我在餐厅帮忙

and they kept pocketing their ketchup,putting their ketchup,when I asked my staff what were they doing 

看到孩子们在收集番茄酱 把自己那份装进口袋里 我问我的员工他们为什么这么做

they told me that they do that often because they needed do it.it's gonna be their dinner it's ketchup soup 

他们告诉我他们常这么做因为他们需要这么做 那些番茄酱将是他们的晚餐 煮汤用的

they're gonna go home and make ketchup soup with it,because there ain't no food 

他们要用那些番茄酱回家煮汤 因为他们没有食物

my goal was if I can take that off their plan,if I can make them come to school and feel safe and warm and they have clothes

我的目标是想帮他们结束这样的生活 如果可以 我希望他们能上学 有衣服穿 并且感到温暖 有安全感

just like any other child and they are under same level playing field as any other child in school,then they can learn 

就像其他同等条件 学校里同龄的孩子们一样 那他们就可以安心学习

I guess it's sort of like that fairy tale that you go to school you get new backpack you get new clothes 

我想那有点像童话故事 你上学了还可以有新书包 新衣服