BBC环球慢速英语 第220期:联合国千年发展目标(5)
voice 3: Goal three: equal rights for women.
声音3:目标三:女性的平等权利。
voice 4: Employment for women is improving. But women are still less well represented in politics than men are.
声音4:女性的就业率正在逐步改善。但是与男性相比,女性在政治领域的表现仍较少。
voice 3: Goal four: to reduce the rate of children dying.
声音3:目标四:降低儿童死亡率。
voice 4: Child survival rates have not improved very much. But governments are providing more basic health services.
声音4:儿童存活率没有得到太大改善。但是各国政府提供的基础卫生服务有所增加。
voice 3: Goal five: to improve the health of mothers.
声音3:目标五:改善母亲的健康。
voice 4: Half a million [500,000] women continue to die each year during pregnancy or childbirth. Mothers need expert care - and in many places this help is still not there for them.
声音4:每年仍然有超过50万的女性在怀孕期间或者分娩之后死亡。母亲们需要专业护理,但是在很多地方,母亲们依然无法得到这种帮助。
voice 3: Goal six: to fight against HIV/Aids, malaria and other sicknesses.
声音3:目标六:对抗艾滋病毒/艾滋病、疟疾及其他疾病。
voice 4: There are now more deaths from HIV/AIDS in parts of Africa. Many HIV/AIDS patients still do not receive treatment. And it seems increasingly difficult to control the spread of the disease.
声音4:非洲部分地区的艾滋病毒/艾滋病死亡率有所增加。许多艾滋病患者仍然没有得到治疗。看起来控制这一疾病的传播越来越困难。