9 Music Helps Poor Children of Uganda 音乐帮助了乌干达的穷困儿童

仔细听

Seventeen-year-old Derick Tamale does not know how old he was when he lost his parents and his home.As far as he can remember，he spent his whole childhood running in the streets of Kampala with other boys.They survived by stealing and picking food out of the trash.

17岁的德里克·塔马利不知道在多大时失去了自己的父母和家庭。他能够记起的是，整个童年时期，他都和其他男孩一起在坎帕拉街头流浪。他们靠偷窃和捡垃圾桶中的食物过活。

词汇宝典：survive的意思是“存活，从……中挺过来”，survive on指“靠……生存”。survivor 的意思是“幸存者”，surviving 则是其形容词，意为“幸存的”。

听力破解：注意英语中的分词形式的-ing读音异化问题，由[iη]变为[in]，如stealing读为[′sti：lin]等。

仔细听

“It was a miserable life，because I didn't have a home.When it came to night，[there was]nowhere you could sleep.We only slept on the verandas.Sometimes we got food from the rubbish，and then sometimes we'd go to big hotels like Serena，where they throw things that are not so good to sell to people，like cakes.”He does not remember how long his life on the streets went on.But one day he discovered music.His life changed forever.

“这种生活挺悲惨的，因为我没有家。我们晚上没有睡觉的地方，只能睡在走廊。有时候我们从垃圾里找吃的，有时我们去一些大酒店，比如塞丽娜酒店，在这些地方，他们会扔掉不能再售卖给顾客的东西，比如蛋糕。”他记不得自己在街头流浪的生活持续了多久。但是有一天，他发现了音乐。他的生活永远地改变了。

听力破解：本段中went on连读为[′wen′tɔn]，以及下文中的in a连读为[innə]，grown up连读为[′grəu′nʌp]等。

仔细听

By chance，Derick saw a brass band called M-lisada playing in a very poor part of the city.Only former street kids can take part in the band.Their concerts help support the orphanage，the group home where they live.Derick joined them and is now a skilled trombone player.He likes to talk about music with everyone he meets.

偶然间，德里克看到了一个名叫M-lisada的管乐队在城里的贫困区表演。只有曾经做过流浪儿童的人才能加入这个乐队。他们的演出的收入用来资助孤儿院，那是他们群居的大家庭。德里克加入了乐队，现在已成为一名熟练的长号手。他喜欢跟见到的所有人谈论音乐。

词汇宝典：skilled的意思是“熟练的，有技能的”，相当于skillful，此外，与其同义的词语有experienced，practiced，accomplished等。与skilled相关的短语有，skilled technician“技师”，be skilled in“精通”。

仔细听

Mister Segawa understands the feeling.Having grown up on the streets himself，he discovered music when he was 12.It happened just by chance when he came upon that school band playing a concert.The parents were applauding，and he says he knew he wanted to be part of something like that.

濑川先生很理解这种感受。他也是独自在街头长大的，12 岁的时候发现了音乐。当时，他偶然看到了学校乐队在音乐会上的演出。他看到家长们都在喝彩，濑川说他那时就想，自己也要成为这样的乐队中的一员。

词汇宝典：applaud的意思是“鼓掌，喝彩”，applaud yourself表示“为自己鼓掌”，applaud for的意思是“称赞”。

听力破解：注意英语中的吞音问题，如band playing中[d]被吞掉，wanted to中[d]也被吞掉。

学着说一说

1.take part in参加，加入

▶take part in 表示“参加某项活动”，如：

A：What kinds of sports do you want to take part in？

你想参加什么类型的体育运动？

B：I want to take part in sports like basketball，football and tennis.

我想参加篮球、足球以及网球这类的体育运动。

▶表达“参加，加入”的常用短语还有：join in，如：

Can I join in your travel league？我可以加入你们的旅行联合会吗？

2.by chance偶然，意外地

▶by chance 表示“偶然，意外地”的意思，如：

By chance，I joined a painting club.

偶然地，我加入了一个绘画俱乐部。

▶口语中，另一个表示“碰巧发生某事”的表达是happen to，如：

Do drop in（on me）if you happen to be passing！

要是你碰巧经过这里别忘了来我家！