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艾伦脱口秀
Christmas you get presents and birthday you get a present and a cake
圣诞节你会收到礼物 生日有礼物跟蛋糕
and these kids don't get that.it's huge it's huge self-esteem,it's who you are
这些孩子没有那些 这很重要 这关乎自尊 这让你肯定自己
so I decided to do it I decided to get them those things
所以我下定决心要让他们拥有这些
I made a deal with families,I ask them that if you give me your child
我跟这些家庭订下协议 我请求他们 如果给我们的孩子
I will give you whatever you need,I'll pay your electrical bill your utilities
我会提供你们所需要的 我会付你们的电费 水费 生活杂费
I'll give you food or clothes whatever you need,as long as you give me your child and then help raise that child as a person of character
我会提供所有你们需要的食物和衣服 只要给我你们的孩子 我会将孩子养育成拥有健全人格的人
It's started out with me actually going to every person I knew
一开始我给每个我认识的人打电话
and calling them up and saying hey I have this school and I need help,that's how I started the donations
告诉他们我的学校需要帮助 那是我最初接受捐赠的方式
almost everyone who donates to Whitney is an individual or small business
几乎所有给惠特尼捐赠的都是个人或个体户
we take everything,we take everything because when you're in poverty,you need everything
我们什么都收 我们什么都收 因为如果你陷入贫困 你会需要一切
Ms.Gahn got me a new bed and my new apartment,that she got me and family too
Gahn女士使我拥有了自己的房间 新床子 我的家人同样也得到了这些
when my daughter came to school she mentioned our water and electricity were off
当我女儿在学校提到我们的水电被停的时候
and they got a hold of us and they can help us and they paid off our electricity and water complete twice
他们联系到我们 说可以帮我们 他们帮我们付了两次水电费
when we're about to lose our house we didn't know she paid almost everything go bill
当我们差点失去房子的时候 我们都不知道她帮我们付了几乎所有费用
Whitney elementary gave me jeans and shoes and some food,I knew he needed glasses she took care of that,came back and a big old smile in his face
惠特尼小学给了我裤子鞋子还有吃的 我知道他需要眼镜 校长帮我解决了 他从学校回来 脸上带着灿烂的微笑
my kids wouldn't have had Christmas idea if it wasn't for this school thank God
我的孩子从来没有过圣诞节这个概念 如果不是因为这个学校 感谢上帝
词汇解析
1、present
现在的;目前的
He has brought much of the present crisis on himself.
目前的大部分危机都是他自己引起的。
the government's present economic difficulties.
政府当前的经济难题
现在;目前;现状
his struggle to reconcile the past with the present.
他为协调过去和现在所付出的努力。
continuing right up to the present.
一直持续到现在
当代;现代
Western European art from the period of Giotto to the present day.
从乔托时期直至现代的西欧艺术
monastic music of the present day.
当代的寺庙音乐
2、mention
(简短地)谈及,说起,提到
She did not mention her mother's absence.
她并没有说起她母亲不在场的事。
I may not have mentioned it to her.
我可能没跟她提过这件事。
提及;论及
The statement made no mention of government casualties.
声明里没有提及政府方面的伤亡情况。
At the community centre, mention of funds produces pained looks.
在社区中心一提到资金问题,大家就会愁眉不展。
(在文章中)提到,谈及(某人的名字)
I was absolutely outraged that I could be even mentioned in an article of this kind.
我大为恼火,我的名字居然出现在这种文章里面。
As for your father, he won't be mentioned in my will.
至于你父亲,我的遗嘱里不会提到他的名字。
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