一、听力练习
1.
A. Haiti is struggling with a $23 million deficit in its education system.
B. Yasmine Sherif is leading efforts to rebuild Haiti's education system.
C. Violence and poverty are severely impacting education in Haiti.
D. The U.N. is providing $2.5 million to support education in Haiti.
2.
A. 919.
B. 2,500.
C. 580,000.
D. 150,000.
3.
A. It led to increased violence in Haiti.
B. It permitted Haitians to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.
C. It provided financial aid to Haitian schools.
D. It forced many Haitian schools to close.
二、听力文本
Schools in Haiti are operating without enough chairs, blackboards, and even bathrooms. Violent criminal groups limit basic government services and deepen poverty while the state education system faces a $23 million deficit. Yasmine Sherif is the executive director of the U.N. organization Education Cannot Wait. “The country needs help,” Sherif said during her three-day visit to the Caribbean country in July. Sherif said the organization provided $2.5 million to help nearly 75,000 children in Haiti with money, food and other programs. And she asked the European Union and other countries, including France and the U.S., to help close the educational deficit. "My main concern is security," she said, noting the effect that violence has had on education. Criminal groups, called gangs, killed or injured more than 2,500 people in the first three months of the year. Violence has seriously affected life in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and elsewhere. At least 919 schools remain closed in Port-au-Prince and in the central area of Artibonite because of gang violence. The U.N. says that school closures have affected more than 150,000 students. Gang violence also has left some 580,000 people homeless across Haiti, with many crowding into temporary shelters or taking over schools, causing them to close. Schools that remain open are increasingly forced to take students from others that have closed. The Jean Marie Vincent School in central Port-au-Prince, for example, has accepted students from 12 other schools. Private schools are out of reach for many in Haiti, a country of more than 11 million people. More than 60 percent of the population earns less than $2 a day. Another blow to Haitian schools came in late 2022. That was the time the U.S. started a program permitting Haitians and people from other countries to enter the country on humanitarian grounds.
Question 1: What is the main idea of the news report?
Question 2: How many schools remain closed in Port-au-Prince and the central area of Artibonite due to gang violence?
Question 3: What was one consequence of the U.S. program started in late 2022?
三、重点词汇
1. deficit: the total amount by which money spent is more than money received 赤字;逆差;亏损
四、背景知识
海地共和国（法语：République d'Haïti；克里奥尔语：Repiblik Ayiti），简称海地，位于加勒比海北部，伊斯帕尼奥拉岛（即海地岛）西部。东与多米尼加共和国相邻，南临加勒比海，北濒大西洋，西与古巴和牙买加隔海相望。海地划分为10省，省下设区，共42个区，区下设市镇，共144个市镇，首都太子港。2022年，海地人口1208万，其中95%为黑人。（背景知识来自于百度百科）
五、参考答案
Question 1: C
Question 2: A
Question 3: B
六、网络翻译
海地的学校在没有足够的椅子、黑板，甚至没有卫生间的情况下运营。暴力犯罪团伙限制了基本的政府服务，加剧了贫困，而国家教育系统面临2300万美元的赤字。联合国组织“教育不能等待”的执行主任雅斯敏·谢里夫（Yasmine Sherif）在7月份对加勒比海国家进行了为期三天的访问。谢里夫表示，该组织提供了250万美元的援助，帮助了海地近7.5万名儿童，提供了资金、食品和其他项目。同时，她呼吁欧盟及其他国家，包括法国和美国，帮助填补教育赤字。她说：“我最关心的是安全问题。”她指出暴力对教育的影响。被称为“帮派”的犯罪团伙在今年前三个月中杀害或致伤了2500多人。暴力严重影响了首都太子港及其他地区的生活。至少919所学校在太子港和中部地区阿蒂博尼特因为帮派暴力而关闭。联合国表示，学校关闭已影响超过15万名学生。帮派暴力还使约58万人无家可归，许多人挤进临时避难所或占据学校，导致学校关闭。仍然开放的学校不得不越来越多地接收那些已关闭学校的学生。位于太子港市中心的让·玛丽·文森特学校（Jean Marie Vincent School）就接收了来自其他12所学校的学生。对于这个拥有超过1100万人口的国家来说，私立学校对于许多海地人来说是遥不可及的。超过60%的人口每天的收入不到2美元。对海地学校的另一个打击是在2022年底，那时美国开始了一项计划，允许海地人和其他国家的人以人道理由进入美国。
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