2024考研英语：《经济学人》中英读译Day176

英语阅读能力依靠什么？必然是词汇的积累，但，仅仅是词汇的积累是不够了，更应该了解英语句式，不同句型所表达意义。如何培养自己的阅读语感呢？那么就跟着聚创考研网小编每天学一点英语，一起为考研筑起坚实的地基。阅读是需要积累的，就像我们需要经常和人沟通才会促进我们的表达能力一样~小伙伴跟着小编一起，每天坚持打卡，培养英语阅读能力及语感，了解文章一些经典词汇的用法。

经济学人:他们生活中的聚会(1)

Skid Row. The very phrase conjures images of drunks passed out in gutters, lowlifes lying in wait, addicts in darkened alleys.It's the definition of a place where dreams go to die.In Los Angeles's infamous Skid Row, the scene can be even bleaker.There are hundreds of children living there—on the streets or in shelters—at any given time.But amid all the poverty and desperation, one couple is determined to use their own experience with loss to foster a sense of hope.

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贫民区。这个词语让人联想到醉汉昏倒在水沟里，卑微的人在等待，瘾君子躲在黑暗的小巷里，这个词界定了梦想死亡之地。在洛杉矶臭名昭著的贫民区，情况可能更为惨淡。任何时候都有成百上千的儿童生活在街头或庇护所里，但是在所有的贫困和绝望中，有一对夫妇决心用他们自己的经历来培植希望。

 

In 2012, Mary Davis, who works at an enrichment center for young children,and her husband, Ari Kadin, who is in property management, were expecting their first child when Davis miscarried.They were devastated. But the couple, who were volunteering with adults in a Skid Row homeless shelter,refused to let their heartbreak break them."In 2013, our child would have been one year old," says Davis, 38."And we kept seeing these kids at the shelter, and I said to my husband,'We couldn't throw a birthday party for our child, so let's do it for these kids.'"They took over a room in the Union Rescue Mission and filled it with streamers, gifts, a cake—all the makings of a great party.Or so they thought. "I forgot the music!" Davis says, laughing. It didn't matter.

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2012年，在一家幼儿活动中心工作的玛丽·戴维斯和她做物业管理的丈夫阿里·卡丁，正等着第一个孩子的到来，戴维斯却流产了，他们极度不安。但这对在贫民区收容所做志愿者的夫妇，不想就这样伤心欲绝。38岁的戴维斯说：“2013年，我们的孩子应该就一岁了。我们一直去收容所看这些孩子，我对丈夫说，‘我们不能为我们的孩子举行生日派对，那我们就为这些孩子开派对吧。”他们占用了联合救济会的一个房间，房间里摆满了彩带、礼物和蛋糕——所有这些都是超棒聚会必不可少的物品，或者他们是这么认为的。“我忘了音乐！”戴维斯笑着说。没关系。

 

Many of the 15 kids who showed up had never had a single birthday party before,and they were so excited to have one now that they made their own music—singing and clapping and, of course, laughing.Since then, the couple have thrown a bash each and every month.They routinely attract 250 kids and their parents—they’ve had to take over more rooms in the shelter and the rooftop.An hour before each party, volunteers arrive to set up the decorations and activities:face painting, balloon artists, a DJ, cake, and pizza.There are small presents for the kids celebrating their birthdays that month,but Davis makes sure there are more than enough to go around.
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到场的15个孩子中，很多人以前从没经历过生日派对，现在他们非常兴奋能有生日聚会，于是他们自己创作音乐、唱歌、鼓掌，当然还有大笑。从那以后，这对夫妇每个月都要举行一次狂欢。他们通常会吸引250个孩子和他们的父母——他们不得不占用避难所的更多房间，还有屋顶。每次聚会前一小时，志愿者们都会来布置现场，并安排活动：面部彩绘、气球师、DJ、蛋糕和披萨。有一些小礼物送给孩子们以庆祝他们的生日，但是戴维斯会确保有更多事情可做。