Grade 9 Unit 1 Topic 3 Section D

Project Hope

Project ^[1]protect: US: [prəˈtekt]  UK: [prə’tekt]  v. 保护；防护 Hope is an education program to help students. It builds schools in the poorest parts of China and it helps poor families afford an education for their children.

Since Project Hope started in 1989, it has done very well. By 2012 ^[2]By 2012: 到2012年为止, Project Hope had raised ^[3]这里的时态 是过去完成时8.73 billion yuan. With this money, it has aided 4.5 million children to go to schools and it has built 18 002 Hope Primary ^[4]primary: US: [ˈpraɪm(ə)ri]   UK: [ˈpraɪməri]   adj. 主要的；最重要的；基本的；最初的 Schools.

Project Hope has made important contributions ^[5]contribution: US: [ˌkɑntrɪˈbjuʃ(ə)n]  UK: [ˌkɒntrɪˈbjuːʃ(ə)n]  n. 贡献；捐款；捐赠；稿件 to ^[6]take a contribution to (doing) sth.: 为(做)某事出力/做贡献 both the education and the health of children. For more than 20 years, Project Hope has encouraged ^[7]encourage: US: [ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ]   UK: [ɪn’kʌrɪdʒ]   v. 鼓励；激励；促进；助长 the moral ^[8]moral: US: [ˈmɔrəl]   UK: [ˈmɒrəl]   adj. 道德的；道义上的；道德上的；品行端正的 development ^[9]development: US: [dɪˈveləpmənt]   UK: [dɪ’veləpmənt]    n. 发展；开发；研制；发育 and modern thinking of students. As a result ^[10]as a result: 结果, the students in Hope schools respect ^[11]respect: US: [rɪˈspekt]   UK: [rɪ’spekt]   n. 尊重；尊敬；敬意；重视   v. 尊重；尊敬；遵守；仰慕 their teachers, aid the poor and help one another. Project Hope is the best-known and most successful education program in China. Without Project Hope, there is a risk that many children would have an unhappy future. ^[12]如果没有希望工程，许多孩子就会有不幸未来的风险。