全球基金和大企合作对抗艾滋病一托福阅读机经背景.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料全球基金和大企业合作对抗艾滋病一托福阅读机经背景 As donor countries tighten budgets to reduce debt, organizations like the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria are feeling the effects. The fund announced last November it would not make any new grants until 2014. A recent meeting in Washington brought together U.S. and fund officials, NGOs and big business to discuss the fund’s future. 由于捐助国收紧预算以减少债务，像全球防治艾滋病、结核病和疟疾基金(简称全球基金)这样的组织正感受到预算收紧带来的影响。该组织去年11月宣布，2014年前无力向新的防治项目拨款。最近美国官员、全球基金官员、非政府组织以及大企业代表出席了在华盛顿举行的一个会议，讨论全球基金的未来。 The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a 10-year-old public / private partnership. It accepts donations from governments, charity groups and major corporations. It has provided nearly $23 billion in grants for more than 1,000 programs in 150 countries. 全球防治艾滋病、结核病和疟疾基金是一个10年前成立的公共和私人合作组织。该组织接受政府、慈善团体和大公司的捐助。它已经向150个国家的1000多个防治项目拨款近230亿美元。 Corporate investments in health Coca-Cola and energy producer Chevron were among the major corporations taking part in the March 20th panel meeting in Washington, D.C. Chevron was named the first Global Fund Corporate Champion. It invested $30 million for the three-year period between 2008 and 2011 and has pledged another $25 million through 2013. 出席3月20日在华盛顿举行的这个讨论会的大公司包括可口可乐和能源生产商雪佛龙(Chevron)等。雪佛龙是首个获得全球基金企业冠军的公司。该公司在2008至2011年的这三年期间投资了3000万美元，并已承诺从2011到2013年，再捐助2500万美元。 “Our involvement in AIDS, in particular, goes back 25 years. We’re a San Francisco-headquartered company. So we felt this issue acutely at the outset, not only in our home town, but also other areas we operated in Africa and Angola, where we’ve operated for over 75 years,” said Matt Lonner is manager of Chevron’s Global Partnerships Programs. 雪佛龙公司的全球合作伙伴项目经理马特·隆那说：“我们公司帮助防治艾滋病的历史可以追溯到25年前。我们公司总部位于旧金山。所以我们从一开始就强烈意识到这个问题，不仅在美国，在我们有运营业务的非洲和安哥拉地区也是如此，我们已在那些地区运营超过75年。” Some of the first AIDS cases in the United States were reported in San Francisco more than 30 years ago. 30多年前美国的首批艾滋病病例在旧金山出现。 Lonner said for Chevron, good