儿童餐室帮助低收入家庭儿童一托福阅读机经背景.docxVIP

智课网TOEFL备考资料儿童餐室帮助低收入家庭儿童一托福阅读机经背景 In the United States, many low income parents cannot afford to buy enough food for their children. A program called Kids Café is helping some of these children by providing free nutritious snacks and meals during after-school programs. 在美国，许多低收入的父母没钱给孩子买足够的食物。一个叫作“儿童餐室”的项目在学校放学后，为这这些孩子提供免费营养点心和餐饮。 At a community center in Virginia just outside of Washington, D.C., children make an avocado and bean dip as part of their after-school program. Many of them have never seen an avocado. 在维吉尼亚州临近首都华盛顿的阿灵顿市，孩子们正在用鳄梨和豆子制成蘸酱。这是这个课外项目的一个内容。很多孩子从来没见过鳄梨。 It’s very healthy for your body, but the main thing is that it tastes really, really good, Keith Clements tells them. Hes with Arlington Parks and Recreation, which runs the after-school program. 这个课外项目是由阿灵顿公园及休闲处赞助的。负责这项活动的基思·克莱门茨鼓励孩子们尝一尝这种蘸酱的味道。他说：“它对你们的健康非常有益。但最主要的是，它好吃极了。” The children are between the ages of five and 11 and are from several local schools. About half have parents who are from Ethiopia. Many of the children eat traditional Ethiopian food at home. Kids Café, with food donated by a food bank, gives them an opportunity to try different types of food. 孩子们的年龄在5岁到11岁之间，来自几个不同的学校。其中半数的父母来自埃塞俄比亚。很多孩子在家里吃埃塞俄比亚的传统食物。“儿童餐室”获得食品银行捐赠的食物，让孩子们有了一个尝试不同食物的机会。 Its good, says one girl. Rebecca Nance, whose parents are from the United States, is not so sure. The taste is weird. 丽贝卡·南斯的父母是美国人。 Her mother, Daffany Nance has two children in the program. Shes glad her kids are getting nutritious food. 母亲达凡妮·南斯有两个孩子参加这个课外项目，她很高兴两个孩子可以得到营养食物。 Even in my house we don’t have much junk food, says Nance, so it’s very important that it’s healthy and continues to help them grow and be nourished in the proper manner. 达凡妮说：“我们在家里也不吃很多垃圾食品。所以这个项目给孩子们提供营养食物、继续帮助孩子们健康成长，非常重要。” The charity, Feeding America, launched the national Kids Café program in 1993. The organization says more than 16 million children in the United States live in households where there is not e