汉娜·泰勒：帮无家可归者找到归宿的暖心女孩.docVIP

精品文档，助力人生，欢迎关注小编！ 汉娜·泰勒：帮无家可归者找到归宿的暖心女孩 By+Neale+McDevitt A mother driving with her five-year-old daughter in the backseat takes a wrong turn and ends up in a dark back alley， forever altering the young girls life. It sounds like the sad beginning of dramatic film1） but quite the opposite is true—this is a real-life story. The little girl was Hannah Taylor， now a 19-year-old Arts undergraduate2） finishing her first year at McGill3）. Taylor remembers that fateful day like it was yesterday. It was December in Winnipeg so it was freezing cold and snow covered. I looked out my window and I saw a man searching through a garbage dumpster for food， she says. I asked my mother why he was doing that and she said he had to do that to eat. I had never seen homelessness and I was struck by it， she says. My five-year-old heart just wouldnt let it go. And when Taylor says she wouldnt let it go， she means it. She questioned her parents almost daily for a year. Why did people have to live in the street？ Where did they sleep？ Wasnt there enough food and homes for everyone？ Why didnt anyone help？ I worried about this man and， as I learned more about homelessness in Winnipeg and in Canada， I began to worry about everyone living in those conditions. 一个妈妈开车，后座坐着她五岁的女儿，她转错了弯，结果开到了一个黑乎乎的后巷里，从此改变了这个小女孩的一生。这听起来像是剧情片伤感的开头，但恰恰相反，这是真的，是一个真实的故事。 这个小女孩就是汉娜·泰勒，今年19岁，现在（编注：英文原文发表于2020年4月）是麦吉尔大学艺术系的一名学生，即将读完大一。泰勒还记得那意义重大的一天，仿佛那就是昨日。“当时是12月的温尼伯（译注：加拿大的一个城市），所以冷极了，到处覆盖着白雪。我从车窗往外看，看到一个男人在一个垃圾箱里翻找食物，”她说，“我问妈妈那个男人为什么要这么做，她说他必须要那样做才有东西吃。” “我以前从没见过无家可归的人，那一幕让我深受触动，”她说，“当时才五岁的我就是没办法忘掉这一幕。” 而当泰勒说她没办法忘掉这一幕时，她是认真的。此后的一年里，她几乎每天都会向爸爸妈妈提出疑问。为什么有的人不得不住在大街上？他们睡在哪里？没有足够的食物和住所提供给每个人吗？为什么没有一个人帮助他们呢？ “我很担心这个男人，随着我对温尼伯和加拿大无家可归者的现状有了更多的了解，我开始担心处在这种条件下的每一个人。” 1. dramatic film： 剧情片 2. undergraduate [??nd??ɡr?d?u?t] n. 大学本科生 3. McGill： 麦吉尔大学，简称麦吉尔，位于蒙特利尔，是加拿大最古老的高等学府，建校近两百年以来一直在国际上享有盛誉，被誉为“加拿大哈佛”。 4. set the wheels in motion： 使某事开始运转、实施 5. tuck （s