2022年12月14日 VOA慢速英语：厄瓜多尔的许多贫困儿童患有营养不良

 

Erwin Ronquillo, an official with the government program Ecuador Grows Without Malnutrition, is worried about hunger in his country.
政府项目“厄瓜多尔在没有营养不良的情况下成长”的官员 Erwin Ronquillo 担心他的国家的饥饿问题。
 
Ronquillo said child malnutrition is chronic among Ecuador's population. It is seen everywhere, but hits hardest in rural areas and among the country's Native peoples, he said.
Ronquillo 说儿童营养不良在厄瓜多尔人口中是慢性的。他说，这种情况随处可见，但在农村地区和该国原住民中受到的打击最为严重。
 
The United Nations children's agency UNICEF keeps information related to children and their development for countries around the world. UNICEF information suggests that one in three Ecuadorian children suffers from malnutrition. Of those, about 41 percent are Native.
联合国儿童基金会为世界各国保存有关儿童及其发展的信息。联合国儿童基金会的信息表明，三分之一的厄瓜多尔儿童营养不良。其中，大约 41% 是本地人。
 
Neiri Espinosa is a mother whose partner left her. She lives in a neighborhood of the capital city, Quito, called Pisulí. She said her children, who are eight and four years old, do not usually eat meat. Both children appear to be younger because of their height and the thinness of the youngest girl.
Neiri Espinosa 是一位母亲，她的伴侣离开了她。她住在首都基多的一个街区，叫做皮苏里。她说她八岁和四岁的孩子通常不吃肉。两个孩子都显得更年轻，因为他们的身高和最小女孩的瘦弱。
 
Sometimes the family buys chicken, but not often, Espinosa said.
有时家人会买鸡肉，但并不经常，埃斯皮诺萨说。
 
"It is difficult to get any job (as a domestic worker), worse after the pandemic," she said.
“这是很难找到任何工作（作为家政工人），在大流行之后更糟，”她说。
 
Monica Cabrera is with the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion. She works in the Camal Metropolitano neighborhood on the southern edge of Quito. It is a high-risk area. Cabrera has been robbed several times there.
Monica Cabrera 在经济和社会包容部工作。她在基多南部边缘的 Camal Metropolitano 社区工作。这是一个高风险地区。 Cabrera 在那里被抢劫了好几次。
 
She visits the homes of at least 25 young mothers. Two of the mothers are minors: 15 and 17 years old. Her job is to support the group of mothers while they are pregnant until their children reach one year of age.
她拜访了至少 25 位年轻母亲的家。其中两位母亲是未成年人：15 岁和 17 岁。她的工作是在怀孕期间支持这群母亲，直到她们的孩子满一岁。
 
Cabrera said the poorest people in the city are usually Native migrants from rural areas. They try to earn a living by selling waste materials, making building materials, or selling products on the streets.
卡布雷拉说，城市中最贫穷的人通常是来自农村地区的本地移民。他们试图通过出售废料、制造建筑材料或在街头销售产品来谋生。
 
"Those who have more have the luxury of eating twice a day," Cabrera said. She said she knows of families that eat only once a day and sometimes not even that.
“那些拥有更多的人可以享受一天吃两次饭的奢侈，”卡布雷拉说。她说，她知道有些家庭每天只吃一次饭，有时甚至吃不完。
 
UNICEF's numbers suggest that 50 percent of Ecuadorian households with children had difficulty getting the necessary food in 2021 because of the pandemic. As a result, 27 percent of children had their development affected because of chronic malnutrition, the agency said.
联合国儿童基金会的数据表明，由于大流行，2021 年有 50% 的厄瓜多尔有孩子的家庭难以获得必要的食物。该机构表示，因此，27% 的儿童因长期营养不良而影响发育。
 
 
In addition, 72 percent of children lacked basic services for development, such as health and education, UNICEF said.
此外，联合国儿童基金会表示，72% 的儿童缺乏发展所需的基本服务，例如健康和教育。
 
Ecuador's government is led by President Guillermo Lasso, a former banker. The government has pledged to fight chronic malnutrition. It has promised to spend $350 million a year to improve health, family, education, and support services.
厄瓜多尔政府由前银行家吉列尔莫·拉索总统领导。政府已承诺与慢性营养不良作斗争。它已承诺每年花费 3.5 亿美元改善健康、家庭、教育和支持服务。
 
Tania Herrara lives with her parents and has a baby, Sara Milena. Herrara receives a $50 monthly stipend from the government to support the baby. To receive that money, she promised to join all child support activities that she is asked to attend.
Tania Herrara 与她的父母住在一起，并有一个孩子 Sara Milena。埃拉拉每月从政府那里领取 50 美元的津贴来抚养孩子。为了收到这笔钱，她承诺参加她被要求参加的所有儿童抚养活动。
 
Her parents currently support the family. They earn between $5 and $7 a day. That amount must feed five adults. It also must serve to support the new arrival. The adults hope to eat something twice a day.
她的父母目前支持这个家庭。他们每天的收入在 5 到 7 美元之间。这个数量必须喂饱五个成年人。它还必须用于支持新来者。大人们希望一天吃两次东西。
 
The family has lived in Quito for several years. They can only pay for chicken meat from time to time. The baby is breastfed.
这家人已经在基多生活了几年。他们只能时不时买鸡肉。婴儿是母乳喂养的。