Chinese Boy Earns Money for Mother’s Operation
中国男孩为母亲手术费挣钱

本则影音新闻出处：新唐人电视台英语新闻

【新闻关键字】
1. tumor: [ˋtju:mə] n. 肿块
2. operation: [͵ɔpəˋreiʃən] n. 手术
3. diagnose: [ˋdaiəgnəuz] v. 诊断
4. refuse: [riˋfju:z] v. 拒绝
5. defeat: [dɪˋfit] v. 使挫败
6. procedure: [prəˋsi:dʒə] n. 手术
7. donation: [dəuˋneiʃən] n. 捐款

Imagine, you’re 13 years old. Your mother has a serious brain tumor, but not enough money to pay for an operation. What do you do?
想像你13岁，你母亲有严重的脑肿瘤，但没有足够的钱来支付手术费，怎么办？

If you’re Luo Weike, you start shining shoes. Enough to make 100 yuan per day. And save up the money.
如果你是骆伟科，你开始去擦鞋，每天赚100元，然后存够钱。

[Luo Weike]: [Mandarin, Male]:
“I love my mother very much. She is the most important person in my life because she gave birth to me. What I did is the least I can do for my mom.”
我非常爱我的妈妈。因为她生了我，她是我生命中最重要的人，我所做的，只是我能为我母亲所做的一点点。

Luo is from a small city called Heyuann—he traveled, shining shoes to raise money, as far as 200 miles to the provincial capital of Guangzhou.
骆伟科来自一个小城市叫河源，他一路靠擦鞋筹集资金，最远至200哩以外的省府广州。

When his father passed away a year ago, it left him living with just his mother and an elder sister. His mother was diagnosed with a brain tumor a month after his father’s death. Making just one thousand yuan per month, she couldn’t afford the operation.
一年前当他父亲去世后，留下他和他的妈妈、姐姐相依为命。当他父亲死后一个月，他妈妈被诊断为脑肿瘤。每月只赚1,000元，她付不起手术费。

Luo refused to be defeated though, and thanks to his polishing plan, his mother has just gone through the operation.
尽管如此，骆伟科拒绝被打败，由于他的擦鞋计划，他的母亲刚刚完成手术。

[Luo Weike]:
“I must take care of her after the operation. I will not leave her so that I can help get anything she wants.”
骆伟科说：“手术后我必须照顾她，我不会离开她，以便我能帮她拿她想拿的东西。

Of course, he couldn’t raise enough money on his own to pay for the expensive procedure—but his efforts raised media attention, which brought large donations from people like Chinese film star Hai Qing.
当然，他无法靠自己赚够钱支付昂贵的手术费用，但却引起媒体的关注，这带来了人们的大量捐赠，像是中国影星海清。

Now his mother is in stable condition following the operation, and Luo could rest—but instead, he’s still by her side
现在他的母亲手术后状况稳定，骆伟科可以休息了，但相反，他仍然在她母亲的身边。
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本专栏由前卫英语李德良老师主编 www.davidlee.url.tw

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