表彰公民外交官(1)【沪江慢速VOA080225】

作者：VOA | 沪江听说VOA美国之音时间：1年前 | 阅读：2459次 | [划词　　　]

美国公民外交中心是2006年在爱荷华州成立的一个非盈利性组织。该中心授予美国人国家奖励,以表彰他们对公民外交作出的贡献。

【生词摘录】
diplomacy n.外交
diplomate n.外交家
genocide n.种族灭绝

Honoring 'Citizen Diplomats'(1/2)

The United States Center for Citizen Diplomacy is a nonprofit group started in Iowa in two thousand six. It says every American has the right, and even the responsibility, to help shape foreign relations "one handshake at a time."

Last week, in Washington, the center honored six Americans with its first National Awards for Citizen Diplomacy. A two-day conference also took place to urge more Americans to become citizen diplomats.

Nineteen-year-old Anjali Bhatia of New Jersey was the youngest winner. At sixteen, she started a group called Discover Worlds to build relations between the United States and Rwanda. The aim is to help orphans from the nineteen ninety-four genocide and young people affected by H.I.V. to stay in school.

Discover Worlds has fifty-seven locally run student groups across the United States. And there are hopes for partnerships in India soon. Anjali Bhatia says that by the end of this year, Discover Worlds hopes to be supporting about two hundred fifty Rwandan orphans. Its members also write letters to the children.

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美国公民外交中心是2006年在爱荷华州成立的一个非盈利性组织。它指出，每一个美国人都有权利，甚至有责任在“每次握手时”帮助塑造(美国的)外交形象。

上周在华盛顿，该中心首次因公民外交授予6位美国人国家奖励。并且召开了为期两天的会议以鼓励更过的美国人成为公民外交官。

来自新泽西州的19岁女孩Anjali Bhatia是最年轻的获奖者。16岁时，为了建立美国和卢旺达之间的关系，她创办了一个名为发现世界的组织。该组织的目的就是帮助1994年在卢旺达发生的“种族灭绝”事件中活下来的孤儿以及帮助感染HIV的年轻人，让他们可以继续上学。

在整个美国，发现世界有57个地方性的学生组织。并且，该组织可能有希望很快与印度结成伙伴关系。Anjali Bhatia说到，今年年底，发现世界将扶持250名卢旺达孤儿。其成员也会给这些儿童写信。