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Chinese Grandmother Walks 24 Kilometers a Day Pushing Her Disabled Grandson to School

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Chinese Grandmother Walks 24 Kilometers a Day Pushing Her Disabled Grandson to School
7旬祖母為孫走遠路
A grandmother in China reportedly walks 24 kilometers a day to make sure that her wheelchair-bound grandson receives an education.
據報導,在中國有一位祖母為了接送行動不便坐輪椅的孫子上學,每天步行24公里。
make sure that…確保的wheelchair-bound(adj.)坐輪椅的-bound受限於…的,不能離開…的
Shi Yuying, 76, makes four return trips a day pushing her 9-year-old grandson, Jiang Haowen to school and back home in the rural Guangxi Province in southern China.
在中國南方廣西省的鄉下,76歲的史玉英每天推著9歲的孫子蔣昊文往返學校八趟。
return trip(英式)往返旅程=round trip(美式)
The strong-willed grandmother, who is the boy’s sole caretaker, said: “As long as I can push the child, we must persevere.”
這位意志堅定的祖母是唯一照顧男孩的人,她說:「只要我能推得動孩子一天,就要堅持一天。」
strong-willed(adj.)意志堅定的=determined=resolute=persistentas long as 只要persevere(v.)堅持;努力不懈=persist
Ms. Shi said Haowen suffers from cerebral palsy, a brain condition that affects movement and coordination. It has left him unable to walk and in need of full-time care.
史奶奶説,昊文患有腦性麻痺,行動不變,身體無法協調,以致於無法行走,二十四小時都需要有人照顧。
suffer from~飽受…之苦;患有…(疾病)cerebral palsy腦性麻痺;腦癱coordination(n.)(身體)協調
Haowen’s parents divorced when he was four years old. His father is now working in another city to help sustain the family, while his mother has remarried.
昊文的父母在他四歲時離婚。父親現在在別的城市工作維持家計,而母親改嫁。
sustain(v.)支持;維持生計=support
Ms. Shi said she has been doing the school run for four years, come rain or shine.
史奶奶說她已四年風雨無阻地接送昊文上學。
come rain or shine風雨無阻;無論如何;無論發生什麼=whatever happens
The pensioner first used a bicycle to push Haowen, until the local authority provided the family with a wheelchair as a form of poverty relief.
老人家一開始用腳踏車推昊文上學,直到地方單位補助了一張輪椅。
poverty(n.)貧窮relief(n.)救濟
“Although Haowen is physically restricted, he is a smart child and particularly good at math,” Ms. Shi said.
史奶奶説:「雖然昊文行動不便,但他是聰明的孩子,數學特別好。」
restricted(adj.)受限制的、受約束的
Haowen was taken to hospitals for treatment because he was having difficulties walking and talking.
昊文小時候因為走路和講話有困難,被帶到醫院接受治療。
treatment(n.)治療
Once the diagnosis and initial treatment had been completed, the family reportedly ran into huge debts while attempting to pay the medical bills for his treatment.
據報導,診斷和初步治療完成後,家裡為了支付醫療費用而負債累累。
once(conj.)一旦;當diagnosis(n.)診斷

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disabled(adj.)
殘障的=physically challenged
make sure that…
確保的
wheelchair-bound(adj.)
坐輪椅的
-bound
受限於…的,不能離開…的
return trip(
英式)往返旅程=round trip(美式)
strong-willed(adj.)
意志堅定的=determined=resolute=persistent
as long as
只要
persevere(v.)
堅持;努力不懈=persist
suffer from~
飽受…之苦;患有…(疾病)
cerebral palsy
腦性麻痺;腦癱
coordination(n.)(
身體)協調
sustain(v.)
支持;維持生計=support
come rain or shine
風雨無阻;無論如何;無論發生什麼=whatever happens
poverty(n.)
貧窮
relief(n.)
救濟
restricted(adj.)
受限制的、受約束的
treatment(n.)
治療
once(conj.)
一旦;當
diagnosis(n.)
診斷
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