❸Pay it forward

By Marilyn Jones/丛美清（编）

◆语篇导读

埃尔纳·格拉斯兹是阿桑特非洲基金会的联合创始人之一。该基金会在现有的教育体系内开展工作，帮助学生在学业上取得成功，现已经改变了50万东非青少年的生活。希望读完本文，人人都会有一种把爱传承和发扬下去，让世界更加美好的想法。

Walking along at 5 a.m.in Silicon Valley street,Erna Grasz wondered whom she could call at that early hour.Across the world in East Africa,her friends Hellen Nkuraiya in Kenya and Emmy Moshi in Tanzania would be awake.So shemade a call toMs.Moshi and Ms.Nkuraiya.These early morning meetings started in 2006,which were about educating children and improving communities.

Grasz calls herself and her friends as“the three little crazy women”.They had a common idea that education could provide a way torealize their dreamsfor children.And before long,at the end of 2006,they founded Asante Africa（阿桑特非洲基金会）,a nonprofit organization（非营利组织）inordertoincrease the quality of learning in Kenyan and Tanzanian classrooms.It also provides life-skills training to develop leadership.

Asante Africa works within each country's existing（现有的）educational systems.It's not about building new schools butpaying more attention tochildren and teachers in middle school and high school—the grades when students are more likely todrop out.According toAsante Africa,more than 100,000 studentstook part inits programs last year,and over the past 11 years,the non-profit had served 500,000 students.

Sitting in her office in Oakland,Calif.Grasz talks about her decision to co-found the nonprofit.She makes sure that every person has the talent to achieve his or her dreams,but opportunity isn't always possible.“I succeededin my own lifebecause others saw my talent as a young person and provided opportunities for me,”she notes.So she wanted to“pay it forward”for farseeing（有远见的）professionals（专业人士）like Moshi and Nkuraiya,and young children with the same potential（有潜力的）.

◆语块收藏

make a call to给……打电话

realize one's dream实现某人的梦想

in order to为了

pay more attention to更关注

drop out退出；退学

according to通过

take part in参加

in one's own life在自己的生命中

◆典句赏析

1.These early morning meetings started in 2006,which were about educating children and improving communities.这些关于教育儿童和改善社区状况的晨会开始于2006年。

该句是含由which引导的非限制性定语从句的复合句。These early morning meetings started in 2006是主句，which were about educating children and improving communities是定语从句，其中which在从句中充当主语，指代these early morning meetings.

2.It's not about building new schools but paying more attention to children and teachers in middle school and high school—the grades when students are more likely to drop out.她关注的并不是要建立新学校的问题，而是更加关注中学的孩子和教师——这些学生更容易辍学的年级。

此句中的be likely to do sth.是常见的搭配，意为“有可能……”；not...but...是连词，意为“不是……而是……”。

3.She makes sure that every person has the talent to achieve his or her dreams,but opportunity isn't always possible.她确信每个人都有天赋去实现自己的梦想，但是机会是有限的。

该句是含由that引导的宾语从句的复合句。make sure是固定短语，意为“确保”；have the talent to do sth.是固定搭配，意为“有做某事的天赋、才能”。

◆理解自测

阅读上述短文，从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案。

1.Grasz and her two friends founded an organization called Asante Africa in ________.

A.China B.India C.Africa D.America

2.The meaning of the underlined word“non-profit”in the passage is“________”.

A.非营利的 B.自费的 C.流行的 D.合法的

3.There were ________students taking part in Asante Africa's programs last year.

A.10,000 B.100,000 C.50,000 D.500,000

◆词句微练

根据所给汉语句子，完成下列英语句子。每空一词。

1.你一到美国就给我打电话。

You will________________________________me as soon as you arrive in America.

2.我们只要努力学习就能实现我们的梦想。

We can ________________________so long as we study hard.

3.为了谋生，汤姆每天努力地工作。

Tom works hard every day ________________________make a living.

4.如果我们想拥有一个美丽的世界，我们应该更加关注我们的环境。

We should ________________________________our environment if we would like to have a beautiful world.

5.参加课外活动对我们的健康有好处。

It is good for our health to ________________________physical activities.