关于Clothes and Respect的听力阅读题

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Welcome to Spotlight. I’m Robin Basselin.

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And I’m Ryan Geertma. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.

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Suhklal lives in central India. He works every day. Each day, he earns about 20 to 25 rupees. This is about one third of a United States dollar. With this money he can usually buy food for the day. But he is not able to buy anything else. Not even clothes.

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One day, Suhklal heard about a way to get clothes. He heard about a not-for-profit organization called GOONJ. This organization does not give away free clothes. But they also do not sell clothes for money. Instead, GOONJ asks people to do work to help the community. In return for their community work, GOONJ supplies individuals with clothes.

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Suhklal decided to work with GOONJ. He gave people in his community information about preventing HIV/AIDS. And he helped people living with HIV get the right health care. By doing this work, he earned clothes for his family. Suhklal said the experience made him happy. He felt proud of his work AND his new clothes.

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Today’s Spotlight is on the GOONJ organization and how it is improving life for individuals and communities in India.

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In 1998, Anshu Gupta and his wife Meenakshi heard about a crisis. They wanted to help the people that the crisis affected. So they decided to donate clothes. They gathered all the clothes they had not worn in the past 3 years. Together they had 67 pieces of clothing. As the Guptas looked at their gathered clothing, they were surprised. They had so many extra clothes!