F2F Class Notes (Raph)

Vocabulary

Fund (n): 1- an amount of money saved and made available for a particular purpose. 2- 基金
E.g.: The fund was established to help education projects around the world.

Fund (v): 1- to provide the money to pay for an event, activity, or organization.
E.g.: He plans to donate money to fund health centers.

Groom (n): 1- a man who’s about to get married. 2- 新郎
E.g.: The bride and groom walked down the aisle together.

Burden (n): 1- something difficult or unpleasant that you have to deal with or worry about. 2- 负担
E.g.: My elderly mother worries that she’s a burden to me.
E.g.: Buying a house often places a large financial burden on young couples.

Latin America (n): 1- 拉丁美洲

UN (United Nations)(n): 1- 联合国

UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund)(n): 1-  联合国儿童基金会

23 million men married before they were 15 (Source: www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1906/190610-child-grooms.html)

UNICEF has issued a report on the number of boys who get married around the world. It estimates that 115 million boys and men were married as children. Of these, one in five, or 23 million, were married before the age of 15. The report is UNICEF’s first ever in-depth study of child grooms. UNICEF said a lot of news focuses on young girls being forced into marriage as child brides. The new report looks at the same problem of forced marriage but with boys. The UN agency looked at data from 82 countries. It found that child marriage among boys is common in countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and nations in the Pacific. The Central African Republic has the highest rate of child grooms.

UNICEF commented on the damage child marriage does to boys. It said: “Marriage steals childhood. Child grooms are forced to take on adult responsibilities for which they may not be ready. Early marriage brings early fatherhood, and with it added pressure to provide for a family, cutting short education and job opportunities.” UNICEF spoke about the harm child marriage does to boys and girls. It said: “When we think about child marriage we often think about girls, and rightly so because girls are most affected, but boys do marry in childhood.” It added: “[Child marriage] creates a burden for boys to take on adult responsibilities and roles when they are still children themselves, like providing for a family.”

Grammar

My vocabulary is low. – My vocabulary is limited.

I need to take my a lot of time to take care of my child. – It takes me a lot of time to take care of my child. / Taking care of a my child takes a lot of my time.