StoppingPovertyaroundtheWorld
Itwouldbehardforafamilytoliveon300yuanamonth,wouldn'tit?That'showmuchZengLuandherfamilyhavetoliveonforaw____year.TheworldisnowtryingtohelppeoplelikeZengtoliveb____.Notlongagoabout2000governmentleaders,scientistsandothersmetinShanghaitotalkaboutstoppingpovertya____theworld.Whatispoverty?AccordingtotheUnitedNations,itrefers(指)tothep____peopleintheworldwholiveonl____than8.5yuanaday.MostofthosepeopleliveinAfricanc____likeSierraLeone(塞拉里昂)andSomalia(索马里).Thereareoftenwarsandlotsofdiseases.
Nowmorethanonebillionpeopleintheworldlivethatway.TheUNsaidthatby2015,thatnumbershouldbecutinhalf.TohelpChina'spoor,theWorldBankhasgrantedaloanofmorethan37billionyuantohelpChinab____railwaysandschoolsandstopriverpollutionanddeserts.
Chinaisn'taspoorassomeothercountries.ButmanyplacesinChina'scountryside,likeZeng'shomeinChongqing,areverypoor.Zeng,12,liveswithherm____,grandparentsanda15-year-oldbrotherinChongqing.Herfatherisdead.Thefamilymaketheirlivingbyg____rice.ZengstudiesatTianjiaPrimarySchoolbuthastohelphermotherwiththeh____.TheyhavenoTV,noelectricfanandnotelephone.