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Let me tell you about Beatrice Biira.
下面这个故事有关碧翠斯，比拉.
Beatrice was living in Uganda
碧翠斯住在乌干达，
near the Congo border,
刚果边界附近，
and like Dai Manju, she didn't go to school.
和戴曼君一样，她失学了。
Actually, she had never been to school,
其实她从未去过学校，
not to a lick, one day.
一点都没有。
Her parents, again, said,
她的父母也说，
"Why should we spend the money on her?
“我们为什么要在她身上花钱？
She's going to spend most of her life lugging water back and forth."
她这辈子都只需要来来回回运水。”
Well, it just so happens, at that time,
那时候她确实只是来来回回运水。
there was a group in Connecticut
在康涅狄格州有一个团体，
called the Niantic Community Church Group in Connecticut.
名为“康涅狄格州奈安蒂克教会”。
They made a donation to an organization
他们给一个
based in Arkansas
位于阿肯色州德名为“小母牛”的
called Heifer International.
国际慈善组织捐款。
Heifer sent two goats to Africa.
“小母牛”送了两头山羊去非洲。
One of them ended up with Beatrice's parents,
其中一头最后给了碧翠斯的父母。
and that goat had twins.
那头山羊后来生了双胞胎。
The twins started producing milk.
双胞胎小山羊开始产奶。
They sold the milk for cash.
他们卖山羊奶赚钱。
The cash started accumulating,
钱越来越多，
and pretty soon the parents said,
有一天她父母说，
"You know, we've got enough money. Let's send Beatrice to school."
“既然我们有了足够的钱，就送碧翠斯去上学吧。”
So at nine years of age,
所以在她九岁时，
Beatrice started in first grade --
碧翠斯开始读小学一年级--
after all, she'd never been to a lick of school --
完全从头开始--
with a six year-old.
和一群六岁的孩子一起。
No matter, she was just delighted to be in school.
尽管如此她非常高兴。
She rocketed to the top of her class.
她很快赶上进度并成为了最好的学生。
She stayed at the top of her class
她始终保持着第一名，
through elementary school, middle school,
小学，中学，
and then in high school,
一直到高中，
she scored brilliantly on the national examinations
她在全国统考中考了非常棒的分数，
so that she became the first person in her village,
于是她成为他们村子里，
ever, to come to the United States
第一个拿奖学金，
on scholarship.
来到美国的人。
Two years ago,
两年前，
she graduated from Connecticut College.
她从康奈迪格学院毕业了。
On the day of her graduation,
毕业那天，
she said, "I am the luckiest girl alive
她说，“我如此幸运地活着，
because of a goat."
多亏一头山羊。”
And that goat was $120.
那头山羊价值120美金。
