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500 young African leaders are taking part in a US government program at American universities this summer.
今年夏天，500名非洲领袖在美国大学参加了美国政府的一个项目，

They would study Civic Leadership, Public Management and Business. Fauzia Abdikadir of Kenya is among the young people.
他们将学习民事领导、公共管理和商业。来自肯尼亚的阿布迪卡迪是年轻人中的一位。

Ms. Abdikadir spoke to VOA about her goals and the goals of her group in Kenya — the Northern Organization for Social Empowerment.
阿布迪卡迪向美国之音谈到自己的目标和她在肯尼亚的北方社会赋权组织的目标，

She says she wants to improve health care and development in the northeastern part of the country.
她说希望改善本国东北部的医疗和发展。

Garissa has failed to develop as fast as the rest of the country. Ms. Abdikadir hopes the Northern Organization can change that.
加里萨未能像该国其他地方那样快速发展。阿布迪卡迪希望北方社会赋权组织能改变这一现状。

They say what we have is the energy, the zeal, the enthusiasm and the brains of coming up with new ideas
他们说我们拥有能量、热情、激情和创新的头脑，

in order to save the society from poverty, illiteracy, gender-based violence and so many social vices," said Abdikadir.
可以用来将社会从贫困、文盲、性别暴力和诸多社会罪恶中拯救出来。”

Families move from one place to another in search of water and places to feed the animals.
这些家庭随水草迁徙来喂养动物，

Ms. Abdikadir said she wants to make agriculture another way of life in her community.
阿布迪卡迪说她想在自己的社区创造另一种农业生活方式，

She believes settling permanently and planting crops would provide a better future for young people.
她认为永久定居并种植作物能给年轻人提供更好的生活。

"Specifically, where I come from we are not so much into agriculture yet we have very fertile land, we have very good opportunities to practice agriculture.
“具体来说，我的家乡不是很农业化，但我们有肥沃的土地，我们有很好的机会来发展农业。

The other thing is the youth empowerment, we need to empower the youth," Abdikadir said.
另一个就是青年人的赋权，我们需要赋权青年人。”

Ms. Abdikadir said there are two kinds of young people — those from rural areas and those from cities.
阿布迪卡迪说有两种青年人，来自农村地区的和来自城市的。

She said only the city people can make use of what limited resources that exist.
她说只有城市人才能利用现存的有限资源。

In the United States, Ms. Abdikadir said she and the other young people receive six weeks of training, they will also work for two months in the civil leadership field.
阿布迪卡迪说在美国，她和其他青年人接受了6周的培训，他们还将在民事领导领域工作两月。

The program seeks to guide Africa's educators, business people and activists of the future.
该项目希望指导非洲未来的教育者、商界人士和活动家。

The Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders is part of President Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative. Those attending are between ages 25 and 35.
华盛顿非洲青年领袖奖学金是奥巴马总统的非洲领袖倡议项目的一部分，参加者年龄在25到35岁，

They will receive money to support their plans and organizations after they complete the program.
项目结束后他们将获得资金，来支持他们的计划和组织。

And that's the VOA Learning English Education Report. You can read more about education on our website learningenglish.voanews.com.
这就是美国之音慢速英语教育报道，登陆learningenglish.voanews.com获得更多教育报道，

You can follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, iTunes, Twitter and on our YouTube channel all at VOA Learning English. I'm Jerilyn Watson.
你还可以在脸书、领英、iTunes、推特和YouTube尚关注我们，我是杰瑞琳·沃森。

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1.empowerment n. 许可，授权

This government believes very strongly in the empowerment of women.
这届政府坚信赋权于妇女99Y#3EA7-8D。

2.zeal n. 热情；热心；热诚

They plunged into their work with immense zeal.
他们以极大的热情投入工作%ixUbQ!3FwYtbjh@[。

3.initiative n. 主动权；首创精神 adj. 主动的；自发的；起始的

Local initiatives to help young people have been inadequate.
当地对年轻人的扶助法案一直不够完善[.sO@u0jA5q-。

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