在委内瑞拉的毛绒玩具医院，旧玩具重获新生
📖 逐句对照翻译
One by one, volunteers rescue and repair toys that show the marks of use.
志愿者们逐一拯救和修复那些留有使用痕迹的玩具。
They sew clothing and brush fur and hair, add filling and dress the toys.
他们缝制衣服，梳理毛皮和毛发，填充并装扮玩具。
The workers are fixing them to again be given to children.
工人们正在修理它们，以便再次送给孩子们。
This is the work of the Hospital for Soft Toys, a project in Venezuela's capital, Caracas.
这是委内瑞拉首都加拉加斯的“毛绒玩具医院”项目的工作。
The effort began with a mother's question: What do you do with all the toys once children outgrow them?
这项努力始于一位母亲的问题：孩子长大后，所有的玩具该怎么处理呢？
About 60 volunteers now meet at least twice a week.
目前约有60名志愿者每周至少聚会两次。
They work on Barbie dolls, toy bears and baby dolls that children have left behind.
他们修理孩子们遗弃的芭比娃娃、玩具熊和洋娃娃。
The group estimates it has recycled about 70,000 toys in the past seven years.
该组织估计，在过去七年里，他们已经回收了大约7万件玩具。
Its volunteers work faster around the Christmas holiday.
它的志愿者在圣诞节假期前后工作得更快。
Mirady Acosta is a 63-year-old architect who represents the Hospital for Soft Toys.
米拉迪·阿科斯塔是一位63岁的建筑师，代表软玩具医院。
She said the idea came from a teacher named Lilian Gluck.
她说这个想法来自一位名叫莉莲·格鲁克的老师。
In 2017, Gluck was looking for something to do with her children’s toys as they grew older.
2017年，格拉克随着孩子们渐渐长大，正琢磨着如何处理他们的玩具。
She did not want to throw them out or let them fall apart.
她不想把它们扔掉，也不想让它们散架。
She decided to wash them, fix them up and donate them to children staying in the University Hospital of Caracas.
她决定把它们洗干净、整理好，然后捐给住在加拉加斯大学医院的孩子们。
The effort was popular.
这项努力很受欢迎。
So, a few months later, she opened the Hospital for Soft Toys at her home.
所以，几个月后，她在自己家中开办了软体玩具医院。
It is a nonprofit foundation that also collects and repairs other toys and educational games.
它是一个非营利基金会，还收集和修理其他玩具及教育游戏。
The foundation receives donations from other countries that can include school supplies, diapers, shoes, food and candy.
该基金会接受来自其他国家的捐赠，包括学习用品、尿布、鞋子、食品和糖果。
All have been welcomed in a country that has seen years of economic crisis and renewed political unrest after July's election.
在这个经历了多年经济危机以及7月选举后政治动荡再度加剧的国家，所有人都受到了欢迎。
Silvia Heiber has volunteered for almost three years.
西尔维娅·海贝尔已经志愿服务了近三年。
She is 72 years old.
她72岁了。
She said that smoothing a soft toy's fur or fixing a doll's hair for another child to care for is also helpful for the volunteers.
她说，把毛绒玩具的毛抚平，或为玩偶整理头发，再交给另一个孩子照顾，对志愿者来说也很有帮助。
"By doing this, all of us who come here are in therapy, a therapy of support for one another," Heiber said.
海贝尔说：“通过这样做，我们所有来到这里的人都在接受治疗，一种相互支持的治疗。”
Mirna Morales is a 76-year-old teacher and volunteer.
米尔娜·莫拉莱斯是一位76岁的教师和志愿者。
She called it "one of the best experiences I've ever had."
她称之为“我有过的最棒的经历之一”。
María Poleo, who is 84 years old, said the work is not difficult because all the volunteers know how to make or repair clothing.
84岁的玛丽亚·波莱奥表示，这项工作并不难，因为所有志愿者都知道如何制作或修补衣物。
On some days, it seems there are not enough toys to repair.
有些日子，似乎没有足够的玩具需要修理。
But then someone arrives at the door with more boxes and bags full of toys.
但随后有人带着更多装满玩具的箱子和袋子来到门口。
The toys are delivered to hospitals and schools in poor areas, but also to homes for older people — anyone "who needs a little bit of affection," Heiber said.
这些玩具会被送到贫困地区的医院和学校，也会送到养老院——海贝尔说，送给任何“需要一点关爱”的人。
Each restored doll comes with a message advising its new owner to recycle it when they no longer want it.
每个修复后的娃娃都附有一条信息，建议新主人在不再需要时将其回收。
"Hello, I am your new friend," it says.
“你好，我是你的新朋友。”它说。
"I am a doll with experience because I played with another girl. Love me and take care of me and I will do the same with you. When you grow up, give me to another girl who will love me and play with me like you."
我是一个有经验的娃娃，因为我曾和另一个女孩一起玩耍。爱我、照顾我，我也会同样对待你。等你长大了，把我交给另一个会像你一样爱我、陪我玩耍的女孩。
I’m Jill Robbins.
我是吉尔·罗宾斯。
Jorge Rueda and Juan Pablo Arráez reported this story for the Associated Press.
豪尔赫·鲁埃达和胡安·巴勃罗·阿拉埃斯为美联社报道了这一故事。
Jill Robbins adapted it for Learning English.
吉尔·罗宾斯为《学习英语》改编了它。
