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1、 大学英语四级听力试题练习2023 Film Shows Effort to Stop Tribes from Killing Children 电影展现努力阻挡部落杀害儿童的成果 Filmmaker John Rowe discovered a secret after many visits to the Omo River Valley in Ethiopia: people there thought some children were “cursed.” Villagers blamed the children for sickness, a lack of rainfall a

2、nd other problems. So they killed them. The Omo Valley is a place of beauty. It is home to villagers with customs that date back many generations. Rowe says the villagers believe that if a childs teeth first appear on the upper gum instead of the lower part of the mouth, the child is cursed and must

3、 be killed. He says children are also killed when they are born to a woman who is not married, or if they are disabled or are twins. Rowe heard about this belief from Lale Labuko, the man who helped him during his visits to the Omo Valley. Rowe made a documentary film about the practice. He called t

4、he film “Omo Child.” Labuko says that when he was 15 years old, he saw a two-year-old child being drowned in a river. His mother told him that he had two sisters who were killed before he was born. In the film, a woman says 15 of her children were considered cursed. She says when they were born, old

5、er members of her village took them and fed them to crocodiles. In the film, Labuko says “I want to stop these things.” Labuko was the first member of his village to be educated. He asked Rowe to help him end the killings. First, he persuaded some young villagers, then families and leaders of the vi

6、llage. Rowes son Tyler filmed the documentary over a five year period. He says it was not easy. He says some people admitted they had killed their children. But others said children were not killed. Tyler says some villagers told him, “It doesnt happen here. We stopped it a long time ago. It only ha

7、ppens (in another village, not here.)” Labukos work caused people to begin speaking out about the practice. His tribe agreed to ban the killings in 2023. Rowes documentary shows Labukos efforts. A charity group created by Labuko and his wife has saved more than 40 children. They now live in a home i

8、n Jinka, Ethiopia. The Ethiopian government has banned the practice, but Rowe says “there are two other tribes that continue to” kill children. But because of the film, more people know about the killings and the efforts of one man to stop them. Im Christopher Jones-Cruise. _ Words in This Story twin n. either one of two babies that are born at the same time to the same mother charity group n. an organization that helps people who are poor, sick, etc. 【大学英语四级听力试题练习2023】