20100224 Fugees Family (1)

Fugees Family

Healing lives with soccer

Members of the Fugees Family come to America from 25 different countries. They are Asian, African and Eastern European - and the family they form is anything but traditional.

Fugees are child refugees who ran away from war in their homelands. When they were relocated to Clarkston, Georgia, these young refugee boys had very little hope. But that all changed the day a woman named Luma Mufleh came to town. Worried that these boys might slip through the cracks, she started a soccer team for them.

She believed soccer could bring hope and healing, provide motivation, and challenge them to succeed. Luma became their coach, and the Fugees Family was born. Before they could play soccer though, the boys had to sign a contract. The agreement includes an English-only policy and attending after-school tutoring twice a week. Since Luma got the ball rolling in 2004, the family has grown. Today 86 refugees play on four different Fugees teams.


refugee v. 難民
=> a person who move to another country or another place for safety

homeland n. 祖國/故國/家鄉
=> a place where a person was born
=> a place where a person grew up

crack n. 裂縫
slip through the cracks 缺乏關注或照料
=> become forgotten or disappear from people's attention
eg: Check your answers before turning in your test to make sure nothing slip through the cracks.

motivation n. 動機
=> the reason for doing something
eg: I need motivation to get good grades in school.

totor v.
= teach

tutoring n. 課後輔導/家教
eg: Charles needs private tutoring to catch up with his classmates.
eg: Sam does voluntary tutoring at the community center to help disadvantaged kids.


get the ball rolling 開始執行某事
eg: Let's not wait for those who are late. Let's get the ball rolling and start our meeting.
eg: We've been trying to get the ball rolling on establishing our own library.

relocate
=> move to a new place

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anything but
= definitely not
= not at all

anything but traditional
= not traditional
=> 這裡的but為except意思
eg: This book is anything but good.
eg: I would eat anywhere but at that restaurant.

anything but something
anyone but someone


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Luma became their coach, and the Fugees Family was born.
=> Luma became their coach, and the Fugees Family was started.

born
=> to begin or to start
eg: When the young singer won her first international award, a star was born.
eg: With the coming of this new invention, a new trend was born.


born adj. 出生的/誕生的
eg: The Johnston's baby boy was born last Monday.