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Brian Mullaney Brings Smiles to Children Worldwide
By Anne Malinee
Washington, D.C.
27 April 2009
Source:http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2009-04-27-voa15.cfm


Vocabulary:

surgery [n.] 外科,外科醫學;(外科)手術

executive [n.] 執行者;行政官;高級官員 , 經理;業務主管

corporate [adj.] 團體的;公司的

launched [v.] 出版;將...投放市場, 開始;積極投入;猛力展開

passion [ ]n. 熱情,激情

cleft [ ]adj. 劈開的,裂開的

palate [n.] 上顎

defect [n.] 缺點,缺陷,不足之處

curse [v.] 使遭難,詛咒,咒罵

isolation [n.] 隔離;孤立;脫離

horrible [adj.] 可怕的,令人毛骨悚然的

existence [n.] 存在,實在, 生存

tragic [adj.] 悲劇的

entire [adj.] 全部的,整個的

Vietnam [n.] 越南

bittersweet [adj.] 苦樂參半的

Inevitably [adv.] 不可避免地;必然地

jungle [n.] 叢林

rural [adj.] 農村的;田園的

inquiry [n.] 調查

charity [n.] 施捨;善舉

donation[n.] 捐獻,捐贈

milestone [n.] 里程碑

eliminate [v.] 排除,消除

currently [adv.] 現在

medical conditions 健康狀況

club foot 畸形足

congenital [adj.] 天生的

thereby [adv.] 因此,由此,從而

My opinion：
After I read the article, I searched the film “Smile Pinki” in Youtube.
I feel a dull pain in the film. The children with a cleft have tragic destiny in developing countries. Brian Mullaney finds phenomenon, then he decides to change their life. After the surgery, the children with a cleft retake their smile on their faces. The Smile Train gives a child not just a new smile, but a second chance of life.
I think Brian Mullaney is a respectable person, because he not only brings the smile to cleft lip’s children, he lets more people know this topic for discussion through this film. In addition, he hopes he has ability to solve other medical conditions and brings smiles and new chances to worldwide children’s life.