英國(guó)的公立學(xué)校和大學(xué)現(xiàn)在可以為學(xué)生訂購(gòu)免費(fèi)的經(jīng)期產(chǎn)品，這是政府解決經(jīng)期貧困問(wèn)題政策的一部分。學(xué)?？梢约尤氪擞?jì)劃，為學(xué)生訂購(gòu)衛(wèi)生棉條、衛(wèi)生巾和月經(jīng)杯。

Campaigners have long called for the government to help women and girls stuck in so-called ‘period poverty’. Research by the PHS Group, which will supply the sanitary products, found that more than half of teenage girls in school or college were missing lessons because of their period, while nearly a third said that either they, or someone they knew, had been impacted by period poverty.

倡議者一直呼吁政府來(lái)幫助婦女和女孩們擺脫所謂的 “經(jīng)期貧困”。PHS（Personnel Hygiene Services Limited 個(gè)人衛(wèi)生服務(wù)有限公司）的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，超過(guò)一半的在校女生會(huì)因經(jīng)期問(wèn)題缺課。同時(shí)，近三分之一的人表示，她們或她們認(rèn)識(shí)的人曾受到經(jīng)期貧困的影響。PHS公司是將為學(xué)校提供衛(wèi)生用品的供應(yīng)商。

Under the new scheme, pupils in over 20,000 schools will be able to access sanitary products free of charge, and staff will be able to order more online when they're needed.

根據(jù)這項(xiàng)新計(jì)劃，兩萬(wàn)多所學(xué)校的學(xué)生將能夠免費(fèi)使用衛(wèi)生用品。學(xué)校工作人員將能夠在網(wǎng)上按需訂購(gòu)衛(wèi)生用品。

In Scotland, four million pounds is being spent on a similar initiative launched last year. And in Wales, three million pounds was announced earlier this month to supply girls in primary and secondary schools with sanitary products.

在蘇格蘭，400萬(wàn)英鎊的經(jīng)費(fèi)在支持去年啟動(dòng)的一項(xiàng)類似計(jì)劃。威爾士在本月早些時(shí)候宣布將投入300萬(wàn)英鎊為中小學(xué)女生提供衛(wèi)生用品。

詞匯

period poverty “經(jīng)期貧困”，因貧困無(wú)法購(gòu)買衛(wèi)生用品
supply 提供
sanitary products 衛(wèi)生用品
impacted 影響
free of charge 免費(fèi)
initiative 新措施，計(jì)劃

閱讀理解：請(qǐng)?jiān)谧x完上文后，回答下列問(wèn)題。

1. According to research, how many girls at schools and colleges in England were thought to be missing lessons because of their period?

2. How much are students going to be charged for sanitary products under this new scheme?

3. True or false? Students will be able to order more sanitary products online.

4. What type of schools in Wales are students being offered free sanitary products?

答案

1. According to research, how many girls at schools and colleges in England were thought to be missing lessons because of their period?
Research by the PHS Group, which will supply the sanitary products, found that more than half of teenage girls in school or college were missing lessons because of their period.

2. How much are students going to be charged for sanitary products under this new scheme?
Under the new scheme, pupils in over 20,000 schools will be able to access sanitary products free of charge.

3. True or false? Students will be able to order more sanitary products online.
False. It’s staff who will be able to order more online when they're needed.

4. What type of schools in Wales are students being offered free sanitary products?
Girls in primary and secondary schools in Wales will be offered free sanitary products.