这是世界最穷的国家之一 It is one of the least developed countries,
集中了世界最穷的5%人口 the bottom 5% of the world.
缺水 There's not adequate sewage.
缺垃圾站 There's not adequate garbage collection.
缺医疗 There's not adequate healthcare.
我们要做的是 What we're trying to do at least is to address
解决困恼人们的 some of the intractable health problems that
健康问题 are such a tax and a burden on the people here.
橡皮病 Lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis,
很恶劣 it really is a horrific disease.
人们不成比例的全身肿胀 People's limbs swell to enormous proportions,
被细菌感染 become infected with bacteria and fungi.
被家人遗弃 Their own families reject them.
变成怪物 They really become the town monster.
我是泰勒 I'm Tyler Stavinoha.
21岁来自奥斯丁 I'm 21 years old and I'm from Austin, Texas.
我这样度过我的 This is how I'm spending my term between
大三暑假 my junior and senior year in college.
和淋巴丝虫病打交道 Working with lymphatic filariasis,
首先要知道 the most important thing is coming to
谁患有这种病 know the people that have it.
在海地的几周 In just a few weeks here in Haiti,
泰勒就能通过他的科研和爱心 Tyler will be able to make a difference through
改善现状 his research work and through his affection for these people.
自97年起 Since 1997, Notre Dame,
诺特丹与盖茨基金会合作 in partnership with the Gates foundation,
致力于消除橡皮病 has been committed to the elimination of lymphatic filariasis.
在托马斯神父领导下 Through the mass treatment of more than
海地项目 1.3 million people annually, the Haiti Program,
每年治疗130万人 led by Notre Dame biologist Father Thomas Streit,
是世界上最重要的橡皮病项目 is one of the world's premier initiatives against elephantiasis.
通过师生的研究 Through extensive research by both faculty and students,
传染链 the chain of transmission for this mosquito-borne disease
已被破坏 to the next generation is being broken.
诺特丹问道 The University of Notre Dame asks,
你为何而战 "What would you fight for?"
尊严 Fighting for human dignity.
安全 Fighting for our safety.
疾病 Fighting disease.
我们是战斗的爱尔兰人 We are 'The Fighting Irish'.