ECHO was instituted in 1975,

ECHO成立于1975年，

and it originally stood for "Every citizen Has Opportunities".

其代表的含义是“让每个公民都有机会”。

And we provide skill-building,job placement,day support,

我们还为残疾人提供技能培训、就业安置、日间支持

and transportation to individuals with disabilities.

和交通服务。

Our mission is to empower each individual to achieve their optimal level of personal,social and economic success.

我们的使命是赋予每个人权力，使他们在个人、社会和经济上取得最佳水平的成功。

You're going through that whole bowl,right?

你要检查整个碗里面的东西，对不对？

Today,we are working here at MAC Aerospace.

如今我们在MAC航空航天公司工作。

We're working on their inventory,

我们正在研究他们的库存，

which is one of the jobs that we have here for our participants.

这是我们为参与者准备的工作之一。

And we count the inventory,

我们清点存货，

we label it and if it needs to be re-boxed,

贴上标签，如果需要的话，

we can re-box it as well.

我们也可以重新装箱。

Today,we're counting screws.

今天，我们要数螺丝钉。

Everybody has a process.

每个人都有自己的一套流程。

Everybody does it differently.

每个人的工作方式都不同。

So I have to come in and learn the process,

所以我必须来学习这个过程，

and then I teach the process to the participants.

然后再把这个过程传授给参与者。

They're capable of anything.

他们什么都能做。

They can do anything as long as they trained properly.

只要训练得当，他们就能做任何事。

And that's my job.

而训练他们就是我的工作。

Becky,how's it going?

贝基，怎么样了？

Are you finding every piece?Yeah?

你找到每一块了吗？

So make sure some of the smaller pieces tend to fall at the very bottom.

你要确认一些较小的碎片，它们通常会落在最底部。

So if you need to,

如果你需要的话，

you can take things out and move them around,

可以把东西拿出来，动一动它们，

but I promise you every piece is in there,okay?

但我向你保证，所有东西都在这里面，好吗？

I was in Phoenix,Arizona with my parents until my parents passed away.

我之前和父母住在亚利桑那州凤凰城，直到我的父母去世。

I moved here in October,last October.

我是去年十月搬到这里的。

We currently serve around 207 individuals with disabilities.

我们目前为大约二百零七名残疾人提供服务。

The assessment center helps determine different aptitudes and interests.

评估中心帮助确定人们不同的能力和兴趣。

It has a number of different modules,

它有很多不同的模块，

for which we put people through in various industries.

我们让不同行业的人去体验这些模块。

How is it going?OK.

怎么样？

And as you saw,Amy was very good at that.

你也看到了，艾米很擅长这个。

She's quite skilled at rolling napkins, silverware into napkins.

她很会把餐巾、银器卷成餐巾纸。

So for instance,she might be a good fit for our hospitality,

因此她可能非常适合招待类工作、

our dish washing and restaurant services.

洗碗工作和餐厅服务类工作。

What is something that's not appropriate to wear to work?

什么东西不适合穿去上班？

Bathing suit?

泳衣？

A bathing suit or a swim suit not appropriate.

泳衣不适合穿去上班。

Finding a job is a desire and a goal of theirs,not everyone.

找工作是他们的愿望和目标，虽然不是每个人都是这样想。

So a lot of the participants that we work with here in the Academy,

因此，我们在学院与许多参与者一起工作，

have expressed a desire to get a job.

他们都表达了想要找到一份工作的愿望。

So we kind of work on a lot of the soft skills that is required when one gets a job.

因此，我们在很多软技能上下功夫，这些技能是人们找到工作时所需的。

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