That was not Riis' last battle to make life cleaner and better for many people.

这并不是里斯为让许多人的生活更清洁、更好而进行的最后一场战斗。

The young man came from Denmark. His name was Jacob Riis. He was just twenty-one years old.

这个年轻人来自丹麦。他的名字叫雅各·里斯。他当时只有21岁。

It was difficult to get a job. Jacob Riis went from place to place seeking work.

当时很难找到工作。雅各·里斯四处寻找工作。

The camera in the eighteen eighties was nothing like it is today. But Riis got his pictures.

十八世纪八十年代的照相机和今天的完全不同。但是里斯拍到了他要的照片。

Riis continued to write about conditions that were in need of major reform.

里斯继续撰写关于需要进行重大改革的地方的文章。

At last, Jacob Riis got a job writing for a newspaper in New York City. This was his chance.

最后，雅各·里斯在纽约一家报社找到了一份写作的工作。这是他的机会。

Jacob Riis continued the fight to clean up the slums for many years. There were not many people to help him.

雅各·里斯多年来一直在为清除贫民窟而斗争。当时没有很多人帮助他。

In those days, when Riis was a fighting newspaper reporter, laws against child labor were something new.

在那些日子里，当里斯还是一名战斗的报社记者时，禁止童工的法律还是新鲜事物。

Riis said that Happy News is not trying to stop people from learning about issues or problems.

Riis 表示，Happy News 并不是要阻止人们了解问题或问题。

Theodore Roosevelt, who later became president of the United States, called Riis the most useful citizen in New York City.

后来成为美国总统的西奥多·罗斯福称里斯是纽约市最有用的公民。

But in the United States today, child labor is not legal. It was because of men like Jacob Riis that this is so.

但是在今天的美国，童工是不合法的。这是因为有像雅各·里斯这样的人。

This week we tell about Jacob Riis. He was a writer who used all his energy to make the world a better place for poor people.

今天我们讲述雅各·里斯的故事。他是一个作家，他用毕生的精力让穷人的世界变得更美好。