A part of the United Nations that works for children all over the world — especially children caught in war, disaster, poverty, hunger, or disease. It pays for vaccines, clean water, food for very hungry babies, and schooling, and it speaks up for children's rights. You see its name on aid boxes in news pictures, and you may have met it through school fundraising or those collection boxes at Halloween in some countries.

A part of the United Nations聯合國底下的一個機構 that works for children all over the world為全世界兒童工作——especially children caught in war, disaster, poverty, hunger, or disease特別是身陷戰爭、災難、貧窮、飢餓或疾病的兒童。It pays for它出錢提供 vaccines, clean water, food for very hungry babies, and schooling疫苗、乾淨的水、給非常飢餓的嬰兒的食物，還有教育, and it speaks up for也為...發聲 children's rights兒童權利。You see its name你會看到它的名字 on aid boxes in news pictures在新聞照片裡的援助箱上, and you may have met it through也可能透過...認識它 school fundraising or those collection boxes at Halloween in some countries學校募款，或某些國家萬聖節的募款箱。

It is said as a word, not letter by letter: YOU-ni-sef. It is written in capitals because it began as a set of initials.

It is said as a word它是當一個字唸出來的, not letter by letter不是一個字母一個字母唸: YOU-ni-sefYOU-ni-sef。It is written in capitals它寫成全大寫, because it began as a set of initials因為它一開始是一組字首縮寫。

In sentences it behaves like a single organisation, so it takes a singular verb: "UNICEF says…", "UNICEF has warned…" One nice piece of history hides in the name: the C and E stand for Children's Emergency, and the whole thing was set up in 1946 for children in Europe after the Second World War. The 'emergency' part of the job was later dropped — the official name is now the United Nations Children's Fund — but everyone had grown used to saying UNICEF, so the old letters stayed.

In sentences在句子裡 it behaves like a single organisation它的行為就像單一機構一樣, so it takes a singular verb所以要搭配單數動詞: "UNICEF says…", "UNICEF has warned…""UNICEF says…"、"UNICEF has warned…" One nice piece of history hides in the name這個名字裡藏著一段有趣的歷史: the C and E stand for Children's EmergencyC 和 E 代表 Children's Emergency（兒童緊急救援）, and the whole thing was set up in 1946 for children in Europe after the Second World War整個機構是 1946 年，為了二戰後歐洲的兒童而成立的。The 'emergency' part of the job was later dropped後來「緊急」的部分被拿掉了——the official name is now正式名稱現在是 the United Nations Children's Fundthe United Nations Children's Fund（聯合國兒童基金會）——but everyone had grown used to saying UNICEF但大家已經習慣說 UNICEF, so the old letters stayed所以舊的縮寫就留了下來。