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听力文本
A new report from the United Nations says more than 250 million children of primary school age cannot reador write. It said they could also not do basic mathematics. The report said that 120 million children havespent little or no time in school. The researchers said children not going to school means countries lose money. Each year, governments lose up to $130 billion. Vibeke Jensen, a U.N. spokeswoman, said there was aglobal "learning crisis". She said this was because there were not enough well-trained teachers in poor areas. She said that in a third of countries, 75 per cent of primary school teachers do not have enough training. She added: "The issue now is to put the focus on quality."
The report said that most of those not going to school were girls. It said it was important that developing countries educate girls. Sending girls to school can increase a country's wealth by 25 per cent over 40 years. The report said that almost two-thirds (66%) of girls in Arab countries and sub-Saharan Africa would never go to school. In Yemen, just 36 per cent of young women are literate. The Reuters news agency said: "If current trends continue, the poorest part of the young female population in developing countries won't achieve literacy until 2072" There was some good news. In Laos, Rwanda and Vietnam, the number of children not going to school fell by 85 per cent in the last five years.
中文翻译
联合国一项新的研究表明有超过2亿5000万小学年龄儿童不会读写
。人们称他们不会基本的算数 。报道称有1亿2000万人没有或是很少上学 。研究人员表明孩子不上学将对国家造成经济损失 。每年,政府的损失达到了1300亿美金 。联合国发言人詹森认为全球陷入了“学习危机”当中 。她认为这是由于在贫困地区缺乏高素质教师所造成的 。她说在三分之一的国家里,有75%的小学老师没有接受过充分的培训 。她补充道:“目前的问题是要将重点放在质量上 。”研究认为在不上学的孩子中,大多是女孩
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重点讲解
1.well-trained 训练有素的
例句:He behaves like a well-trained soldier.
他的举止像个训练有素的军人
。2.developing countries 发展中国家
例句:The developing countries share the same fundamental interests.
发展中国家的根本利益是一致的
。3.sub-Saharan Africa 撒哈拉以南非洲
例句:This region includes some states that are not ethnically Arab, such as Morocco and Iran, and excludes Arabstates in the Sub-Saharan Africa region.
这个地区包括一些如摩洛哥和伊朗的国家不是阿拉伯民族,并排除在撒哈拉以南非洲地区的阿拉伯国家
。4.primary school 小学
例句:Now primary school students all like me.
现在小学生们都很喜欢我
。听力题目
1.What else could the children not do besides read and write?
a) speak English
b) do maths
c) cook
d) sew
2.How much time do 120 million children spend in school?
a) 50 hours a week
b) 7 hours a day
c) 4 days a week
d) little or no time
3.How much money do countries lose by not educating children?
a) $130 billion
b) $13,000,000
c) $130,288,634,722.99
d) $130 million
4.What kind of crisis did a UN spokeswoman talk of?
a) a not-so-serious one
b) a humanitarian one
c) a learning crisis
d) an urgent one
5.What did the woman say countries should focus on?
a) English
b) quality
c) science
d) quantity
6.How much richer could a country get by educating girls?
a) 25% richer
b) 40% richer
c) 66% richer
d) 85% richer
7.What proportion of girls in Arab countries may not go to school?
a) four-fifths
b) three-quarters
c) two-thirds
d) nine-tenths
8.In what country can only 36% of girls read and write?
a) Yemen
b) USA
c) Madagascar
d) Bhutan
9.When might developing countries achieve literacy?
a) 2072
b) never
c) 2280
d) the end of this year
10.How much did the rate of children not going to school fall by in Laos?
a) 82%
b) 83%
c) 84%
d) 85%
听力答案
1.b
2.d
3.a
4.c
5.b
6.a
7.c
8.a
9.a
10.d