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听力文本
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.
In Vietnam, two members of a family of street vendors(street sellers) are finding a way to help the poor students in Hanoi. Pham Minh Dap and his brother are providing the students with mostly free English and Japanese lessons at a learning center they created. The men want to help people who would not normally have a chance to learn a foreign language.
Some education experts in Vietnam say such knowledge may help college graduates get jobs. The country's economy has improved. But many graduates continue to have a hard time finding employment. Local media report 10 percent of university graduates do not have a job.
Earlier this year, 24-year-old Pham Minh Dap and his brother established a school they call Stand By You. Volunteers teach poor students English and Japanese. Many classes are free. Students with some language knowledge pay 25 to 50 cents per class.
Mr. Dap pays about $500 to rent the language center space and for other costs. He gives about $150 from his earnings as a street vendor and private language teaching. His brother gives the same amount from money he earns as a secretary. Friends provide the rest.
Mr. Dap says students come to the city from the countryside and must pay for food or rent. He says the students' parents are farmers. And he said farmers are very poor in Vietnam.
But Pham Minh Dap is also poor. He sells balloons and children's toys outside Hoa Binh Park in the center of Vietnam's capital. He works there for a few hours on most afternoons. He earns about $5 each day. Mr. Dap and many of his family members have sold things in the area for 5 years. They come from a village of rice farmers in Thanh Hoa Province.
24-year-old Pham Thi Trang is one of 600 students at the language school. She is finishing her university studies. Her parents work in a market in a village in Ha Nam Province. She says life is hard in the city.
She says she earns about $50 a month from a part-time job, and her parents give her $75. But this is not enough to live on. She has said she has to be very careful with money, so she can pay her bills.
Demand for the school is growing. About 1,000 people are on a waiting list to enter. 10 people have offered to teach for free. And Mr. Dap says he is hoping to raise money to pay for a bigger place. He wants to open more classes.
And that's the VOA Learning English Education Report. I'm Jeri Watson.
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词汇学习
1.offer vt. 提供，给予
He has offered seats at the conference table to the Russian leader and the president of Kazakhstan...
他已邀请俄罗斯领导人和哈萨克斯坦总统参加会谈。
2.normally adv. 正常地；通常地
An airmail letter to China normally costs 50 cents if it 's not overweight.
如果不超重，一封信寄往中国的航空信通常要50美分。
3.establish vt. 建立，创建
He is planning to establish a home.
他正计划建立家庭。
4.earning n. 所赚的钱，收入
He was a high-earning broker with money to burn.
他是高收入的经纪人，有花不完的钱。
内容解析
1.Pham Minh Dap and his brother are providing the students with mostly free English and Japanese lessons at a learning center they created.
provide with给…提供
Election officials have rigged up speakers to provide voters with music.
负责选举的官员们已经临时安了几个喇叭，让投票者可以同时享受音乐。
2.But many graduates continue to have a hard time finding employment.
have a hard time做某事困难
Patrol have a hard time trying to find us once we land.
巡警很难找到我们只要我们一着陆。
参考翻译
美国之音慢速学英语节目，这里是教育报道。
在越南，一个街头小贩家庭中的两人在河内找到了帮助贫困学生的方法。Pham Minh Dap和他的弟弟在他们创办的学习中心几乎免费为学生提供英语和日语课程。这两人希望帮助那些正常情况下没有机会学习外语的人。
越南一些教育专家表示，这样的知识或许可以帮助大学毕业生就业。越南经济已经得到发展。但是许多毕业生的就业状况仍然艰难。当地媒体报道称，10%的大学毕业生没有工作。
今年年初，24岁的Pham Minh Dap和他的弟弟创立了一所叫做“支持你”的学校。志愿者们教给学生英语和日语。许多课程是免费的。有一些语言知识的学生每堂课支付25至50分的费用。
Dap表示，支付语言中心的租金和其他费用大概需要500美元。他从自己做街头小贩和私人语言辅导的收入中拿出大约150美元。他的弟弟也从做秘书的收入中拿出同样的金额。剩余的部分由朋友提供。
Dap表示，从乡村来到城市的学生必须支付食物或房租。他表示，这些学生的家长是农民。越南的农民非常贫穷。
但是Pham Minh Dap也非常贫穷。他在越南首都中心的Hoa Binh公园外卖气球和儿童玩具。大部分下午，他都在那里工作几个小时，每天赚大约5美元。Dap和他的许多家人五年来都在这里卖东西。他们来自越南清化省一个稻农之村。
这所语言学校共有600名学生，24岁的Pham Thi Trang就是其中之一。她即将结束大学学习。她的父母在越南的河南省一个小村庄的市场上工作。她表示，城市的生活非常艰难。
她表示，她的一份兼职收入每月大约50美元，父母给她75美元。但是这还不够生活。她说，她必须非常节俭才能够用。
对该学校的需求正在增长。等待入学名单上有大约1,000人。10人已经提出免费教学。Dap说，他希望能够筹集资金租用更大的地方。他希望能够开设更多课堂。
以上就是今天的美国之音慢速学英语教育报道。我是Jeri Watson。
