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7 African Educators Stress Millennium Development Goals 非洲教育学者强调教育千年发展目标

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African educators and civil society group members gathered recently to discuss the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals on education.They said a U.N.report shows progress,but they also said some countries cannot meet the goals by the target-date next year.

日前非洲教育学者和民间社会团体成员聚集在一起,讨论联合国的教育千年发展目标。他们表示,联合国的一份报告表明该目标取得了进展,但同时也表示,一些国家无法在明年预定日期实现该目标。

听力破解:本文开篇第一句话即交代了文章主题,播音员通过重读on education来表示新闻以教育问题为主题;其中,target以爆破音[t]结尾,遇到以爆破音[d]开头的date时,前一个爆破音会失去爆破。

词汇宝典:target-date是名词,表示“预定开始或完成的日期”,类似的词还有target-market(目标市场),target-cost(目标成本)等。

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The educators and other experts said those countries cannot increase education and gain equal treatment for boys and girls in schools by 2015.They noted that this is especially true of sub-Saharan nations.The meeting in Yaounde,Cameroon included experts from 43

教育学者和其他专家表示,这些国家无法在2015年前提高适龄儿童就学率并为男女学童争取平等的教育机会。他们注意到这对撒哈拉以南的非洲国家来说尤其如此。这次在喀麦隆雅温得市举行的会议包括了来自43个非洲国家的专家。听力破解本段中出现了几个数字,有表示时间的by 2015,还有表示数量关系的from 43 African countries,都是播音员重读的地方。

词汇宝典:sub-是个前缀,通常表示“下,在下;低于,次于,副;亚,次”之义,sub-Saharan意为“撒哈拉沙漠以南的”,注意不要听成两个单词了。

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Jean Pierre Edzoa is an official of Cameroon's Ministry of Social Affairs.He describes the life ahead for uneducated children as a disaster.He says the government is doing everything possible to make parents understand that they harm their children if they do not send them to school.

Jean Pierre Edzoa是喀麦隆社会事务部的一位官员。他称未受过教育的孩子未来的生活是个灾难。并表示政府正在尽一切可能使家长明白,如果不送孩子上学就是在伤害孩子。

听力破解:本段中应注意一处断句。在句子the life ahead for uneducated children...中,播音员的断句方式为the life ahead和for uneducated children,避免理解或误听为ahead for(无此用法)甚至是head for(朝……前进)。本段还有两处重读分别出现在disaster和harm上,强调儿童不接受教育的危害性。sendthem被连读,send以辅音[d]结尾,them以辅音[t]开头,send的[d]吞没不读。

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The World Wildlife Fund for Nature is best known for its work for the environment.But it is also helping efforts to increase school attendance.Hanson Njiforti is director of the WWF office in Cameroon.He said it is now centering its efforts on education,because so many children do not go to school.

That sound invites Baka and Mbororo ethnic groups in Central Africa to send their children to school.They still live their traditional lives of their groups and official education is not of top importance for them.Mr.Njiforti notes that the Baka people have been asked for their ideas about how to get children into school rooms.

世界自然基金会因其对环境的贡献而闻名。但该组织也在改善入学率方面有所作为。Hanson Njiforti是世界自然基金会喀麦隆办事处的负责人。他说,该组织目前的工作重心在于教育工作,因为有太多孩子没有上学。那种声音用来提示中非的巴卡和姆伯洛洛族群送孩子上学。他们仍然过着本族群的传统生活,官方教育并非他们生活的首要重点。Njiforti先生指出,人们一直在就如何让孩子们上学征求巴卡人的意见。

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听力破解:重读词汇有official education和not...importance,意在强调教育在这里不受重视;not of和top importance两个词组均发生连读,它们都属于以辅音为结尾,以元音为开头的组合,听时要注意辨析。

词汇宝典:ethnic group是名词词组,指“同种同文化的民族”或“少数民族”;notes后面加从句,表示后面的句群是Mr.Njiforti所表述的意思,和says的用法相同。

学着说一说

1.meet the goals达到目标

▶meet the goals表示“达到目标,实现目标”。如:

We will try our best to meet the goals.我们会竭尽全力达到目标。

2.especially true尤其正确

▶especially 表示“特别,尤其”,口语中常用来强调,此处表示“尤其正确”,在句中起到强调作用。

▶口语中,比如在婚礼上经常会听到的一句话是:

Especially,I should thank my family.我要特别感谢我的家人。

3.be best known for最为人所知

▶be known for 的意思是“因……而众所周知”,加上best强调“最为人所知的,以……最为闻名”,如:

He is best known for his novels.他以小说作品而被人熟知。

▶be best known for后面常加原因,如:

She is best known for the basketball skill.

她以为篮球技术高超而被人熟知。

▶而 be best known as 后面常加表示职业、身份、荣誉、称号之类的词,如:

Jay Zhou is best known as a pop singer.

周杰伦是个著名的流行歌手。

4.ask for请求

▶新闻中 ask for表示“请求,要求”,用的其被动语态。

▶关于ask常见的口语表达还有:ask around意为“各处询问”。如:

He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary.

他竟然厚着脸皮要求增加薪水。