11 Study Reveals Economic Impact of Uneducated Children 研究揭示了失学儿童对经济的影响

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A new study finds a lack of education for young children in developing nations seriously affects the country's economic progress.The organization Results for Development called R4D performed the study.The Non-Governmental group is based in Washington D.C.Its study says children who are not attending primary school are an unused source of economic growth for their country.

一项新的研究表明，发展中国家儿童缺乏教育会严重影响该国的经济发展。一家总部设在华盛顿特区，被称为 R4D 的发展成果研究组织进行了这项研究。结果称没上过小学的孩子是该国一项未被利用的经济增长资源。

听力破解：本段中的重读词组有Non-Governmental和unused。Non-Governmental 和 unused 是两个带有否定前缀的重读词汇。Non和un都具有否定意义，重读是强调其否定意味。

词汇宝典：source用作名词时表示“来源；发源地；原始资料”，如：My wages are the principal source of my income.薪金是我收入的主要来源。用作动词时表示“从……获得”，如：We source all the meat sold in our stores from British farms.我们商店里卖的肉均从英国农场购进。

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R4D says it performed the study because it was worried about a growing worldwide problem in education.The group found 57 million children of primary school age are not in school，most of them are from sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia.

Milan Thomas works for R4D.He says there has been progress in reducing the number of children who do not attend school，but he says that progress has slowed in recent years.He says there is no disagreement that children with basic education can look forward to a better life.

R4D组织表示由于担心教育这个不断增长的世界难题，他们进行了这项研究。该组织发现5700万小学适龄儿童没有上学，他们中的大多数来自撒哈拉以南非洲和东南亚地区。

米兰·托马斯就职于R4D组织。他说他们在减少辍学儿童数量上取得了一定进展，但近年来这一进展速度有所放缓。他说，受过基础教育的儿童毫无疑问地可以期盼更美好的生活。

听力破解：no disagreement被播音员重读。No和dis-前缀都有否定意义，所以此处是个双重否定，用来表示肯定，并且语气更加强烈，译为“没有不同意见”。

词汇宝典：progress用作名词时表示“进步；发展；前进”，如：They made slow progress towards the mountain top.他们向山顶缓慢地前进。用作动词时表示“进步；发展；缓速前进；促进”，如：We are meeting again tomorrow to try and progress the matter.我们打算明天再见面，试着推动这件事情的发展。

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“The benefits associated with primary education are really undisputed at this point because there are countless studies showing that children who complete basic education tend to enjoy better health and higher incomes over their lifetimes，”said Thomas.

“接受小学教育无疑是有好处的，因为有无数的研究显示，完成基础教育的儿童在其一生中往往享有更好的健康和收入水平。”托马斯说。

听力破解：at this point被连读时at中的t不发音，变为[æðispɔint]。

词汇宝典：disputed形容词，表示“有争议的”，加上否定前缀un则变成undisputed“无可辩解的，无可异议的”，如：They are the undisputed champions in the game.他们是竞赛中无可争辩的冠军。

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But he says even though the value of education is known，it is important to find new ways of proving that value.So the organization led its work with the question，“what is the estimated cost to a nation's economy of its out-of-school children？”

但他表示，即使大家都知道教育的价值意义，但找到新办法来证明这一价值依然非常重要。所以该组织带着“一个国家的失学儿童对其经济预计有多大损失？”的问题展开了工作。

听力破解：even though...是本段中一个重读结构。even though表示“尽管”，和中文中的“尽管……但是”不同，英文的表达中的但是 but 不能出现。

词汇宝典：estimate用作名词时表示“估价；估计”，如：make an accurate estimate（做出准确的估计）；用作动词时表示“估计；估价；评价”，如：The medicare cost is estimated to be one billion dollars.估计医疗保健费用为10亿美元。

学着说一说

1.a lack of缺少

▶lack of 和 a lack of 二者都可以当“缺少”讲，如：

Mongolia lacks of water.

=There is a lack of water in Mongolia.蒙古缺少水。

2.look forward to期待

▶look forward to 中的 to 做介词，后面接名词或者动名词。如：

I look forward to your good news.我期待你的好消息。

I am looking forward to visiting your country in the near future.

我期待着在不远的将来访问贵国。

3.tend to倾向

▶tend to do 表示“倾向于做某事”，如：

A problem for manufacturers is that lighter cars tend to be noisy.

制造商们遇到的一个问题是，重量轻的汽车往往噪音大。

▶intend to do 表示“打算做某事”。如：

What do you intend to do this weekend？这个周末你想做什么？