13 UNICEF Reported Good News about Education in Somalia 联合国儿童基金会报告索马里在教育方面的好消息

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UNICEF，the United Nations Children's Fund has reported good news about education in two regions of Somalia.The two—Puntland and Somaliland are now relatively peaceful and secure，at least compared with central and southern Somalia.

UNICEF，联合国儿童基金会带来了索马里两个地区教育方面的好消息。邦特兰和索马里兰这两个地区目前相对来说是和平和安全的，至少和索马里中部和南部相比来说是这样的。

听力破解：good news在新闻中被重读，提示下文的消息是利好的；The two后面有明显停顿，对应的是前文说的 in two regions of Somalia；Puntland and Somaliland后也有断句，表示其插入语的成分。

词汇宝典：compared with是表示比较的一种方法，注意与 compared to的区别。compared to表示“把……比作”，如：He compared the girl to a rose.他在诗中把那姑娘比作月亮。

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UNICEF and educational planners for the two areas found that in Puntland，the number of students in primary education went from 26 percent to 43 percent over the last five years.A smaller increase was reported in Somaliland.

The agency says more girls should be in school，that need exists in all of Somalia，not just Puntland and Somaliland.

联合国儿童基金会和这两个地区的教育规划者发现，在过去的五年中，邦特兰的小学生人数从 26%上升到了 43%。这一数字在索马里兰也有小幅增长。

该基金会表示索马里全境应该有更多女孩上学，而不仅仅是邦特兰和索马里兰。

听力破解：more girls被重读，表示本段重点旨在体现女童上学的问题，也体现了男女教育权利的不平等性。

词汇宝典：primary表示“初级的”，如：primary school=elementary school（小学）。

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Leaving school is a big problem.For example，only 37 percent of Somali girls who had completed first grade，took the form four exam in the 2011 to 2012 school year.And girls represent only 28 percent of students in Somali secondary schools.The Communications's chief for UNICEF in Somalia，says communities are benefiting from an increasing number of schools being built.And the officials Susannah Price says the agency is developing projects in varies fields of education.

辍学是一个大的问题。举例来说，只有37%的索马里女孩读完1年级并参加2011至2012学年的四类考试。同时索马里的中学生中女孩只占到28%。联合国儿童基金会驻索马里沟通负责人苏珊娜·普莱斯表示，越来越多的当地社区从修建中的学校受益。她还表示，联合国儿童基金会正在不同领域开发教育项目。

听力破解：Leaving school是段首第一个词组，也是播音员重读的地方，开篇即表明段落主旨。

词汇宝典：secondary表示“第二的；中等的”。elementary school意为“基础教育”，在欧美国家一般从1年级到8年级；secondary school指9年级到12年级。

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“UNICEF，for example，have worked very hard on training enough teachers，working on non-formal education as well as alternative kind of education—for example for the pastoralist children.”

Pastoralist children are the children of families that moved with their herds of livestock.Suzana Price says the agency also has worked with committees in the community to support them，and help with building classrooms and schools.

“举个例子，联合国儿童基金会已经在培训教师上下了很大功夫，还在为牧民孩子等人群提供非正规教育和非传统教育而不懈努力。”

牧民孩子是指跟着牲畜群迁徙的家庭的孩子。普莱斯说，该基金会还和社区委员会合作支持他们，帮助其修建教室和学校。

词汇宝典：alternative做名词时表示“可供选择的办法，事物”；做形容词时表示“选择性的，二中择一的”。常用的短语为have no alternative but...（除……外别无选择）。

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1.benefit from从……中受益

▶benefit from 的意思是“得益于”，from 后面加名词或者动名词。如：

benefit from books 从书中受益

I benefited from my mother's advice.我受益于妈妈的劝告。

▶口语中关于“受益”的表达还有许多，do good就有这层意思，如在

劝某人出去散步时你就可以说：

It will do you good to suck in fresh air.

呼吸一下新鲜空气对你有好处。

2.work hard on doing sth.致力于

▶此结构为固定搭配，在口语中很常用，如：

They work hard on finishing the work.他们致力于完成这项工作。

▶work on 和 work at都可以表示“从事于某事情”，但work at为一般用语，其深度不如 work on.如：work at math学习数学；work on

math 致力于数学研究

3.herds of成群，大量

▶herds of 表示“成群”，后常跟动物，如：

I have dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals.

我梦见看到成群的野生动物。

▶swarms of、flocks of 也可表示这个意思，区别是前者用来修饰bees

（蜜蜂），后者用来修饰sheep（羊群）。