5 Vietnamese Man Wants a“Book Revolution”in His Country 越南男子想在越南引发一场“图书革命”

仔细听

A Vietnamese man hopes to raise the quality of education in his country by building“parent libraries ”in rural schools.

Nguyen Quang Thach provides libraries to the schools so books are more available in farming communities.He works with publishers in Hanoi to get the books at reduced rates for teachers and their students.

一位越南男子想要通过在农村地区学校建立“家长图书馆”来提高教育质量。

Nguyen Quang Thach向这些学校提供图书馆，这样农村社区就有了更多书籍。

他同河内的出版商合作，以折扣价为教师和学生购买书籍。

听力破解：parent的尾音[t]和libraries的首音[l]是爆破音+舌侧音的组合，形成不完全爆破。

词汇宝典：rate通常表示“比例/率”，如：the annual birth rate“年出生率”；在这里，它还表示“费用，价格”的意思，如：an hourly rate of pay“按小时收费”。仔细听

Mr.Thach says most schools have enough textbooks.But he says many poor families have few books at home and do not visit school libraries.He learned this by talking with farmers，workers and students.

Thach先生表示，大多数学校都有足够的课本。但他表示，许多穷人家里书籍很少，也不去学校图书馆。他通过与农民、工人和学生交谈了解到这些情况。

听力破解：have enough连读为[hævi′nʌf]。仔细听

More than 90percent of Vietnam's population can read and write.But academic performance in the schools remains low compared to other Southeast Asian nations.Corruption is a big part of the problem.Vietnamese media often have stories about teachers giving high grades in exchange for money.

越南超过90%的人口有读写能力。但与其他东南亚国家相比，在校学习成绩仍然很低。腐败是一个重大原因。越南媒体常常报道，老师用高分换钱。

听力破解：compared的尾音[d]和to的首音[t]形成双爆破，前者要不完全爆破。

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Some experts criticize teaching methods that depend heavily on dictation.They say asking students to repeat everything a teacher says to the class harms their ability to think for themselves.

一些专家对严重依赖听写的教学法提出了批评。专家表示，要求学生重复老师课堂所讲妨碍了他们独立思考的能力。

听力破解：dictation的读音中[k]后接[t]，此时[k]失去爆破，发音为[di′teiʃən]。

仔细听

Nguyen Quang Thach says he wants people to invest money in books for a better future.To date，almost 1，000parent libraries have been built in Thai Benh Province.Hundreds of books are in each one.Several other provinces have copied this model.

For each school，Mr.Thach helps build libraries for up to four classes.Other people then follow his example.Parents of school children pay three dollars each for the first year and one dollar in other years.Nguyen Quang Thach 表示，他希望人们为了美好未来，在书籍上有所投入。

到目前为止，Thai Benh省已经建立了近1000家家长图书馆。每个图书馆有数百本书籍。其他几个省复制了这种模式。

在每所学校，Thach先生最多为四个班级建立了图书馆。然后会有其他人效仿。学生家长首年需要付3美元，以后每年付1美元。

听力破解：To date注意不要听成Today。

词汇宝典：copy常做名词，表示“副本，复印件”，它也可做动词，表示“复制，模仿”等意思，我们经常用copycat来指那些“盲目的模仿者，抄袭者，无主见的家伙”。

学着说一说

1.in exchange for交换

▶短语 in exchange for是“交换”的意思，如：

He gave Helen an apple in exchange for a piece of cake.

他用一个苹果和海伦换了一块蛋糕。

▶exchange是“交换，兑换”的意思，如：the exchange rate汇率， the Stock Exchange证券交易所。

▶exchange 常用的搭配为 exchange A for B，表示“用A交换B”，如：

He exchanged the blue T-shirt for a red one.

他把蓝 T 恤换成了红的。

2.follow one's example以……为榜样；效仿某人

▶follow 是“跟随，遵循”的意思，口语中常说Follow me.即“跟我来。”

▶短语follow ones' example即“以……为榜样，效法……”的意思，

如：

I don't want you to follow my example.我不希望你效法我。

▶类似的用法还有 follow suit，意思是“照别人的方式去做，有样学样”，如：

Should this happen，other countries will certainly follow suit.

如果发生这样情况，别的国家一定会照样行事。