2014年12月英语四级听力VOA慢速练习2
2014年6月的英语四六级考试已经告一段落,从考试汇总可知听力可以说是考试的重难点,也是让考生最头疼的内容,听力除了需要我们有一定的词汇积累,也需要我们不间断的练习,练习多了才能熟能生巧,下面来一起练习一下这篇四级VOA听力吧,希望考生能够更好地为12月份的四六级考试提前做好准备。听力音频点击下载
Adam Braun established the organization Pencils of Promise in 2008. Its goal is to make sure all children have a chance for education. Six years later, the non-profit group is building a new school somewhere every 90 hours. It has helped more than 22,000 children in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
It all started when Adam Braun was a college student. He was visiting India when a boy stopped him on the street, the boy asked for money. Mr. Braun asked the boy what he would want, if he could have anything in the world.
Students who attend a Pencils of Promise school in Guatemala, May 2011. (Courtesy Pencils of Promise)"I thought the answer was going to be 'a house' or 'a car' or 'a boat'. His answer was 'a pencil'. So I gave him my pencil and he just lit up with joy. I realized he never had been to school before, and that was the reality for 57 million children around the world," Braun said.
Adam Braun started working in finance after he graduated from college. But he never forgot the boy and the problem he represented.
"We live in a world in which every single child can have access to quality education, because we have everything necessary already. We have the capability of educating every child. So I became immensely committed to helping create that world," Braun said
Mr. Braun raised money for his project by using social media. He paid for building the first Pencils of Promise school, in Laos, five years ago. Since then, his group has helped pay for more than 200 schools in rural areas of Laos, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Ghana.
He says, his organization works closely with the local education agencies. He says the officials organize the main program of studies. But he says his group provides additional learning materials about health and water and waste systems. Pencils of Promise also works closely with communities.
Leslie Engle Young is another Pencils of Promise employee. She says local people are willing to combine efforts and resources for children's education.
"We started saying 'OK, how can we get your 20 percent? What part of the labor can you do? What materials do you have that you can contribute to the project?' And through this really organic conversation, we start building a true partnership with these people," Young said.
Such support helped Adam Braun decide to expand his organization's work beyond the elementary school level. Pencils of Promise developed financial plans to help students continue on to secondary school and teacher training.
"We are really rigorous about making sure that the programs are not just beautiful photos and videos of kids, but that we're actually seeing incredible results in the classroom. And if we're not seeing results, then we need to change our programs. That's why our kids in Pencils of Promise schools progress from one grade to the next at two times the national average," Braun said.
And that's the VOA Learning English Education Report. For more education stories, go to our website 51voa.com. I'm Christopher Cruise.
以上四级听力练习题,大家可以在放松的同时加以练习,考试虽然还在几个月后,但是现在起慢慢进入复习状态,一点点积累才是最有效果的复习。
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