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BBC Learning English 6 Minute English Literacy heroes
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Rob: Hello I'm Rob. Welcome to 6 Minute English. I'm joined today by Finn. Hello Finn.
Finn: Hi Rob.
Rob: Today we're talking about literacy – that means the ability to read and
write. And one way to improve your literacy is to read books and literature in general.
Finn: Yes, reading is good for you – and it can be educational – so you can learn things – but of course it's enjoyable too, isn't it Rob?
Rob: Well, it depends on what you're reading. But you sound like a fan of books Finn, could we say you're a bookworm – that's a person who reads a lot?
Finn: Yes, well, I do. I'm reading a book at the moment on the way to work every day and it's very exciting.
Rob:
Well, I also like to read books but the problem is there are so many books available, it's difficult knowing which one to choose. Anyway, soon we'll be talking about some people who've been awarded for promoting – or encouraging – the love of reading.
Finn: Yes, and we'll be using some book-related vocabulary.
Rob:
But let's start with a question for you Finn. It's about one of the world's longest books which is in French, and it's by Marcel Proust, and translated into English it's called Remembrance of Things Past. So, do you know approximately how many words that book contains? Is it:
a) 267,000 b) 1,267,000 c) 10,267,000
Finn: I know this is a very long book. I think it's in several volumes. I'm going to say b) 1,267,000.
Rob: OK. Have you read it?
Finn: No.
Rob:We'll find out if you are right or wrong later on. So let's talk more about literacy. I think we all know that learning to read has many benefits – many
good things that help us. But what inspires us, or encourages us to read? Finn: Well, I suppose there were our parents and our school teachers – and then we have the authors– the people who write the books. A good author can
really capture your imagination and make you read their stories.Which
authors do you like, Rob?
Rob:Well, as a child, I loved Roald Dahl, who wrote stories like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Now, that was fiction– imaginary stories – not based on
real people. Now I like travel stories, such as ones by American travel writer,
Paul Theroux.
Finn:Yes and he also writes novels so we could also call him a novelist.
Rob:Now, you may have heard of J.K. Rowling. She wrote the Harry Potter books.
She is one author who was recently recognised for improving people's love of
reading. The UK's National Literacy Trust named her a 'literacy hero' for
"turning a generation of children into readers".
Finn:Another 'literacy hero' was the actor Henry Winkler, who has dyslexia–that's a condition where your brain makes it hard to read certain words. He
has written books about a boy with learning difficulties.
Rob:Now, not all the 'heroes' are authors. The Trust also honoured schoolchildren,
a librarian and teachers for their efforts in trying to get people to read. Finn:Yes, reading can also help in other ways. Recently, the former world champion boxer, Mike Tyson said he read books by Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky
when he was in prison.
Rob:Well, author, Pat Winslow, who worked as a writer in prisons explains why reading and understanding books is a good thing. What words does she use
to describe how they looked at characters– that's the people – in a book? Pat Winslow, author
When I was working in prison, very often we would have discussions about the moral compass of a character, what was the motivation of somebody, why did they behave that way? And when people were writing as well, they were actually reflecting on themselves and reflecting on their own patterns of behaviour.
Rob:So she says she discussed stories with prisoners – and one of things they looked at was the moral compass of the characters. That's a natural feeling
someone has that makes them know what is wrong and what it is right. Finn:They also discussed characters' motivation– what made them do things a certain way. And this helped prisoners look at what they themselves had
done and what they should do in the future.
Rob:So there's an example of how reading can help. Now Finn, have you had any help in answering today's question?
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Finn:No Rob. It was a complete guess, Rob!
Rob:Well, earlier I said the world's longest book is called, in English,
Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust. Did you know approximately
how many words it contained? Was it:
a)267,000
b)1,267,000
c)10,267,000
Finn:Rob, I really have no idea so I'm going to go for b) the middle option.
Rob:Which means you were right. It is 1,267,000 words.
Finn:That's nothing. A novella. A short novel!
Rob:The first volume of this 13-volume book was published in 1913 and contained 9,600,000 characters – I don't mean people, but letters.
Finn:I just googled it and found the name in French – à la recherche du temps perdu.
Rob:Well done! Well, we hope you've enjoyed today's programme. Please join us again soon for another 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
Both:Bye.
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Take Away English 随身英语 10 September 2012 Student visa chaos 英国学生签证混乱 Vocabulary: studying abroad 海外留学 Is it right to tell students to pack their bags and leave the UK halfway through their degree courses ? Up to 2,700 overseas students have to leave the country or find an alternative course by 1 December, after a British university has been stripped of the right to recruit international students. London Metropolitan University is no longer allowed to authorise visas for students outside the European Union after its licence was revoked . The UK Border Agency made this controversial decision after it found that London Metropolitan University has not taken adequate measures to ensure applicants are genuine students. It claims that more than a quarter of the 101 students sampled have no right to remain in the UK and that there isn't proper evidence to show students have reached a satisfactory level of English. It says there are also attendance monitoring issues, which means it is impossible to know whether students are turning up for lectures . The UK Border Agency's decision has been widely criticised for damaging the reputation of the UK's universities and disrupting legitimate students. Donna Marie Winstanley, from Hong Kong, doesn't know whether she'll be allowed to finish her university course: "If you have studied in London, you are more likely to get a better job in Asia. (…) I 've already paid around ￡16,000 in fees and was preparing to pay just over ￡8,000 for this year's fees." MPs have called on Immigration Minister Damian Green to allow existing students to finish their degree courses, but Mr Green said he would "enforce the rules". Some prioritise a crackdown on illegal immigration while others think current students should be allowed to stay: which school of thought do you subscribe to?
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BBC英语听力：BBC0327 The United Nations has said it'll join a government-led humanitarian mission in Syria this weekend. The UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said technical staff would accompany the Syrian authorities to observe conditions. She said the visit would include cities which had seen thousands of casualties in anti-government protests. Here's Barbara Plett. 联合国称将于本周在叙利亚加入一支由政府领导的人道主义使团，联合国人道主义负责人Valerie Amos称，技术人员将与叙利亚当局一道观察局势，调查地包括在反政府抗议中伤亡数千人的城市。Barbara Plett报道。 Valerie Amos said UN technical staff would accompany a government-led mission to aid population centres. These include the city of Homs, parts of which were devastated by a month-long government siege, and Deraa, where the uprising against the Syrian regime began a year ago. Members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation will also participate. Ms Amos said the UN officials would observe condition first-hand and gather information on the overall humanitarian situation, but she stressed the urgency of unhindered access to provide emergency care and basic supplies. Valerie Amos说，联合国技术人员将陪同一个由政府主导的使团援助居民点，包括部分地区已被政府军围攻摧残一月之久的胡姆斯市，以及一年前反叙利亚政权起义的发源地德拉市。伊斯兰合作组织成员也将参加进来。Amos说，联合国官员将实地观察情况，收集整个人道主义局势的信息，不过她强调，应立即允许外界的紧急救助和基本物资进入这些地区。 The United States says it remains committed to reconciliation in Afghanistan even though the Taliban has said it's suspending peace talks, which have barely begun. The White House said no end to the conflict in Afghanistan was likely without a political resolution. The Taliban had been talking to the Americans about possibly setting up a political office in Qatar and exchanging a kidnapped American soldier for five Taliban fighters. American sources said the Taliban objected to the idea of involving the Afghan government in the negotiations. A State Department spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland, said Afghans needed to talk to each other. 尽管塔利班称将暂停几近开始的和平对话，美国称将继续为调解阿富汗问题而努力。白宫称如果不采取政治途径，那么阿富汗的冲突永远得不到解决。塔利班已与美国进行对话，讨论在卡塔尔建立政治办公室和将一名被绑架美国士兵交换五名塔利班武装人员的可能性。美国方面称，塔利班反对阿富汗政府涉入协商中，国务院女发言人Victoria Nuland称，塔利班和阿富汗政府应互相进行对话。 "The process that we have been willing to support is one where we facilitate a dialogue, Afghans to Afghans. That's going to take two to tango. They're going to have to decide what they want to do in this regard. We think that if we have Taliban who are willing
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[00:00.00]BBC News with David Austin 戴维德·奥斯丁为你播报BBC新闻。 [00:03.50]The White House says the United States will open direct peace talks with the Taliban in the next few days. 白宫称美国未来几天将与塔利班进行公开的直接和谈。 [00:08.86]The meeting will take place in Qatar where the Afghan rebels have opened a long-awaited first official overseas office. 会议将在卡塔尔举行，阿富汗叛军已在这里设立了被期待已久的首个官方海外办公室。 [00:15.17]However, President Obama sounded a note of caution about the talks. 然而，总统奥巴马对和谈发出警告。 [00:18.76]We don't anticipate this process will be easy or quick, but we must pursue it in parallel with our military approach. 我们认为这个进程不会很容易，也不会很快完成，但我们会在坚持军事途径的同时实施这个进程。 [00:29.26]And we, in the meantime, remain fully committed to our military efforts to defeat al-Qaeda and to support the Afghan National Security Forces. 我们同时还会完全致力于军队的努力打败基地组织，支持阿富汗国家安全部队。 [00:37.19]But the Taliban's spokesman said it had met all the pre-conditions that the US said. 但塔利班发言人称本组织已满足美国之前所说的全部前提条件。 [00:41.89]The Islamic Emirate neither wants to pose harms to other countries from its soil nor will allow anyone to pose a threat to the security of the countries from the soil of Afghanistan. 伊斯兰酋长国既不想从本土对他国构成危害，也不会允许任何人从阿富汗本土对各国的安全构成威胁。 [00:59.01]Paul Adams now looks the way ahead. 保罗·亚当斯报道下面的新闻。 [01:01.55]The Americans say they expect to hold their first formal meeting with Taliban in a couple of days to be followed shortly afterwards by direct talks between the Taliban and members of President Hamid Karzai's High Peace Council. 美国称希望未来几天内与塔利班举行首次正式会议，此前塔利班和总统哈米德·卡尔扎伊的高级和平委员会成员刚刚完成直接对话。 [01:13.72]The talks will succeed, the Americans say, when and if the Taliban finally sever all ties with al-Qaeda end violence and accept the Afghan constitution. 美国人说会谈将会取得成功，前提是塔利班最终切断与基地组织的联系，结束暴力，接受阿富汗宪法。 [01:22.89]Senior administration officials are calling this an important moment but urging caution to, in the words of one, the road towards Afghan reconciliation will be complex and messy. 高级政府官员称这是个重要时机，但同时警告说，通往阿富汗和解之路将是复杂又麻烦的。 [01:34.24]The government in Mali has finally signed a deal with Tuareg separatist rebels to take back control of last major town they occupy in the north. 马里政府终于与图阿雷格部族分裂主义叛军签署协议，收回北部被叛军占领的最后一个重镇的控制权。 [01:43.21]Under the deal, the Malian troops will regain control of Kidal ahead of next month's presidential elections. 根据协议，马里军队将在下月总统选举之前重新控制基达尔。 [01:48.91]Islamist militants together with Tuareg separatists took control of more than a half of Mali's territory last year before being ousted by France forces assisted by West African force. 去年，伊斯兰武装分子和图阿雷格部族分裂主义者一道控制了马里一半以上的领土，后来被得到西非军队相助的法国军队驱逐出去。 [02:00.02]The British Prime Minister David Cameron says G8 leaders' meeting in Northern Ireland have overcome a fundamental difference to agree on the way forward in Syria. 英国首相戴维·卡梅伦说，与会北爱尔兰的八国集团领袖们克服了根本差异，在叙利亚未来问题上达成一致。[02:09.02]He said all sides had pledged to step up their humanitarian response and maximize the diplomatic pressure through a negotiated solution.