【慢速VOA】2008-05-05 【士兵突击行动--三多436号】
Learning Words, Donating Rice (1/2) ( 本次听写约192词 )
Whoever thought learning new words could feel
socially responsible? A Web site called FreeRice. com is an English vocabulary game. It explains its purpose like this: "For each word you get right, we donate 20
grains of rice through the UN World Food Program to help
end hunger.
谁会想到学习新单词也能感到社会责任呢?一个名叫免费大米的网站,是一个英语词汇游戏网站。它解释此游戏的意图是这样的,你答对每个单词,我们就通过联合国粮食计划捐赠20粒大米来帮助解决饥饿。
谁会想到学习新单词也能带来社会责任感呢? FreeRice.com是一家英语单词游戏网站.它这样解释网站的目的: 你每选对一个单词,我们就通过联合国粮食计划署捐献20粒大米用以帮助消除饥饿.”
" The site began in October. It says thirty billion
grains of rice have been donated so far. The United Nations World Food Program does not really get rice. The donations
are given in the form of money. Advertisers
whose names appear with links at the bottom of the game pay for the rice. Individuals can also become
sponsors .
这个网站实在十月开始的。它说,至今已经有300亿粒的大米捐赠出去了。联合国世界粮食计划不是真正地得到粮食。这种捐赠是通过捐钱的方式。广告人通过将自己的名字链接到游戏的下方来支付大米的钱。个人也可以成为赞助商。
该网站从去年十月开始运营. 据说至今已捐献出了三百亿粒大米. 当然,联合国粮食计划署不是以实物而是以钱的方式捐赠. 在该单词游戏的底部链接着为这些大米买单的广告商. 个人也可以成为赞助商.
Words are presented with four choices of answers. Players click on the one that best defines the word. If they answer correctly, they get a harder word. If they choose wrong, they get an easier word. Spoken pronunciations are also provided.
单词会呈现四个选择的答案。游戏者点击最能解释这个单词意思的一个。如果他们答对了,那么他们将会得到一个更难的单词,如果他们打错了,他们会得到一个更简单的单词。游戏也提供了口语发音。
游戏中的单词下面有四个选项. 参加者只需要点击最能解释该单词的选项即可.如果他们的答案正确,下一题便是一个更难的词,如果选择错误,便得到一个更容易的词.
Currently, the FreeRice game has fifty-five levels of difficulty. Players
rarely get past level forty-eight. "Does FreeRice make any money from this?" That is one of the frequently asked questions on the site. "No, it does not. FreeRice runs the site at no profit, " says the answer.
目前,免费大米游戏已经有55关了。游戏者很少能够通过48关的。 免费大米游戏是从这里赚钱么?这个是在网站上常常被问到的一个问题之一。不,不从这里赚钱。免费大米网站是无营利性的网站。这是回答。
目前,FreeRice的单词游戏根据难度分成五十五级. 参加者一般很难通过第四十八级. “FreeRice有没有从中获利呢?”这个是网站上问的最多的问题之一. “不,他们没有。FreeRice是一个非营利性网站。”他们这样答到。
词汇:
1、
sponsor
n.发起人, 主办者, 保证人, 主办人
vt.发起, 主办
v.赞助
2、 区别 rarely 和really 的读音。
前者发音为[e] ,后者发音为[i]