【标准VOA】2008-01-08
US Children's Literature Gets National Ambassador (1/2)
大意
The children literature author is making effort to have more children read books.
听写
Jon Scieszka, previously an elementary school teacher and now a best-selling children’s book author with over 25 titles, has been given a title of his own. For the next 2 years, he will be the national ambassador for Young People’s Literature. US Library of Congress and the Children’s Book Council, a nonprofit trade association for children’s book publishers, recently created the position to help promote literacy and the joy of reading in young people. John Cole of the Library of Congress was in New York, the center of the US publishing industry, to announce the appointment of the first ambassador. He says said that is aas different forms of entertainment competes for their attention, children are reading less, and he’s concerned with the falling numbers. “It gets severely worse, as kids hit about the 4th Grade and 5th Grade, and that’s what where we were are really talking about. This is this as an ambassador for Young People’s Literature, because part of this is to take the nationalthat initial enthusiasm and to continue it.” Cole says promoting reading among young people is pertinent to the health and creativity of a democratic society. And he wants to give kids more options and motivate them to become life-long readers. 生词
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JC以前是以为小学教师，现在是一名畅销儿童文学的作者。他的作品曾经获得了25个奖项，现在他自己也被授予了一个称号。他将在今后两年内担任青少年文学的大使。美国国会图书馆和为儿童文学出版商服务的非盈利交易组织儿童文学委员会近日设立了这个职位，以助于在青少年中提高文学和阅读的兴趣。国会图书馆的JC在美国出版业的中心纽约公布了首位大使的任命决定。他说由于各种娱乐方式吸引着孩子们的注意力，他们的阅读量在减少，他对减少的数量表示担忧。“当孩子们到了四年级、五年级的时候这种现象更为严重，这就是我们作为大使真正讨论的，因为这一部分是为了提高最初的积极性并将它继续下去。”C说在青少年中推广读书是民主社会健康和创造性的标志。他想给孩子们更多的选择并鼓励他们成为终身阅读者。
总结听录音还是不行，虽然今天的录音很清楚。今天早上起来的时候还在想，现在是越来越喜欢听，越来越不喜欢看了……
posted @ 2008-01-08 07:44
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