杂乱的书桌

欢迎来到“杂乱的书桌”每天准时为你带来的VOA听写，本期的慢速VOA是关于学习障碍的新闻第二部分，标准VOA则是关于粮食短缺的新闻的第一部分。还犹豫什么，赶紧和Hugh一起加入到学习英语，锻炼听写的队伍中来吧！

慢速VOA现在的突破重点就在于，尽可能避免出错，包括时态一类的错误；缩短听写时间；提高打字速度。毕竟慢速VOA当中没有太多的难点，今天一个时态错误，一个就是”offer financial aid”当中的offer第一遍没有听出来，亏了自己还申请学校，这么重要的词都没听出来，offer算是白拿了！

今天的标准VOA感觉比以往的要难一些，听的也就差一些。第一是这个播音员似乎说话不断句，而且这次的新闻里总是很长很长的句子，听着真费劲。听完了新闻最起码意思是明白了，不过真到听写就完全不同了。第二是里面的生词相对来说也较多，不过都是很有用处的词，像skyrocketing，说是生词其实一看就知道是什么意思，还有irate, anamoly, ethanol等等。可以好好总结一番。总觉得今天的文本有些小问题，如果大家发现了不妨留言探讨一下。

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题目: Three Schools for the Learning Disabled (2/2)

专有名词: Shelton School, Landmark college, Vermont,

重点总结:

原文

Serving intelligent students with learning differences is the slogan of the Shelton School in Texas. Its website says the school has 850 students in all 12 grades and one teacher for every sixe students.

The Shelton School also says its goal is to prepare students to return to regular classes, although some do finish high school there. The website says Shelton graduated 44 students in 2006. And it says they received acceptances from a total of 77 colleges and universities.

Landmark College in Vermont is a college for students with learning difficulties. It offers a two-year program that prepares students to continue their studies in a four-year school. Each student has an advisor and an individual learning program. Landmark has international students this year from South America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

All three schools offer financial aid. Hillside cost about 17,000 dollars a year. Shelton costs between 10,000 and 21,000 depending on the grade level. Shelton and Hillside students live at home. Landmark college cost about 50,000 dollars a year which includes housing.

译文

“为不同学习能力的学生服务”是得克萨斯的Shelton School的口号。根据网站上的信息，该学校在全部的12个年级里面有850名学生，大约每6m名学生配备一名老师。

Shelton School称虽然一些学生在这里一直到高中毕业，但他们的目标是让学生们为返回到普通课堂做准备。网站上的信息表明2006年共有44名学生毕业，他们一共收到了来自77所院校的录取通知。

Vermont的Landmark College是一所为有学习障碍 的学生服务的学院。它提供了一个为期两年的课程，以此为那些想继续在4年制学习的学生打好基础。每个学生有一个指导老师和个人学习计划。今年Landmark College还录取了来自南美、欧洲、亚洲、中东和非洲的国际学生。

这3所学校都提供经济补助。Hillside School一年的花费大约17，000美元。Shelton School根据年级的不同一年花费大约在10，000-21，000美元之间，Hillside和Shelton的学生都是住在家里的走读生，Landmark College包括住宿在内的一年花费大概是50，000美金。

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题目: Food Prices Spike Worldwide (1/3)

专有名词: Philippine, Indonesian, Egyptians, Lester Brown

重点总结: irate（愤怒，发怒）, anomalies（反常）, ethanol（乙醇）

原文

Recent weeks have seen Philippine authority scramble to augment rice stocks in the country, Indonesian officials warn of a possible social unrest due to skyrocketing prices for basic foodstuffs, irate Egyptians protesting bread shortages and International Food Aid Programs unable to buy enough goods to meet their food distribution targets for vulnerable populations.

These cases should not be viewed as isolated anomalies but rather as indicators of a global phenomenon, according to Lester Brown of the Washington-based Earth Policy Institute.

“In seven of the last eight years, world grain production has fallen short of consumption. We have been pulling down world grain stocks until they are now at the lowest level on 34 years.”

Experts say several factors are to blame: a growing world population, under-investment and agriculture technology, high petroleum prices, housing and business development crowding out farmlands, droughts and floods made more severe by climate change and growing demand for a limited supply of fresh water.

In addition, grains like corn once grown exclusively to feed humans and lifestock are now being diverted into programs to generate ethanol and other so-called bio-fuels as an alternative to oil and gasoline.

译文

最近的几周，菲律宾当局仓促决定在全国提高粮食储量，印尼官员警告说由于基础粮食价格暴涨可能会造成社会动荡，愤怒的埃及人抗议面包短缺，国际粮食援助项目无力购买足够的粮食来达到援助弱势人群的目标。

来自华盛顿的土地政策协会的Lester Brown认为，这些不应该看作是个别的反常现象，而应该看作是对全球现象的暗示。他说：“过去8年中有7年，世界粮食产量供不应求，我们不断降低世界粮食储备以致当前的粮食储备达到了34年以来的最低水平。”

专家说这是由多种原因造成的：不断增长的世界人口，对农业技术的投入不足，石油价格上涨，居住和商业用地侵占耕地，由于气候变化而加重的旱涝灾害以及供过于求日益严重的淡水问题。

此外，原本专门用于粮食储备的玉米等现在用于生产酒精和其他所谓的“生物燃料”，用来作为石油和天然气的代替品。

 

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