学习之光
类别:教材课文
讲述塞拉利昂学生因缺乏照明无法夜读,后获赠太阳能灯得以继续学习的故事。
时长 74 秒 · 语速 175 wpm
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Many students like to study at night. 许多学生喜欢在晚上学习。
It is quiet at night. 晚上很安静。
The busy day is done. 忙碌的一天结束了。
Classes and work are over. 课程和工作都结束了。
But in some parts of the world, students cannot study at night. 但是,在世界某些地方,学生晚上无法学习。
In some parts of Africa, students do not have lights in their homes. 在非洲某些地区,学生家里没有灯。
Without lights, students cannot see to read or write. 没有灯,学生就无法看书或写字。
They must wait until the morning to study. 他们必须等到早上才能学习。
For these reasons, today is a happy day for 50 students in a small town in Sierra Leone, in West Africa. 由于这些原因,今天对于50名学生来说是一个开心的日子, 他们来自塞拉利昂的一个小镇, 位于西非。
Today, the director of the school is giving 50 lights to 25 boys and 25 girls. 今天,学校校长正在给25名男生和25名女生分发50盏灯。
These lights are special. 这些灯很特别。
They use the energy of the sun to work. 它们利用太阳能。
After the lights sit in the sun for a few hours, 这些灯在阳光下晒几个小时后,
they can shine brightly through the night. 它们就能整晚明亮地照耀。
One of the students to receive a light is Fatu. 获得灯的学生中有一位是法图。
Fatu is 14. She studies hard. 法图14岁。 她学习很努力。
She gets up early every morning to do her homework. 她每天早上很早起床做作业。
she is never late for class 她上课从不迟到。
the principal smiles when he gives fatu the light 校长把灯递给法图时微笑着。
he tells her congratulations 他对她说恭喜。
fatu is happy 法图很高兴。
she carries the light home to show her family 她把灯带回家给家人看。
everybody in the family wants to touch the light 家里的每个人都想摸摸这盏灯。
they are proud of fatu 他们为法图感到骄傲。
they say fatu you are like this light 他们说:“法图,你就像这盏灯,
you shine bright even in darkness 即使在黑暗中也闪耀着光芒。”