Promoting reading among children in book deserts幫助貧困兒童閱讀的天使

谷戰(zhàn)峰

為幫助貧困學(xué)生讀到新書，一高中女生樂此不疲。

主題語境：社會 篇幅：326詞 建議用時：6分鐘

1 When Rania Zuri learned about“book des?erts”， places where books are difficult toaccess， she was inspired to take action ina big way. Rania， now a high school seniorfrom West Virginia， founded The LiTEArary Society to provide children in areasaffected by poverty with brand?new books and promote a love for reading.

2 Acting as the CEO of The LiTEArary Society， Rania works with Head Start， a federalprogram for poor preschool children. To date， The LiTEArary Society has donated morethan $140，000 in value of new books， impacting more than 13，000 preschool childrennationwide.

3 “In Appalachia， so many children in Head Start dont even have one book at home，”Rania says.“In my home state of West Virginia， in this past spring， I donated a brand?new book to every single child in Head Start—almost 7，000 in total.”

4 This mission has since expanded to all 50 states， with The LiTEArary Society donatingbrand?new books to Head Start classrooms in the most remote areas of each state.These books have the power to spark a lifelong love for reading among children.

5 “Traveling throughout Appalachia and the nation， I have witnessed the magical connec?tion between the children and the brand?new books we gave out，”Rania shares.“Some?children even， quite literally， jump for joy.”

6 To date， Rania is currently in the middle of her largest initiative， The Fifty Nifty HeadStart Road Tour. She is traveling throughout the nation to rural Head Start classroomsto donate brand?new scholastic books—one for each child to take home.“It has beenquite an adventure that has taken me everywhere，”she says.“For instance， I just do?nated brand?new books to a Head Start center in Alaska that is only accessible byboat！”

7 Rania says，“If we are able to start youth?led movements to solve some of the mostpressing issues of our time， we can make the world a better place for future genera?tions.”

Reading Check

Detail

1. Why did Rania Zuri found The LiTEArary Society？

A. To become famous among high school students.

B. To raise money for poor students in remote areas.

C. To provide poor children with brand?new books.

D. To call on more people to fall in love with reading.

Vocabulary

2. Which can replace the underlined word“spark”in paragraph 4？

A. Inspire.

B. Change.

C. Apply.

D. Copy.

Gist

3. What does paragraph 6 mainly talk about？

A. Ranias new destinations.

B. Ranias present schedule.

C. Ranias impact on children.

D. Ranias support from the nation.

Inference

4. Which of the following words can best describe Rania？

A. Careful. B. Patient.

C. Curious. D. Helpful.

Language Study

Ⅰ. Difficult sentence in the text

When Rania Zuri learned about“book deserts”， places where books are difficult to ac?cess， she was inspired to take action in a big way. 當(dāng)拉尼婭·祖里了解到“書籍沙漠”，即書籍難以獲取之地時她受到啟發(fā)，采取了大規(guī)模的行動。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句是一個主從復(fù)合句，when引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句；where引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾先行詞places。

Ⅱ. Text?centered chunks

learn about 了解

take action 采取行動

act as 擔(dān)任……角色

in total 總計

give out 分發(fā)

for instance 例如