VOA慢速英语听力 ECONOMICS REPORT（WORD文本）：1127A.doc

1、标题：voa慢速英语讲解附字幕:青年成就组织提供商业教育90周年对应音频：1127a.mp3听力内容：Junior Achievement Marks 90 Years of Business EducationThis is the VOA Special English Economics Report.This year, Junior Achievement marks its ninetieth anniversary of educating young people about business and economics. The nonprofit organization

2、is the largest of its kind. Jack Kosakowky is executive vice president.JACK KOSAKOWSKY: We are the oldest business and economic education organization in the world. Were now serving nine-point-two million young people around the globe in one hundred twenty-three different countries.Programs begin in

3、 elementary school and continue through middle and high school. The education is based on the ideas of market-based economics and entrepreneurship.Junior Achievement began in nineteen nineteen in Springfield, Massachusetts. Two business leaders, Horace Moses and Theodore Vail, joined with Senator Mu

4、rray Crane of Massachusetts to start the group.For more than fifty years, Junior Achievement programs operated through clubs that met after school. But in nineteen seventy-five, JA also began to teach business skills during the school day.Volunteers from the community teach about businesses, how the

5、y are organized, and how products are made and sold. The volunteers also teach about the American and world economies and about industry and trade.The Junior Achievement Company Program teaches young people how entrepreneurship works. They learn about business by operating their own companies.Studen

6、ts develop a product and sell shares in their company. They use the money to buy the materials they need to make their product, which they then sell. Finally, they return the profits to the people who bought shares in the company.Chellsey Cruz joined a student-operated company two years ago. The Hig

7、her Grounds Cafe in West Hills, California, sells high quality coffee.She says her experience has given her valuable training that will help her for a lifetime.CHELLSEY CRUZ: It taught me to be dedicated, and that if you want to be successful, you have to put in a lot of time and effort. You really

8、have to work at it.Junior Achievement says three hundred eighty-five thousand volunteers support its programs around the world. In the United States alone, there are nearly twenty-three thousand places that hold Junior Achievement events.Junior Achievement Incorporated and Junior Achievement Interna

9、tional combined their operations in two thousand four. They formed Junior Achievement Worldwide. Its headquarters are in Colorado Springs, Colorado.And thats the VOA Special English Economics Report, written by Mario Ritter with additional reporting by Faiza Elmasry. Transcripts, MP3s and podcasts o

10、f our programs can be found at. And you can follow us on Twitter at VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember.这里是VOA特别英语经济报道。今年，青年成就组织庆祝其为年轻人提供商业和经济方面的教育90周年。该非盈利性组织在同类组织中是最大的。Jack Kosakowky是该组织执行副总裁。Jack Kosakowky：“我们是世界上历史最悠久的商业和经济教育组织。现在，我们为全球123个不同国家的920万年轻人提供服务。”该项目从小学开始，一直延伸到初中和高中。该教育的指导思想是基于市场的经济和企

11、业。青年成就组织项目1919年始于马萨诸塞州的斯普林菲尔德。两位商业领袖Horace Moses和Theodore Vail与马萨诸塞州参议员Murray Crane一起创建了该组织。50多年来，青年成就组织一直在放学后以俱乐部的形式进行运营。但是1975年，青年成就组织开始在正常的上学时间教授商业技巧。来自社区的志愿者教授关于企业的知识，包括企业怎样组织，怎样制造产品，销售产品。志愿者们还提供美国和世界经济，工业和贸易方面的教育。青年成就组织项目教给年轻人企业怎样运营。他们通过运营自己的公司来学习关于商业的知识。学生们研发一个产品并出售自己公司的股份。他们利用这些钱来购买制造产品所需的材料，

12、然后将产品出售。最后，他们返利给购买公司股份的人。两年前，Chellsey Cruz加入了一个由学生创立的公司。位于美国加利福尼亚州西山的Higher Grounds Cafe出售高质量的咖啡。她说，她的经历为自己提供了有价值的培训，这将使她受益终生。Chellsey Cruz：“这个项目教给我要有奉献精神，如果你想要成功，你必须付出大量的时间和努力。你必须真正付出努力。”青年成就组织称，在全世界范围内共有38.5万名志愿者支持该项目。仅仅在美国，就有接近2.3万个地方提供青年成就项目服务。2004年，青年成就公司和青年成就国际将业务合并。他们共同组织了世界青年成就组织，总部位于科罗拉多州的科

13、罗拉多瀑布。1.nonprofit a.非营利的,不合资本主义的例句：a nonprofit library maintained for public use.作为公共事业的非赢利的图书馆2.elementary a.初等的,初步的;自然力的,元素的例句：Elementary school enrolment begins tomorrow.小学入学注册明天开始。He is ignorant of even the most elementary facts.他连最基本的事实都不知道。3.entrepreneurship n.企业家主办人等的身分地位、职权、能力例句：Major effort

14、s have been made to promote technological entrepreneurship. 政府致力提倡科技企业精神，在这方面进行了多项重要工作。4.dedicated a.专注的,献身的例句：His whole life is dedicated to scientific research.他毕生致力于科学研究。His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。5.headquarter vi.设总部例句：Our company will headquarter in

15、 New York我们的总公司将设在纽约。n.总部例句：The company wants to situate its headquarters in the north.公司想把总部设在北方。这一篇内容非常简单，没有很复杂的句子或结构。1.The education is based on the ideas of market-based economics and entrepreneurship.be based on根据，以…为基础例句：Judgment should be based on facts, not on hearsay. 判断应该以事实为依据，而不应该

16、依靠道听途说。JA(Junior Achievement)是全世界最大、发展最快的非营利教育组织。它成立于1919年，总部设在美国科罗拉多州。目前，JA在全世界100多个国家进行经济和商业教育，每年有700多万青少年接受JA的课程。JA 中国(Junior Achievement China)在周保罗先生和周氏家庭基金会的支持下于1993年成立。1995年，它在中国注册。此后，数以千计的教师和志愿者参与了JA中国的项目，来自小学、中学、职业学校和大学不同年龄段数以万计的学生从中受益。JA的运行模式作为连接教育界和工商界的桥梁，JA中国开发并实施从小学到大学的经济、商业课程。我们与学校合作开展课程，与企业合作招募志愿者并获得资金支持。课程开展情况目前中国在北京、上海、广州和香港的160余所学校中开展19个课程和活动。在2006-2007学年， 北京、上海、广州和香港共有140,000多名学生参加了课程。