时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2010年(一月)


英语课

South Korean exports are world-renowned among those who shop for mobile phones or flat-screen TVs.  But the country is offering a different export to a small Indonesian community - its writing system.


Members of an Indonesian ethnic 1 group called the Cia Cia took a walk around downtown Seoul recently, some of them getting their first taste of freezing winter weather.


Their arrival was greeted by a media frenzy 2 and an appearance by Seoul's mayor.


 Such treatment is usually reserved for pop stars, or Olympic athletes.  These Cia Cia children are neither, but they do have a special skill.


The children know how to read hangul - the Korean alphabet system.


The Cia Cia never had a writing system of their own for records or literature, until last year, when South Korean scholars persuaded them to make hangul their own.


South Korea dispatched teachers to Bau-Bau, where the Cia Cia live on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.


Seoul National University Professor Lee Ho-young led the effort to promote hangul to the Cia Cia. He says he wants to preserve linguistic 3 diversity.  "We want to protect rapidly disappearing languages in the world. Indigenous 4 languages are weakening under the influence of powerful central governments, and because they have no alphabet," he said.


Hangul is a simple and logical phonetic 5 system.  Unlike the Roman alphabet, each letter conforms to one basic sound, so South Korean scholars say it is a practical option for the Cia Cia, even though Indonesia's main official language, Bahasa Indonesia, uses the Roman script. 


In addition to its alphabet, South Korea is offering infrastructure 6 assistance by building schools and libraries for the Cia Cia.


Lessons in Korean will also be offered, as these Indonesians get more comfortable with hangul.



1 ethnic
adj.人种的,种族的,异教徒的
  • This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏,这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
  • The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
2 frenzy
n.疯狂,狂热,极度的激动
  • He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。
  • They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。
3 linguistic
adj.语言的,语言学的
  • She is pursuing her linguistic researches.她在从事语言学的研究。
  • The ability to write is a supreme test of linguistic competence.写作能力是对语言能力的最高形式的测试。
4 indigenous
adj.土产的,土生土长的,本地的
  • Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
  • Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。
5 phonetic
adj.语言的,语言上的,表示语音的
  • Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
  • English phonetic teaching is an important teaching step in elementary stages.语音教学是英语基础阶段重要的教学环节。
6 infrastructure
n.下部构造,下部组织,基础结构,基础设施
  • We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
  • We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设,发展各类群众文化。
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