Promoting reading among children in book deserts帮助贫困儿童阅读的天使

谷战峰

为帮助贫困学生读到新书，一高中女生乐此不疲。

主题语境：社会 篇幅：326词 建议用时：6分钟

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. 当拉尼娅·祖里了解到“书籍沙漠”，即书籍难以获取之地时她受到启发，采取了大规模的行动。

【点石成金】本句是一个主从复合句，when引导时间状语从句；where引导定语从句，修饰先行词places。

Ⅱ. Text⁃centered chunks

learn about 了解

take action 采取行动

act as 担任……角色

in total 总计

give out 分发

for instance 例如