EDUCATION REPORT - International Children's Digital Library
EDUCATION REPORT - International Children's Digital 1 Library
By Nancy Steinbach
Broadcast: Thursday, June 17, 2004
This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Education Report.
Looking for a good children's book? Internet users 2 can find hundreds of them. These books are from around the world. And they are free of charge. The project is called the International Children's Digital Library.
The goal is to offer electronic 3 versions 4 of more than ten-thousand children's books in at least one-hundred languages. We will give the address of the Web 5 site at the end of this report. So get ready to write it down.
Project developers have been working with children to design easy ways to search the collection and read the books. An image of each page appears on the computer. Users can also print copies on paper.
Officials say the project has been designed for two main groups of users. The first is children between the ages of three and thirteen, along with their teachers and parents. The second group is researchers in the area of children's literature.
The books chosen for the collection are meant to help children understand the world in which they live. Literature is one way to teach young people about new ideas. The idea behind the collection is that an interesting story not only helps children understand who they are. It may also influence their desire to explore the world.
Project organizers 6 say they have chosen books that show the similarities 7 and differences in ways of life around the world. The aim is to create a greater understanding of other people's cultures and beliefs. The International Children's Digital Library is also an attempt to use technology to strengthen 8 libraries around the world.
International Children's Digital Library
The digital library is a project of the University of Maryland and the Internet Archive. The Internet Archive is building an electronic library of Internet sites and other digital collections as a cultural record.
The children's library project is supported by the National Science Foundation 9 and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The Library of Congress 10 and other organizations are also involved. The first materials appeared in two-thousand-two.
The goal is to have all ten-thousand books online in two-thousand-seven. So far, the collection contains more than five hundred books.
Here is the address of the International Children's Digital Library: www.icdlbooks.org. Again, www.icdlbooks.org.
This VOA Special English Education Report was written by Nancy Steinbach. This is Steve Ember.
- There's a digital watch on the table.桌子上有一块数字式手表。
- The signal will be converted into digital code.信号会被转变为数字代码。
- The new software will prove a boon to Internet users. 这种新软件将会对互联网用户大有益处。
- Ramps should be provided for wheelchair users. 应该给轮椅使用者提供坡道。
- It is an electronic device with many uses.这是一部具有多种用途的电子仪器。
- Father needs a new electronic shaver.爸爸需要一个新的电子剃须刀。
- There are two versions of the game, a long one and a short one. 这游戏有两个版本，一长一短。
- When both versions of the story were collated,major discrepancies were found. 在将这个故事的两个版本对照后，找出了主要的不符之处。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The spider weaves a web.蜘蛛织网。
- You mean the World Wide Web?你是说国际互联网？
- We need fewer organizers and more doers. 我们需要的是少些组织者，多些实干者。
- The organizers of the march were charged with assault and riotous assembly . 游行组织者被控侵犯人身及暴乱性非法集会。
- similarities between human and non-human animals 人和其他动物之间的相似之处
- The panel shows marked similarities with mosaics found elsewhere. 这块嵌板和在其他地方找到的镶嵌图案有明显的相似之处。
- We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
- You wish to strengthen our forces in the south?你想要加强我们在南部的势力？
- The foundation of the university took place 600 years ago.这所大学是600年前创办的。
- The Foundation gives money to help artists.那家基金会捐款帮助艺术家。