China provides dictionaries for rural students

 　　BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) -- China's General Administration of Press and Publication has urged further efforts to ensure the accessibility of dictionaries for the students in the country's rural and less-developed areas.

　　The administration's appeal came after earlier media reports that primary and secondary school students in rural areas in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous¹ region are in bad need of authoritative² Chinese language dictionaries.

　　Bookstores nationwide should cooperate with the publisher of the most authoritative Chinese dictionary "Xinhua Dictionary," or "New China Dictionary," in distribution, in order to ensure the timely supply of the dictionary at its bottom price, the administration said in a statement.

　　The statement also encouraged press and publication administrative³ agencies to donate dictionaries and other basic reference books for the rural students.

　　Moreover, the statement urged to step up the crackdown on piracy⁴ of dictionaries and reference books.

　　According to the statement, more than 215,000 copies of "Xinhua Dictionary" are now available in the 200,000 rural reading rooms set up last year across the country.

1 autonomous   

adj.自治的；独立的

参考例句：

• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

2 authoritative   

adj.有权威的，可相信的；命令式的；官方的

参考例句：

• David speaks in an authoritative tone.大卫以命令的口吻说话。
• Her smile was warm but authoritative.她的笑容很和蔼，同时又透着威严。

3 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

4 piracy   

n.海盗行为，剽窃，著作权侵害

参考例句：

• The government has already adopted effective measures against piracy.政府已采取有效措施惩治盗版行为。
• They made the place a notorious centre of piracy.他们把这地方变成了臭名昭著的海盗中心。