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VOA标准英语2010年-Indonesian Tribe Learns to Write with

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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 ethnic1 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 frenzy2 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 linguistic3 diversity.  "We want to protect rapidly disappearing languages in the world. Indigenous4 languages are weakening under the influence of powerful central governments, and because they have no alphabet," he said.

Hangul is a simple and logical phonetic5 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 infrastructure6 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.


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1 ethnic jiAz3     
adj.人种的,种族的,异教徒的
参考例句:
  • 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 jQbzs     
n.疯狂,狂热,极度的激动
参考例句:
  • 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 k0zxn     
adj.语言的,语言学的
参考例句:
  • 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 YbBzt     
adj.土产的,土生土长的,本地的
参考例句:
  • 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 tAcyH     
adj.语言的,语言上的,表示语音的
参考例句:
  • 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 UbBz5     
n.下部构造,下部组织,基础结构,基础设施
参考例句:
  • 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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