新奇事件簿 敘利亞難民成澳大利亞學(xué)校優(yōu)等生

00:00

00:00

MP3下載 文本下載

https://online2.tingclass.net/lesson/shi0529/10000/10315/601.mp3

https://image.tingclass.net/statics/js/2012

A Syrian refugee who could hardly speak a word of English two years ago has just passed his high school exams in Australia with flying colours. Saad Al-Kaab, 19, has just graduated with the top marks at one of Australia's biggest high schools. His outstanding overall grades put him in the top 4 per cent of all graduates in Melbourne. Saad fled the civil war in Syria to start a new life in Australia. He said: "Coming to a place where you don't know how to speak, where you don't understand people - it was really hard…because it just felt unreal." He added: "It really makes me sad to think that I have friends in my school back in Syria who were as good as me, but who didn't have the opportunity that I've had."

兩年前還幾乎一個(gè)英語(yǔ)單詞都不會(huì)說(shuō)的一名敘利亞難民以出色的成績(jī)通過(guò)了高中考試。19歲的Saad Al-Kaab在澳大利亞最大的高中以優(yōu)異的成績(jī)畢業(yè)。他的總分排在墨爾本所有畢業(yè)生的前4%。Saad逃離敘利亞內(nèi)戰(zhàn)，在澳大利亞開(kāi)始了新生活。他說(shuō)：“到一個(gè)語(yǔ)言不通，文化不同的地方是非常困難的，感覺(jué)非常不真實(shí)。”他補(bǔ)充說(shuō)：“想到在敘利亞學(xué)校的同學(xué)，他們和我一樣優(yōu)秀，但是卻沒(méi)有我這樣的機(jī)會(huì)，我就非常傷心。”

Saad said that he tried to learn English from his cousins for his first two months in Australia. Then he started to watch a popular political programme on television. It is a live broadcast of Australia's politicians questioning their prime minister about the issues of the day. He explained how the show helped his English. He said: "They use the best, persuasive language in parliament. They speak slowly and you can find the words." He said it was very different to Syrian politicians and parliament, where "all they do is clap". Saad is very appreciative of his new beginning. He said: "I just want to say thank you so much to Australia for giving me the opportunity. It's revived me and given me a new life."

Saad說(shuō)，來(lái)到澳大利亞的前兩個(gè)月，他努力跟表兄弟姐妹學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)。后來(lái)他在電視上觀看一個(gè)非常受歡迎的政治節(jié)目，是澳大利亞政客向首相咨詢時(shí)政問(wèn)題的現(xiàn)場(chǎng)廣播。他解釋說(shuō)，這個(gè)節(jié)目對(duì)他學(xué)英語(yǔ)提供了非常大的幫助。他說(shuō)：“他們使用的是議會(huì)中最好的，最有說(shuō)服力的語(yǔ)言。他們的語(yǔ)速很慢，你能夠聽(tīng)清每個(gè)單詞。”他說(shuō)，敘利亞政客和議會(huì)則非常不同，他們只會(huì)鼓掌。Saad非常感激他的新開(kāi)始。他說(shuō)：“我非常感謝澳大利亞給我這樣一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)。它喚醒了我，給我了新生。”