中国人权——脱贫攻坚展人权
Poverty alleviation exemplifies human rights in China
刘立军 供稿
TRANSCRIPT
For those foreigners who marvel how China contained COVID-19, with so few cases and deaths compared to other countries, I point out that the common root of China winning the war to contain the novel coronavirus, and China winning the war to eradicate extreme poverty, is the CPC's leadership and organizational capacity. This remarkable parallelism is a probative insight into China’s Party-led governance system.
I have been coming to China for more than 30 years. I have traveled across China, visiting over 100 cities, for research and interviews, books and essays, television and documentaries. Yet, as much as I thought I knew China, I did not appreciate all that is required for poverty alleviation until I visited poor regions, especially remote mountain villages and spoke with poor villagers.
It was in 2013 that President Xi Jinping first proposed the concept of "targeted" or "precision" poverty alleviation. "Targeted" means standardized procedures and individualized programs to bring each poor family out of poverty. Third-party evaluations are conducted regularly and randomly to ensure accuracy and honesty.
I was startled to discover that every poor family in China has its own file - that's millions of poor families, each with its own customized plan, each checked monthly, and digitized for central compilation and analysis. Equally startling, local officials are dispatched to impoverished villages to manage poverty alleviation.
A final point about President Xi Jinping. Foreigners may be surprised to learn that he has considered poverty alleviation to be his most important task. He made the remarkable statement: "I have spent more energy on poverty alleviation than on anything else." I know no other national leader who has made such an assertion.
For China, poverty alleviation exemplifies human rights. After China eliminated all extreme poverty in 2020, relative poverty was still extant, of course, and thus President Xi set a broader, longer-range, multi-decade goal: Common Prosperity.
VOCABULARY
1. marvel v. to be very surprised or impressed by sth. 感到惊奇；大为赞叹。例如：Everyone
marvelled at his courage. 人人对他的勇气都惊叹不已。
2. contain v. to prevent sth. harmful from spreading or getting worse 防止……蔓延（或恶化）。例
如：to contain an epidemic 防止流行病的蔓延
3. probative adj. 检验的
4. compilation n. the process of compiling sth. 编纂；编著；编写。例如：the compilation of a dictionary 词典的编纂
5. dispatch v. (formal) to send sb./sth. somewhere, especially for a special purpose 派遣；调遣；派出。例如：Troops have been dispatched to the area. 部队已派往那个地区。
6. impoverished adj. poor in quality, because sth. is missing 贫乏的；贫瘠的；枯竭的
7. assertion n. the act of stating, using or claiming sth. strongly 声称；使用；主张。例如： the assertion of his authority对他权威的维护
8. exemplify v. to give an example in order to make sth. clearer 举例说明；例证；例示。例如：She exemplified each of the points she was making with an amusing anecdote. 她的每一个论点都用一个逸闻趣事来说明。
9. extant adj. (formal) (of sth. very old 古老的东西) still in existence 尚存的。例如：extant remains of the ancient wall 尚存的古城墙遗迹
QUESTIONS
Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the information (words, phrases or sentences) you hear.
For those foreigners who marvel how China contained COVID-19, with so few cases and deaths compared to other countries, I point out that the common root of China winning the war to contain the novel coronavirus, and China winning the war to eradicate extreme poverty, is the CPC's (Q1) _________________________. This remarkable parallelism is a probative insight into China’s Party-led governance system.
I have been coming to China for more than 30 years. I have traveled across China, visiting over 100 cities, for research and interviews, books and essays, television and documentaries. Yet, as much as I thought I knew China, I did not appreciate all that is required for poverty alleviation until I visited (Q2) _________________, especially remote mountain villages and spoke with poor villagers.
It was in 2013 that President Xi Jinping first proposed the concept of "targeted" or "precision" (Q3) ________________________. "Targeted" means standardized procedures and individualized programs to bring each poor family out of poverty. Third-party evaluations are conducted regularly and randomly to ensure (Q4) ______________________.
I was startled to discover that every poor family in China has its own file - that's millions of poor families, each with its own customized plan, each checked monthly, and digitized for central (Q5) _________________________. Equally startling, local officials are dispatched to impoverished villages to manage poverty alleviation.
A final point about President Xi Jinping. Foreigners may be surprised to learn that he has considered poverty alleviation to be his most important task. He made the (Q6) __________________ statement: "I have spent more energy on poverty alleviation than on anything else." I know no other national leader who has made such an assertion.
For China, poverty alleviation exemplifies (Q7) ________________. After China eliminated all extreme poverty in 2020, relative poverty was still extant, of course, and thus President Xi set a broader, longer-range, multi-decade goal: (Q8) ______________________.
KEY
Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the information (words, phrases or sentences) you hear.
For those foreigners who marvel how China contained COVID-19, with so few cases and deaths compared to other countries, I point out that the common root of China winning the war to contain the novel coronavirus, and China winning the war to eradicate extreme poverty, is the CPC's (Q1) leadership and organizational capacity. This remarkable parallelism is a probative insight into China’s Party-led governance system.
I have been coming to China for more than 30 years. I have traveled across China, visiting over 100 cities, for research and interviews, books and essays, television and documentaries. Yet, as much as I thought I knew China, I did not appreciate all that is required for poverty alleviation until I visited (Q2) poor regions, especially remote mountain villages and spoke with poor villagers.
It was in 2013 that President Xi Jinping first proposed the concept of "targeted" or "precision" (Q3) poverty alleviation. "Targeted" means standardized procedures and individualized programs to bring each poor family out of poverty. Third-party evaluations are conducted regularly and randomly to ensure (Q4) accuracy and honesty.
I was startled to discover that every poor family in China has its own file - that's millions of poor families, each with its own customized plan, each checked monthly, and digitized for central (Q5) compilation and analysis. Equally startling, local officials are dispatched to impoverished villages to manage poverty alleviation.
A final point about President Xi Jinping. Foreigners may be surprised to learn that he has considered poverty alleviation to be his most important task. He made the (Q6) remarkable statement: "I have spent more energy on poverty alleviation than on anything else." I know no other national leader who has made such an assertion.
For China, poverty alleviation exemplifies (Q7) human rights. After China eliminated all extreme poverty in 2020, relative poverty was still extant, of course, and thus President Xi set a broader, longer-range, multi-decade goal: (Q8) Common Prosperity.
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