○  彭丽媛联合国英文演讲稿：Improve the quality of learning  ○

　　难度：对于我们小学生来说，稍大。初中生可以把它作为一个很好的演讲范本，背诵，练习。

　　虽然彭麻麻的发音偶有不准，但整个演讲过程的语调、速度、气势，还是很值得我们学习的。觉得很有当年宋美龄美国演讲的范儿。

　　网上很多版本的稿子不是很正确，自己听下来校对了一些小错误，供参考。大家中秋快乐!

　　Director-General Bokova, ladies, and gentlemen,

　　It gives me great pleasure to join you for this important initiative as the UN marks its 70th anniversary.

　　Education is very close in my heart. My father grew up in a very small village in China. In those days, not many villagers could read. So my father opened a night school to teach them how to read. With his help, many people learned to write their own names; with his help, many people learned to read newspapers for the first time; with his help, many women were able to teach their children how to read.

　　As his daughter, I know what education means to the people, especially those without it. After generations of hard work, China has come a long way in education. I myself am a beneficiary of that progress. Otherwise, I would never have become a soprano and a professor of music.

　　I am following my father's footsteps by teaching at China's Conservatory of Music to help continue China's success story. I want to thank Director-General Bokova and UNESCO for naming me the special envoy for girls' and women's education. I am truly honored to work with the UN and do something for global education. I have visited many schools around the world. I've seen first-hand how much more we can do on education.

　　Education is about women and girls. It is important for girls to go to school because they will become their children's first teachers someday. But women still account for over half of the world's poor in population and 60% of adults who can't read.

　　Education is crucial in addressing such inequalities. In China, the Spring Bud Education Program has helped over 3 million girls go back to school. Many of them

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