VOA慢速英语听力 Education Report（word文本英汉互译）：se-ed-europ.docVIP

ThisistheVOASpecialEnglishEducationReport.

Spainisstrugglingwitharecession.MorethanoneinfiveSpaniardsareoutofwork.Unemploymentisthehighestoftheseventeennationsthatusetheeuro.ButoneareaoftheeconomythatseemstobedoingwellisEnglishclasses.

AreportthisyearfromtheEFEducationFirstcompanylistedSpainisalowproficiencycountryinEnglish.SpainrankedjustbelowItalyandjustaboveTaiwan.

AboutafifthoftheworldspeaksSpanish.

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TherearemanySpanishlanguageTVshowsandmovies.SpaniardscanalsowatchHollywoodmoviesdubbedinSpanishornewsfromLatinAmerica.

OneofthefewEnglishvoicesonSpanishTVbelongstoRichardVaughan.

RICHARDVAUGHAN:Helloandwelcomebacktoanotherhalf-hoursegmentofCloverdalesCorner.TodayisTuesday,andLourdeshashadtoleavebutwestillhavefourpeoplehere...

RichardVaughanisfromTexasbutforthirty-fiveyearshaslivedinSpain.HeoperatesthatcountrysbiggestEnglishteachingcompany.ItevenhasitsownTVchannel.AprendeIngles--LearnEnglish--isSpainsonlynationalchannelinEnglish.

Hesayspeoplewatchhischannelandtakehisclassestogetabetterjob.

RICHARDVAUGHAN:PeopledontlearnEnglishhereforculturalreasons.Somedo.Butthemotiveisalways,ninety-ninepercentofthetime,professional.

Modernchangesintheworldeconomy--globalization--mayofferchancesforabetterjobinanothercountry.Buteconomicproblemsathomecanalsomakepeoplefeeltheyhavefewotherchoices.

NICKBYRNE:Peoplerealize,youknow,theyarenotonlygoingtohavetobemobileoutofachoice,buttheyaregoingtohavetobemobilebecauseofnecessity.

NickByrneisdirectorofthelanguagecenterattheLondonSchoolofEconomics.

NICKBYRNE:Wefoundthat,inouruniversitylanguagecentersacrosstheUKandindeedacrossEurope,thatlanguagelearningisup.Werenottalkingaboutpeopledoingawholedegreeinlanguages,