[本节目音频首次发布于 2025 年 10 月]
颇具声望的布克奖的组织者新设立了一个儿童小说奖项，该奖项的评委包括儿童和成年人。跟布克奖和国际布克奖一样，每位入围的小说作者将获得 2500 英镑，最终获奖的作者将得到五万英镑奖金。
This new prize aims to celebrate the best contemporary fiction for children aged eight to 12 years old. It will be open to authors from around the world and will be given for a book written in English or translated into English, providing it was published in the UK or Ireland.
这一新奖项的目标是庆贺写给八到 12 岁儿童的最佳当代小说。该奖项将向来自全球的作家开放，颁发给用英语创作或翻译成英语的小说，小说需要已经在英国或爱尔兰出版。
The UK's Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce is set to be the inaugural chair of judges. The panel will decide a shortlist of eight books to be announced in November next year. The first winner will be chosen in February 2027.
英国儿童文学桂冠作家弗兰克·科特雷尔·博伊斯将成为首任评委会主席。评委会将选出包含八本书的入围名单，并于明年 11 月公布。第一位获奖者将于 2027 年 2 月被选出。
The chief executive of the Booker Prize Foundation Gaby Wood described the new award as its most ambitious endeavour in 20 years and said it was hoped its impact would resonate for decades to come.
布克奖基金会的首席执行官加比·伍德称这一新奖项是基金会 20 年来最具雄心的一次尝试，基金会希望这个奖项的影响能在未来几十年产生深远的影响。
The foundation will gift 30,000 copies of the shortlisted and winning books, with the aim of engaging a new generation of readers.
基金会将送出三万本入围和获奖作品，以期吸引新一代的读者。
词汇表
contemporary 当代的
fiction 小说
Children's Laureate 英国儿童文学桂冠作家
inaugural 首任的
shortlist 入围名单
endeavour 尝试，努力
resonate 产生深远的影响，引发共鸣
听力练习
一、听第一遍音频，回答问题。
1. What is the main idea of this report?
二、用一分钟阅读下列问题，然后听第二遍音频并回答问题。
1. The author of the winning book must be from the UK or Ireland.
a. True
b. False
c. Not given
2. The winner will be chosen from a shortlist of _______ books.
3. Who is Gaby Wood?
a. the UK's Children's Laureate
b. the chief executive of the Booker Prize Foundation
c. the first winner of the award for children's literature
4. Gaby Wood has a positive view of the new award.
a. True
b. False
c. Not given
5. What is the aim of gifting 30,000 books?
a. to inspire a new generation of writers
b. to provide books to those who can't afford it
c. to engage a new generation of readers
三、听第三遍音频，将句子补充完整。（提示：可以反复听，直到听清楚每一个词）
1. The UK's Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce is ________________ the inaugural chair of judges.
2. The chief executive of the Booker Prize Foundation Gaby Wood described the new award as ________________ most ambitious endeavour in 20 years.
答案
一、听第一遍音频，回答问题。
1. What is the main idea of this report?
The Booker Prize has announced a new award to celebrate the best contemporary fiction for children between the ages of eight and 12.
二、用一分钟阅读下列问题，然后听第二遍音频并回答问题。
1. b. False. It will be open to authors from around the world and will be given for a book written in English or translated into English, providing it was published in the UK or Ireland.
2. The winner will be chosen from a shortlist of eight books.
3. b. The chief executive of the Booker Prize Foundation, Gaby Wood…
4. a. True. Gaby Wood described the new award as its most ambitious endeavour in 20 years and said it was hoped its impact would resonate for decades to come.
5. c. The foundation will gift 30,000 copies of the shortlisted and winning books, with the aim of engaging a new generation of readers.
三、听第三遍音频，将句子补充完整。（提示：可以反复听，直到听清楚每一个词）
1. The UK's Children's Laureate, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, is set to be the inaugural chair of judges.
2. The chief executive of the Booker Prize Foundation, Gaby Wood, described the new award as its most ambitious endeavour in 20 years.