新奇事件簿 阿聯(lián)酋出臺法律鼓勵閱讀

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has introduced a new law to get people to read more. The law includes a large number of measures to support the government's wish for a higher literacy rate. Government employees will have paid time during working hours to read books. The law encourages private companies to create libraries at their offices, factories and other workplaces. It will also encourage shopping centres to offer spaces to set up public libraries so people can read when they go shopping. These libraries will be easy to use for people with reading disabilities. Even coffee shops at shopping malls will have to offer books and other reading materials to their customers.

阿拉伯聯(lián)合酋長國(UAE)推出新法，鼓勵人們增加閱讀。該法律囊括了大量措施，支持政府提高識字率的意愿。政府公務(wù)員可以在工作期間享受帶薪閱讀時間。該法律鼓勵私營公司在辦公室，工廠或其他工作場合創(chuàng)建圖書館。法律還鼓勵購物中心開辟空間設(shè)立公共圖書館，這樣人們購物時也可以讀書。這些圖書館將使有閱讀障礙的人得到便利。甚至購物商場的咖啡館也必須為顧客提供圖書和其他讀物。

The UAE's National Reading Law was issued by President Sheikh Khalifa. In May of this year, he launched the National Strategy for Reading, which has a 10-year goal to create a nation of "avid readers". It aims to make reading a lifelong habit for 50 per cent of the nation's adults and 80 per cent of school students. It also aims to get students to read an average of at least 20 books a year. Hussain Al Hammadi, Minister of Education, said the new law is: "A road map for building a reading, civilised society capable of change, and a world leader in development." Dr Tod Laursen, President of Khalifa University, said that in the age of the Internet, it was still important for books and libraries to have their place in society.

《阿聯(lián)酋全國閱讀法》由總統(tǒng)謝赫·哈利法(Sheikh Khalifa)頒布。今年五月份，他提出了“全國閱讀戰(zhàn)略”，確立了十年內(nèi)打造成“渴望閱讀的國家”的目標。該戰(zhàn)略旨在讓閱讀成為全國50%的成年人和80%的學(xué)生一生的習慣，還希望讓學(xué)生們每年至少讀20本書。教育部長Hussain Al Hammadi表示，新的法律是“打造有能力改變的閱讀文明社會和致力于發(fā)展的世界領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人的路線圖”。哈里發(fā)大學(xué)教授Tod Laursen博士表示，在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)時代，書籍和圖書館在社會中占有一席之地仍然至關(guān)重要。