Learn Chinese China

Learn Chinese China?
Example 'Mankind’s Problems—Will They Ever End? ONE quarter of the world’s population'

1,000 Most Common Characters
Highlighted in Yellow!
Discover The '1-6-152-1,000' Secret!

For example, consider the following Chinese text (the characters belonging to the list of 1,000 most commonly used Chinese characters are highlighted in yellow -
for the list of the most frequently used Chinese characters click here):

人类的难题会得到彻底解决吗？爱尔兰一个组织就世界的情况提交报告，指出“世上有四分之一人口都在受穷，十三亿人每天的生活费不足1美元，十亿人目不识丁，十三亿人没有洁净水喝，十亿人天天要挨饿”。这份报告充分显示，面对世界难题，人类实在无可奈何！更令人歎息的是，报告提到的那些人，绝大多数是无助的妇孺。到了21世纪的今天，他们的人权仍然“每天遭到践踏，而且案件多得无法胜数”，这种情况能不叫人感到震惊吗？——《2000年世界各地儿童的景况》（英语）。“用一代人的时间创建新世界”。联合国儿童基金会满有信心地说，“困扰着全人类的各种弊端是可以消除的”。这个组织指出，现时亿万人被迫忍受的恶劣情况，是“可以避免和总能改善的”。事实上，基金会曾呼吁“大家用一代人的时间创建新世界”。他们憧憬在新世界里，全人类都能“摆脱贫穷、歧视、暴力和疾病的难题”。对怀有这种希望的人来说，虽然“世上的冲突和危机看来接连不断”，但有仁人志士以救苍生为己任，做很多事减轻难题带来的痛苦，因此他们的信心仍然不减。举例来说，过去15年，切尔诺贝利儿童计划“就曾帮助过数以百计受核辐射微尘影响而患癌症的儿童，使他们的苦楚得以减轻”。（《爱尔兰考察家报》2000年4月4日）可以肯定的是，如果没有大大小小的救援组织，无数战争及灾难受害者的一生就要改写了。尽管如此，那些参与人道救援工作的人也不是脱离现实的。他们意识到，目前的难题“甚至比十年前影响更广，也更难应付”。爱尔兰慈善活动关注组织行政总裁戴维•贝格说，眼见莫桑比克洪水泛滥，灾情严重，“全体职员、支持救援工作的人，以及捐赠的人都反应热烈，捐钱毫不吝惜”。他也补充说：“但这样的巨灾不是我们可以独力应付的。”谈到在非洲进行的救援工作，贝格坦白承认：“连原有的一线希望都将变成泡影了。”许多人都有同感，认为他所言甚是，大体来说，环球的救援工作正是这样。“用一代人的时间创建新世界”，当然是万众期待的事，但实际上我们有机会见到吗？参与人道救援工作的人实在其志可嘉，但我们不妨把视野扩宽，看看怎样才能实现一个正义和平的新世界。圣经也提到一个新世界，下篇文章会加以讨论。

The text above is composed by a total of 764 characters. 689 of them (90%), highlighted in yellow, belong to the list of 1,000 most commonly used Chinese characters -
for the list of the most frequently used Chinese characters click here.

English translation:

Mankind’s Problems—Will They Ever End? "ONE quarter of the world’s population live in poverty, 1.3 billion survive on less than $1 a day, 1 billion are illiterate, 1.3 billion lack access to safe drinking water and 1 billion go hungry daily." So notes a report from Ireland about the state of the world. What a sad indictment of man’s inability to find lasting solutions to the world’s problems! Those problems seem even more tragic when you realize that the overwhelming majority of people described in that report are defenseless women and children. Is it not appalling that even now, in the 21st century, their rights continue to be "violated every day in numbers of such magnitude as to defy counting"?—The State of the World’s Children 2000. "A New World Within a Single Generation". The United Nations Children’s Fund has expressed confidence that "the pall that these abuses . . . have cast on lives around the globe can be lifted." This organization says that the terrible conditions these unfortunate billions currently have to endure are "neither inevitable nor immutable." In fact, it has issued a call for "all people to realize a new world within a single generation." This, it hopes, will be a world in which all humankind will be "freed from poverty and discrimination, freed from violence and disease." Those expressing such sentiments draw inspiration from the fact that even now caring people do a tremendous work to alleviate the sad consequences of "a seemingly unending string of conflicts and crises." For example, over the past 15 years, the Chernobyl Children’s Project "has helped to lessen the suffering of hundreds of children affected by the cancers which the nuclear cloud left in its wake." (The Irish Examiner, April 4, 2000) Aid agencies large and small certainly do make a huge difference in the lives of the countless victims of war and disaster. Still, those involved in such humanitarian efforts are realists. They know that the problems being faced "are more widespread and profoundly entrenched than they were even a decade ago." David Begg, chief executive of the Irish charity Concern, says that "staff, supporters and donors responded magnificently" when Mozambique was hit by catastrophic flooding. "But," he adds, "we cannot cope alone with the sheer scale of such disasters." Regarding aid efforts in Africa, he candidly admits: "The few candles of hope that do exist flicker weakly." Many would feel that his comment accurately sums up the global situation as well. Can we realistically expect to see the hoped-for "new world within a single generation"? While current humanitarian efforts are truly commendable, surely it makes sense to consider another prospect for a just and peaceful new world. The Bible points to that prospect, as the next article will consider.

List of different Chinese characters contained in the text above:

人类的难题会得到彻底解决吗爱尔兰一个组织就世界情况提交报告指出上有四分之口都在受穷十三亿每天生活费不足美元目识丁没洁净水喝要挨饿这份充显示面对实无可奈何更令歎息是那些绝大多数助妇孺了纪今他们权仍然遭践踏而且案件法胜种能叫感震惊年各地儿童景英语用代时间创建新联合国基金满信心说困扰着全弊端以消除现万被迫忍恶劣避免和总改善事曾呼吁家憧憬里摆脱贫歧视暴力疾病怀希望来虽冲突危机看接连断但仁志士救苍为己任做很减轻带痛苦因此举例过去切诺贝利计划帮百核辐射微尘影响患癌症使楚考察月日肯定如果小援战争及灾害者写尽管参与道工作也离意前甚至比广应付慈动关注行政裁戴维格眼见莫桑克洪泛滥严重体职员支持捐赠反热烈钱毫吝惜补样巨我独谈非洲进坦白承认原线将变成泡许同所言环球正当众期待际其嘉妨把野扩宽怎才义平圣经下篇文章加讨论

Learn Chinese China? Click Here and discover the '1-6-152-1,000' secret!