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Dictation VOA Special English Section A DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Learning Words, Donating Rice By Jill Moss / Broadcast: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:00:00 UTC This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Whoever thought learning new words could feel socially responsible? A Web site called FreeR is an English vocabulary game. It explains its purpose like this: For each word you get right, we donate (捐赠) 20 grains of rice through the UN World Food Program (联合国世界粮食计划) to help end hunger. The site began in _____________. It says thirty billion grains of rice have been donated so far. The United Nations World Food Program does not really get rice. The donations are given in the form of ______________. Advertisers (广告商) whose names appear with links (链接) _____________________ the game pay for the rice. Individuals (个人) can also become sponsors (资助人). Words are presented (呈现) with four choices of answers. Players click (点击) on the one that best defines (解释) the word. If they answer correctly, they get a ______________ word. If they choose wrong, they get an easier word. Spoken pronunciations (发音) are also __________. Currently, the FreeRice game has_______levels of difficulty. Players rarely get past level ___. Does FreeRice ________________________ from this? That is one of the frequently asked questions on the site. No, it does not. FreeRice runs (经营) the site at no profit (无利润), says the answer. Internet businessman John Breen created FreeRice. Since October, ______ metric tons (吨；公吨) of rice have been donated, enough to feed about ________________________ people for one day. The game is said to be especially ____________ with college students and young people who visit social networking sites. Jennifer Parmelee is a World Food Program spokeswoman in Washington. She says cash donations help the agency to _____________________ locally (在当地) and transport it quickly to where it is needed. For example, with donations fr