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【分析解答题】With over 10,000 libraries opened worldwide and 7.4 million books already distributed to children in its 10 years, (46)Room to Read—a nonprofit that promotes global literacy— aspires to curb the staggering figure of 759 million illiterate adults living in emerging nations.
"If every charity was run with more of a business focus, the world would be a better place,", says John Wood, a former senior executive at Microsoft before founding Room to Read in 2000. "We’ve created what I consider to be a hybrid organization——the best of charity merged with the best of business."
The organization’s goal is to raise $30 million in 2010. In 2009, Room to Read raised $28.3 million in cash and stock—well above its $23 million goal and a 28% increase over its 2008 contributions.
Technology is key for the company to achieve its goals. The Salesforce.com Foundation has donated SalesforceCRM licenses to help Room to Read build their Global SolutionsDatabase (GSD、. (47)The GS
D、pay close attention to Room to Read’s implementation timeline, the number of students and teachers being supported, and the percentage of community contribution. This technology helps the company report figures to its donors.
(48)"Technology has been an invaluable tool that’s allowed us to reach out to our current investors as well as introduce ourselves to new supporters," explains Woo
D、 "Twitter has opened the door to an entirely new base of supporters for us—now almost 430,000 strong—and we like being able to reach out to them on a real-time basis about our latest news or stories they may find interesting." Room to Read was Twitter’s first corporate social innovation sponsor.
(49)The not-for-profit also aims to implant effective education programs in the developing world through its School Room program, along with improving literacy equality among the genders. Two-thirds of all illiterate adults are female.Already, over 9,000 female students are enjoying scholarships thanks to the Girls’Education program.
Wood says Room to Read’s importance has only grown in light of the world’s struggling economy: "If there has been an upside to the financial crisis, it’s that people are being more careful than ever before about how they invest, and this applies also to their charitable investments," he explains. (50)"I think the markets are efficient, in the sense that a lot of business leaders see in Room to Read an organization that is run like a business and they therefore continue to invest in us."

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试题答案：这个非营利性组织也旨在通过其“校园阅览室计划”将有效的教育项目植入发展中国家，与此同时也改善这些国家中男女文化水平不均衡的状况。 答案解析：[原文再现] The not-for-profit also aims to implant effective education programs in the developing world through its School Room program, along with improving literacy equality among the genders. [结构分析] 本句的主干结构为The not-for-profit also aims to implant effective education programs...。介词短语in the developing world作地点状语，其后through引导的介词结构为方式状语，句末的along with...是介词结构作伴随状语。 [译点分析] 该句的主语为the not-for-profit意为“这一非营利性组织”，指代“阅读空间”。School Room program为专有名词，可根据“阅读空间”这一组织活动的内容以及上下文文意译为“校园阅览室计划”。along with可译为“与此同时”，在翻译improving literacy equality时，为了符合中文表达习惯，可采用“正话反说”的方法，将其译为“改善文化水平的不均衡”。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>