Youth foundation investigates abandoned school

 　　BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The China Youth Development Foundation (CYDF) on Monday released the results of an investigation¹ into a deserted² primary school that was built with charitable donations.

　　The Lingchuan Laoshan Hope Primary School, located in Longchang township in the city of Kaili in southwest China's Guizhou province, was reportedly closed just one year after opening.

　　CYDF launched an investigation following media reports that stirred public criticism regarding the disused school.

　　The school was one of many schools built by the Hope Project, which was launched in 1989 by the CYDF and the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China to give poor children greater access to education.

　　The project has raised more than 5.3 billion yuan (851 million U.S. dollars) to build more than 15,000 primary schools in less-developed regions.

　　The Lingchuan school was built in 2008 with 200,000 yuan donated by the Hong Kong Lingchuan Charitable Foundation and 150,000 yuan in supportive funds provided by the Kaili municipal government.

　　Although the school was supposed to have about 200 enrolled³ students from five adjacent villages, the CYDF investigation showed that just 30 students were enrolled in March 2009, when the school opened, due to local residents' migration⁴ to other locales.

　　In January 2010, a plan to build an expressway was issued that called for expropriating the land that the school was built on, although the school was not closed. However, in September 2010, the 11 students remaining at the school were transferred to the Longchang Primary School.

　　After the school was abandoned, it was turned into a chicken farm before becoming a garbage recycling center. It is scheduled to be demolished⁵ when construction on the expressway begins.

　　The CYDF and its local branch have urged the local government to transfer the school's assets to the Longchang Primary School.

　　In response, local education authorities chose to spend the 549,900 yuan that was allocated⁶ as compensation for the expropriation of the school's land to fund the construction of the Longchang school's main building. The compensation will be combined with local government supportive funds totaling 3.35 million yuan.

　　The CYDF investigation team requested that the Longchang school's main building be named the "Lingchuan Hope" building, as well as bear an inscription⁷ that honors the philanthropy of the Hong Kong Lingchuan Charitable Foundation.

　　The foundation has given approval for the plan.

　　Pan Qiyi, education chief of Kaili, said the building will be completed by the end of the year.

1 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

2 deserted   

adj.荒芜的，荒废的，无人的，被遗弃的

参考例句：

• The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
• The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。

3 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 migration   

n.迁移，移居，（鸟类等的）迁徙

参考例句：

• Swallows begin their migration south in autumn.燕子在秋季开始向南方迁移。
• He described the vernal migration of birds in detail.他详细地描述了鸟的春季移居。

5 demolished   

v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光

参考例句：

• The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
• They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来，为了不让拆除他们的房子，他们一直在进行最后的努力。

6 allocated   

adj. 分配的 动词allocate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research. 福特基金会拨款数百万美元用于癌症研究。
• More funds will now be allocated to charitable organizations. 现在会拨更多的资金给慈善组织。

7 inscription   

n.（尤指石块上的）刻印文字，铭文，碑文

参考例句：

• The inscription has worn away and can no longer be read.铭文已磨损，无法辨认了。
• He chiselled an inscription on the marble.他在大理石上刻碑文。