最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇MP3 Unit5-Part5（在线收听）

[00:00.00]Consistent with Yip Sang’s devotion

[00:02.83]to growth and improvement,

[00:04.59]he promoted and fostered education.

[00:06.78]Not only did he found

[00:10.06]the Ok Kuo Night School,

[00:12.46]he also served as its principal

[00:15.09]for over ten years.

[00:17.17]His children went to public school,

[00:19.47]but they also received schooling a

[00:21.87]t home from tutors hired

[00:23.73]from Hong Kong to teach them Chinese.

[00:26.47]Yip Sang took great pleasure

[00:29.20]in quizzing his offspring

[00:30.84]about their lessons.

[00:32.38]His philosophy was that

[00:35.22]by moderating the children’s

[00:37.08]Canadian education with fundamental Chinese,

[00:39.81]the equation would result in

[00:42.33]wellrounded, responsible citizens.

[00:44.74]As a keen advocate of education

[00:48.68]in Canada, Yip Sang also sponsored

[00:51.63]education abroad in China.

[00:54.03]The lingnan University

[00:57.43]and Toishan Middle School

[00:59.72]in his hometown of Canton were

[01:01.59]established  with his help.

[01:04.32]Throughout his life, he maintained

[01:07.82]an active role in Vancouver’s Chinatown.

[01:11.21]He was one of eleven men,

[01:13.51]his contemporaries, who founded

[01:16.25]the Chinese Benevolent Association,

[01:18.22]one component of which

[01:20.84]looked after the ill,

[01:22.27]elderly or destitute Chinese

[01:23.90]in the absence of their families.

[01:26.20]When he died at the age of 82,

[01:29.05]Yip Sang was not only one

[01:32.22]of the wealthiest merchants

[01:33.75]in Vancouver, he was also considered

[01:35.94]a pillar of the community.

[01:37.36]Yip Sang’s descendants continue to

[01:41.63]honour his values and remain

[01:43.16]active in the Vancouver Community.