关于免费送大米的常见问题

Frequently Asked Questions常见问题

How does playing the vocabulary game at FreeRice help me?

免费大米游戏对你的帮助

Learning new vocabulary has tremendous benefits. It can help you:

学到新的词汇对你很有帮助：

After you have done FreeRice for a couple of days, you may notice an odd phenomenon. Words that you have never consciously used before will begin to pop into your head while you are speaking or writing. You will feel yourself using and knowing more words.

在玩免费大米几天之后，你会注意到一个奇特的现象。在你说话和写作时会用到以前没注意到的词汇。你会觉得你自己懂得更多的词汇。

How does the FreeRice vocabulary program work?

免费大米的词汇计划是如何运作的？

FreeRice has a custom database containing thousands of words at varying degrees of difficulty. There are words appropriate for people just learning English and words that will challenge the most scholarly professors. In between are thousands of words for students, business people, homemakers, doctors, truck drivers, retired people… everyone!

免费大米有个包含不同难度词汇的词汇库：有适用于刚开始学英语的人，也有能让教授为难的词汇。在这两个极端之间有成千上万的词汇适用于学生，商人，家庭主妇，医生，卡车司机，退休老人---任何人！

FreeRice automatically adjusts to your level of vocabulary. It starts by giving you words at different levels of difficulty and then, based on how you do, assigns you an approximate starting level. You then determine a more exact level for yourself as you play. When you get a word wrong, you go to an easier level. When you get three words in a row right, you go to a harder level. This one-to-three ratio is best for keeping you at the “outer fringe” of your vocabulary, where learning can take place.

免费大米可以根据你的词汇水平自动调整：一开始给你不同难度的词汇，然后基于你的反应，设定你的起点。在你玩游戏的时候会调到适合你的精确等级。当你答错一题，会自动调得容易些。当你连续答对三次，题目就会变的难些。这种1：3的设置可以让你保持在学习状态--出现的题目总在你的词汇边缘。

There are 50 levels in all, but it is rare for people to get above level 48.

一共有50级，不过很少有人能超过48级。

How is the difficulty level for each word determined?

每个词汇是如何归入不同的难度等级的？

The program keeps track of how many people get each word right or wrong, and then adjusts each word’s difficulty level accordingly. So the words at the easiest levels are the ones that people most often get right. The words at the hardest levels are the ones that people most often get wrong. As more and more people have played the game, these levels have become increasingly more accurate.

程序根据人们在各个词汇上的犯错比例来进行归类。所以一个归到最易类的词是大多数人们都不会弄错的，最难的则是大多数人都会弄错的。玩的人越多，就会越精确。

 

 

For its first seven weeks, FreeRice gave 10 grains of rice for each correct answer. On November 28, 2007, we were able to increase this to 20 grains. We hope to be able to increase this again in the future. Here is how we look at it: Your part is to play and donate the rice. Our part is to increase the amount you can donate!

刚开始的七周，每答对一个问题是10粒大米。自2007年11月28日起，加为20粒。我们希望以后可以更多。我们是这样看的：你们要做的是玩游戏捐大米，我们要做的是提高你们的捐赠数。

 

What happens if my computer suddenly loses power while I am in the middle of playing? Does my donation still count?

如果在玩游戏时电脑突然断电，我的捐赠还算数吗？

Yes, once your screen says that you have donated a certain amount of rice, that means our servers have registered it. For example, suppose your screen says that you have donated 120 grains of rice. If your computer then suddenly loses power, or you close your browser, or you click to go somewhere else, your donation has already been counted.

算数的，只要你的屏幕显示你已经赠了一定数量的大米，就意味着我们对此已经有记录。比如，你的屏幕显示你已经捐赠120粒大米，这时突然断电或者你关了电脑，点到其他地方去了，你的捐赠仍然算数。

Who pays for the donated rice?

谁为捐赠买单？

The rice is paid for by the advertisers whose names you see on the bottom of your vocabulary screen. This is regular advertising for these companies, but it is also something more. Through their advertising at FreeRice, these companies support both learning (free vocabulary for everyone) and reducing hunger (free rice for the hungry). We commend these companies for their participation at FreeRice.

广告商，你可以在词汇的底部看到他们的广告。他们定期在这投放广告：从而在提供免费词汇学习的同时又有效减少了饥饿。我们对他们的行为表示赞赏。

If FreeRice has the rice to give, why not give it all away right now?

如果免费大米有米，为何不现在把它们都捐出来？

FreeRice is not sitting on a pile of rice―you are earning it 20 grains at a time. Here is how it works. When you play the game, advertisements appear on the bottom of your screen. The money generated by these advertisements is then used to buy the rice. So by playing, you generate the money that pays for the rice donated to hungry people.

“免费大米”并不是坐在米堆上的--你一次只能赚20粒。当你玩游戏的时候，出现在屏幕下方的广告提供了买米的钱。

Does FreeRice make any money from this?

免费大米从中牟利吗？

No, it does not. FreeRice runs the site at no profit.

没有，免费大米是非赢利的。

Couldn’t I just write a computer program to play all day and give a lot of rice that way?

我要是编个程序挂在网上从而赢得很多大米如何？

There are two problems with this. First, it overloads our servers so that real people can’t play and learn vocabulary. Second, without real people playing and buying products, it is no longer cost-effective for companies to advertise. Without advertising, we cannot give any rice at all.

这样做会有两个问题：首先，我们的服务器会超载，其他人不能玩了，也就学不到东西；然后没有切实的人们玩游戏，买东西，公司没有动力继续做广告。没有广告，我们就没有大米。

Who distributes the donated rice?

谁来分发大米？

The rice is distributed by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). The World Food Program is the world’s largest food aid agency, working with over 1,000 other organizations in over 75 countries. In addition to providing food, the World Food Program helps hungry people to become self-reliant so that they escape hunger for good. Wherever possible, the World Food Program buys food locally to support local farmers and the local economy. We encourage you to visit the United Nations World Food Program to learn more about their successful approach to ending hunger.

联合国粮食署，它是世界上最大的粮食援助组织，在超过75个国家里跟1000多个组织一起工作。除了提供粮食，它还帮助饥饿的人们自力更生。它尽可能在当地购买粮食以支持当地的农业和经济。详情可以登陆它的网站United Nations World Food Program

Will the rice I donate make a difference?

我捐的大米管用吗？

The rice you donate makes a huge difference to the person who receives it. According to the United Nations, about 25,000 people die each day from hunger or hunger-related causes, most of them children. To a mother or father watching a loved child die in their arms from hunger, the rice you donate is more precious than anything in the world.

对于收到你捐赠的人来说，有你的捐赠与否大不相同。根据联合国资料，每天有25000人死于饥饿以及相关疾病，大多数是儿童。对看着心爱的孩子在怀中挨饿的父母来说，你捐赠的大米比世界上的任何东西都珍贵。

What is being done to end world hunger?

如何终结饥饿现象？

There is great progress being made to end world hunger. Many organizations across the globe are involved in this struggle. Each day, hundreds of thousands of ordinary men and women work for these organizations. Through their efforts, millions of impoverished people have food to eat, learn skills and find hope for the future.

世界范围内有许多组织为此而奋斗，每天都有成千上万的男女为这些组织工作。通过他们的努力，数以百万的人们得以吃饱，学到技能，保持对未来的希望。

What else can I do to help end hunger?

为了终结饥饿我还能做些？

Here are two key things you can do to help end hunger. Both are free and easy to do.

这里有两件事是你不需要花钱也容易做的：

1. Add your name to the One Campaign, where several million people have already joined together “as One” to end hunger and extreme poverty. If enough people join, dreams for a better world can be made into reality very quickly.

      加入One Campaign，有数百万人已经加入这场旨在终结饥饿和极度穷困的运动。只要参加的人够多，一个更加美好的世界就会变成现实。

2。The United Nations estimates that the cost to end world hunger completely, along with diseases related to hunger and poverty, is about $195 billion a year. Twenty-two countries have joined together to raise this money by each contributing 0.7% (less than 1%) of national income. Some of the countries have already met this goal. Others are being a little slow, but this can be fixed. You can see how the countries are doing here. You can print a letter to support your country’s participation here.

    联合国估计要完全终结饥饿及相关疾病需要每年投入1950亿美元。22个国家同意每年拿出0。7%的国民生产总价值。你可以看看这些国家是如何做的，还可以写封信支持你祖国的参与。

Where can I learn more about hunger?

从哪里我能对世界的饥饿现象了解的更多些？

One last important thing you can do to help end hunger is to become knowledgeable about it. A good way to do this is to visit our sister site Poverty.com (designed so that busy people can learn quickly about hunger and poverty) or one of the many excellent sites listed here. We believe that when enough people around the world become knowledgeable about hunger, it will no longer be tolerated.

你能帮助终结饥饿的最后一件重要的事是更多的了解它。可以拜访我们的姐妹网站Poverty.com（如此设计是为了方便忙碌的人们了解饥饿和贫穷）我们相信了解的人越多，饥饿就越不能被容忍。

 

 

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