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English writer Enid Blyton is one of the most popular authors in the world.
英國作家伊妮德·布萊頓是世界最著名的作家之一。
More than 400 million copies of her children's books have been sold worldwide and generations of British children have grown up hooked on her stories of adventure and magic.
她寫的兒童讀物在全球銷量超過4億，英國數代人都是讀著她充滿冒險和魔幻的故事長大的。
But not everyone likes Enid Blyton.
但是并非所有人都喜歡伊妮德·布萊頓。
Some people are objecting to plans to put up a plaque where her house once stood in the town of Beaconsfleld, as part of a festival to celebrate her life and work.
一些人反對在她比肯斯菲爾德的故居掛牌匾紀念她的生平和作品。
They complain that her books are racist and sexist.
這些人對她作品中的種族歧視和性別歧視作了抨擊。
One of the problems is that Blyton wrote between the 1920s and 1960s.
其中一個原因是布萊頓作品的寫作時間是20世紀20-60年代。
Since that time British society has changed enormously, especially with regards to how we should speak about race, gender, class and how to bring up children.
那段時期之后，英國社會在種族、性別、等級以及子女撫養方面的觀念發生了很大變化。
Generations of children have been willing to overlook the punishments and prejudice and have avidly read her 5,000 short stories and 150 novels.
數代人對她作品中的歧視和偏見采取了寬容的態度，如饑似渴地讀了她的5000篇短篇小說和150部長篇小說。
Children's writer Michael Rosen says this is because she knew what children wanted in a story.
兒童作家邁克爾·羅森說這是因為她知道孩子們喜歡怎樣的故事。
Adults are usually absent in Blyton's books, allowing children to be powerful: travelling and cooking for themselves, visiting magic lands or solving mysteries.
布萊頓作品中的人物幾乎沒有成年人，她把能力賦予孩子們：讓他們獨自旅行、自己做飯、游覽魔法之地，破解謎團。
But in modern British life, children are more than ever being constantly watched and controlled, as people become more security conscious.
而如今現實生活中的英國，隨著人們安全意識的增加，孩子們受到了嚴密的看管和控制。
Blyton's books are now published with changes, to make them more acceptable to modern sensibilities, and sales are increasing.
為了讓布萊頓的作品更容易為當代人們的情感所接受，現在出版的布萊頓作品做出了改動，而且銷量也有所增加。
Regardless of criticisms, Enid Blyton's stories are as much a part of childhood for this generation of British children, as they were for their parents and grandparents.
盡管受到指責，伊妮德·布萊頓的作品在當代孩子童年生活中所占的地位絲毫不比在其父母輩或祖父母輩低。
Questions 23-25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
請根據剛剛聽得短文回答16-18題。
Question 23. What can be learned about Enid Blyton?
23.通過短文我們對伊妮德·布萊頓有什么了解？
Question 24. What makes people dislike Blyton's works?
24.人們為什么不喜歡布萊頓的作品？
Question 25. What makes Blyton's books regain its popularity?
25.布萊頓是如何重新受到歡迎的？
