2006年6月真题短文2(1/2)-英语听力

[00:00.00]Gabriela Mistral was once an ordinary teacher in a [00:04.85] small village school in Northern Chile. Towering [00:08.18]mountains separate her village from the world outside. [00:11.56] Gabriela Mistral was only 15 when she began teaching, [00:16.44] but she was a good teacher. She helped the minds of [00:19.97] her students' scale the mountain walls and reached [00:23.10] out to the world beyond. For 18 years, Gabriela [00:26.07] devoted her life to the poor farm children of [00:30.69]Chile's Northern valleys. During part of this time [00:33.97], she was director of schools in all of Chile. [00:36.94]Before long, many countries recognized her as a great [00:41.52] friend of children and the leader in education. [00:44.13]In 1922, she was invited to Mexico to help organize the [00:49.78]rural school system. Two years later, Gabriela Mistral [00:54.00]came to the United States where she served as a [00:57.98] visiting professor in several colleges.