最新联合国报告显示小学教育不容乐观 A New UN Report Said Primary Edu-cation Isn’t Optimistic
News Background 新闻导读
联合国教科文组织在教育领域的计划旨在实现所有级别持续一生的全民教育目标。事实上，教育对个人发展、经济增长和社会团结至关重要。这也是在与贫困做斗争和维持可持续发展中起决定性作用的一项工作。2000年在达喀尔（塞内加尔）举办的国际教育论坛为在实现这些目标方面取得进步制定了一个行动框架：加强对幼儿阶段的关注和教育；普及全民初级教育；增加年轻人和成年人的受教育机会；将成年文盲的比率减少一半；努力实现两性平等；在各个方面改善教育质量。在这些目标中，两个主要的、并且也是联合国千年发展目标中所包括的目标是：普及初级教育和消除两性间在受教育方面的不平等现象。
News Transcript 新闻正文
This is Maddy Savage bringing you a selection of highlights from across BBC World Service News.Coming up,a new report says poor teaching is leaving hundreds of millions of children without basic maths and literacy.“Many teachers are highly motivated but they are not all to teach children how to read,for example,the right fundamentals of education system.”
In his State of the Union address,President Obama warns congress，“I'm eager to work with all of you,but America does not stand still and neither will I.”Also,Britain says it will give refuge to a few hundred of the most vulnerable people feeing war in Syria.And why Emanuel Bach should be just as celebrated as his more famous father?“His music,I mean,it's……it's incredibly intellectual.It's human.It's,I mean it’s just,it’s incredible music.”
First,we start with that new UN report on education which is grim reading.It says at least a quarter of a billion children leave school without basic literacy and numeracy skills.And it says it will be another 70 years before all boys and girls all have access to primary education.The challenges for the poorest countries in Africa are especially tough.As a primary school teacher in a government school in Malawi has been explaining—“There are a lot of problems in most of our government schools because some of them still learn under trees,learning under trees where there are no desks in most schools in government.”
“Over the past decade we've actually seen great progressin getting more girls into school,so one of the success stories of education goals is actually narrowing of this gender gap.However,when we look at more details,we see that the poorest rural girls are far far behind.They are the ones that are really getting left behind.So on average in Africa,the poorest rural girls have spent about three years in school,compared to nine years for the richest urban boys.So it's a massive gap.”
“So where are you talking about exactly?”“The biggest problem is in west African countries,in countries like Senegal and Mali and Burkina Faso and so on.These are countries that still need to make far more progress and particularly in getting more girls into school.We fnd that many teachers are highly motivated and they go into profession for the right reasons,but that they don't always have the skills that they need to do their job.”
Translaton 参考译文
我是麦蒂·萨维奇，通过BBC“全球服务”栏目，为您带来今天的新闻要点。这次新闻的主要内容有：一项新的调查报告显示，教学质量低下导致数亿儿童缺乏基本的算术和读写能力。“许多老师积极性都很高，但是并不是所有人都教会了孩子们最基本的东西，比如阅读。”
奥巴马在他的国情咨文演讲中这样警示国会：“我热切希望与你们诸位合作，但是美国不会停滞不前，我也不会如此。”另外，英国表示将为叙利亚战争中逃亡的数百位最困难人员提供避难所。为什么伊曼纽尔·巴赫会和他知名度更高的父亲一样值得尊敬？“他的音乐，非常地有才华，有人情味，是非常棒的音乐。”
首先，我们来看一项新的联合国教育报告，这份报告着实令人担忧。报告显示，至少2.5亿儿童在不具备基本读写和算术能力的情况下离开了校园。而且，要让所有男孩和女孩都接受小学教育，还需要70年的时间。对于非洲最贫穷的国家来说，挑战尤为艰巨。一名马拉维的公立小学教师解释道，“我们的公立小学还存在很多问题，大多数公立学校没有桌椅，学生们只能在大树下学习。”
“在过去的10年中，我们确实看到在女童入学方面巨大的进步，因此，性别差距的缩小是教育目标的成功案例之一。然而，经过仔细观察，我们发现，最贫困的农村女孩在这方面远远落后。她们是真正落后的人。在非洲，平均来说，最贫困的农村女孩只有3年的学龄，而最富裕的城市男孩有9年学龄。所以说，这个差距不小。”
“您说的具体是哪些地区？”“最大的问题出在西非国家，例如，塞内加尔、马里、布基纳法索等。这些国家仍然需要取得更大的进步，尤其是在女童入学方面。我们发现，许多老师积极性很高，从业动机也很端正，但是并不具备必要的工作技能。”
Listening Comprehension 听力理解
1.What is leaving hundreds of millions of children without basic maths and literacy?
2.Britain says it will give refuge to a few hundred of the most people feeing war in Syria.
3.How many children leave school without basic literacy and numeracy skills?
Hot Words 新闻热词
selection[sɪˈlekʃn]n.可供选择的事物；挑选出来的人或事
literacy[ˈlɪtərəsi]n.读写能力，识字
motivate[ˈməʊtɪveɪt]v.激发，激励
refuge[ˈrefjuːdʒ]n.避难（所），庇护（处）
vulnerable[ˈvʌlnərəbl]adj.脆弱的，易受伤害的
numeracy[ˈnjuːmərəsi]n.识数，计算能力
challenge[ˈtʃæləndʒ]n.挑战，难题
progress[ˈprəʊgres]n.进步，前进
gender[ˈdʒendə（r）]n.性，性别
massive[ˈmæsɪv]adj.巨大的，庞大的
particularly[pəˈtɪkjələli]adv.特别地
Listening Analysis 精彩解析
1.So on average in Africa,the poorest rural girls have spent about three years in school,compared to nine years for the richest urban boys.
on average平均
例句 On average he watches three movies a week.
他平均每周看三场电影。
On average I have 4 days off a month.
我平均一个月4天的假期。
2.The biggest problem is in west African countries,in countries like Senegal and Mali and Burkina Faso and so on.
and so on等，诸如此类
例句 This shop sells clothes,shoes,hats and so on.
这商店卖衣服、鞋、帽子等。
Places of interest in Beijing include the Great Wall,the Summer Palace,the Forbidden City,and so on.
北京的名胜古迹有长城、颐和园、故宫等。
答案
1.The poor teaching is leaving hundreds of millions of children without basic maths and literacy.
2.vulnerable
3.A quarter of a billion children leave school without basic literacy and numeracy skills.