VOA慢速英语:United Nations Report Urges “Putting Education to Work”

A new United Nations report says over two hundred million young people in developing countries have not completed primary school. The UN says almost one hundred thirty million are in school. But they cannot read or write -- skills they need to escape from poverty. The report urges donors and governments to support ways for young people to get the skills they need for success.
联合国的一项最新报告称发展中国家有超过2亿年轻人没有完成小学教育。联合国称目前有1.3亿人在学校接受教育，但他们不能读写，这些是他们摆脱贫困所需的技能。这份报告呼吁捐赠者和政府为年轻人提供得到获得成功所需技能的途径。

The findings are from the Education for All Global Monitoring Report by UNESCO -- the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
这些发现来自联合国教科文组织“全民教育全球监测报告”。

Educators say young people need at least a primary school education and some secondary school to get secure, good-paying jobs. But the report says that is not happening in most developing countries, including ones south of the Sahara Desert. It says about thirty three percent of young people in sub-Saharan Africa fail to complete the first few years of schooling. Millions more do not even go to secondary school.
教育者称年轻人要获得有保障、高收入的工作，起码需要小学教育及一些中学教育。但报告称很多发展中国家，包括撒哈拉沙漠南部一些国家都没有这个条件。报告称撒哈拉沙漠南部约有30%年轻人未能完成第一年的学校教育。数百人人甚至没有上过中学。

Pauline Rose is the director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report. She says some schools are failing to provide a bridge between school and work. She says this means that one in eight young people are unemployed. And one in four people earns very low wages.
博林•罗斯是负责“全民教育全球监测报告”的主任，她说有的学校未能提供联系学校和就业之间的桥梁。她说这意味着每8名年轻人中就有一人失业。每四个人中有一人收入很低。

Ms. Rose says young people need strong skills in numeracy and the ability to read and write. She says knowing how to solve problems is more important than learning by rote, a process of establishing something in memory by repeating it.
罗斯说年轻人需要很好的算术、阅读与写作很能。她说学会解决问题比死记硬背重要，死记硬背就是通过重复来记住知识。

She says some groups are successful in teaching the skills necessary to operate a business.
她说有的组织在教授商业运作技能方面很成功。

PAULINE ROSE: “Non-governmental organizations have been working to provide young people with training that gives them skills in managing their finances, in understanding how to use assets whether it’s animals, cows for example, or other types of assets… ”
博林•罗斯：“非政府组织一直在培训年轻人，为他们提供财务管理技能，学会如何运用资产，无论是动物、牛还是其他类型的资产...”

Pauline Rose says people who leave school need a second chance to get an education. In some areas, distance education – by television, computer or other methods – is helpful.
博林•罗斯说离开学校的人需要接受第二次教育的机会，一些地区的远程教育利用电视、电脑等方法，这很有用。

PAULINE ROSE: “There are also opportunities to learn through distance education, and we find in countries like Mexico and Namibia that large numbers of young people are reached through distance education systems.”
博林•罗斯：“还有通过远程教育来学习的机会，在墨西哥和纳米比亚等国家，我们看到很多年轻人通过远程教育系统来学习。”

She says another popular method is the traditional apprenticeship. Young people serve as apprentices, receiving training from skilled workers.
她说另一个热门的方法就是传统的学徒式学习，做学徒的年轻人可以从熟练工人那里得到培训。

Pauline Rose says apprenticeships mainly help people who have had some primary school, but who lack job skills. She says the system can be organized so women are included, and that students are recognized for their work.
博林•罗斯说，学徒式学习重要帮助那些接受过小学教育，但缺少就业技能的人。她说这个系统可以把妇女也吸收进来，学习可以因工作而得到认可。