(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.
African educators and civil society group members gathered recently to discuss the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals on education. They said a U.N. report shows progress, but they also said some countries cannot meet the goals by the target-date next year.
The educators and other experts said those countries cannot increase education and gain equal treatment for boys and girls in schools by 2015. They noted that this is especially true of sub-Saharan nations. The meeting in Yaounde, Cameroon included experts from 43 African countries.
Jean Pierre Edzoa is an official of Cameroon's Ministry of Social Affairs. He describes the life ahead for uneducated children as a disaster. He says the government is doing everything possible to make parents understand that they harm their children if they do not send them to school.
The World Wildlife Fund for Nature is best known for its work for the environment. But it is also helping efforts to increase school attendance. Hanson Njiforti is director of the WWF office in Cameroon. He said it is now centering its efforts on education, because so many children do not go to school.
That sound invites Baka and Mbororo ethnic groups in Central Africa to send their children to school. They still live their traditional lives of their groups and official education is not of top importance for them. Mr. Njiforti notes that the Baka people have been asked for their ideas about how to get children into school rooms.
Bois Waruku is with the group Africa Network Campaign on Education for all. He says the meeting in Yaounde provided a chance to look to the future.
"The sustainable development goals that civil societies have been pushing for is that beyond 2015. Before 2015 world leaders did commit to millennium development goals which were to be achieved by 2015, so a number of the goals that they committed to are coming to and end in 2015. Beyond 2015 what should it be like? " said Waruku.
Beatrice Njenga heads the Education Division at the African Union Commission. She says educators are preparing a 50-year education program for Africa. She says they need financial help and central planning.
"If you want to support Africa, you need to understand Africa's very well articulated vision with priorities in education for 2063 so that all investment is towards a common vision. So unless we actually sit and put in place strategies to achieve what we need to achieve in 50 years, it will be 2063 and we will be still talking about the same thing." said Njenga.
The education experts reported some good news, they said rates of poverty have been decreasing and more children are in school.
And that's the Education Report from VOA Learning English. I'm Jerilyn Watson.
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词汇解释
1.attendance n. 出席；到场；出席人数
The attendance has dropped away recently.
近来出席人数越来越少。
2.articulated adj. 铰接式的；清晰的；组织缜密的；有关节的 v. 铰接（articulate的过去分词）；明确地表达；使相互连贯
He articulated each syllable carefully.
他小心而清晰地发出每个音节。
3.vision n. 视力；美景；眼力；幻象；想象力 vt. 想象；显现；梦见
That's my vision of how the world could be.
那就是我对这个世界未来的憧憬。
内容解析
1.He said it is now centering its efforts on education, because so many children do not go to school.
center on 集中在…；以…为中心
His attention has centered on that experiment.
他的全部注意力都集中在那个实验上。
The village centered on its market square.
村子中央是集市广场。
参考译文
这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。
非洲教育家和民间社会组织成员最近开会讨论联合国教育千年发展目标，他们说联合国报告称有进步，但他们说一些国家不能在预期的明年实现目标。
这些教育家和其他专家说这些国家无法在2015年之前增加教育并为男女学生提供公平的待遇。他们指出撒哈拉南部非洲国家尤为如此，
这次会议在喀麦隆的雅温得市举行，与会者包括来自43个非洲国家的专家。
Jean Pierre Edzoa是喀麦隆社会事务部官员，他说未接受教育儿童的未来是场灾难，他说政府正尽一切努力来让父母们明白，如果不让孩子上学，就是在危害孩子。
世界野生动物基金会因在坏境方面的作为而知名，但该基金会也在努力帮助提高入学率。Hanson Njiforti是该基金会驻喀麦隆办事处主任，他说目前基金会的重点是教育，因为很多孩子没有上学。
这样的声音吸引了中非的巴卡和姆伯洛洛少数民族送孩子上学，他们仍过着本民族传统的生活方式，官方的教育对他们来说不是重要的事。Njiforti说人们一直就如何送孩子上学征求巴卡人的看法。
Bois Waruku就职于非洲全民教育网络运动组织，他说雅温得市的会议给面向未来提供了机会。
“民间社会的可持续发展目标超越了2015年，在2015年之前，世界领导人们确实承诺在2015年之前实现千年发展目标，所以他们承诺实现的很多目标将在2015年结束。那2015年之后怎么办呢？”
Beatrice Njenga是非洲联盟委员会教育组负责人，她说教育家们在筹备非洲50年教育计划，她说他们需要财政帮助和集中规划。
“如果你想支持非洲，就要了解非洲2063年教育优先的清晰愿景，所有的投资都指向同一个愿景。所以除非我们能坐下来并制定未来50年的战略，那么到了2063年我们还在讨论同一件事。”
教育专家们报告了些好消息，他们说贫困率在下降，更多孩子开始上学。
这就是美国之音慢速英语教育报道，我是杰瑞琳·沃森。
