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听力文本
This is the VOA Learning English Education Report.
Education is a growing issue of dispute in Turkey between those who support religion and government and those who oppose it. Opponents are criticizing Turkey's National Education Council for its proposal to require religious classes in schools. The two sides also dispute a council-supported plan to begin what it calls "values education" for the youngest students.
In addition, the main opposition group in Turkey, the Republican People's Party has objected to a proposal to teach the Ottoman language in schools. Turks no longer speak the language. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejects the criticism.
He says people will learn and teach the language. The National Education Council advises Turkey's Ministry of Education. The council called for required religious classes in high schools to be changed from one to two hours weekly and extended to all ages.
Cengiz Aktar writes about politics for the newspaper Zaman Today, and teaches at Suleyman Sah University. He says the reforms fit well with president Erdogan's goals.
"For years, Erdogan wanted to create a new, pious youth, ethically correct according to the canons of his mind and his lecture of Islam, and he is just putting this into practice," Aktar said.
Religious schools in Turkey are known as imam hatips. The number of these schools shortly increased during Mr. Erdogan's leadership as prime minister. In 2004, 65,000 children attended them. Now that number is more than one million.
The schools provide 13 hours weekly of religious training. Boys and girls are separated in the schools. In recent years, many non-religious schools have become imam hatips. A mother said many times parents receive no warning of such change.
The changes have led to protest in Istanbul. Mr. Erdogan argues that religious education offers an answer for social problems children face, including illegal drugs and racism.
Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate governs Islam in the country. A top official with the agency says that the policy of a religiously neutral government is weakening religious life in Turkish society.
Istar Gozaydin is an expert on religion and the state at Dogus University in Istanbul. She says the government is changing Turkish society.
"The Presidency of Religious Affairs is being more active in, for example, hospitals, women's shelters. So apparently a more conservative society is being tried to be constructed. However, there is not much respect for the freedom from religion," Gozaydin said.
And that's the VOA Learning English Education Report. I'm Jonathan Evans.
词汇解释
1.Canon n标准；教规；正典圣经；教士
The Church's canon law forbids remarriage of divorced persons.
该教派教规禁止离婚者再婚。
2.racism n. 种族主义，种族歧视；人种偏见
There is a feeling among some black people that the level of racism is declining.
有些黑人感觉到种族歧视的程度正在减轻。
3.neutral adj.中立的； （化学中）中性的； 暗淡的； 不带电的 n.（汽车或其他机器的）空挡位置； 中立人士； 中立国； 素净色
Three in every five interviewed felt that the Budget was neutral and they would be no better off...
五分之三的受访者觉得该预算案不好不坏，他们的境况不会好到哪里去。
内容解析
1.He says the reforms fit well with president Erdogan's goals.
fit with 适合；符合
The pair would also fit well together, with complementary geographic exposure and distribution in Europe.
二者的组合也会十分契合, 因为两家公司在欧洲的业务和销售分布呈现出互补性。
Vertical photographs and graphics tend to fit well with the long vertical column of the sidebar.
竖直的图片和图形适合于长栏的边栏。
参考译文
这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。
在土耳其，教育越发成为支持与反对宗教、政府两派争论的焦点，反对者批评土耳其全国教育委员会要求学校开设宗教课程的提议，双方还就委员会支持的所谓对小学生进行“价值教育”的计划进行争论。
另外，土耳其主要在野党共和人民党还反对在学校开设奥斯曼语的提议，土耳其人已经不再讲这种语言，土耳其总统埃尔多安对批评的声音进行反驳。
他说人们会学习并教育这种语言，全国教育委员会为土耳其教育部提供咨询，该委员会呼吁高中必修宗教课从每周一小时增加到两小时，并推广到各个年龄段的学生。
阿克塔尔为《今日扎曼》报撰写政治评论，还在苏莱曼萨大学教书。他说这种改革与总统埃尔多安的目标很一致。
“多年来，埃尔多安都希望根据他心目中的教规和他的伊斯兰说教培养虔诚的新一代年轻人，希望他们道德正确，他目前正在将之付诸实践。”
土耳其宗教学校被称之为伊玛目-哈提甫，这种学校的数量在埃尔多安担任总理的短期内快速增长，2004年这些学校有6.5万名学生，现在人数已经超过100万。
这些学校提供每周13小时的宗教培训，在学校里男孩和女孩们被分开。最近几年，很多非宗教学校都变成伊玛目-哈提甫，一位母亲说很多时候父母们得不到这种改变的任何警告。
这种变化导致伊斯坦布尔出现抗议活动，埃尔多安声称宗教教育为孩子们面临的社会问题提供了答案，包括非法毒品和种族主义。
土耳其宗教事务局负责管理该国的伊斯兰教，该机构的高级官员称，宗教中立政府正在削弱土耳其社会的宗教生活。
Istar Gozaydin是伊斯坦布尔道古斯大学的一位专家，她说政府在改变土耳其社会。
“宗教事务局主席在医院、妇女庇护所等事务上更活跃，所以显然他们试图建立一个更保守的社会，然而，宗教并不怎么尊重自由。”
这就是美国之音慢速英语教育报道，我是乔纳森·伊万斯。
