1、From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report in Special English.这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。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 re
2、ad 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 th
3、e Education for All Global Monitoring Report by UNESCO - the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.这项研究结果来自联合国教科文组织的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
4、 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.教育工作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
5、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33%年轻人未能完成第一年的学校教育。数百万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.
6、And one in four people earns very low wages.保琳罗斯（Pauline Rose）是全民教育全球监测报告的负责人。她说，一些学校未能在学校和工作之间起到桥梁作用，这意味着1/8的青年失业，还有1/4的青年工资不高。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,
7、 a process of establishing something in memory by repeating it.罗斯女士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，死记硬背是一种不断重复从而建立记忆的过程。She says some groups are successful in teaching the skills necessary to operate a business.她说，一些组织在教导经营一门生意所必需的技能上取得了成功。PAULINE ROSE: Non-governmental organizations have been w
8、orking to provide young people with training that gives them skills in managing their finances, in understanding how to use assets whether its animals, cows for example, or other types of assets. 博林罗斯：“非政府组织一直在努力为青年提供培训，为他们提供财务管理技能，学会如何运用资产，不管这些资产是牛一类的动物还是其它类型的资产。”Pauline Rose says people who leave
9、school need a second chance to get an education. In some areas, distance education by television, computer or other methods is helpful.罗斯称，已经离校者需要得到二次教育的机会。在一些地区，通过电视、电脑和其它方式进行的远程教育很有帮助。PAULINE ROSE: There are also opportunities to learn through distance education, and we find in countries like Mexi
10、co 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
11、种常见方式就是传统学徒制。青年作为学徒从熟练工处得到培训。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。
