VOA慢速英語:Civil War Keeps Many Syrian Children From School

From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.

這里是美國之音慢速英語教育報道。

The United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) is appealing to international donors to help provide education money for Syrian school children. Safe places to learn, teachers and supplies are all lacking, and almost two million young Syrian students have dropped out of school.

聯(lián)合國兒童基金(簡稱UNICEF)呼吁國際捐助者幫助提供敘利亞學(xué)童的教育資金。安全的學(xué)習(xí)地點、教師和學(xué)習(xí)用品都很缺乏，有近兩百萬名年幼的敘利亞學(xué)生輟學(xué)。

UNICEF says about 40 percent of students in grades one to nine across the nation no longer attend for more classes. UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie Mercado says about half those are now refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey.

聯(lián)合國兒童基金會表示，全國大約有40%的1至9年級學(xué)生不再上學(xué)。聯(lián)合國兒童基金會發(fā)言人梅爾卡多(Marixie Mercado)表示，他們中大約半數(shù)人現(xiàn)在在黎巴嫩、約旦、伊拉克和土耳其避難。

"Thirty months into the conflict, children are becoming increasingly afraid, angry and frustrated. The risk of a lost generation becomes more acute with each day that they are out of school."

“孩子們陷入沖突中30個月，變得越來越害怕、憤怒和失落。隨著他們失學(xué)的每一天，“迷失的一代”的這種風(fēng)險變得越來越嚴重。

In the northern city of Aleppo, for example, only 6 percent of children of school-age are in classrooms, but the school year there and in other locations begin as planned on September 15.

以北部城市阿勒鉑為例，只有6%的學(xué)齡兒童上學(xué)，但該市和其它地方還是按計劃于9月15日開學(xué)。

Talk of military strike by the United States has caused uncertainty about starting classes, but schools opened after a strike appeared less likely. Still many children who once walked to school are now taken there by their parents, and other families have simply left the country. Lebanon now is trying to help about 550,000 school-age Syrian refugee children.

對美國軍事打擊的議論造成了學(xué)校開課的不確定性，但是各學(xué)校在美國打擊敘利亞變得不太可能之后開學(xué)了。然而很多曾經(jīng)步行去學(xué)校的孩子現(xiàn)在改由父母接送，其他家庭干脆離開了敘利亞。黎巴嫩現(xiàn)在正在幫助大約55萬名敘利亞學(xué)齡難民兒童。

UNICEF says the Lebanese public education system can take care of 300,000 Lebanese children. UNICEF is establishing schools for refugee children in buses.

聯(lián)合國兒童基金會表示，黎巴嫩公共教育體系可以照顧30萬名黎巴嫩兒童。該基金會正在開建難民兒童巴士學(xué)校。

In Jordan, UNICEF says about two-thirds of 150,000 Syrian school-age children are not in school. One main refugee camp has 30,000 Syrian children, fewer than half are in school.

聯(lián)合國兒童基金會表示，在約旦的15萬名敘利亞學(xué)齡兒童大約有2/3沒有上學(xué)。在一個擁有3萬名敘利亞兒童的主要難民營，只有不到一半兒童是在校學(xué)生。

In Iraq, UNICEF says nine out of 10 Syrian refugee children are out of school.

聯(lián)合國兒童基金會表示，在伊拉克，90%的敘利亞難民兒童沒有上學(xué)。

Inside Syria, Miss Mercado says the educational system has been torn apart. But UNICEF and Syrian government say about 3,000 schools have been damaged or destroyed. In addition, more than 900 schools that are still standing are being used as shelter for displaced families.

梅爾卡多表示，敘利亞境內(nèi)教育體系已經(jīng)能夠四分五裂。但聯(lián)合國兒童基金會和敘利亞政府表示，大約有3000所學(xué)校已被破壞或摧毀。此外，仍然存在的900所學(xué)校被作為流離失所家庭的庇護所。

"The fact that there are still children going to school in this context is quite incredible."

梅爾卡多說，“事實上，在這種情況下仍然有孩子上學(xué)是相當(dāng)令人難以置信的。”

Miss Mercado says the agency is operating programs for children to learn at home. The UNICEF spokeswoman praises what she believes is the huge importance that Syrian parents place on eduction. UNICEF has asked for $161 million from international donors for education. But the agency says it has received only $51 million.

梅爾卡多表示，該基金會正在運營孩子在家學(xué)習(xí)的項目。這位聯(lián)合國兒童基金會發(fā)言人稱贊了敘利亞父母對教育的投入，她認為這是非常重要的。聯(lián)合國兒童基金會要求國際捐助者提供1.61億美元用于教育，但該機構(gòu)表示他們只收到5100萬美元。