欧盟委员强调对教育的投入

 　　BRUSSELS, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The European Union's education commissioner¹ Androulla Vassiliou on Tuesday stressed that investment in education pay off in the long run and that member states must bear it in mind when allocating² public budgets.

　　"Cutting back on education spending in general, and on teachers' salaries in particular, can hinder our objectives of providing efficient and high-quality education systems," Vassiliou said, commenting on an annual education report released Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Brussels.

　　The report, which analyzes³ 34 OECD members that include 21 EU member states, shows that the salaries of European teachers decreased by four percent between 2009 and 2011, and that education expenditure⁴ per student is on a downward trend in most European countries, in spite of being slightly above the OECD average.

　　On average, 15 percent of young Europeans aged⁵ 15 to 29 were neither in employment nor in education and training (NEET) in 2011, slightly better than OCED average of 16 percent.

　　However in Greece, Ireland, Italy and Spain, the NEET ratio is more than 20 percent, according to the report.

　　Investment in education is at the heart of EU policy agenda, against the background of high youth unemployment in various crisis-hit member states. The EU summit later this week is set to focus on youth employment and economic revival⁶.

1 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

2 allocating   

分配，分派( allocate的现在分词 )； 把…拨给

参考例句：

• Administrative practice generally follows the judicial model in allocating burdens of proof. 在分配举证责任方面，行政实践通常遵循司法模式。
• A cyclical multiplexing technique, allocating resources in fixed-time slices. 以固定的时间片分配资源的循环复用技术。

3 analyzes   

v.分析( analyze的第三人称单数 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析

参考例句：

• This approach analyzes management by studying experience usually through cases. 这个学派通常从实例获得经验，用以分析管理。 来自辞典例句
• The econometrician analyzes statistical data. 经济计量学者要分析统计材料。 来自辞典例句

4 expenditure   

n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出；使用，消耗

参考例句：

• The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切开支入账。
• The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether.我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。

5 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

6 revival   

n.复兴，复苏，（精力、活力等的）重振

参考例句：

• The period saw a great revival in the wine trade.这一时期葡萄酒业出现了很大的复苏。
• He claimed the housing market was showing signs of a revival.他指出房地产市场正出现复苏的迹象。