VOA慢速英语2016 编码女孩为女性从事科技工作开启大门（在线收听）

AS IT IS 2016-09-08 ‘Girls Who Code’ Opens Door for Women in Tech Jobs 编码女孩为女性从事科技工作开启大门

Over the past 25 years, women have made a lot of progress in getting jobs that have traditionally been held by men.

一直以来，一些工作就专属于男性，过去25年间，女性在找这些类型的工作方面取得了很大进步

But computer science is one area that has seen a drop in female workers during that time.

但在此期间，从事计算机科学领域的女性工作者数量出现了下降。

Research suggests the percentage of computing jobs filled by women has fallen from 36 percent to 25 percent since 1991.

研究人员表示，自1991年起，女性从事计算机相关工作的百分比由36%将至25%。

America’s computing industry is experiencing fast growth. It is estimated that nearly 4.5 million jobs will be created in computing over the next 10 years.

美国的计算机工业正经历快速的发展。预计接下来10年间将会创造近450万份计算机方面的工作。

One group trying to make it easier for women to get these jobs is Girls Who Code, a not-for-profit group based in New York. The group partners with technology companies to get girls interested in computers at a young age.

编码女孩是一个非营利性组织，总部位于纽约，致力于让女性更容易获得计算机相关的工作。该组织与科技公司合作，让女孩子们在年轻时就喜欢上电脑。

The free services are for students with little or no coding experience. More than 10,000 high school girls have attended Girls Who Code summer camps and after-school programs since 2012.

这项免费的服务主要是针对没有编程经验或者经验非常少的学生。自2012年，有10,000多高中女生参加了编码女孩组织的夏令营和课外项目。

One of them is Nidhi Allani. She is now beginning her final year in high school.Allani says she got the chance to study a lot of different programming languages over the summer.

其中一名学生是 Nidhi Allani。目前她已经是高中毕业班了。Allani说她有机会在夏天学习很多不同的编程语言。

We were able to create different computer games and that was really cool because it was a very immediate result. Once you created it, you saw a result and that was very gratifying.

“我们能设计不同的电脑游戏，非常酷，因为立即就能出现结果。一旦设立，就能看到结果，非常令人满意。”

Girls Who Code partners with BSA/The Software Alliance in the Washington, D.C. area. That is where Allani signed up to learn coding. Along with a small team, she created a website called PoliTeens. The site provides a platform for young people to share their opinions about political issues.

编程女孩与华盛顿特区的软体联盟合作。 Allani就是在这里报名学习编程的。她与一个小团队创建了一个叫PoliTeens的网站。该网站为年轻人提供平台，共享有关政治问题的观点。

Allani said the program not only helped her learn computers, but also gave her life skills.

Allani表示该项目不仅帮助她了解了电脑，还教授她生活技能。

I definitely become more confident as a person and in my skills and computer science especially.

“毫无疑问，我变得更加自信了，对我的技能，尤其是电脑科学技能。”

Another student, Annie Gomez, said she was not sure what to expect when she began the program.

另外一个学生Annie Gomez表示还不确定真正开始这个项目时会出现什么。

I wasn’t really saying I’m going into the technology field. But my mind has completely changed for the better. I found that I have a passion for robotics and coding. I just feel full of great ideas.

“我还不确定我是否会从事科技领域。但我对它的感觉完全转变了，感觉更好了。我发现我开始热爱机器人以及编码了。感觉内心全是极好的想法。”

High school student Phoebe Suh and her team also created their own website through the BSA/Girls Who Code partnership. She describes the website as a "first-of-its-kind, online database of local crisis resources" in the Washington area.

高中生Phoebe Suh及其团队也通过软体联盟和编码女孩的合作创立了自己的网站。她表示这是第一个此类的网站，这是一个网络数据集，搜集了华盛顿地区的危机信息。

Organizers say the next step is for students to take their computer knowledge and skills into college. After that, it hopefully gives them a new career.

组织人员表示下一步，学生将带着自己的电脑知识和技能进入大学。希望，在以后的日子里能够为他们提供崭新的职业。

Tina Furuki is with BSA.

Tina Furuki在网络联盟工作。

We’re hoping that with Girls Who Code, we will be able to help fill that pipeline and close the gender gap in computing.

“我们希望在编码女孩的帮助下，我们能够帮助充实此传递途径，并缩小电脑方面的男女差异。”

Words in This Story

code – v. to write a set of instructions for a computer

gratifying – adj. something pleasing or satisfying

passion – n. a strong belief in something

database – n. information stored in a computer in an organized structure

pipeline – n. a series of goods or information prepared in advance