英伦广角 2012-08-11 卡梅伦：中小学体育课需要变革

  You talk about the legacy¹ and they could serve, certainly have been known better time into trying to build on that. But is it right you’re speaking at the same time as unfortunately we scrape compulsory² repeat lessons in schools?

        Well, we haven’t done that. You know, sport is part of a national curriculum, and we want schools to deliver sport. And I think that’s really important. But frankly³, you know as we putting it on the money, that’s a billion pounds going into school sport over the next step 4 years. But frankly, if the only problem was money, you solve this with money. The only problem isn’t money, the problem has been too many schools not wanting to have competitive sport; some teachers not really wanting to join in and play their part. And so everyone wants to have great sporting legacy for our children. And I do. I’ve got an 8-year-old, and a 6-year-old and a 2-year-old, and I want them to play competitive sport. And they want to play competitive sport. We’ve got to have an unanswered that brings the whole society together to correct this, more competition, more competitiveness, more, getting rid of the idea of all must win prizes you can’t have competitive sports day.

        But ensure they must do compulsory games, Prime Minister.

        Yes, absolutely. That’s right.

        But we don’t have to, anymore.

        Every school has to deliver sport as a part of a national curriculum. I mean this, it is there. What the last government did I think, you know, it isn’t right. If you just simply say they’re vital and set a target, but don’t do actually do anything to help schools meet it. You’re not really solving the problem in fact. By just saying, no, I don’t want to do this many hours a week. Some schools say they’re right as soon as I have hit that minimum requirement, I have to kick the ball out. I can give up. If you look at the very best schools in terms of state school sport in our country, there will be once old often say: don’t set minimum targets, actually challenge us to achieve more and more.

1 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

2 compulsory   

n.强制的，必修的；规定的，义务的

参考例句：

• Is English a compulsory subject?英语是必修课吗？
• Compulsory schooling ends at sixteen.义务教育至16岁为止。

3 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。