VOA慢速英语2019 据联合国报告,有一半难民儿童上不了学

UN: Half of Refugee¹ Children Do Not Go to School

The United Nations refugee agency says that more than half of the world’s 3.7 million refugee children do not go to school.

联合国难民署报告，全世界370万难民儿童中有一半以上没有上学。

The UNHCR said that means these children will not gain the skills they need to build a valuable future.

联合国难民署表示，这意味着这些儿童将无法获得建设拥有价值的未来所需要的技能。

The UNHCR found that as refugee children get older, fewer go to school. The report said that 63 percent of refugee children go to primary school. That is compared to 91 percent for children around the world. However, only one in four refugee teenagers gets a secondary education, compared to 84 percent of teenagers worldwide.

联合国难民署发现，随着难民儿童年龄的增长，上学的人数就越少。报告说，63%的难民儿童会上小学。相比之下，全球上小学的儿童比例为91%。然而，只有四分之一的难民青少年接受了中等教育，而全球青少年中接受中等教育的人数是84%。

The U.N. refugee agency said a lack of money is keeping the refugee children out of school.

联合国难民署说，由于没钱，难民儿童无法上学。

UNHCR spokesperson, Melissa Fleming, called the failure to invest in refugee education unwise. She said this is not only sad, but also foolish.

联合国难民署发言人梅丽莎·弗莱明称，不给难民投资让他们受教育是不明智的。她说，这不仅是种悲哀，而且还很愚蠢。

“Not investing in refugees², people who have fled warzones, people who have fled countries where the world is interested in the future of peace is not investing—very simply—in the future of its people ...”

“不给难民、那些逃离战区的人投资，这些人逃离的国家都对未来的和平感兴趣，但他们却并不想把钱投资在人民的未来上......”

The UNHCR supports a new program aimed at quickly starting up secondary education efforts for refugees. The program will seek to build and repair schools, train teachers and provide financial support to help refugee families pay for the expenses of sending their children to school.

联合国难民署支持一项旨在迅速启动难民中等教育工作的新方案，该计划将寻求建立和修缮校舍，培训教师，提供财政支持，帮助难民家庭支付送孩子上学的费用。

Mamadou Dian Balde is UNHCR deputy³ director of the Department of Resilience and Solutions. He told VOA that some small, secondary education projects for refugee teens will begin before the full programs get started.

马马杜·迪安·鲍德是联合国难民署修复和解决方案部副主任，他接受美国之音采访时表示，一些针对难民青少年中等教育的小型项目将在整个项目开始之前启动。

He said efforts will start in a “resolute⁴” way, in a number of countries in the eastern Horn of Africa and in Asia. Then the program will extend to more countries. He said officials will take into consideration the limited amount of resources that are available for such a program.

他说，东非之角和亚洲的一些国家将以“坚决”的方式开始努力。随后，该项目将扩展到更多的国家。他说，官员们将考虑到这一项目的有限资源。

The UNHCR said making this program a reality will take a large amount of money. However, the agency said it will start with $250 million to increase the number of refugees in secondary education.

联合国难民署说，实现这一计划需要有大量资金。不过，该机构表示，将先投入2.5亿美元，增加接受中等教育的难民人数。

Words in This Story

primary school – n. a school for young children

secondary school – n. high school

resilience – n. the ability to become strong, healthy, or successful again after something bad happens

resolute – adj. very determined : having or showing a lot of determination

1 refugee   

n.难民，流亡者

参考例句：

• The refugee was condemned to a life of wandering.这个难民注定要过流浪的生活。
• The refugee is suffering for want of food and medical supplies.难民苦于缺少食物和医药用品。

2 refugees   

n.避难者，难民( refugee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The UN has begun making airdrops of food to refugees. 联合国已开始向难民空投食物。
• They claimed they were political refugees and not economic migrants. 他们宣称自己是政治难民，不是经济移民。

3 deputy   

n.代理人，代表，副职；adj.代理的，副的

参考例句：

• John will act as a deputy for me during my absence.我离开期间，约翰将代理我的职务。
• She is the deputy headmistress of the school.她是那所学校的代理校长。

4 resolute   

adj.坚决的，果敢的

参考例句：

• He was resolute in carrying out his plan.他坚决地实行他的计划。
• The Egyptians offered resolute resistance to the aggressors.埃及人对侵略者作出坚决的反抗。