2024年英语专八写作话题训练：关注女孩教育

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　　Right now, more than 62m girls around the world areout of school — a

　　heartbreaking injustice thatdeprives these girls of the chance to develop

　　theirpotential. Too often, young women faceinsurmountable barriers to attend

　　school:unaffordable school fees; early and forced marriageand pregnancy; and

　　societal beliefs that girls aresimply less worthy of an education than boys.

　　现在全球有逾6200万名女孩失学，这种令人难过的不公平剥夺了这些女孩发展潜能的机会。年轻女孩往往面临不可逾越的障碍、阻挡她们走入学堂：负担不起学费;被迫早早结婚和怀孕，以及认为女孩受教育价值就是不如男孩的社会观念。

　　This is not just a moral issue — it is a serious public health issue: girls

　　who attend secondaryschool marry and have children later, have lower rates of

　　maternal and infant mortality andHIV/Aids, and are more likely to immunise their

　　children. It is a national security issue, aseducation is one of the best

　　weapons we have in the fight against violent extremism. And girls’education is

　　an urgent economic issue. Studies show that each additional year a girl

　　attendsschool can increase her earning power by 10 to 20 per cent, and that

　　sending more girls tosecondary school can boost a country’s entire economy.

　　这不只是道德问题——它也是一个严重的公共健康问题：上过中学的女孩结婚和要小孩比较迟，孕产妇和婴儿死亡率、以及人类免疫缺陷病毒与艾滋病(HIV/Aids)感染率都较低，而且更有可能给她们的孩子接种疫苗。这是一个国家安全问题，因为教育是我们打击暴力极端主义的最佳武器之一。女孩教育还是一个紧迫的经济问题。研究表明，女孩每多上一年学，她们赚取收入的能力就会提高10%至20%，而且让更多的女孩上中学可以提振一国的整体经济。

　　But for me, this is not just about policy or economics. This is deeply

　　personal, because I cometo this issue not just as a first lady but as a

　　mother.

　　但对我而言，这不仅关乎政策或经济。这是一个非常私人的问题，因为我不仅是以第一夫人的身份、还是以母亲的身份提出这个问题。

　　Every time I meet these girls on my travels abroad, I am blown away by

　　their passion,intelligence and hunger to learn — and I cannot help but see my

　　daughters in them. Like myown girls, each of these young women has the spark of

　　something extraordinary inside. Theonly difference is that my girls have had the

　　opportunity to develop their promise. So all of uswho are parents and

　　grandparents need to ask ourselves whether we would ever accept our ownprecious

　　girls being pulled out of school and married off to grown men at the age of

　　12,becoming pregnant at 13, confined to a life of dependence and, often times,

　　fear and abuse.

　　每次在海外旅行期间遇到这些失学女孩的时候，我都被她们的热情、聪慧和求学的渴望所打动——我也不由自主地由她们想到我女儿。与我自己的女儿一样，所有这些年轻女孩身上全都闪现着某种内在的特别的东西。唯一的不同在于，我的两个女儿有机会发展她们的潜能。因此所有为人父母和祖父母的人都有必要扪心自问，我们是否愿意让自己家的宝贝闺女在12岁失学并嫁给成年男性，在13岁怀孕，终生被局限于一种依附他人、往往还难以摆脱恐惧和虐待的生活。

　　That kind of life is unthinkable for the girls in our lives, so why would

　　we accept this fate forany girl on this planet?

　　这种生活对生活在我们身边的女孩来说是不可想象的，那么我们为何能对这种命运降临到这个星球上的任何女孩头上坦然待之?

　　This week I will join Prime Minister David Cameron in London to begin to

　　answer that question,and announce a series of new partnerships between the US

　　and the UK to educate adolescentgirls in developing countries around the

　　world.

　　本周我将会在伦敦和英国首相戴维?卡梅伦(David

　　Cameron)一起开始回答这个问题，并宣布美国与英国一系列新的合作计划，这些计划旨在为全世界发展中国家的少女提供教育机会。

　　The UK has long been a global leader for adolescent girls’ education

　　worldwide. America hasinvested as well, launching an initiative earlier this

　　year called Let Girls Learn, which includesefforts by US Peace Corps volunteers

　　to help communities in developing countries find their ownsolutions, such as

　　girls’ leadership camps and mentorship programmes.

　　英国长期以来一直是世界各地少女教育的全球领导者。美国也进行了投资，今年早些时候开启了一个名为“让女孩学习”(Let Girls

　　Learn)的项目，其内容包括由美国和平队(US Peace

　　Corps)的志愿者帮助发展中国家的社区找到自己的解决办法，比如女孩领导力训练营和导师计划。

　　Our new partnerships build on these efforts, bringing new focus to reach

　　even more adolescentgirls across the globe. Among them is an effort of up to

　　$180m over five years in theDemocratic Republic of Congo, which will benefit

　　more than 750,000 girls.

　　我们新的合作项目建立在这些努力的基础之上，并把新的重点放在让世界各地的更多少女受益上面。其中一项努力包括在5年时间里在刚果民主共和国投资至多1.8亿美元，这将让逾75万名女孩受益。

　　In addition, our development agencies and two of our countries’ leading

　　universities willcollaborate on evidence-based research to determine the best

　　ways to educate adolescentgirls. And British and American partners will work

　　together to support teacher training, girls’leadership camps, and other

　　community-based programmes in developing countries.

　　此外，我们的负责发展问题的机构和美英两国的两所知名大学，将合作开展循证研究、以确定教育少女的最佳方式。英美双方参与合作的人员将协同支持发展中国家的教师培训，女孩领导力训练营以及其他社区项目。

　　Combined, these efforts total nearly $200m — but, given the scope of this

　　challenge, eventhat is nowhere near sufficient. Girls’ education is a global

　　issue that requires a globalsolution. That’s why, in March, I travelled to Japan

　　and stood with Akie Abe, the wife of PrimeMinister Shinzo Abe, as we announced a

　　similar partnership between the US and Japan to helpgirls worldwide attend

　　school.

　　总体而言，这些投资价值近2亿美元，但鉴于这是一项巨大的挑战，即便是这样的投资也远远不够。女孩教育是一个需要提出全球解决方案的全球性问题。正因为此，今年3月我去了日本，和日本首相安倍晋三(ShinzoAbe)的夫人安倍昭惠(Akie

　　Abe)站在一起，宣布了类似的美日合作项目、以帮助全世界的女孩上学。

　　I intend to use my remaining time as first lady — and beyond — to rally

　　leaders across theglobe to join us in this work. Because every girl, no matter

　　where she lives.

　　我打算在自己担任美国第一夫人的剩余时间里(以及之后)召集世界各地的领导人加入我们的这项工作，因为每个女孩都应该有机会发展她自己的潜力，无论她生活在哪里。

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