教育部直属高校将扩编 14所中西部高校将晋级

 Elite universities are to be established by the Ministry¹ of Education in 14 central and western provinces that have never had a university directly under the ministry before, as part of the central government's pledge to bridge the widening education gap.

教育部将在14个没有该部委直属高校的中西部省份建设一流大学，作为我国政府缩小日渐扩大的教育差距举措的一部分。

There are only 79 universities that are directly administered by the ministry. In Beijing alone, there are 24, including Peking University, Tsinghua University and Renmin University.

据悉，目前只有79所大学由教育部直接管理。不过仅在北京，就有包括北京大学、清华大学和人民大学在内的24所高校。

教育部直属高校将扩编 14所中西部高校将晋级

Chu Zhaohui, a senior researcher at the National Institute of Education Sciences, said that establishing more universities in central and western areas under the ministry's administration means increased access to educational resources and opportunities.

中央教育科学研究所研究员储朝晖指出，增加中西部教育部直属高校意味着这些学校将获得更多的教育资源和机会。

The government also promised to take more measures, which include improving school facilities and education quality to better education in central and western areas.

政府还承诺要采取更多措施，包括改善学校设施、提高教学质量等以改善中西部地区的教育水平。

The authorities are pressing ahead with a plan to ensure more students from poverty-stricken areas and those from ethnic² groups have equal opportunities to enroll³ at prestigious⁴ universities.

政府正加紧计划，以确保更多的来自贫困地区、少数民族地区的学生有平等的机会进入名牌大学。

In a document issued on last Wednesday, the government promised to take more measures to improve education in less-developed central and western areas. It aims to improve school facilities, education quality and to cultivate more talent to support local economic development, narrowing the gap with developed eastern areas by 2020.

在上周三发布的一项文件中，政府承诺在欠发达的中西部地区，将会采取更多的措施提升教育水平。目标是改善学校设施、教育质量以及培养更多的人才来支持地方经济发展，在2020年缩小与东部发达地区的差距。

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

3 enroll   

v.招收；登记；入学；参军；成为会员（英)enrol

参考例句：

• I should like to enroll all my children in the swimming class.我愿意让我的孩子们都参加游泳班。
• They enroll him as a member of the club.他们吸收他为俱乐部会员。

4 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。