英语口译：2016年世界教师日致辞

 　　Every year on World Teachers Day, we celebrate the limitless contributions made by teachers around the world. Day after day, year in and year out, these dedicated¹ women and men guide and accompany students through the world of learning, helping² them discover and fulfill³ their potential. In doing so, teachers not only help shape the individual futures⁴ of millions of children; they also help shape a better world for all.

　　每年的世界教师日，我们均向世界各地的教师们致敬，向他们作出的无穷贡献致敬。日复一日，年复一年，这些具有奉献精神的园丁们，在求知的道路上引导且陪伴着莘莘学子，帮助他们发现并发挥自己的潜能。教师们的辛勤劳动，不仅有利于塑造千百万儿童个人的未来，也有利于塑造一个更加美好的世界。

　　The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development makes this critical connection between education and development. By adopting Sustainable Development Goal 4, world leaders pledged to “ensure inclusive and equitable⁵ quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.” This goal cannot be achieved unless we increase the supply of qualified⁶ teachers and empower them to be agents of educational change in the lives of the students they teach.

　　《2030年可持续发展议程》把教育和发展紧密结合起来。世界领导人通过采纳可持续发展目标4，承诺“确保包容和公平的优质教育，让全民终身享有学习机会”。实现这一目标，有赖于我们增加合格教师的师资来源并提高教师们的能力，使他们能够在自己学生们的生活中发挥教育变革推动者的作用。

　　The situation is urgent. To achieve universal primary education by 2030, we need 24.4 million more teachers. The number is even greater for secondary education with 44.4 million secondary school teachers needed.

　　形势紧迫。为了在2030年实现普及初等教育，我们需要增加2440万名教师。中等教育的需求则更大，需要增加 4440万名中学教师。

　　How can we recruit these new teachers and attract them to the vital profession of teaching when around the world, so many teachers are undertrained, underpaid and undervalued?

　　放眼世界各地，还有那么多教师面临着培训不足、薪酬不足、受重视程度不足的局面，我们如何可以招募到新教师、把他们吸引到教书育人这一重要职业中来?

　　Many teachers still work with inadequate⁷ contracts and pay. They often live in difficult conditions, and lack appropriate initial training, continuous professional development, and consistent support. They are sometimes victims of discrimination and even violent attacks.

　　许多教师依旧在没有适当合同和薪酬的情况下工作着。他们经常身处困境，缺少适当的入职培训、持续的职业发展以及一贯性的支持。他们有时还遭受歧视，甚至成为暴力袭击的对象。

　　Teaching could be an attractive, first-choice profession – if teachers were valued commensurate with the immense value they provide to our children, and if their professional status as educators reflected the enormous impact their profession has on our shared future.

　　如果教师们在教书育人方面所创造的无穷价值能够与他们的待遇相称，如果他们作为教育工作者的职业地位能反映出这一职业对我们共同的未来所具有的巨大影响，教师这个职业可以成为一个有吸引力的、首选的职业。

　　That means providing them with continuing training and development to support them in their critical role of educating all children, in all contexts – including the poorest, most remote communities, and in communities in crisis. It means compensating⁸ them properly and giving them the tools they need to do their indispensable jobs. It means putting in place policies that safeguard and reinforce the status of teachers – beginning by giving teachers a place at the table and an active role in decision-making that affects their work. And it means improving the efficiency and effectiveness of education systems at every level.

　　这意味着要向他们提供继续培训和职业发展机会，支持他们在所有环境下——包括在最贫穷、最偏远社区以及危境社区——发挥教育所有孩子的关键作用。这意味着要给予他们适当的补偿，给他们配备开展其不可或缺工作所必需的工具。这意味着要制定旨在捍卫和提高教师地位的政策，其开端可以是在与教育有关的决策中给教师提供一席之地并发挥其积极作用。这也意味着要提高各级教育系统的效率和效力。

　　Fifty years ago today, these principles were laid down in the landmark⁹ 1966 UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, which resulted in the first international standard-setting instrument on teachers. Since that day, we have made tremendous progress in elevating the status of teachers – but far more work remains¹⁰ to be done.

　　五十年前的今天，这些原则在具有里程碑意义的 1966年教科文组织和国际劳工组织《关于教师地位的建议书》中被规定下来，由此产生了关于教师的第一个国际准则性文件。从那一天起，我们在提高教师地位方面取得了巨大的进步，但还有更多的工作有待完成。

　　We dedicate World Teachers’ Day 2016 to celebrating this milestone¹¹ by reaffirming our commitment to the standards and aspirations¹² it represents – and by redoubling our efforts to achieve them. The teachers of the world – and the children of the world – deserve nothing less.

　　我们将2016年世界教师日敬献给这座里程碑，借此重申我们对《建议书》所代表的标准和希冀的承诺，我们将加倍努力使之成为现实。这是我们对全世界教师以及全世界儿童的承诺。

1 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

2 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

3 fulfill   

vt.履行，实现，完成；满足，使满意

参考例句：

• If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
• This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。

4 futures   

n.期货，期货交易

参考例句：

• He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
• Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。

5 equitable   

adj.公平的；公正的

参考例句：

• This is an equitable solution to the dispute. 这是对该项争议的公正解决。
• Paying a person what he has earned is equitable. 酬其应得,乃公平之事。

6 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

7 inadequate   

adj.(for,to)不充足的，不适当的

参考例句：

• The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
• She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。

8 compensating   

补偿，补助，修正

参考例句：

• I am able to set up compensating networks of nerve connections. 我能建立起补偿性的神经联系网。
• It is desirable that compensating cables be run in earthed conduit. 补偿导线最好在地下管道中穿过。

9 landmark   

n.陆标，划时代的事，地界标

参考例句：

• The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
• The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。

10 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

11 milestone   

n.里程碑；划时代的事件

参考例句：

• The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
• I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

12 aspirations   

强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 )； 志向； 发送气音； 发 h 音

参考例句：

• I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。
• The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。