专八翻译练习2

什么是素质教育？

家长：请您解释一下什么是素质教育？

专家：我认为，素质教育作为一种理念，指的是德﹑智﹑体﹑美全面发展的教

育。其目的在于培养知识丰富﹑身心

健康﹑掌握多种技能的复合型人才。

素质教育是针对应试教育而言的。后

者旨在培养善于死背书和会考试的

学生。// 1

其课堂教学主要是注入式或“填鸭

式”，注重传授书本知识，而忽略培

养创造能力﹑应变能力和合作精神。

创造能力指的是要有创新的思维和

开拓的精神，敢于打破旧框框，尝试

新方法和新途径。//2

要创新，就可能有风险。常常是风险

和机遇相伴而存。因此，青年人要敢

于冒风险，敢于独辟蹊径，以创造新

的机会。在市场竞争和人才竞争的当

今社会，应变能力显得尤其重要。//3

要学会预测变化和适应变化。在环境

变化之前，先改变自我。现代青年更

多地强调个人理想﹑个人价值﹑和

个人设计。但是在一个追求共同理想

的社会里，合作精神是绝对不可缺少

的。// 4

家长：在素质教育中，学习的作用是什么？专家：素质教育的最重要的方面是教会学生如何学习，特别是自学。学习是使人

能够可持续发展的动力。//而学生要

想在学习中具有主动性，则必须对学

习感兴趣。如果一个学生对学习丧失

兴趣。甚至厌倦，他是不会取得良好

学习效果的。最终，他将失去可持续

发展的动力。

家长：您是怎样看待实用技能的？

专家：书本知识对一个人固然重要，但实用技能也不可或缺。掌握外语，特别是

英语﹑拥有计算机证书﹑和拥有驾

照，是现在求职的基本要求。如果一

个人缺少这些实用技能，就难以找到

一份好工作，更不用说在事业上出类

拔萃/出人头地。

家长：优秀人才还应具备哪些能力？

专家：除了创新能力﹑应变能力和合作精神以外，优秀人才还应具备组织能力﹑

公关能力和口才。

Related vocabulary:

素质教育: quality-oriented education

应试教育：examination-oriented education

复合型人才：integration-type personnel 注入式教学或“填鸭式教学：spoon-feeding

way of teaching or cramming way

of teaching

独辟蹊径：open up a new path

可持续发展：sustainable development

德育﹑智育﹑体育：education in morality, intelligence and physical

culture

What Is Quality-Oriented education? Parent: Could you please give an explanation of quality-oriented

education?

Expert: I think quality-oriented education as a concept refers to

education for all-round

development in morality,

intelligence, physical culture

and aesthetics. It aims at

cultivating integration-type

personnel who have rich knowledge,

keep healthy physically and

mentally, and master several

kinds of skills.

Quality-oriented education is

termed in contrast with

examination-oriented education.

The latter aims at training

students who are good at learning

by rote and passing exams. Its classroom teaching is mainly conducted in the spoon-feeding way or the cramming way, which lays stress on imparting book knowledge while ignoring the fostering of creativity, capability of rising to the occasion, and spirit of cooperation. Creativity refers to having original thinking and pioneering spirit, and being bold in breaking the set patterns, conventions and trying the new methods and new approaches. There may well be risks if you want to make innovations. It is often the case that risks go together and co-exist with opportunities. Therefore, young people must have the courage to take risks and open up a new path, so as to create new