首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
【F1】Italy may be facing economic depression, but for Siggi, a textile firm near Vicenza in the north-east of the country, 2009 o
【F1】Italy may be facing economic depression, but for Siggi, a textile firm near Vicenza in the north-east of the country, 2009 o
admin
2015-03-25
16
问题
【F1】
Italy may be facing economic depression, but for Siggi, a textile firm near Vicenza in the north-east of the country, 2009 offers the promise of unprecedented growth.
Siggi is the biggest producer of grembiuli, or school smocks. Once universal in Italian primary schools, they were becoming as outdated as ink-wells. But in July the education minister, Mariastella Gelmini, backed the reintroduction of grembiuli to combat brand- and class-consciousness among schoolchildren. Siggi’s output this year has almost sold out and its chairman, Gino Marta, says that "next year could see an out-and-out boom. "
The decision on whether pupils should wear the grembiule has been left to head teachers.【F2】
It does not figure in either of the two education bills that have been introduced by Ms Gelmini.
But it has become a symbol of her efforts to shake up Italian education. Her critics argue that these are a vain attempt to turn back the clock; her supporters see them as a necessary first step to a more equitable, efficient system.
【F3】
On October 30th the opposition she has aroused will reach its peak by a one-day teachers’ strike.
The union’s main complaint is a program of cuts aimed at saving almost £ 8 billion($11 billion). It includes the loss by natural wastage of 87,000 teachers’ jobs over the three academic years to 2012 and the return to a system in which just one teacher is allotted to each year of elementary school.
【F4】
If this is all the reforms do, they could prove as disastrous as union and opposition leaders predict
(international studies find primary schools are the only part of Italy’s education that does well). But it is also planned that 30% of the money saved will be reinvested in schools. Ms Gelmini’s supporters hope that she will use it to redress the crippling imbalances in education, which is one of Italy’s biggest structural economic weaknesses.
One problem is "lots of badly paid teachers", says Roger Abravanel, author of a recent book on meritocracy. " The number of teachers per 100 students is one of the highest in the OECD." Education, particularly in the south, has often been used by politicians for patronage and job creation.【F5】
This may explain why, despite studying for longer and in smaller classes, Italian secondary pupils do badly in international comparisons.
"The north is around the OECD average, but the south is on a par with Uruguay and Thailand," says Mr Abravanel. Giacomo Vaciago, an economics professor at the Catholic University of Milan, says that "although for the time being the debate is about cuts, the big problem is quality, which is random. "
Presenting the latest reforms alongside Ms Gelmini, Italy’s prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, promised that, by 2012, the best teachers would be getting a 7,000 bonus. But Mr Vaciago is unconvinced by the plans. "The present government is making cuts and hoping that the quality comes through as a result. There is no obvious guarantee it will," he comments.
【F2】
选项
答案
但这项决定并没有在杰尔米妮女士所提的两项教育法案中占据重要位置。
解析
本句结构较为简单,由主句加一个定语从句组成,且定语从句较为简单,可放到所修饰的词前面译成定语。翻译难点在于figure的词义确定,在这里显然不能翻译成“计算”,根据语境可译成“占据重要位置”,此外,主句的主语it需根据上文增译成“这项决定”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/fOFRFFFM
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
ShoppinghabitsintheUnitedStateshavechangedgreatlyinthelastquarterofthe20thcentury.【C1】______inthe1900smostAm
Untilrecently,mostpopulationgrowthhasoccurredinrelativelydenseurbanenvironments.In【C1】______words,evenifwewerew
Withtherapidspreadoftheinterneteyewhereintheworld,andthe(1)_____numberofusers,oneofthemostexcitingdevelop
Withtherapidspreadoftheinterneteyewhereintheworld,andthe(1)_____numberofusers,oneofthemostexcitingdevelop
Withtherapidspreadoftheinterneteyewhereintheworld,andthe(1)_____numberofusers,oneofthemostexcitingdevelop
AcoupleofyearsagoagroupofmanagementscholarsfromYaleandtheUniversityofPittsburghtriedtodiscoveriftherewasa
Allboysandgirlsinlargefamiliesknowthat______.Accordingtothosewhowelcomedtherailway,therailwayitselfshouldi
Whenfoodpricesrosesteeplyin2007andclimaxedinthewinterof2008,politiciansandthepressdecriedtheimpactonthebi
Hastheglobaleconomyenteredaneraofpersistentlyhigh,changeablecommodityprices?Ourresearchshowsthatduringthepast
A.UnexpectedexpansionB.HowastudentfairallstartedC.WhentopicktherightcourseD.MakingvariousdemandsE.Thepart
随机试题
春且住!见说道、天涯芳草无归路。见说:
函数F(x)=∫0xt2(t-1)dt的极小值点x为________.
动脉血H+浓度升高主要通过外周化学感受器兴奋呼吸,其主要原因是
女,30岁。5年前右颈部触及花生米大小的肿块,随吞咽活动,无不适,近半年来增大明显且有声嘶。检查:甲状腺右叶有一直径2cm的肿块,无压痛,质硬,左叶不大。B超示右甲状腺单结节、边界欠清、血流丰富、内有强光点,右颈淋巴结肿大。测血T3、T4、TSH值正常,T
急性感染性多发性神经炎病人的治疗及护理哪项是错的
以下说法正确的是()。
下列关于甲股份有限公司成立、增发股份、合并的说法中,符合《公司法》规定的是()。(2014年)
一般模块的内聚性分为7种类型,其中内聚性最强的是()。
从所给的四个选项中,选择最合适的一个填入问号处,使之呈现一定的规律性。
Howmenfirstlearnedtoinventwordsis(31);inotherwords,theoriginoflanguageisamystery.Allwereallyknowisthatm
最新回复
(
0
)