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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20003327
＊新聞標題
Computer science teachers offered cash incentive
＊標題解說
‧ 標題全文：Computer science teachers are to be offered cash incentive
原標題 are to be 省略：讀完内文，便知道這是將要發生的事，
Teachers will be offered cash incentive
也就是，老師將被提供cash incentive，有鼓勵獎金給電腦老師
‧ incentive：鼓勵，刺激機制（名詞）
incentive (for/to somebody/something) (to do something)
something that encourages you to do something
There is no incentive for people to save fuel.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/incentive
‧ cash incentive： 現金鼓勵：獎金
＊內文解析
■ 優秀的大學畢業生將有兩千英鎊的大筆獎金鼓勵他們接受電腦教師的培訓。
High-flying graduates are to be given a £20,000 golden handshake to train as computer science teachers.
‧ graduate：大學畢業生（名詞）
graduate (in something) a person who has a university degree
a graduate in history 歷史系大學畢業生
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/graduate
‧ high-flying：非常成功的（形容詞）
very successful
a high-flying career woman
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/high-flying
‧ Are to be given：未來式，將會被給予
‧ golden handshake：大筆退職金，解雇費（名詞）
a large sum of money that is given to somebody when they leave their
job, or to persuade them to leave their job
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/golden+handshake
■ 政府要員已經要求臉書，微軟和IBM協助設計培訓新教師的課程
Ministers have asked Facebook, Microsoft and IBM to help design the training for the new teachers.
‧ minister：政府部門或部會首長（名詞）
(often Minister) (British English) (in Britain and many other countries)
a senior member of the government who is in charge of a government
department or a branch of one
the Minister of Education
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/minister
■ 教育部長Michael Gove說，目前的資訊和通訊科技（ICT）教師培訓課程，從明年起將被汰換。
Education Secretary Michael Gove said current information and communications technology (ICT) teacher training courses would be axed from next year.
‧ 簡化來看：X said Y would be axed from next year.
X= Education Secretary
Y= current information and communications technology (ICT)
teacher training courses目前的資訊和通訊科技（ICT）教師培訓課程
‧ axe：大量削減或剔除（動詞）
axe something (informal) (often used in newspapers) to get rid of a
service, system, etc. or to reduce the money spent on it by a large amount
Other less profitable services are to be axed later this year.
■ 英國皇家學會的 Steve Furber 教授說：「此擧來的正是時候，正是當前所需。」
The move "could not be more welcome or more necessary", said Prof Steve Furber of the Royal Society.
‧ the Royal Society：英國皇家學會
‧ X could not be more welcome：X 非常受到歡迎
‧ X could not be more necessary：X非常有必要
‧ welcome：高興收到的（形容詞）
that you are pleased to have, receive, etc
a welcome sight
Your letter was very welcome
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/welcome_2
■ Prof Furber告訴BBC新聞：「電腦教育在許多學校是停滯不前的一灘死水…… 但是，這是一個非常明確的信號政府正在認真對待這個問題，即使在緊縮時期，他們已經聽到，並正在成功地處理這事。」
Prof Furber told BBC News: "Computer science was a backwater in many schools... but this is an extremely clear signal that the government is taking the problem seriously, that even in times of austerity they have heard the message and are sorting things out."
‧ This is a clear signal that X is happening , that Y is happening
X= the government is taking the problem seriously
Y= they have heard the message and (they) are sorting things out.
‧ backwater：停滯不前之地（名詞）
a place that is away from the places where most things happen,
and is therefore not affected by events, progress, new ideas, etc
a sleepy/quiet/rural backwater
The region became more and more of an economic backwater.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/backwater
‧ austerity：緊縮，嚴格的節制消費
‧ in times of austerity：緊縮，嚴格的節制消費的時代
‧ time：時期（名詞）
a period of history connected with particular events or experiences in
people's lives
The movie is set at the time of the Russian Revolution.
in ancient times
the violent times we live in (= the present period of history)
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/time_1#time_1
‧ sort something out：成功處理（動詞片語）
to organize something successfully
If you're going to the bus station, can you sort out the tickets for tomorrow?
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/sort_2#sort_2__16
■ 英國學校電腦教育的重要變革已經在醖釀了。
Major changes to the teaching of computing in English schools are already in the pipeline.
‧ pipeline：地下管線（名詞）
‧ in the pipeline：準備好，就要發生（片語）
something that is in the pipeline is being discussed, planned or prepared
and will happen or exist soon
Important new laws are already in the pipeline.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/pipeline
■ 早在1月份Gove先生就宣布取消現有學校 ICT課程的計劃，稱它是「提不起勁又無聊的」學生只學到一點基本的數位運用技能，如文書處理。
Mr Gove announced plans to scrap the existing schools’ ICT curriculum back in January, calling it "demotivating and dull" with pupils learning little more than basic digital literacy skills such as word processing.
‧ 簡化來看：Mr Gove announced plans to scrap X, calling it “demotivating
and dull” with Y learning little more than Z
X= the existing schools’ ICT curriculum
Y= pupils
Z= basic digital literacy skills such as word processing
‧ scrap：淘汰（動詞）
scrap something to cancel or get rid of something that is no longer
practical or useful
They had been forced to scrap plans for a new school building.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/scrap_2
‧ demotivating：提不起勁的，無法激發熱情的（形容詞）
to make somebody feel that it is not worth making an effort
Failure can demotivate students.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/scrap_2
‧ 注意：motivate（激勵）demotivate（使得洩氣）
‧ literacy：讀寫能力（名詞）
the ability to read and write
a campaign to promote adult literacy
basic literacy skills
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/literacy
‧ digital literacy skills：數位基本常識技能
‧ word processing：文書處理
‧ little more than X：比 X 沒多太多，只有 X
■ 做為替代（文書處理）當時，他要求讓學生學習電腦程式設計，使他們能夠製作簡單的動畫或編寫自己智能手機的應用程式。
At the time he called instead for pupils to learn computer coding so that they could produce simple animations or their own smartphone apps.
‧ instead 先不看：
he called for pupils to learn computer coding
他下令讓學生學電腦編碼，（程式設計）
‧ Call：下令（動詞）
To give the command for; order： call a work stoppage.（罷工）
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/call+for
‧ instead：取而代之地（副詞）
上面提到電腦課教文書處理太無聊，可以取代
■ 第一年將發放約50分獎學金並且多達500名現任的ICT教師也將接受電腦學科的再培訓。
About 50 scholarships will be handed out in the first year and up to 500 existing ICT teachers will also be retrained to teach computer science.
‧ scholarship：獎學金（名詞）
an amount of money given to somebody by an organization to help
pay for their educationShe won a scholarship to study at Stanford.
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/scholarship
‧ hand something out：發放（動詞）
to give a number of things to the members of a group
同義詞： distribute
Could you hand these books out, please?
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/hand+out#hand_2__33
＊字彙整理
英國的電腦教育要翻新，用獎金打前鋒，讀此新聞我們學到談論電腦教育改革的用語：
‧ 鼓勵獎金：cash incentive（名詞）
‧ 優秀學生：high-flying students
‧ 大筆退職金，解雇費： golden handshake（名詞）
‧ 準備好，就要發生in the pipeline（片語）
‧ 電腦程式編碼：computer coding
‧ 數位基本常識技能digital literacy skills
‧ 停滯不前之地：backwater（名詞）
‧ 準備好，就要發生：in the pipeline（片語）
‧ X 非常受到歡迎：X could not be more welcome
‧ 大量削減或剔除axe：（動詞）The training courses will be axed.
‧ 淘汰：scrap（動詞）
‧ 提不起勁的，無法激發熱情的：demotivating（形容詞）
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