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【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
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【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 Once universal in Italian primary schools, they were becoming as outdated as ink-wells.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.
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如果这就是教育革新要做的事情,那么恐怕就要像工会和在野党预测的那样,事情要到不可收拾的地步了。
解析
本句主干为…Mey could prove…,翻译时首先要明确原文中一些名词和代词所表达的确切含义,然后采用增词法补译出原文中没有出现的内容以使文意表达明确;reforms指的是教育革新,they指的是教育革新所做的事情;其次按照汉语习惯,翻译时把as后的比较状语从句提前。
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