印度下水道工人施工安全，英国在校生学习成绩下降
India's sewer workers and British school standards
Today’s news stories are:
今日提要
Safety concerns for Mumbai's sewer workers
孟买下水道工人施工安全隐患
Bad news for some British school pupils
英国在校学生成绩落后
Here the words and phrases for you to learn
下面是你可以学习的单词和短语
infrastructure
基础设施
think tank
智囊团，智囊机构
In India it's sewers – they run beneath the streets - and they are an essential part of infrastructure.
在印度，下水道系统在街道下穿行，是基础建设的重要组成部分。
infrastructure：system that enable something run smoothly
infrastructure:基础设施
In India it's sewers – they run beneath the streets - and they are an essential part of infrastructure.
在印度，下水道系统在街道下穿行，是基础建设的重要组成部分。
Keeping them free from blockages is not just a hard and unpleasant job but it can also
保持下水系统通畅不仅是一项令人不悦的困难工作,而且还可能
be dangerous because workers are employed on a day-by-day basis, often without safety gear.
很危险，因为这些每天被临时雇佣的下水工人在工作时通常不会穿戴任何安全装置。
The children of white British parents do worse in their GCSEs [exams] than those who speak English as a second language.
父母是英国白人的孩子们普通中等教育证书（GCSE，相当于中国的中考）成绩不及那些英语是非母语家庭的孩子。
This is according to an education think tank.
这是教育智囊机构中心论坛（The Centre Forum）最新发表的一个报告结果
think tank:group of experts who together develop ideas on a certain subject.
think tank:智囊团，智囊机构
The children of white British parents do worse in their GCSEs [exams] than those who speak English as a second language.
父母是英国白人的孩子们普通中等教育证书（GCSE，相当于中国的中考）成绩不及那些英语是非母语家庭的孩子。
This is according to an education think tank.
这是教育智囊机构中心论坛（The Centre Forum）最新发表的一个报告结果
It's The Centre Forum, which also says many primary school pupils are falling behind the world's leading countries in education such as Finland and Canada.
此报告还说很多英国小学生的学习成绩落后于像芬兰、加拿大等世界教育领先国家的同龄人。