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Education Report - US Schools Under Pressure to Deal With Sexual Violence

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。
Federal officials in the United States are telling schools that they need to do a better job of preventing sexual violence and helping¹ victims.
美国联邦官员通知各学校，他们需要加强工作来防止性暴力并帮助受害者。
The Obama administration has released the first guidance on how schools should deal with the problem under a nineteen seventy-two law. That law is known as Title Nine. It bars discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.
奥巴马政府已经根据1972年颁布的一项法律，发布了首份关于学校应该如何处理这类问题的指导方针。这部法律即教育修正案第9条(Title Nine)。该法律规定，接受联邦资金的任何教育项目或活动都禁止性别歧视。
The Department of Education says sexual violence is a form of sexual harassment² of students which violates Title Nine.
美国教育部表示，性暴力是性骚扰的一种，违反了教育修正案第9条。
Last month, Vice³ President Joe Biden joined Education Secretary Arne Duncan at the University of New Hampshire to announce the new efforts. Secretary Duncan says the problem has not received enough attention.
上月，美国副总统拜登和美国教育部长邓肯共同在新罕布什尔大学宣布了这项新的措施。邓肯表示，这个问题一直没有得到足够重视。
ARNE DUNCAN: "Sexual violence is one of those issues we all wish didn't exist. And too often, our society has chosen to ignore it, rather than confronting it openly and honestly. And that denial must end. Every school would like to believe it's immune from sexual violence, but the facts suggest otherwise."
邓肯：“性暴力是我们都不希望存在的问题之一。很多时候社会各界都选择忽略这个问题而不是公开坦诚地面对。这种拒绝承认的心态必须结束。每所学校都愿意相信自己学校不存在性暴力，但事实并非如此。”
A study found that one in five women is sexually assaulted while in college. About six percent of male college students say they have also been victims.
一项研究发现，1/5的女性在大学期间曾遭遇性暴力。大约6%的大学男生表示他们也是受害者。
Mr. Duncan said that by some estimates, more than one in ten high school girls are physically⁴ forced to have sex in or out of school. He said the numbers are probably low because many sex crimes are never reported.
邓肯表示，根据一些估计，超过1/10的高中女生在校内外被迫发生性行为。他说，由于很多性犯罪未报告，这一数字可能被低估了。
In one recent school year, public schools reported eight hundred rapes⁵ or attempted rapes and almost four thousand other cases of sexual violence.
在最近一个学年，公立学校报告了800起强奸或强奸未遂事件，以及近4000起其它性暴力事件。
The Education Department has written a nineteen-page letter to all school systems, colleges and universities that accept federal money. It explains requirements for them under Title Nine in dealing⁶ with sexual violence. These include making sure victims know their rights and are kept informed about the progress of the investigation⁷. Schools must also protect victims from suspects who may still be in school with them.
教育部已经致函所有接受联邦资金的学校系统，学院和大学。这份信函解释教育修正案第9条对学校处理性暴力问题的要求。包括确保受害者了解他们的权力，并随时了解调查的进展情况。学校还必须保护受害者免受可能还在该校的嫌疑人的侵害。
Secretary Duncan says police and prosecutors⁸ have their job to do, but schools also share responsibility under federal civil rights laws. Investigations⁹ of sexual violence often take too long, he says, and the victims are not taken seriously. Victims are more likely to do poorly in school, get depressed¹⁰ and abuse drugs and alcohol.
邓肯表示，警方和检控官有其职责，但根据联邦民权法，学校也应该承担一定责任。他表示，对性暴力的调查通常要花很长时间，而受害者通常也没有被认真对待。受害者在学校的表现可能会更差，变得抑郁，甚至滥用毒品和酒精。

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

3 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

4 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

5 rapes   

n.芸苔( rape的名词复数 )；强奸罪；强奸案；肆意损坏v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的第三人称单数 )；强奸

参考例句：

• The man who had committed several rapes was arrested. 那个犯了多起强奸案的男人被抓起来了。 来自辞典例句
• The incidence of reported rapes rose 0.8 percent. 美国联邦调查局还发布了两份特别报告。 来自互联网

6 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

7 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

8 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

9 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

10 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。