2017考研英语拓展阅读：习大大访问母校呼吁教育公平

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2017考研英语拓展阅读：习大大访问母校呼吁教育公平

　　President Xi Jinping shrugged off his official title and enjoyed school time again when he visited his alma mater on Friday ahead of Teacher’s Day on Saturday.

　　周五，教师节前一天，我们的习大大以学生身份回访母校，重温了自己的中学时光。

　　When Shen Jun, the head of Bayi School, where Xi spent his primary and junior high school years, said, "Welcome the president back to school", Xi said, "There is no president in school, but only teachers and students".

　　习大大曾经在八一中学度过了小学和初中生涯，八一学校校长沈军在发言时说，欢迎首长回到母校。习大大说：“到这儿就没有首长了，都是学生。”

　　Xi emphasized the importance of basic education and equal access to education.

　　习大大在访问期间强调了基础教育和教育公平的重要性。

　　Education equality is the basis of social equality, he said. "We must ensure education equality to enhance social equality."

　　他说：“教育公平是社会公平的基础，我们必须确保以教育公平促进社会公平。”

　　Xi said measures must be taken to narrow the gap in educational resources and quality between rural and urban areas, with special aid given to poverty-stricken places and areas mainly populated by ethnic groups.

　　习大大还强调说必须缩小城乡教育资源和教育公平之间的差距，给贫困地区和少数民族地区的孩子给予特殊帮助。

　　Stopping at the soccer field where students were training, Xi, a soccer fan, recalled the old days when he played on the same field, which is grass now but was dirt and mud 50 years ago.

　　作为一名足球迷，习大大被足球场上训练的孩子们吸引，停下观看。习大大回忆起了自己当年在同一地点踢球的场景，当年脏泥地已经变成了干净的绿茵坪。

　　He then had a conversation with teachers, including Chen Qiuying, who taught him Chinese back then.

　　习大大还和当年自己的老师亲切交谈。其中就包括当年的语文老师陈秋影。

　　Chen recalled that Xi seemed more mature than his classmates then. "For example, he always gave way to others first when they entered the classroom. He didn’t speak but gestured. It was uncommon among teenagers."

　　陈老师回忆说，当年的习大大就比同学更显成熟。“比如说，进教室的时候他总是先让其他同学先进。他不说出来但是会做示意，这在同龄人当中并不多见。”

　　In 1969, Xi, then 15, went to Shaanxi province, where he spent seven years as a rural laborer. He then studied at Beijing’s Tsinghua University from 1975 to 1979, majoring in chemical engineering.

　　1969年15岁的习近平去了陕西省，在那里度过了七年的农村插队生活。1975到1979年，习近平就读于清华的化学工程系。

　　Xi has often visited Chen since. In the 1990s, Xi, who was then the deputy Party chief of Fujian province, and his wife, Peng Liyuan, the famous singer, once invited Chen to sing karaoke when she was on a business trip in Fujian, Chen said.

　　据陈老师说，习大大经常来看她。90年代习大大还是福建省委副书记，有一次习近平的夫人，著名的歌唱家彭丽媛去福建出差，习大大和彭妈妈还一起邀请她去唱卡拉OK。

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