CNNnews:美国学校为学生增加课余时间惹争议
A lot of young people are out looking for a job but not working one.
很多年轻人都出外寻找一份工作,但不是可以工作的那种。
A new report says youth employment in the U.S is at its lowest level since the World War II.
一份新报告称美国青年失业率已经达到自第二次世界大战以来的最低点。
We're talking about people ages 16 to 24, the Annie E. Casey Foundation says that only half of them had jobs in 2011.
我们谈论的是从16岁到24岁年龄段的年轻人，安妮·E·凯西基金会表示在2011年只有一半的人有工作。
And if you just look at teenagers, only one in four had a job last year.
如果你关注的是青少年, 去年4人中只有1人有份工作。
The year 2000, almost half of them did.
而在2000年,近一半人是有工作的。
The reasons, the lingering effects of the Great Recession.
究其原因是仍挥之不去的大衰退所造成的影响。
A lot of the entry level jobs the young people used to count on, like those at clothing stores or restaurants for example are going to more experienced or more educated workers.
大量的年轻人指望的入门级工种,就像那些在服装商店或餐馆的工作，现在都需要更有经验或受过更良好教育的工人。
One side of that is that young people aren't getting the early working experience that would help them later on.
而造成的结果是年轻人无法获得会帮助他们随后工作的早期工作经验。
Some organizations wanna give the students the chance to get that experience, but not through a job, at school.
一些组织想给学生们机会获得经验,但不是通过一份工作,而是在学校。
And not during regular classes either.
而且也不是通过正常的课程。
This is part of something called the "Time Collaborative", and for around 2,000 students, it means they are gonna be spending more time at school.
这就是所谓的“时间协作”,这是专门为大约2000名学生量身打造的项目,这意味着他们要在学校花更多的时间。
We're talking about more than 40 schools in five states.
我们谈论的是在5个州的40多所学校。
Next school year, they are gonna be open an additional 300 hours, so it works out to about 90 minutes extra a day on average.
下一个学年,他们会开放额外的300个学时,所以平均一天额外约90分钟。
It won't necessarily mean more time in science, or language arts classes, though that is possible.
这并不一定意味着在学术,或语言艺术课程上的更多时间,虽然也是有这种可能性存在。
The organizer says the extra time could be spend on internships ,on apprenticeships , or music or art programs.
组织者们表示额外的时间可以花在实习，学徒工作或音乐及艺术项目上。
One goal will be to help lower performing students to do better.
这样做的目的是帮助不善表现的学生们更好表现。
An analyst says the program could help increase test scores, but it could also increase dropout rates.
一位分析师表示这个项目可能有助于提高学生的考试成绩,但是也可能增加辍学率。
He said that if the extra time looks and feels like the rest of the school day, then those at risk students might not go for it.
他称如果额外时间看起来感觉就像学校一天的课余时间,而那些风险学生可能根本不来。
A middle school girl who spoke to one of our affiliates, said student don't want more time in school.
一位中学女生向我们的一个分支机构倾诉,她表示学生不希望在学校有更多的时间。
She said students want to be get a break from learning.
她称学生们想要从学习中得到更多的休息。
What do you say?
你有何高见呢?
We want hear your thoughts on this.
我们希望听到你的想法。
Let's say your school adds the extra time, an extra hour and a half.
让我们假设你的学校增加了额外时间,额外的一个半小时。
How would you want to spend it, more academic , the focus on music and drama programs, getting internship or apprenticeship credit.
你会如何度过,更多的学术探索,专注于音乐和戏剧节目,实习还是做工学徒。
Tell us and tell us only your first names on our blog, cnnstudentnews.com.
浏览nnstudentnews.com，在我们的博客上告诉我们你的想法。
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