VOA慢速英语: 女性希望能够加入游骑兵队伍

About 20 women will enter the U.S. Army Ranger School for the first time on April 20. The school has one of the most difficult training programs for soldiers. But a new Army survey shows that many male soldiers are unhappy about it.

大约有20名女性将于4月20日进入美国陆军游骑兵学校，这也是女性首次进陆军游骑兵学校。这所学校有着最为严格的士兵训练项目。但是新的军队调查显示许多男性士兵对这一项目表示并不满意。

The Army says Rangers "conduct airborne and air assault operations, seizing key terrain such as airfields, destroying strategic facilities, and capturing or killing enemies of the nation."

官方表示游骑兵负责空降和空中打击行动;占领有利地形，例如机场;摧毁战略措施并抓捕或者击毙敌人。

The training at Ranger School is "physically and mentally grueling." Less than half of the male soldiers who begin the training complete it. During the 62-day-long course, soldiers train in the jungle, mountains and swamps. The course is designed to simulate combat. They often eat just one meal a day and may not sleep for days. They lose an average of 15 to 20 pounds during the course.

游骑兵培训学校的训练系统是身心俱疲的。一半以下的男性士兵完成了整套训练程序。在长达62天的训练过程里，士兵们在丛林，山区和沼泽中接受训练。训练项目内容为模拟战斗。士兵们经常一天仅吃一顿饭，有可能几天都不能睡觉。训练过程能让他们平均体重减少15到20磅。

The women who will enter the Ranger School at Fort Benning, Georgia have already completed a 16-day-long course called Ranger Training Assessment Course, or RTAC. The course includes some of the same physical challenges as the Ranger School. It also includes testing of a soldier's ability to lead others. The Army says more than half of those who complete RTAC finish Ranger training.

这些即将迈进格鲁吉亚佐治亚州本宁堡游骑兵学校的女性士兵已经完成了16天的游骑兵管理培训可能，简称RTAC。课程包括一些跟游骑兵学校一样困难的物理挑战。同样还包括士兵领导能力测试。军方表示通过RTAC训练的人一半以上都完成了整个游骑兵训练。

Letting women enter Ranger training is part of the U.S. military's larger effort to open many jobs to women that they have historically not been allowed to perform. Women are not permitted to hold some of the most dangerous jobs, including infantry and Special Forces, like Rangers, SEALs and Green Berets.

允许女性加入游骑兵训练项目也是美国军队为女性增加就业机会的重要决定，此前这项决定从没实施过。女性不允许参与一些最危险的工作，包括步兵和特种部队，例如游骑兵，海豹突击队和绿色贝雷帽。

In 2012, then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ordered American military services to open all of their jobs to women unless they can show why women cannot perform them. If the military wants to ban women from some jobs, they must ask for permission from the Secretary of Defense, who will make the final decision.

2012年，国防部长帕内塔下令向女性敞开大门，允许女性加入所有美国军事工作。除非有事实证明女性不能胜任。如果军方想要对女性进行某些工作上的限制，其必须得到国防部长的允许。而国防部长则是最终做决定的人。

On April 6, the Associated Press reported that male soldiers serving in the special operations forces do not believe women can be Rangers. They fear that standards will be lowered so that women can meet them. They believe political leaders are forcing the military to do what it does not want to do.

4月6号，美联社报道称特种部队有男性士兵不相信女性有能力成为游骑兵。他们担心这样会降低士兵标准，他们认为政治领导人是在逼迫军队做一些不想做的事情。

The news report came from a survey that has not yet been released by the Army, but the news agency was able to read it. The AP reported that about 9,000 soldiers answered questions in the survey.

这一新闻报道来自一项调查，这一调查尚未被军方发布，但是新闻报道可以播出。美联社报道称大约有9000名士兵参与了此项调查。

Even if some women complete the Ranger course, they will not be able to join one of the Army's four Ranger units because they are open only to men. Some believe only soldiers who are members of a Ranger unit are true Rangers. But the Army tells VOA that any women who graduate from the course on June 18th will be considered Rangers, the first in the history of the U.S. Army.

即使一些女性士兵通过了整套游骑兵训练项目，她们也不会成为军方四个游骑兵队伍的成员，因为这些队伍只允许男性士兵加入。一些人认为只有游骑兵成员才是真正的游骑兵。但是军方对VOA表示任何在6月18号通过训练课程毕业的女性都会被考虑成为游骑兵，这也是美国军事历史上的首次突破。

I'm Jim Tedder.

Christopher Jones-Cruise wrote this story from Washington. Hai Do was the editor.

Ranger School's first week

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Words in This Story

survey – n. an activity in which many people are asked a question or a series of questions in order to gather information about what most people do or think about something

terrain – n. land of a particular kind

grueling – adj. very difficult; requiring great effort

swamp – n. land that is always wet and often partly covered with water

simulate – v. to look, feel or behave like (something)