VOA慢速英語: 如何培養(yǎng)更多的女工程師

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[00:00.00]Not enough American students want to be engineers, mathematicians, or scientists. [00:10.40]The Obama administration wants to change that. They are spending money to do it. [00:17.02]The government will invest three billion dollars in the education of young Americans in science, technology, engineering, and math. [00:29.84]The four areas together are known as STEM. [00:34.56]Many jobs in the STEM fields will open in the coming years. [00:39.71]The U.S. government's investment aims to increase the number of Americans who can take those jobs. [00:48.72]Yet girls appear far less interested in STEM subjects than boys. Only 25 percent of STEM students are girls. [01:01.22]Camsie McAdams is at the U.S. Education Department. She says girls simply do not feel welcomed in STEM subjects. [01:13.00]Ms. McAdams says young women look at industries such as engineering and computer science and see most of the leaders are men. [01:25.36]"We, as women, want to have people that look like us, people that we can relate to. [01:30.34]A lot of times what distracts people from entering the field, or, even when they get the degree, keeps them from wanting to work in the field, is because they don't feel welcomed." [01:41.08]Debbie Sterling is an engineer. She invented a construction toy for girls. The name of the toy is "Goldie Blox." [01:51.55]Ms. Sterling hopes Goldie Blox will help girls develop spatial skills. [01:57.95]Spatial skills help engineers and builders to think about objects in three dimensions. [02:06.23]To interest girls, Sterling created the character "Goldie." Goldie does not care about beauty or clothes. [02:15.89]Goldie tells stories, solves difficult problems and creates pretend worlds. [02:23.58]Mia is a seven-year-old girl who likes science. In her room, she has no fashion dolls. [02:31.71]Instead, she has a pegboard, wheels, blocks and an inventor's journal to write her observations. [02:41.78]Mia received a set of Goldie Blox from her grandmother. She learned to make a machine with the blocks. [02:49.44]"When my grandmother first sent me the present, a spinning machine, I was really excited. [02:55.54]I knew it had to do with engineering, so I grabbed the box and opened it. [03:02.13]Then I went for more -- I went to the web site; I went on YouTube to find more videos. [03:09.05]My mom asked me why I was just watching videos instead of building. [03:13.74]I told her I didn't have enough pieces. She got me the builder survival kit." [03:19.85]Experts say parents should do more than just buy toys to interest their girls in STEM subjects. [03:27.27]They should also provide a good education. At school, girls should participate in projects that require teamwork and creative thinking. [03:38.60]Women in scientific and technical jobs are also working to encourage young women to explore STEM. [03:49.04]One is Anu Tewary. She studied Applied Physics and worked for technology companies. [03:57.01]After she had a daughter, she started Technovation Challenge. [04:02.65]The challenge is an international competition for young women from 10 to 18 years old. [04:10.68]Technovation offers girls the opportunity to learn how to start a company and become high-tech entrepreneurs. [04:20.93]Since 2009, over 2,500 girls from 28 countries have developed 650 mobile phone applications. [04:34.67]They learned to launch start-up companies through Technovation. [04:40.10]There's a good chance that soon, more young women using mobile phones will also be developing programs for them. [04:50.08]I'm Anne Ball.

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How Do You Develop More Female Engineers?
如何培養(yǎng)更多的女工程師
Not enough American students want to be engineers, mathematicians, or scientists. The Obama administration wants to change that. They are spending money to do it. The government will invest three billion dollars in the education of young Americans in science, technology, engineering, and math. The four areas together are known as STEM.
沒有那么多的美國學(xué)生愿意成為工程師、數(shù)學(xué)家或者工程師。奧巴馬政府希望改變這一狀態(tài)。政府撥了很多錢來做這件事。美國政府會繼續(xù)在年輕人的科學(xué)、技術(shù)、工程和數(shù)學(xué)教育方面投資30億美元。這四個領(lǐng)域被稱為STEM。
Many jobs in the STEM fields will open in the coming years. The U.S. government's investment aims to increase the number of Americans who can take those jobs.
接下來幾年這四個領(lǐng)域會有很多工作機會，美國政府的投資就是希望增加能夠勝任這些工作的美國人數(shù)。
Yet girls appear far less interested in STEM subjects than boys. Only 25 percent of STEM students are girls.
相比男孩而言，女孩對這些領(lǐng)域的興趣大大減少。STEM領(lǐng)域中，女生所占比例只有25%。
Camsie McAdams is at the U.S. Education Department. She says girls simply do not feel welcomed in STEM subjects. Ms. McAdams says young women look at industries such as engineering and computer science and see most of the leaders are men.
卡姆瑟·麥克亞當(dāng)斯是美國教育部的工作人員。她說女孩覺得在這些科學(xué)、技術(shù)、工程和數(shù)學(xué)領(lǐng)域并不吃香。麥克亞當(dāng)斯表示年輕女孩認(rèn)為這些工程和電腦科學(xué)領(lǐng)域，大部分是男生占主導(dǎo)地位。
"We, as women, want to have people that look like us, people that we can relate to. A lot of times what distracts people from entering the field, or, even when they get the degree, keeps them from wanting to work in the field, is because they don't feel welcomed."
“我們作為女生，希望人們喜歡我們，我們可以接觸到一些人。很多時候，干擾人們進(jìn)入這個領(lǐng)域或者即使她們獲得文憑，而不再這個領(lǐng)域工作的原因是他們感覺自己不受歡迎。”
Debbie Sterling is an engineer. She invented a construction toy for girls. The name of the toy is "Goldie Blox." Ms. Sterling hopes Goldie Blox will help girls develop spatial skills. Spatial skills help engineers and builders to think about objects in three dimensions.
黛比·斯特林是一位工程師。她為女孩發(fā)明一種建筑玩具。玩具的名字叫“Goldie Blox”。斯特林希望這種“Goldie Blox”能夠幫助女孩開發(fā)空間辨別技能。空間辨別技能會幫助工程師和建筑師用三維立體的方式思考目標(biāo)物。
To interest girls, Sterling created the character "Goldie." Goldie does not care about beauty or clothes. Goldie tells stories, solves difficult problems and creates pretend worlds.
為了激發(fā)女孩的興趣，斯特林創(chuàng)造了“Goldie”這個形象，她不關(guān)心美貌或者衣服，Goldie會講故事、解決難題，還可以創(chuàng)設(shè)虛擬世界。
Mia is a seven-year-old girl who likes science. In her room, she has no fashion dolls. Instead, she has a pegboard, wheels, blocks and an inventor's journal to write her observations.
7歲的女孩米亞喜歡科學(xué)，在她的房間里，沒有時尚的芭比娃娃，取而代之的是一個掛板、一些輪子、積木和發(fā)明者日記，來記下她的觀察發(fā)現(xiàn)。
Mia received a set of Goldie Blox from her grandmother. She learned to make a machine with the blocks.
米亞從奶奶那里得到“Goldie Blox”這份禮物。她學(xué)習(xí)用這些積木弄出一臺機器。
"When my grandmother first sent me the present, a spinning machine, I was really excited. I knew it had to do with engineering, so I grabbed the box and opened it. Then I went for more -- I went to the web site; I went on YouTube to find more videos. My mom asked me why I was just watching videos instead of building. I told her I didn't have enough pieces. She got me the builder survival kit."
“奶奶第一次把禮物送給我時，是個旋轉(zhuǎn)的機器，我收到禮物非常開心。我知道這個禮物跟工程有些關(guān)聯(lián)，所以就抓住盒子，然后打開。然后進(jìn)行進(jìn)一步的探索——上網(wǎng)查閱資料，我去YouTube網(wǎng)站找更多的視頻。媽媽問我為什么只看視頻，而不動手做一做呢。我告訴她我沒有材料，她給我買了一套建造工具。”
Experts say parents should do more than just buy toys to interest their girls in STEM subjects. They should also provide a good education. At school, girls should participate in projects that require teamwork and creative thinking.
專家稱父母應(yīng)該做更多，而不僅僅是給孩子買一些玩具來激起她們對STEM科目的興趣。他們還需要給孩子提供良好的教育。在學(xué)校，女孩子需要參與到需要團隊合作和創(chuàng)造性思維的項目中。
Women in scientific and technical jobs are also working to encourage young women to explore STEM. One is Anu Tewary. She studied Applied Physics and worked for technology companies. After she had a daughter, she started Technovation Challenge. The challenge is an international competition for young women from 10 to 18 years old.
在科學(xué)和技術(shù)領(lǐng)域工作的女性激勵著年輕的女性進(jìn)一步探索STEM領(lǐng)域。一位是安尤·特維爾。她學(xué)習(xí)研究應(yīng)用物理，在一家科技公司工作。生完女兒后，她開始技術(shù)革新的挑戰(zhàn)。這個挑戰(zhàn)是為全球10-18歲的年輕女性舉辦的國際競賽。
Technovation offers girls the opportunity to learn how to start a company and become high-tech entrepreneurs. Since 2009, over 2,500 girls from 28 countries have developed 650 mobile phone applications. They learned to launch start-up companies through Technovation.
技術(shù)革新為女孩如何創(chuàng)辦公司，成為高科技的企業(yè)家提供學(xué)習(xí)機會。自從2009年起，有來自28個國家的2500多名女孩參與65.部移動手機的應(yīng)用開發(fā)。她們通過技術(shù)創(chuàng)新推出創(chuàng)業(yè)公司。
There's a good chance that soon, more young women using mobile phones will also be developing programs for them.
很有可能過不了多久，越來越多年輕女孩使用專門為她們研發(fā)的程序的手機。
I'm Anne Ball.
我是安妮·鮑爾。
Anush Avetisyan reported this story. Dr. Jill Robbins wrote this story for Learning English. Kelly Jean Kelly was the editor.
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Words in This Story
STEM - acronym. referring to the fields of science, technology, engineering and math
construction - n. the act or process of building something
spatial - adj. of or relating to space and the relationship of objects within it
dimensions - n. the length, width, height or depth of something
pretend – adj. not real; imaginary
entrepreneur - n. a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money
technical - adj. relating to the practical use of machines

How Do You Develop More Female Engineers?

Educators, Toymakers Aim to Increase Number of Female Builders, Engineers

Not enough American students want to be engineers, mathematicians, or scientists. The Obama administration wants to change that. They are spending money to do it. The government will invest three billion dollars in the education of young Americans in science, technology, engineering, and math. The four areas together are known as STEM.

Many jobs in the STEM fields will open in the coming years. The U.S. government's investment aims to increase the number of Americans who can take those jobs.

Yet girls appear far less interested in STEM subjects than boys. Only 25 percent of STEM students are girls.

Camsie McAdams is at the U.S. Education Department. She says girls simply do not feel welcomed in STEM subjects. Ms. McAdams says young women look at industries such as engineering and computer science and see most of the leaders are men.

"We, as women, want to have people that look like us, people that we can relate to. A lot of times what distracts people from entering the field, or, even when they get the degree, keeps them from wanting to work in the field, is because they don't feel welcomed."

Debbie Sterling is an engineer. She invented a construction toy for girls. The name of the toy is "Goldie Blox." Ms. Sterling hopes Goldie Blox will help girls develop spatial skills. Spatial skills help engineers and builders to think about objects in three dimensions.

To interest girls, Sterling created the character "Goldie." Goldie does not care about beauty or clothes. Goldie tells stories, solves difficult problems and creates pretend worlds.

Mia is a seven-year-old girl who likes science. In her room, she has no fashion dolls. Instead, she has a pegboard, wheels, blocks and an inventor's journal to write her observations.

Mia received a set of Goldie Blox from her grandmother. She learned to make a machine with the blocks.

"When my grandmother first sent me the present, a spinning machine, I was really excited. I knew it had to do with engineering, so I grabbed the box and opened it. Then I went for more -- I went to the web site; I went on YouTube to find more videos. My mom asked me why I was just watching videos instead of building. I told her I didn't have enough pieces. She got me the builder survival kit."

Experts say parents should do more than just buy toys to interest their girls in STEM subjects. They should also provide a good education. At school, girls should participate in projects that require teamwork and creative thinking.

Women in scientific and technical jobs are also working to encourage young women to explore STEM. One is Anu Tewary. She studied Applied Physics and worked for technology companies. After she had a daughter, she started Technovation Challenge. The challenge is an international competition for young women from 10 to 18 years old.

Technovation offers girls the opportunity to learn how to start a company and become high-tech entrepreneurs. Since 2009, over 2,500 girls from 28 countries have developed 650 mobile phone applications. They learned to launch start-up companies through Technovation.

There's a good chance that soon, more young women using mobile phones will also be developing programs for them.

I'm Anne Ball.

Anush Avetisyan reported this story. Dr. Jill Robbins wrote this story for Learning English. Kelly Jean Kelly was the editor.

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Words in This Story

STEM - acronym. referring to the fields of science, technology, engineering and math

construction - n. the act or process of building something

spatial - adj. of or relating to space and the relationship of objects within it

dimensions - n. the length, width, height or depth of something

pretend – adj. not real; imaginary

entrepreneur - n. a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money

technical - adj. relating to the practical use of machines