利比里亚高考 2.5万考生竟无一通过_BEC初级作文

利比里亚高考 2.5万考生竟无一通过

Liberia's education minister says she finds it hard to believe that not a single candidate passed this year's university admission exam.

利比里亚教育部长说，她简直不敢相信，今年参加该国大学入学考试的考生中竟然无人通过考试。

Nearly 25,000 school-leavers failed the test for admission to the University of Liberia, one of two state-run universities.

近2.5万高中毕业生没有通过利比里亚大学入学考试，这个国家仅有两所国立大学，该大学是其中一所。

The students lacked enthusiasm and did not have a basic grasp of English, a university official told the BBC.

学校官员告诉英国广播公司，现在的学生没有学习热情，英语基础也很差。

Liberia is recovering from a brutal civil war that ended a decade ago.

虽然残酷的利比里亚内战早在十年前结束，但国家还未完全走出战争创伤。

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'Dreams shattered'

“梦想破灭”

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Nobel peace laureate, recently acknowledged that the education system was still in a "in a mess", and much needed to be done to improve it.

利比里亚总理、诺贝尔和平奖得主埃伦·约翰逊·瑟利夫最近承认，该国教育系统“混乱糟糕”，急需采取措施加以改进。

Many schools lack basic education material and teachers are poorly qualified, reports the BBC's Jonathan Paye-Layleh reports from the capital, Monrovia.