2023年03月四级第1套仔细阅读 Passage 2 原文翻译及答案解析

Of the endless troubles that come with being driven from one's home country, losing educational certificates may seem small. But it isn't Refugees who settle in other countries often find themselves unable to continue on their previous career path due to a new set of employer standards or skills requirements. To solve this problem, the U.S. State Department is posing a solution: online learning.

在被迫离开祖国的无尽麻烦中，失去教育证书可能看起来微不足道。但事实并非如此。定居在其他国家的难民常常发现自己无法继续之前的职业道路，因为雇主的标准或技能要求发生了变化。为了解决这个问题，美国国务院提出了一个解决方案：在线学习。

The State Department will announce a partnership with an online education platform called Coursera. The platform will allow refugees worldwide to take thousands of online courses for free. "Coursera for Refugees" will be available for any non-profit group that supports refugees in any country, as well as individual refugees. They can apply for fully funded access to Coursera's course catalog, which means they can take all of the platform classes and obtain professional certificates for free. The platform currently offers professor-led lectures on a broad range of topics, from data science to fashion design.

美国国务院将宣布与一个名为Coursera的在线教育平台合作。该平台将允许全球难民免费参加数千门在线课程。“难民Coursera”将对任何支持难民的非营利组织以及个人难民开放。他们可以申请全额资助访问Coursera的课程目录，这意味着他们可以免费参加所有平台课程并获得专业证书。该平台目前提供教授主导的讲座，涵盖广泛的主题，从数据科学到时装设计。

As the world migrant crisis intensifies, employment is becoming a global concern. The new program aims to aid refugees by offering "important skills that will help them in the global economy, Evan Ryan, U.S. assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs, said on a press call last week. "What we don't want to do is not act," added Coursera chief operations officer Lila Ibrahim.

随着世界移民危机的加剧，就业正成为全球关切。新计划旨在通过提供“将在全球经济中帮助他们的重要技能”来援助难民，埃文·瑞安，美国负责教育和文化事务的助理国务卿，上周在一次新闻电话会议上说。“我们不想做的是不行动，”Coursera首席运营官莉拉·易卜拉欣补充道。

The idea isn't without problems. For one, starting a new career path isn't as simple as watching a few videos and obtaining an online certificate; even those looking to continue previous careers can't simply rely on an online lecture to get them up-to-date on standards, policies, and practices. For another, most of the classes on Coursera are in English, and though there are plans to add translations, language barriers can be a big obstacle. Then there are the questions over the value of massive open online courses (MOOCs) themselves- both for refugees and for average learners.

这个想法并非没有问题。一方面，开始新的职业道路并不像观看一些视频并获得在线证书那么简单；即使那些希望继续之前职业的人也不能仅仅依靠在线讲座来使他们了解最新的标准、政策和实践。另一方面，Coursera上的大多数课程都是英语的，尽管有计划添加翻译，但语言障碍可能是一个大问题。此外，还有关于大规模开放在线课程（MOOCs）本身价值的问题——对难民和普通学习者都是如此。

But it's still early days and there are signs of hope. In 2015, a joint study found 72% of people taking the MOOCs saw career benefits afterwards.

但这仍处于初期阶段，并且有希望的迹象。2015年，一项联合研究发现，72%参加MOOCs的人之后获得了职业益处。