英国八十万中学生得不到良好教育

A quarter of secondary schools in England are "wasting" pupils' talents, the Government admitted.
政府承认，英格兰四分之一的中学在“浪费”学生的天赋。
Some 800 comprehensives are failing to ensure teenagers master basic English and maths, said Lord Adonis, the schools minister.
学校部长Lord Adonis说，800所综合学校未能确保青少年掌握基础的英语和数学。
He claimed that standards in state schools had soared in the past decade but admitted that some secondary school improvements were too slow, as less than a third of pupils reach national standards.
他声称在过去的十年，这种标准在国立学校已猛增，但他承认一些中学改善太慢，因为有不到三分之一的学生达到国家标准。

This means up to 800,000 children might be taught in under-performing schools.
Lord Adonis told the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference of leading private schools: "It is still the case that in some 800 secondary schools, fewer than 30 per cent of 16-year-olds achieve five or more good GCSEs including English and maths.
这意味着将近80，000孩子可能会被在标准下的学校受教育。Lord Adonis告诉私立学校的校长和校长会议的领导：仍是如此，在大约800所中学中，只有不到百分之三十的16岁学生达到5个或更多好的 GCSEs，其中包括英语和数学在内。