01.

把…交给，颁发，授予

be presented with

• The 64-year-old teacher from southwest China's Yunnan Province was presented with the July 1st Medal.

  这位来自中国西南部云南省的64岁教师被授予“七一勋章”。

  
  

• To present is to give something to somebody, especially formally at a ceremony.

  Present 可以指给某人某物，尤指在正式的仪式上。

  
  

02.

学费

tuition fees

admission rate 录取率

a hard-won result 来之不易的结果

• The Huaping High School for Girls is well-known not only because it is the first girls' public high school in the nation that does not charge tuition fees, but also for its high university admission rate.

  华坪女子中学之所以闻名，不仅是因为它是全国第一所不收学费的女子公立高中，还因为它很高的大学录取率。

  
  

• This is really a hard-won result because many students in the school at first had a poor academic performance.

  这是一个来之不易的结果，因为学校里很多学生起初的学习成绩都很差。

  
  

03.

赤贫

dire poverty

dire adj. 极度的

• She is living in dire poverty.

  她过着赤贫的生活。

  
  

• We're in dire need of your help.

  我们急需你的帮助。

  
  

04.

获得教育的机会不平等

unequal access to quality education

male superiority  男尊女卑, 重男轻女

• The traditional notion of male superiority makes them face unequal access to education.

  传统的男尊女卑的观念使她们面临着不平等的受教育机会。

  
  

• Unequal access to education means that girls may not have the chance to go to school but boys do.

  受教育机会不平等意味着女孩可能没有机会上学，但男孩有。

  
  

05.

辍学

drop out of school

• “To educate a girl is to change the destiny of three generations. A cultured, responsible mother won't let her daughter drop out of school, let alone abandoning them. ”

  “培养一个女孩，最少可以影响三代人。如果能培养有文化、有责任的母亲，大山里的孩子就不会辍学，更不会成为孤儿。”——张桂梅

  
  

06.

责任感

a sense of responsibility

devoted adj. 致力于...

devotion n. 奉献

• She works with a strong sense of responsibility.

  她的工作责任心很强。

  
  

• She is devoted to girls' education in the mountains.

  她致力于山区女孩的教育工作。

  
  

• Education is not just about funds and infrastructure, but also about devotion and continuous efforts by educators such as Zhang.

  教育不仅仅是资金和基础设施的问题，更重要的是像张这样的教育工作者的奉献和持续努力。

  
  

07.

华坪女子高中的口号-中英文版

creek n. 小溪

peak n. 山峰

petty adj. 琐碎的；小气的

coward n. 懦夫

beneath prep. 在……之下

• I was built to be a mountain, not a creek, rising to the high peaks with the small valleys at my feet.

  I was born to be great, not worthless, standing on the shoulders of the giants, the petty cowards beneath me.

  我生来就是高山而非溪流 ,我欲于群峰之巅俯视平庸的沟壑。

  我生来就是人杰而非草芥,我站在伟人之肩藐视卑微的懦夫！