《中英對照讀新聞》Unruly pupils face tougher punishment in UK schools 英國學校不聽話的學生面臨更嚴厲的處罰

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Teachers in England are to be given more rights to restrain pupils and punish badly behaved children, British government said.

英格蘭的教師將被賦予更多管教學生與懲罰頑劣學童的權利，英國政府說。

Education Secretary Ruth Kelly said she would introduce measures to give teachers legal rights to discipline pupils and empower headteachers to apply for legal orders against parents who fail to cooperate.

教育大臣露絲．凱利說，她將引進若干措施，賦予教師管教學生的合法權利，並授權校長申請法律命令約束那些不合作的家長。

The lack of such rights has hampered teachers, who have often been reluctant to restrain pupils in case they leave themselves open to prosecution.

欠缺這一類的權利讓教師們綁手綁腳，經常不太願意管教學生，讓自己反而遭到起訴。

Kelly said some schools faced real discipline challenges because there was too little consistency in dealing with poor behaviour.

凱利說，若干學校在管教、風紀上面臨挑戰，因為在應付不當行為相關措施上欠缺一致性。

The new measures follow recommendations by a task force, set up by the government to come up with proposals to improve behaviour in schools.

這些新措施是遵循政府所設的一支工作小組的建議，而該小組的成立宗旨就是要提出方案來端正學生的行為。

The task force said in its report that it believed that good teaching was the key to promoting better behaviour and that schools needed to have consistent strategies, followed by all staff.

這個工作小組在報告中說，該小組相信師長良好的教導乃是端正學生行為的關鍵，學校必須要有一致性的策略，可為所有教職人員所遵循。

新聞辭典

restrain：動詞，抑制、約束。例句：The governments around the world try to restrain inflation.（世界各國政府都試圖抑制通貨膨脹。）

hamper：動詞，妨礙、阻礙。例句：An obsolete ideology can hamper the development of economy.（過時的意識形態會阻礙經濟的發展。）

to deal with：片語，應付、對付。

to come up with：片語，提出、想出。例句：He could always come up with a reason for him not to work.（他總是能編出不上班的理由。）