formal education 正規(guī)教育

widely 普遍地

undoubtedly 無(wú)疑地

傳統(tǒng)的 ?conventional
? ? ? ? ? ? ?traditional

priority 優(yōu)先考慮的事【名】

The conventional view that education should be one of the very highest priorities for promoting rapid economic development in poor countries is wrong.在貧困的國(guó)家為促進(jìn)經(jīng)濟(jì)快速發(fā)展把教育作為優(yōu)先考慮的對(duì)象這樣的傳統(tǒng)觀點(diǎn)是錯(cuò)誤的。

institution 機(jī)構(gòu)

consistently 一貫地，始終地

be trained on the job 在職培訓(xùn)

ironically 諷刺的是

recession 衰退【名】

pre-bubble peak 泡沫經(jīng)濟(jì)破裂之前的頂峰

workforce 勞動(dòng)力

be derided as ... 被嘲笑為...

automotive-assembly productivity 全球汽車裝配生產(chǎn)力

counterpart 對(duì)應(yīng)的人

suspect 猜想

continuing economic growth 持續(xù)發(fā)展的經(jīng)濟(jì)

force 推動(dòng)

After all, that's how education got started.畢竟，教育就是這樣開(kāi)始的。

ancestor 祖先

wonder 思考

humanity 人類，仁慈

treat animals with humanity 仁慈地對(duì)待人和動(dòng)物

in more productive way 更為有效的方法

no longer went hungry 不再忍受饑餓

prior to ?在... 之前