科學領域女性過少的英語文章

　　Too Few Women in Science

　　This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

　　Two new studies have investigated why fewer females, compared to males, study and work in the so called STEM subjects in the United States. Those subjects are science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

　　The American Association of University Women examined existing research. Its report, called "Why So Few?," also suggested ways to interest more girls and women in the STEM fields. The researchers found that cultural and environmental factors make a difference.

　　Researcher Christianne Corbett says more boys than girls score very high on math tests in most countries. She says Iceland and Thailand are exceptions.

　　CHRISTIANNE CORBETT: "In those countries, more girls than boys actually scored above the ninety-ninth percentile in math. This is something that we point out in our report just says further evidence that cultural factors and societal factors can make a difference in who achieves at the very high levels and if girls are achieving or not."

　　The other study was carried out by the Campos company for the Bayer Corporation in the United States. It asked more than one thousand women and minority members of the American Chemical Society about their experiences. Seventy-seven percent said not enough women and minorities are working in STEM professions today. This is because they were not identified or urged to study those subjects in school. Bayer USA Executive Director Rebecca Lucore says its study produced results similar to the AAUW research.

　　REBECCA LUCORE: "I think that what our recent survey showed is there's still a lot of work to be done. We see that you know from everyone, they say their interest in science begins before the age of eleven. So we need programs that really, and from industry's perspective too, get in front of kids while they're young in elementary school."

　　Why is it so important for girls and women to be involved in science? Christianne Corbett has one answer.

　　CHRISTIANNE CORBETT: "Increasing diversity in professions leads to better products, better science, just generally. And expanding and developing this science and engineering workforce is critical to the nation's economic innovation and productivity and competitiveness."

　　Rebecca Lucore says scientific professions need more and better workers.

　　REBECCA LUCORE: "It's just about having scientifically literate citizens. It's really important no matter what career you go into if it's accounting or human resources or science career that you can think critically and creatively, you can work in teams, you can adapt to change and that's important for everybody."

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　　這里是VOA特別英語教育報道。

　　兩項最新的研究調查了為何美國在所謂STEM科目學習和工作的女性數量少于男性。STEM科目指的是科學，技術，工程和數學。

　　美國大學婦女聯合會(American Association of University Women，AAUW)對現存的研究進行了觀察。該組織的報告名叫“為什么這么少？”報告中還提出了吸引更多女孩和婦女從事STEM領域的方法。研究人員發現，文化和環境因素起著重要的影響作用。

　　Christianne Corbett研究員表示，在大部分國家，數學測驗中取得高分的男生多于女生。然而，冰島和泰國例外。

　　CHRISTIANNE CORBETT：“在那些國家，數學測驗分數曲線前百分之九十九中，女生數量多于男生。這就是我們報告中指出的'，進一步的證據表明文化和社會因素會影響誰能獲得比較高分，以及女生會不會獲得高分。”

　　另外一項研究由美國拜耳公司熱帶草原公司進行。該公司對美國化學會1,000多名女性和少數民族成員的經歷進行了了解。77%的人表示，現在沒有足夠的女性和少數民族從事STEM職業。這是由于他們在學校里不被敦促學習這些學科。拜耳美國常務董事Rebecca Lucore表示，他們的研究得出了與美國大學婦女聯合會類似的結果。

　　REBECCA LUCORE：“我們的最新調查表明，仍然有許多工作要做。我們遇到的每一個人，他們說自己在11歲以前就對科學產生了興趣。所以，我們應該設立一些項目，同時，從工業的角度，在孩子們在小學的時候就提供給他們。”

　　為什么女孩和婦女參與科學如此重要呢？Christianne Corbett給出了答案。

　　CHRISTIANNE CORBETT：“總體來說，增加職業的多樣性可以得出更好的結果，使科學得到進步。對于全國的經濟創新，生產力和競爭力來說，擴充和發展科學和工程領域也是非常關鍵的。”

　　Rebecca Lucore表示，科學行業需要更多更好的工作人員。

　　Rebecca Lucore：“這只是說在科學方面比較精通的公民。而實際上，無論你從事什么職業，會計，人力資源還是科學，擁有創新敏捷的思維方式，團隊合作，適應改變的能力都是非常重要的。”