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An ultranationalist kindergarten: School of shock
極端民族主義的幼稚園：一所讓人震驚的學校
Militaries toddlers embarrass Japan Prime Minister.
軍事化幼兒教育使日本首相難堪。
Every morning the children of Tsukamoto kindergarten stomp their tiny feet in time to military anthems, bow to pictures of the emperor and vow courageously to offer themselves to defend the state.
每日早晨，冢本幼稚園的孩子們隨著軍歌踏步，向著天皇的照片鞠躬并起誓愿為祖國赴湯蹈火在所不惜。
At school functions, the three-, four- and five-year-olds exhort watching parents to protect Japan from foreign threats.
在學校的聚會中，這些不過三四最多五歲的孩子們被教導學習家長在面對外來威脅的時候要保護祖國。
The great-grandparents of Tsukamoto's pupils were once taught similar fare, but state schools toned down the nationalism in the aftermath of the second world war.
這所學校學生的曾祖輩們曾經也被教導過類似的東西，但在二戰浩劫之后，公立學校里不再大肆主張類似的民族主義了。
Until recently few Japanese realised that any private schools were still peddling such jingoism.
直到最近幾乎沒有日本人意識到一些私立學校仍在踐行這種沙文主義。
They were even more surprised to learn that the government seems to have been encouraging them.
更令人吃驚的是，政府似乎也在暗中支持這種辦學。
Last year MoritomoGakuen, the firm that runs the kindergarten, bought a plot of public land in the city of Osaka at a knock-down price—perhaps 14% of its value.
去年，MoritomoGakuen——一家主辦幼兒園的公司——以最低價（約價值的14%）購買了大阪市內的一塊公共土地。
It began building a primary school to propagate the same ultranationalist ideas.
MoritomoGakuen開始利用創辦小學來傳播同樣的極端民族主義。
It invoked the name of Shinzo Abe, the prime minister, when soliciting donations.
在募捐時，該公司援用了首相安倍晉三的名字。
His wife, Akie, gave a speech at the kindergarten and was named honorary head teacher.
而安倍的妻子，吉澤秋繪也在幼兒園做了演講，并且被冠名為名譽校長。
Tomomi Inada, the defence minister, sent a letter thanking the kindergarten for raising the morale of Japan's soldiers, after it had dispatched pupils to the docks to welcome returning warships.
在該幼兒園的學生去碼頭歡迎歸航的戰艦后，防衛大臣稻田朋美寫信感謝該幼兒園為日本士兵加油打氣。
譯文來源考研英語時事閱讀
