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Education authorities in Japan are to discipline a teacher who forced two students to drink diluted hydrochloric acid, the latest incident to trigger concern over corporal punishment in the nation's schools.
日本一名教師強(qiáng)迫兩名學(xué)生喝下稀釋的鹽酸引發(fā)公憤，遭到教育部門的處罰。近期發(fā)生的這一事件也引發(fā)了公眾對學(xué)校實(shí)行體罰的關(guān)注。
The teacher, who has not been named but is from Gamagori, ordered the boys to drink the solution after they reported an incorrect result in a science experiment on January 18, the Nikkei Shimbun reported.
據(jù)《日經(jīng)新聞》報(bào)道，在1月18日進(jìn)行的科學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)中，由于兩名男同學(xué)報(bào)錯實(shí)驗(yàn)結(jié)果，這名教師（來自蒲郡，名字未予公布）令其喝下實(shí)驗(yàn)用的稀釋鹽酸。
The incident only came to light when another student told his parents what had happened.
在另一名學(xué)生告知父母后，此事才浮出水面。
Officials of the local board of education in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, said the teacher had informed them that the acid posed no danger to the children as it was diluted.
位于日本中部愛知縣的教育委員會官員表示，該教師向其透露這些鹽酸已經(jīng)過稀釋，不會對孩子造成危害。
But the authorities were not convinced.
但日本教育部門并不相信。
"As this incident posed a risk to the life and health of students, it was a grave failure of leadership and we can only apologise to the students and their families," the board said in a statement.
委員會在一份聲明中稱，“由于該事件對學(xué)生的生命和健康造成影響，可見是領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層嚴(yán)重失職，而我們只能向?qū)W生及家長致歉”。
"We are currently deciding in disciplinary measures for the teacher involved."
“目前我們已決定對該涉事教師實(shí)行懲罰”。
The incident has focused new attention on the punishments meted out to children in Japan's schools.
這一事件使人們再次關(guān)注日本學(xué)校中對學(xué)生實(shí)行體罰這一問題。
Teachers are forbidden to use corporal punishment against pupils, but the suicide of a 17-year-old student on December 23 has demonstrated that it remains an integral part of school life here.
雖然教師被禁止對學(xué)生實(shí)行體罰措施，但去年12月23日一名17歲學(xué)生自殺一事表明，日本學(xué)校仍存在體罰現(xiàn)象。
The boy was captain of the basketball team at Sakuranomiya Senior High School in Osaka and was repeatedly punished by his coach. The day before he was found hanging in his room, the boy was repeatedly slapped around the face for mistakes that he made in practice.
該男孩來自大阪櫻宮高中，擔(dān)任校籃球隊(duì)隊(duì)長，訓(xùn)練期間屢次受到教練處罰。在被發(fā)現(xiàn)自縊身亡的前一天，男孩因訓(xùn)練中出錯屢次被教練掌摑。
In a note to the coach that he never delivered, the boy wrote, "Even if I make the same mistakes as others, I get scolded harshly because I am the captain."
在寫給教練但從未交出的筆記中，男孩寫道，“即使犯了與別人同樣的錯誤，我也要受到嚴(yán)厲的斥責(zé)，因?yàn)槲沂顷?duì)長”。
After the boy's suicide, 21 of the 50-strong basketball squad said they had been similarly punished by the coach.
在該男孩自殺后，50多名籃球隊(duì)員中有21人表示也曾遭受該教練的類似處罰。
Summoned by the local board of education to explain his actions, the coach said his methods were "a way to inspire the athletes."
在收到教育委員會的傳召要求其對這一行為進(jìn)行解釋時，該教練稱他的方法“是一種用來激勵運(yùn)動員的方式”。
In a press conference, an official of the board of education said, "We are truly sorry, but the fact remains that corporal punishment has never ceased to be practised at schools."
在新聞發(fā)布會上，教育委員會一名官員表示，“我們對此深表歉意，然而事實(shí)上學(xué)校中體罰做法依舊存在。”
