想询问美国首任教育部部长讲的这段话:
The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people.
To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society.
我的初步理解是:
老师的角色仍是自由人民至高无上的呼召。对于老师来说,美国将其最宝贵的资源—孩子—交给他们;并要求他们做好准备…以面对个人参与民主社会的严酷。
问题点:
1.请问除了呼召(有点宗教意味),the highest calling 还有没有更好的说法呢?
2.第二段的and ask that they…请问这里的they是指老师或孩子呢?
先谢谢前辈指教~