导读:随着城镇化进程加快，留守儿童的教育问题也凸现出来。
As China marches toward urbanization, many farmers are leaving their land to find a job in cities. While they leave with hope and dreams, they also leave behind a major problem: their children and their schooling.
随着中国快速城镇化，许多农民离开故土到城市里去打工。他们带着希望和梦想离开，却将一个大问题留了下来：小孩和小孩的教育。
A school in North China’s Shanxi province that had more than 400 students about eight years ago now has only 15, while there are 20 teachers. With so many children going to cities with their parents for better education, it’s those left behind that are suffering.
中国北方山西省的一所学校在8年前有400多名学生，如今却只有15名学生，和20名老师。有如此多的学生跟随父母进城去接受更好的教育，这些留守儿童仍在这里坚守、承受着这一切。
"Although the teacher works very hard, the students struggle to perform well as there is lack of peer competition and encouragement," said Li Xueping, headmaster of the school.
该校校长李雪平（音）表示，“尽管老师们工作非常努力，但由于缺乏竞争和鼓励，学生们难以取得好成绩。”
"All my best friends left to study in cities. It’s only during vacation that I get to meet and play with them," said 11-year-old boy Li Xinsheng.
11岁的学生李新生（音）说，“我的好朋友们都去城里上学了。只有到放假了我才能见到他们，和他们一起玩。”
The left-behind children are all from the poorest families. Maybe some will leave later when their parents get economically better, said the headmaster.
这些留守儿童都来自最为贫困的家庭。随着家里经济状况的好转，可能其中一些晚些也会跟父母进城。
