formal education 正规教育
widely 普遍地
undoubtedly 无疑地
传统的 conventional
traditional
priority 优先考虑的事【名】
The conventional view that education should be one of the very highest priorities for promoting rapid economic development in poor countries is wrong.在贫困的国家为促进经济快速发展把教育作为优先考虑的对象这样的传统观点是错误的。
institution 机构
consistently 一贯地，始终地
be trained on the job 在职培训
ironically 讽刺的是
recession 衰退【名】
pre-bubble peak 泡沫经济破裂之前的顶峰
workforce 劳动力
be derided as ... 被嘲笑为...
automotive-assembly productivity 全球汽车装配生产力
counterpart 对应的人
suspect 猜想
continuing economic growth 持续发展的经济
force 推动
After all, that's how education got started.毕竟，教育就是这样开始的。
ancestor 祖先
wonder 思考
humanity 人类，仁慈
treat animals with humanity 仁慈地对待人和动物
in more productive way 更为有效的方法
no longer went hungry 不再忍受饥饿
prior to 在... 之前
