每日一词∣时代楷模 Role Model of the Times

为表彰其为贫困家庭女孩教育所做的贡献，云南省丽江市华坪女子高级中学校长张桂梅日前被授予“时代楷模”称号。
Zhang Guimei, the principal of Huaping High School for Girls, based in Lijiang city, Southwest China's Yunnan province, has been granted the title "Role Model of the Times" in recognition of her dedication to the education for girls from poor families.

【知识点】
张桂梅同志扎根边疆教育一线40余年，默默耕耘、无私奉献，为了改变贫困地区女孩失学辍学现状，在党和政府以及社会各界的帮助下，推动创建了一所免费招收贫困女生的高中，2008年建校以来已帮助1800多位女孩走出大山走进大学，用知识改变贫困山区女孩命运，用教育阻断贫困代际传递；她教书育人、立德树人，引导学生从小树立远大志向，倡导女性自尊自信自立自强，注重言传身教，传承红色基因，让“感党恩、听党话、跟党走”成为广大学生自觉追求；她坚韧纯粹、甘当人梯，用爱心和智慧点亮万千乡村女孩的人生梦想，展现了当代人民教师的高尚师德和责任担当，被孩子们亲切地称为“张妈妈”。她曾当选党的十七大代表，荣获“全国三八红旗手标兵”“全国优秀教师”“全国教书育人楷模”“全国五一劳动奖章”等荣誉称号。

【重要讲话】
今年是决胜全面建成小康社会、决战脱贫攻坚之年，全国广大教师用爱心和智慧阻断贫困代际传递，点亮万千乡村孩子的人生梦想，展现了当代人民教师的高尚师德和责任担当。
This year is the time to secure a decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and achieve the goal of poverty alleviation. Teachers across the country devoted their love and wisdom to stopping poverty from being passed on to the next generation and inspiring millions of rural children to pursue their dreams, which demonstrates the noble ethics and sense of responsibility of contemporary teachers.
——2020年9月9日，习近平代表党中央，向全国广大教师和教育工作者致以节日的祝贺和诚挚的慰问

【相关词汇】
劳动模范和先进工作者
model workers and exemplary individuals

工人阶级和广大劳动群众
the working class and working people

教书育人
impart knowledge and cultivate people