我在爱丁堡的公立中学教书， 我教的是现代研究，这是仅在苏格兰教的科目，这门学科结合了政治学、社会学和国际关系。
I teach in a secondary state school in Edinburg. I teach modern studies which is a subject only taught in Scotland. It's a combination of politics, sociology and international relations.
大多数的十六岁（学生）他们投反对票，因为他们对这些问题的了解还不足够深入。
Most of the 16-year-olds are, they vote no, because they don't know enough about the issues yet.
他们知道民主应该是什么样子。这是民主的定义，这是它如何运用于实践，民主是怎么样的。你让他们质疑它，并弄清楚什么是民主，什么不是。
They know what democracy is supposed to be. This is the concept of democracy, This is how it works in practice. What democracy is like. You get them questioning it and working out what is democracy and what isn't.
投反对票的好理由是存在的。我的意思是，我用不着教导论题的所有方面，我确实会担心，我投赞成票是否会是很明显的？
There are good reason for voting no. I mean, I don't have to teach all sides of the argument and I did worry that would it be too obviously that I was voting yes?
我的（一个）同事要投反对票。所以我们一起设计了课程。我们发现那很有用处，因为她显然有她自己的想法，我有我自己的想法，所以这意味着我们可以实际地展示问题的两面。”
My colleague is voting yes, so we designed the curriculum together. We found that it was very useful because obviously she has her own opinion and I have mine, so it meant that we could actually present both sides of the case.
至于16岁孩子实际上是什么样子，他们就像其他任何人群，他们有一些很聪明，有一些则很卑鄙。”
As for what 16-year-olds are actually like, they are just like any other bunch of people. Some of them are brilliant and some of them are nasty.
苏格兰的青少年认为他们讨厌政治，但是接着呢，他们会想出极端的政治理由来讨厌政治，所以那总是很有意思。
Scottish youngsters think they hate politics, but then, they would come up with extremely politic reasons to hate politics, so it's always very interesting.
但是让我稍微为年轻人担心的是，他们其实并不认为任何情况能产生改变。但有时候真是很让人心碎。
But what worries me a bit about young people is that they don't actually think anything can ever change. But sometimes it's really heartbreaking.
我们一开始让他们所有人参与投票，大部分人是绝对的反对。到了课程结束时，当我们再次让他们投票时，1/3投赞成票，1/3投了反对票，剩下的拿不定主意。所以这结果跟成人完全一样。你越是专注投入到政治和政治问题上，你就越有可能投赞成票。
We polled them all at the beginning and most of them were absolutely no. By the end of the course, when we polled them again, 1/3 of them voted yes, 1/3 of them voted no, and the rest couldn't decide it. So it's exactly the same results as adults. The more engaged you are with politics and political issues, the more likely you are to vote yes.
