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新华网上海 ７月２３日电（叶业）Xinhua Net, July the 23rd (Ye Ye)

来自甘肃的１８岁男孩李斌，近日从此间的烘焙学校“海上青焙坊”毕业了，并签约法国乐斯福酵母公司，成为一名面包师。

Li Bin, an eighteen-year-old teenager from Gansu province of China, has graduated from Shanghai Young Bakersand signed a contract with Lesaffer the French yeast company, thus becoming a master baker.

与李斌同时毕业的有来自全国各地８个省份的２９名同学。

Meanwhile, there’re other 29 students from 8 different provinces of China graduated with Li Bin.

“海上青焙坊”是由１２位希望回馈中国社会的法国志愿者于２００８年成立的公益组织，致力于为来自困难家庭１７－２３岁的青少年无偿提供一年的免费法式烘焙技术训练，帮助他们掌握一技之长，找到合适的就业机会。７年来，“海上青焙坊”已培训了１２０多名学员。

Shanghai Young Bakers is a non-profit organization founded in 2008 by twelve French volunteers who hope to make contributions to the Chinese society. It is committed to providing underprivileged teenagers between 17 and 23 with one-year free training on French baking, which would equip them with a professional skill and qualify them for proper jobs. In the past seven years, Shanghai Young Bakers has trained more than 120 students.

李斌来自甘肃偏僻农村，学习成绩优秀，但因家庭贫困，初中毕业后辍学。他的父亲患有智障，母亲患有精神疾病，两人都无法工作，李斌和８０岁的祖父挑起了养活全家人的重担。作为“海上青焙坊”第七届学员，他在为期一年的时间里学习制作法式面包、西点以及中式糕点烘焙，同时学习生活技能课和英语课。他表示，学到一门可以让他摆脱贫困、养家糊口的技能，感到很自豪。

Li Bin grew up in a remote village in Gansu province. Although he studied well in school, his poor family could not afford his education after secondary school. His mentally handicapped father and mentally disordered mother were both not able to work, so Li Bin and his grandfather had to carry the heavy burden of raising the family. After becoming one of the 7th students of Shanghai Young Baker, Li Bin spent one year on learning making French bread, western and Chinese pastry, having classes on life skills and English. He said that he felt really proud to have command of a skill which lifted himself out of poverty and helped him raise the family.

据介绍，“海上青焙坊”的学员还有机会到法国进修，接受烘焙技术深造。由于技术好且有外语交流能力，他们很受在华外资企业青睐。本届毕业生已与上海可颂坊、南通佳麦食品公司、简大工坊实业公司及多家法国公司签约，即将成为这些公司的新员工。