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9 Developing Curriculum Based on Student Writing 根据学生作品开发课程

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仔细听

One World Education is a nonprofit group based in Washington.It has a program in which teachers develop curriculum based on student writing.The students are in middle and high school and write essays about culture and global issues.

大同世界教育(One World Education)是一家非营利性组织,总部设在华盛顿。该组织有一个教师根据学生写作开发课程的项目。这些学生都是初中或高中生,他们会撰写一些有关文化和全球性问题的文章。

听力破解:nonprofit是本段中的一个重读词汇,强调其非营利性。前缀non表示“非”、“不”、“无”。

词汇宝典:be based on表示“以……为根据,根据……”,用法是A be based on B,如:What he said is based on fact.他所说的话是以事实为根据的。而be based in=be located in表示“位于”,如:He is a founding partner of the league based in New York City.他是那个位于纽约的联盟的组成成员之一。

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Students are invited to write about an issue they find important.Then professionally developed learning materials based on chosen essays are used in schools to teach other students.

学生们被邀请就他们认为重要的问题撰写文章。然后根据选中的文章经过专业开发出来的学习材料将被用于对其他学生的教学工作中。

听力破解:invite sb.to do sth.意为“邀请某人做某事”,在这里,invited以辅音[d]结尾,to以辅音[t]开头,当这两个词相邻时,辅音[d]吞没不读。

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Eric Goldstein is the executive director of One World Education.

“Over the last four years,we have worked with over fifteen hundred student writers and we have worked with almost three hundred twenty-five teachers accessing the One World curriculum.”

埃里克·戈尔茨坦是大同世界教育执行董事。

“在过去四年中,我们和超过1500名学生作者以及加入大同世界教育课程的近325名教师展开了合作。”

听力破解:本段中出现了多个数字,four,fifteen hundred以及three hundred twenty-five,分别表示时间、学生人数和教师人数,每个数字都被播音员重读,特别要注意teen和ty的发音区别。

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He says the essays can serve as a writing and learning guide for thousands of students.

他表示,这些文章可以作为成千上万名学生的写作和学习指南。词汇宝典thousands of 表示“成千上万”,是虚指,如果是表示明确的数量,则无需加 s,如:two thousand(两千);类似的用法还有millions of,指“成百万的,许许多多的”。如:Millions of cattle are slaughtered every day.每天有数百万头牛被屠宰。

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“It is truly the only online academic arena for young people to share and publish their writings in a way[that]it serves as a teaching tool for other students.”

“它确实是可供年轻人将其作品共享和发布的唯一网上学术平台,这些作品将作为其他学生教学的工具。”

听力破解:only在句中被播音员重读,表示“仅仅,唯一的”,强调其唯一性;本句中,in a way后面有明显停顿,虽然省略了that,但是依然可以从停顿判断为从句。

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Mr.Goldstein is himself a former classroom teacher.He and another teacher,Emily Chiariello,began forming plans for One World Education in two thousand six.

The group publishes a study unit each month from August through May.Each unit of curriculum starts with an essay,called a“One World Reflection”.The subjects have ranged from single parenthood to protecting rainforests to exploring Arab cultures,says Mr.Goldstein.

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戈尔斯塔先生自己就曾是一名任课老师。他和另一名老师艾米丽于2006年开始制定大同世界教育的计划。

该组织每年8月到次年5月期间,每月会出版一份作品集。每个课程单元都用一篇名为《大同世界反思》的文章开篇。戈尔斯塔先生表示,该主题涉及范围从单亲家庭,到保护热带雨林,再到探讨阿拉伯文化。

听力破解:from...to...to虽然未被重读,但是在断句中有体现出这一结构,停顿出现在from后和两个to之前,意思是“从……到……再到……”,这样的结构通常用来表示举例。

仔细听“We have students writing OneWorldReflections on women in the Muslim world,on Islamic media,on Arab media,on Arabidentity.One student[ wrote]about being Muslim and how she is perceived in her neighborhood.”

戈尔茨坦:“我们已经有学生在《大同世界反思》板块就穆斯林世界的女性、伊斯兰媒体、阿拉伯媒体以及阿拉伯认同感撰写了文章。一名学生写的就是关于自己作为穆斯林的感受以及她的邻里对她的看法。”

听力破解:在英语中,数数、列举事物或列举一连串的动作时,除最后那个并列成分用降调外,前面所有的并列成分都要用升调。本段中有多处升调,如:on women in the Muslim world,on Islamic media,on Arab media,on Arab identity等,均表示列举。

学着说一说

1.base on基于,以……为根据

▶口语中,常用的说法是 base A on B 或者 A be based on B。如:

What he said is based on fact.他所说的话是以事实为根据的。

2.invite to邀请

▶invite 的常用搭配为 invite sb.to do sth.表示“邀请某人做某事”,如:

My father and mother want to invite you to go to the movies.

我父母想邀请你一起去看电影。

▶介词to后若跟的是地点状语,则表示“邀请……到”,如:

Who will you invite to your party?你要邀请谁来参加你的聚会?

3.serve as起……作用

▶表示“充当;起……作用”,如:

In a way,I'm glad you made that mistake,for it will serve as warning to you.在某种意义上来说,你犯那个错误我倒很高兴,因为那个错

误会对你起警告作用。

▶类似表示“充当”的用法还有:act as、work as 等。如:

Work as an assistant is no picnic.助理的工作可不简单。