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01. Arts Program in Poor Performing Schools Helping Students

adj.+n. 形容词+名词

v.+n. 动词+名词

prep. 介词短语

an art program: 艺术项目、艺术科目

poor performing schools: 表现不佳的学校

arts program in schools 在学校

02. An arts program is helping students at some of the lowest performing schools in the United States.

lowest performing schools 表现不佳的学校

help students 帮助学生

in the United States 在美国

03. The program, called Turnaround Arts, aims to help improve low performing schools by adding music and the arts to the usual study program.

the usual study program 日常学习项目

aim to help improve schools 目标是帮助提升学校

add music and the arts to the usual study program 添加音乐和艺术到日常学习项目当中

improve sth by doing 通过做什么来改善，通过by

04. Turnaround Arts was launched by Michelle Obama, the wife of former U.S. President Barack Obama. Some money for the program comes from the federal government.

TurnaroundArts was launched by Michelle Obama 发起的，launch 发起重大活动

money comes from the federal government 来自与联邦政府的钱money for the program 为这个项目准备的钱

05. For the students at participating schools, the program offers a kind of safe haven from city neighborhoods. Many of the children come from areas with high crime rates.

participating schools 参与的学校

city neighborhoods 城市社区

high crime rates 高犯罪率

program offers a kind of safe haven from city neighborhoods 项目提供了一种从城市社区的安全的避风港

come from areas with high crime rates 来自高犯罪率的地区

students at participating schools 在学校的学生

06. The Turnaround Arts program is part of the curriculum at the Florence Griffith Joyner Elementary School in Los Angeles, California. Test results showed the school performed in the lowest five percentin the state.

elementary schools 小学

artprogram is part of the curriculum 艺术课程是大纲的一部分

school performed in the lowest five percent 学校的表现在最低的五个百分点里

07. Florence Griffith Joyner serves families from Watts, an area known for gang violence. Akida Kissane Long, the head of the school, says Watts is a difficult neighborhood for students.

gang violence 帮派暴力行为

a difficult neighborhood 不平静的街区

known for gang violence 以帮派暴力闻名

08. "High crime, high poverty, very multi-generational families in public housing. There's gun violence," she explained. "We see a lot of helicopters and we have lockdowns regularly and so, the thing is, all associated with poverty – that really traumatized students, so many of our students come to school with symptoms of post-traumatic stress."

high poverty families 普遍贫困的家庭

multi-generational families 家庭中多代人生活在一个屋檐下，这指没钱搬出去住

public housing 公共住房，公租房，廉租房

gun violence 枪支暴力

post-traumatic stress 创伤后压力

things associated with poverty 和贫穷有关的

come to school 来到学校

families in public housing 公租房的家庭

09. Long noted how when she started working atthe school five years ago, there was "willful disobedience ... fighting (and) destruction of school property." She said there were "267 suspensions on record, as well as 1,167 classroom suspensions."

willful disobedience 故意违抗，故意不听话

school property 学校财产，destructionof school property破坏学校的财产

classroom suspensions课堂停课，上课捣乱老师不让继续上课了

started working at the school 开始学校工作

on record记录，有记录的

10. Putting what students love into the class

Turnaround Arts is a partnership between the federal government and private businesses. Florence Griffith Joyner Elementary is one of 68 schools in the U.S. participating in the program.

put sth. into the class 在课堂中添加

partnership between one party and other party

11. Teachers receive special training and look for ways to add music and the arts into all the classes.

special training 特殊的培训

receive special training 接受特殊培训

look for ways to do 寻找方法做什么

add music and arts into all the classes 将音乐和艺术添加到所有的课程当中

12. Turnaround Arts schools partner with musicians and actors who work with the students. Performers have included Yo-Yo Ma, Sarah Jessica Parker, Elton John and Cameron Diaz.

partner with musicians and actors 和音乐家和演员做搭档

work with the students 和学生一起工作

13. School principal Long noted "The children were so excited and have been so excited because it's not just about –‘Go to the board. Do the problem. Turn the page. Read the book.' It's about acting and impersonating artists and historic figures."

historical figures 历史人物

act and impersonate artists and historic figures 演和模仿艺术家和历史人物

14. She noted how some students got the chance to act out the process of a caterpillar becoming a butterfly.

students get the change to do 学生有机会做什么

act out the process将……表演出来

the process of a caterpillar becoming a butterfly 毛毛虫变成蝴蝶的过程

15. The program has been popular with students, too. "I like to act and I like to sing and I like to dance," said 10-year-old Kayla Driakare.

be popular with students 受学生欢迎

16. Seeing results

Long said that Turnaround Arts is only in its first year at the school, and teachers are already seeing results.

teachers are seeing result 老师看到成果

at the school 现在在学校里

17. "We've probably suspended one kid this year. That's amazing," she said. "Parents are getting phone calls to come to... family arts night, and it's not just the naughty calls home. It's for them to come and learn more about what their children are learning. So our parent engagement goes up."

family arts night 家庭艺术之夜

parent engagement 家长的参与

suspend one kid 停课了一个学生

parents are getting phone calls 家长接到电话

what their children are learning 他们的孩子在做什么

parent engagement goes up 家长的参与度上升

18. Around the country, participating schools are reporting fewer disciplinary actions, better attendance and improved performance in testing. A three-year long study found that Turnaround Arts schools performed better than other schools that received special grants for school improvement.

disciplinary actions 惩罚学生的行为

improved performance 有进步的表现

arts schools performed better than other schools 加入艺术课程的学校比其他学校成绩好

schools receive grants for school improvement 为提高表现获得补助金的学校

improved performance in testing 在测验中获得提高

better than比什么更好

grants for school improvement 为改善学校提供的补助金

19. The findings come at a time when President Donald Trump is proposing to cut government spending on the arts. Some policy makers are pushing for more attention to subjects like mathematics and science in U.S. education.

government spending 政府开支

policy makers 决策者

subjects like mathematics and science 数学或者科学科目

cut government spending on the arts 削减政府在艺术中的投入

pushing for more attention to subjects like mathematics and science 推动更加关注数学或者科学科目

20. "Art speaks to everyone," Akida Kissane Long said. "It is part of what makes the curriculum rich and exciting and motivating."

art speaks to everyone 艺术与每个人交谈

makes the curriculum rich andexciting and motivating 使大纲更丰富，更振奋，更有积极性

21. At the end of the three-year program, she wants Los Angeles school officials to make Florence Griffith Joyner Elementary into a magnet school for visual and performing arts. That way the school could get financing to support its arts programs.

visual arts 视觉艺术

performing arts 表演艺术

school could get financing to support its arts programs 学校可以得到资助来支持其艺术项目

make sth. into sth. 使一个东西成为某个东西

a magnet school for visual and performing arts 针对视觉和表演艺术的学校

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