VOA慢速英语--阿富汗、越南学生在美国学校茁壮成长
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2016年VOA慢速英语(六)月
AS IT IS 2016-06-17 Afghan, Vietnamese Students Thrive in US Schools 阿富汗、越南学生在美国学校茁壮成长
Children whose parents are immigrants to the United States live between two worlds -- the U.S. and their parents’ homeland.
It is not easy for them to deal with the demands of both worlds. And they must balance those demands with the pressure of being in high-school.
One such student is Aaron Darab, who lives in northern Virginia near Washington, D.C. His family came to the U.S. from Afghanistan. Aaron says he deals with the stress in his life by playing basketball.
“I'd say basketball has a great deal to do with the person that I am right now.”
Aaron is one of seven children in his family.
“I’m probably competitive 1 because of my brothers. They’re always pushing me to do this and, like, we played a lot of games when we were younger.”
Aaron says he wants to be like his older brothers.
“…they’re your role models and so when I saw them playing at a young age, I was just so excited to start playing with them and when I did, basketball is the best sport.”
Aaron is completing his year at James Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia. The school has students from many countries.
“I’m not the only one from another country, so they’re not all looking out on me. We’re all together on this.”
Gregory Hood 2 is the head of James Madison High School.
“One of the great things about having a diversity of students from around the world is the perspectives those students bring [and] the experiences they bring. It adds value in the classroom, it adds value on the field, off the field -- anywhere they are, they learn from each other in different ways, see different perspectives from each other and I really think that helps them to grow individually.”
Aaron says being different is not difficult. And he says he is happy his family is Afghan.
“Wherever your parents come from that’s where you’re from that’s where your heritage 3 is from, so my parents were born and raised in Afghanistan, so therefore I believe that I am Afghan.”
Qiana Dang is a Vietnamese American. She, like Aaron Darab, is a successful high school student.
Qiana attends Marshall Academy at the George C. Marshall High School in Falls Church, Virginia. She is part of a program called STEM 4 – short for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The program prepares students for high-tech 5 jobs.
“Coming to Marshall Academy has changed my life because as a freshman 6, I didn’t know anything about technology.”
Quiana is now a junior at George Marshall. Later this year she will begin her final year at the school.
“I think that the way that we’re learning right now in high school is building up for us to get into more career-oriented 7 types of learning.”
The STEM program is offered to students throughout Virginia.
Jason Simeon teaches at Marshall Academy. He says Quiana forces him to be a better teacher.
“Quiana is a great character. So it’s really quite rewarding to have a student like that because she does push me to do a better job and to try and bring a little bit of style to the classroom.”
Quiana says the school has helped her think about what she wants to do when she completes her schooling 8.
“Marshall has given me so many opportunities to go into fields that I’ve wanted to look at with actual career experiences like technology, STEM and cyber security -- my favorite.”
Quiana has many friends and she helps her classmates. She was won awards for her work. She wants to study at Kyoto University in Japan. Until then, she will continue to make her school and its STEM program proud of her.
Words in This Story
role model – n. someone who another person admires and tries to be like
diversity – n. the state of having people who are different races or who have different cultures in a group or organization
perspective – n. a way of thinking about and understanding something (such as a particular issue or life in general)
heritage – n. the traditions, achievements, beliefs, etc., that are part of the history of a group or nation (usually singular)
freshman – n. a student in the first year of high school or college
junior – n. a student in the third of four years in a high school or college
oriented – n. interested in a particular thing, activity, etc.; designed to appeal to a certain kind of people
character – n. a particular type of person; a person who says or does funny or unusual things
style – n. in a way that is impressive or admired because it shows talent, good taste, etc.; in a stylish 9 way; a particular way in which something is done, created or performed
proud – adj. very pleased with someone or something
- Some kinds of business are competitive.有些商业是要竞争的。
- These businessmen are both competitive and honourable.这些商人既有竞争性又很诚实。
- She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
- The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。
- The ancient buildings are part of the national heritage.这些古建筑是民族遗产的一部分。
- We Chinese have a great cultural heritage.我们中国人有伟大的文化遗产。
- Cut the stem cleanly,just beneath a leaf joint.把茎切整齐点，正好切在叶根下。
- The ship was in a blaze from stem to stern.整艘船从头到尾都着火了。
- The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
- The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。
- Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。
- He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。
- Our students are oriented towards science subjects. 我们教的学生都是理科方向的。
- He oriented himself on coming to a new city. 他初到一个新城市，就使自己适应新的环境。
- A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。
- Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。