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问题少女改造记(上) What Happened When the Teacher Moved In

  在每一个班集体里,或多或少都有这么一些“问题”学生,他们迟到、旷课,不交作业,顶撞老师,甚至打架、斗殴。对待这些同学,大家或许早已习惯了避之则吉,或者孤立歧视,却极少有人想到要去了解、关心他们。没有人天生就喜欢惹事生非、讨人嫌,如果能有更多的人、更好的方法,让他们敞开心扉,谁能说“问题”学生不能改造成模范学生呢?


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  It's an average morning for 13-year-old Loretta Cook. Like thousands of kids, Loretta's a problem at school. Two thousand are sent home every day and 6000 are 1)expelled each year. Classroom behavior is at an all-time low.
  对于13岁的洛蕾塔·库克来说,这只是个平常的早上。像其他数千小孩一样,洛蕾塔在学校是个问题少女。这类孩子中,每天有两千人被送回家,每年有六千学生被开除出校。此类学生在课堂教学的表现空前地差。

问题少女改造记(上) What Happened When the Teacher Moved In  Teacher: Loretta's on a downhill 2)spiral at the moment: lack of homework, lack of respect,3)punctuality to lessons, just a general attitude.
  老师:洛蕾塔现在正在走下坡路,基本态度就是:不交作业,不懂得尊重,上课迟到。

  Now 4)at their wit's end, Loretta's mom and her teachers will attempt something that's never been tried before. They plan to transform Loretta at home.
  最后洛蕾塔的妈妈和老师都无计可施,决定尝试从来都没有试过的方法。他们打算在家里改造洛蕾塔。

  Miss Dudley: (To Loretta) We've decided that I'm going to come and stay with you for the week.
  达德利老师:(对洛蕾塔说)我们决定让我到你们家跟你呆一个星期。

  Miss Dudley's first challenge will be how to get Loretta to start doing homework.
  达德利老师的首项挑战是如何让洛蕾塔开始做功课。

  Loretta: I didn't actually do anything. I knew it when I'm on the start. I was 5)flicking through the books and then I just got really bored.
  洛蕾塔:我实际上什么都不做。我从一开始就知道了。我翻书的时候就会觉得很闷。

  It's six o'clock and Miss Dudley's first dinner time with the family. After dinner, Miss Dudley is interested in who does what about the house.
  现在是六点钟,是达德利老师初次与库克一家共进晚餐的时候。用过晚饭后,达德利老师很想知道谁来做家务。

  Miss Dudley: What happens now? Do the girls just…?
  达德利老师:现在怎么了?女孩子们就……?

  Mother: I usually get the washing up done. Very rarely do the children do anything. Not one of them would wash up unless I asked them to, and then I probably wouldn't get it done properly anyway. If I force the issue, it will be a full-scale 6)hysterical7)outburst.
  妈妈:通常是我把餐具洗了。基本上,孩子们不做任何事情。如果我不叫她们做,她们谁都不会去洗餐具,而我也很可能不会用适当的方式让她们来干活。要是我硬叫她们去干,家里就会爆发口角大战。

  Miss Dudley: In the classroom we have rules that the kids have to stick to and stuff that they absolutely have to do. It's just a basic expectation of what we'll expect them to behave like. What she needs to know is that you're the one that's in charge.
  达德利老师:我们在教室里有规定,孩子们必须遵守这些规定并且明白到哪些是自己必须做的。那是我们对他们行为的最基本期望。她需要知道的是,你是那个掌权的人。

  Eight AM and the family just make it out the door on time, but when they arrive there's a problem.
  早上八点,库克一家才及时出门,但到了学校的时候,问题来了。

  Miss Dudley: Loretta doesn't want to get out the car right in front of school, so she's asking Mom to drive to the corner of the car park.
  达德利老师:洛蕾塔不想直接在学校门口下车,所以她让母亲驶到停车场的角落里。

 

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