The Recess Revolt
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Elias stormed into social studies class, complaining to his friend Ada about the new school recess policy.
Elias冲入了社会学习班,向朋友Ada抱怨了新的学校休学政策.
“It’s totally ridiculous—isn’t recess supposed to be about free time and having fun?”
“这实在太荒谬了, “
he griped.
他紧紧抓住。
“Settle down,” Mr.
“安顿下来,”
Sterling called from the front of the room.
斯特林从房间前面打来
Elias sank into his chair, still seething.
以利亚沉入他的椅子上, 仍然看到一些东西。
He had spent the whole summer looking forward to the first day of fifth grade, and he’d especially been looking forward to a chess rematch with Ada during recess after traveling all summer long.
他整个夏天都在期待五年级的第一天,
But when they went outside, they’d been confronted with a new set of recess rules: instead of freely choosing what to do, students now had to participate in a predetermined set of activities run by the teachers.
但当他们外出时,他们遇到了一套新的休学规则:学生们现在必须参加由教师主持的一套预定的活动,而不是自由选择应做什么。
Elias and Ada had been immediately sent over to the soccer field with no chance to argue—and no chance to do what they wanted, which was to play chess.
Elias和Ada立即被送到足球场,没有机会争辩,也没有机会做他们想做的事,这就是下棋。
It’s so unfair, Elias thought.
以利亚认为,
“We’re starting with the civil rights movement of the 1960s today.
“我们从20世纪60年代的民权运动开始。
What do you already know about it?”
你已经知道些什么了? “
asked Mr.
问:
Sterling briskly.
吓死人了
“Rosa Parks,” someone said.
有人说“Rosa Parks”,
Someone else called out, “Peaceful protests.”
有人喊道:“和平抗议。 “
Mr.
先生,请问...
Sterling nodded and said, “The civil rights movement was noted for using peaceful tactics; the strategy was called nonviolent civil disobedience.
Sterling点头说:“注意到民权运动使用和平战术;这一策略被称为非暴力非暴力非暴力反抗。
In general, it means that the civil rights protesters resisted unfair laws, but they did it in peaceful ways, refusing to get into fights or hurt anyone.
一般而言,这意味着民权抗议者抵制不公平的法律,但他们以和平的方式这样做,拒绝打斗或伤害任何人.
This was especially difficult because the protesters themselves were often physically attacked, and the principle of nonviolence led them to endure this treatment without fighting back.
这尤其困难,因为抗议者自己经常受到人身攻击,非暴力原则使他们忍受这种待遇而不受反击.
This week, we’re going to look at three different nonviolent tactics used by the civil rights protesters in the 1960s: marches, boycotts, and sit-ins.”
这个星期, 我们将审视20世纪60年代民权抗议者采用的三种非暴力策略:游行、抵制和静坐。
As the class settled in to take notes, Elias raised his hand.
随着班级安顿下来做笔记,以利亚举起手来.
“What’s a sit-in?”
" 什么是静坐? “
he asked.
他问。
“Sit-ins started in restaurants, which were often segregated,” answered Mr.
“在经常被隔离的餐馆里开始坐下”,回答说。
Sterling.
斯特灵
“African Americans would enter a whites-only restaurant and order food; their orders were usually refused, and when that happened, they’d simply sit and wait for service.
“非裔美国人将进入一个白人独占的餐厅,订购食品;他们的命令通常被拒绝,一旦发生这种情况,他们就会坐等服务。
Sometimes people would scream at them, or throw food, or threaten them, but they just sat quietly.”
有时人们会大叫,或者扔食物,或者威胁他们,但他们只是静静地坐着. “
“Did it work?”
“有用吗? “
asked Elias, fascinated.
问以利亚,迷了。
“It worked brilliantly,” Mr.
“它的工作非常出色。”
Sterling said.
斯特林说。
“The restaurants lost income with protesters sitting at their counters, and meanwhile the whole country was watching the protesters’ peaceful tactics.
整个国家都在观察抗议者的和平策略。
Gradually, public opinion began to swing in the protesters’ favor, and the system of racial segregation in public spaces began to fall apart.”
舆论开始逐渐向抗议者倾斜,公共场所的种族隔离制度也开始分崩离析. “
The class discussed the boycotts, marches, and sit-ins that the civil rights protesters organized in the 1960s, and Elias followed everything intently.
班上讨论了20世纪60年代民权抗议者组织的抵制,游行,静坐等活动,以利亚也有意跟随一切.
A strategy was forming in his mind, and when class ended he turned to Ada.
一种策略正在他心目中形成,班级结束后他转向了阿达.
“I have an idea about how we might get our free time at recess back,” he said.
他说,“我有一个想法,我们如何在休庭时腾出时间。”
“Meet me on the soccer field at recess tomorrow.”
“明天休会时在足球场上见我。 “
The next day, Ada joined Elias on the soccer field, and he told her about his plan.
第二天,阿达在足球场上加盟以利亚,他告诉她他的计划.
“We’re going to sit down right here in the middle of the soccer field,” he said.
“我们要坐在足球场中间,
Ada looked at him as though she thought he was crazy.
艾达看着他 好像她觉得他疯了
“It’s a sit-in, like we learned about in class yesterday,” Elias explained.
Elias解释道,
“We’re going to sit here quietly and refuse to play soccer to protest the new recess policy.”
「我们要静静地坐在这里, “
“Do you really think that will work?”
“你真的认为这能奏效吗? “
Ada asked doubtfully.
艾达问的很可疑
“It’ll disrupt the game, and I think it’s worth a try,” Elias said.
以利亚说, “这会打乱游戏,我觉得值得试试,”
“It worked for the civil rights protesters, so why not us?”
“它为民权抗议者服务, “
“Won’t we get in trouble?”
我们不会惹上麻烦吗? “
Ada asked.
阿达问.
“Probably,” said Elias, shrugging, “but that’s the point.
“也许,”以利亚说,“但这正是重点。
I want the teachers and the principal to notice us, and we won’t get expelled or anything since we’re not hurting anybody.”
我希望老师和校长注意我们, “
Ada hesitated but sat down next to him.
艾达犹豫不决,却坐在他旁边.
At first, nothing much happened; then Ms.
起初,没有发生什么事情,然后是Ms.
Fremont, the teacher organizing the soccer game, jogged up to them.
Fremont, 组织足球比赛的老师, 慢跑到他们。
“Ada and Elias, what are you doing here?
"阿达和以利亚,你在这里做什么?
I need you over on this team, please,” she said.
我需要你加入这个团队,
They glanced at each other nervously but didn’t move.
他们紧张地看着对方,
“What’s the matter, you two?”
"怎么了,你们两个? “
Ms.
妈妈
Fremont asked.
佛来蒙问.
“Don’t you want to play today?”
“你今天不想玩吗? “
They shook their heads silently.
他们悄悄地摇头.
Ms.
妈妈
Fremont looked at them for a moment.
弗雷蒙看了一会儿
Then a couple of other kids approached and peered at Ada and Elias, trying to see what was holding up the game.
之后,一对夫妇的其他孩子在Ada和Elias接近和对等,试图看到什么阻碍了比赛.
Ms.
妈妈
Fremont glanced back at the other students, clearly impatient to get the soccer match underway.
Fremont重新审视了其他学生,显然对足球赛的进行没有耐心.
“Well...
“嗯......
you can take a break today,” she decided, “but obviously you can’t do it here.
”她决定, “但显然你不能在这里做。
I need you to move to the sidelines so you don’t get injured—and I’m going to need you back in the game tomorrow, okay?”
以免受伤, 明天我需要你重返比赛, “
Reluctantly, Elias and Ada rose and shuffled off the field.
顽强地,以利亚和阿达崛起并洗牌出场.
“Walk really slowly,” Elias whispered to Ada.
Elias悄悄地告诉了Ada。
“We want people to notice what we’re doing.
“我们希望人们注意到我们在做什么。
These protests only work if a bunch of people get involved.”
这些抗议只有在一群人参与的情况下才有效. “
Elias’s strategy worked; as the soccer game progressed and kids subbed in and out of play, several of them asked Elias and Ada why they had been acting so oddly at the beginning of the game.
Elias的策略奏效了;随着足球赛的进展和孩子们潜入和出局,他们中有几个人问Elias和Ada为什么他们在比赛开始时表现得如此奇怪.
When Elias explained, people’s faces lit up; it was evident that many other kids were discontented with the new policy, too.
Elias解释时,人们的面孔亮起;很明显,许多其他孩子也对新政策不满。
By the end of the recess period, several more students had joined them on the sidelines, watching the game quietly.
至休学期结束时,又有多名学生在会场上加入他们,悄悄地观看了比赛.
When the whistle blew, they all stood and returned to class.
当口哨吹响时,他们都站起并回到课堂上.
All that day, word of Elias’s protest spread throughout the school.
这天,以利亚的抗议活动传遍了整个学校。
Kids kept approaching him in the halls during class breaks and passing him notes, and by the end of the day his throat felt like sandpaper from all the talking he’d been doing.
学生们在课间休息时不断接近他,
He gave everyone the same message: “If you want to protest the new rules, meet us on the soccer field tomorrow at recess.”
他向大家发出同样的信息:“如果你想抗议新的规则,明天休会时在足球场与我们会面。 “
The following day, Elias was stunned to discover a cluster of thirty students waiting for him on the soccer field.
次日,以利亚被惊呆地发现一群30名学生在足球场等他.
He looked around, cleared his throat, and pitched his voice to carry over the crowd.
他四处看一看,清了喉咙,并投出他的声音来抬过人群.
“All right, everybody,” he called, “let’s try this again: we’ll sit in the middle of the field and disrupt play.
“好吧,各位,”他称,“让我们再试一次:我们坐在球场中间,打乱比赛。
They’re not going to be able to continue the game with all of us sitting there, and we’re not moving to the sidelines today.”
他们无法继续比赛, “
As the students poured onto the field and began sitting down, the teacher came running over.
当学生倒入田地并开始坐下时,老师跑过来了.
“What is this again?”
“这是什么? “
she asked sharply.
她突然问起
Elias spoke up.
以利亚说话了
“We’re staging a nonviolent protest, Ms.
我们举行非暴力抗议,
Fremont,” he said.
Fremont,“他说。
“We want our free time at recess back.”
“我们希望在休庭时有闲暇时间。 “
Ms.
妈妈
Fremont pursed her lips, then ordered everyone to get up and join the game, but nobody moved.
弗雷蒙把嘴唇包了起来,然后命令所有人起身加入游戏,但没人动.
“Whose idea was this?”
“这是谁的想法? “
Ms.
妈妈
Fremont asked.
佛来蒙问.
Elias and Ada raised their hands.
以利亚和艾达举起手来.
She shook her head and said, “I think it’s time for a visit to the principal’s office.”
她摇起头说: " 我认为现在是访问校长办公室的时候了。 “
The principal, Ms.
校长,女士。
King, looked from Elias to Ada and back again.
国王,从以利亚到阿达再看一遍
“Explain this to me, please,” she ordered.
“请给我解释一下,”她下令。
Elias explained how much he’d been looking forward to playing chess with Ada at recess this year, and he explained how much he hated playing soccer, and he explained how irritated he was that there was no free time at recess anymore.
Elias解释了他多么期待今年休会时与Ada一起下棋, 他解释了他有多讨厌踢足球,
Finally, he explained how he’d developed the idea for a sit-in during social studies class.
最后,他解释了自己如何在社会学习课期间提出静坐的想法。
When he finished, there was a long silence.
他完事后,一直沉默不语.
“All right, you two—I understand why you’re unhappy,” Ms.
"好吧,你们两个... 我理解你为什么不开心,
King said, “but what about all the kids who like playing soccer?
金说,“但所有喜欢踢足球的孩子怎么办?
What do they think about the new recess rules?”
他们对新的休庭规则有什么看法? “
“I don’t know,” Elias admitted.
Elias承认,
Ms.
妈妈
King nodded.
国王点头.
“I think we need more information,” she told them.
“我认为我们需要更多信息,”她告诉他们。
“I want you to write a letter explaining your position, and I want to see how many of your fellow students are willing to sign it.
“我要你写一封信来解释你的立场,我想看看你有多少同学愿意签署这封信。
You have three days to bring me your petition.
你有三天时间把你的申请给我
We have about four hundred students in this school; if you can get more than two hundred signatures, I’ll work with you and the student body to consider alternative policies.
我们学校有大约四百名学生;如果你能得到超过二百个签名,我会与你和学生团体一起考虑其他政策。
Meanwhile, no more sit-ins.
与此同时,不再静坐。
Do we have a deal?”
成交吗? “
Elias and Ada nodded.
以利亚和艾达点头
That night after school, Ada and Elias worked on their petition; in their letter, they argued for a return of free time at recess so students could spend their time doing things that interested them instead of playing prearranged games that only a few people really liked.
当晚放学后,艾达和以利亚在他们的请愿书上工作;他们在信中主张在休学时恢复自由时间,这样学生就可以花时间做他们感兴趣的事,而不是玩只有少数人真正喜欢的事先安排的游戏.
The next day, they began to circulate their petition at every opportunity—at lunch, in the halls, and at recess itself.
第二天,他们每逢午餐、大厅和休息时,都开始散发请愿书。
Elias and Ada rapidly found that once the kids understood what was in the petition, most were eager to sign; it seemed as though everyone was fed up.
Elias和Ada迅速发现,一旦孩子们明白请愿书中的内容,大多数人就急于签署;似乎每个人都受够了。
“First music class got canceled, then art class, and now there’s this recess stuff,” another fifth grader told Ada disgustedly.
「第一音乐课被取消,
“It’s like we never get to do anything fun at school anymore.”
“这就像我们不再在学校做任何有趣的事情。 “
By the end of the second day, they had over two hundred signatures.
到了第二天结束时,他们有超过200个签名.
Elias and Ada marched into Ms.
Elias和Ada进军到Ms.
King’s office and laid the paper down on her desk with a flourish.
国王的办公室,在她的桌子上铺了纸,蓬勃发展.
The principal examined the petition and looked up at them.
校长检查了请愿书,并看了一下。
“You’ve explained your position well,” she said; “now let me explain mine.
她说:“你解释得很清楚,”现在让我解释一下。
We had some severe budget cuts this year, and the school administration had to cut P.
我们今年的预算被严重削减, 学校管理部门不得不削减P。
E.
选项 E。
as well as art and music.
还有艺术和音乐
We didn’t want to cut any of them, you understand, but we had no choice.
我们不想砍掉其中任何一个,
Meanwhile, the law says that elementary school students must get thirty minutes of physical activity every day, and I thought that the only way for us to do that was to get everyone playing organized sports during recess periods.
与此同时,法律规定,小学生每天必须获得30分钟的体育活动,我认为我们这样做的唯一办法就是让每个人在休学期间有组织地参加体育活动。
But I can see that this is not working for everyone and that the student body is unhappy.
但是,我可以看到,这并非为所有人服务,学生身体不幸福。
So we’ll need to think together about what we can do to find a new solution.”
因此,我们需要共同思考我们能做些什么来找到新的解决方案。 “
Elias and Ada reflected.
以利亚和艾达反应。
“What if we could raise the money to bring P.
“如果我们能筹到钱,
E.
选项 E。
back?”
回来? “
asked Ada suddenly.
突然问了艾达
“Could we have free time at recess if we had a regular P.
“如果我们有固定的P,我们休庭时是否有空闲时间。
E.
选项 E。
class again?”
又上课了? “
“I think so,” said Ms.
“我认为,”她说。
King slowly, “but that’s a very tall order; you won’t raise the money for a P.
King慢慢的说, “但这是非常高的订单,
E.
选项 E。
program with just a bake sale or a car wash, for example.”
例如,只有烘焙销售或洗车的程序。 “
“We need to reach more people,” said Elias.
Elias说:“我们需要接触更多的人。”
“Wait a second!
“等一下!
I just saw something the other day that might work for us; it was an app you can use to raise money for a cause online.
那天我刚看到一些对我们有用的东西, 这是一个可以用来在网上募集资金的应用程序。
We can set a funding goal, and people can contribute whatever they want from their phones or computers.”
我们可以设定一个资助目标,人们可以从手机或电脑上贡献他们想要的. “
Ms.
妈妈
King agreed to the idea, and for the rest of that week, Elias and Ada worked with her to set up their fund-raising campaign online.
金同意了这个想法,在这周的剩余时间里,以利亚和艾达与她合作,在网上建立了他们的筹款运动.
They labored especially hard on the wording of their funding appeal, trying to make their rhetoric as persuasive as possible.
他们特别费了很大劲,在筹资呼吁的措辞上努力,试图使其言辞尽可能具有说服力。
On Friday, they posted the fund-raiser, and Ms.
星期五,他们张贴募捐活动,还有Ms.
King personally shared it on the school’s social media pages.
King亲自在学校社交媒体上分享。
Elias and Ada posted links, too, and asked their parents and friends to distribute it widely; then they sat back in nervous anticipation.
Elias和Ada也张贴了链接,要求父母和朋友广为分发;然后,他们又在紧张的期待中坐了下来。
Over the weekend, they watched as their fundraiser link was shared, and shared, and shared again throughout their town.
在周末,他们看着他们的募捐环节 分享,分享,并再次分享 在全镇。
On Monday morning, before the start of school, Elias and Ada sprinted into the principal’s office with some news: the owner of a local sporting goods store had called Elias personally to offer sponsorship of the school’s P.
每周一早上, Elias 和 Ada 在开学前, 冲入校长办公室,
E.
选项 E。
program for the next five years.
未来五年的方案。
Ms.
妈妈
King sat back in her chair and looked from one to the other.
国王坐在她椅子上 看着对方
“Well done, you two,” she said quietly.
“你们做得好,”她悄悄地说。
Elias and Ada grinned at each other and exchanged a high-five, and Ms.
Elias和Ada互相笑了一下 然后换了个5分,还有Ms.
King stood up and shook their hands.
君起起而相接.
“I’ll be in touch with Mr.
" 我将同A.先生联系。
Pope over at the sporting goods store,” she told them.
她告诉他们,
“Meanwhile, I just heard the bell for recess—don’t you two have a game of chess to catch up on?”
我刚刚听到休庭的钟声, “