英语听力—环球英语 1391 Drumming to End Bullying

 

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Welcome to Spotlight¹. I’m Robin² Basselin.

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And I’m Ryan Geertsma. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.

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It is a school day in West Valley City, Utah - in the United³ States.  A bright red bus arrives at a local school. The bus stops. It opens its doors.  Students gather around the bus.  They notice it is not a normal bus.  This bus is full of large drums. The students wonder about the musical instruments.

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Slowly, a few students climb into the bus. Soon, the bus is full.  The students begin to play the drums.  They hit them to create sound. The students also begin to talk about a particular subject – bullying⁵.  Bullying is when a person uses force, violence⁶ or hateful words to cause another person harm.

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Leaders ask the students questions about bullying.  Some students answer with words.  Other students do not say anything. Instead, they answer by hitting the drums.

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Today’s Spotlight is on the anti-bullying program called ”No Bully⁴ Beat.”  This unusual program uses drums to help students understand and prevent bullying.

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Bullying is a problem around the world. Sometimes children bully using words - like calling a person bad names or sending mean messages using a mobile⁷ telephone. Other times children bully using physical violence. They hit, kick or push other children. Bullying can hurt children - both physically⁸ and emotionally⁹. Often, bullying is a repeated behaviour.  And repeated bullying makes a victim¹⁰ feel very alone.

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Carla Kelley has been educating people about the problem of bullying since 1999. She is the director¹¹ of The Human Rights Education Center of Utah.  Kelley does not like the separation¹² bullying causes between students. So, she decided¹³ to create a new anti-bullying program.  And she thought using drums would be an effective way to educate students.  Kelley believes playing drums in a group can connect students in a very basic way.  She told Latitude¹⁴ News why she believes drums can make a difference.

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“Drumming is perfect for talking about bullying. Bullying is all about exclusion¹⁵ - separating¹⁶ one person from the group. When students drum together, they may be experiencing being connected for the first time in their lives.”

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Carla Kelley had the idea for the “No Bully Beat” program.  But to make the program work, Kelly needed a drumming expert.  So, Kelley talked to Mike Liston. Liston owns a company called Rhythms¹⁷ of Life. This company organizes drum playing events for many different groups of people. Liston agreed that drumming would be a good way for students to communicate and learn about bullying.  Liston told the Human Rights Education Center,

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“For kids and adults, playing the drums is another way of expressing one’s self. It does not depend on words...It is something everybody can do.”  

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Together, The Human Rights Education Center and Rhythms of Life created the “No Bully Beat” program. They designed it to help students communicate with each other. Once the students get on the bus, they meet a leader from the “No Bully Beat” program. This leader teaches them how to play the drums. At the same time, the leader guides a talk about bullying. But the leader does not justtell the students what is right and wrong. Instead, the leader asks the students to participate.

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Liston talked to the KSL news organization. He explained what happens at a “No Bully Beat” program.

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“We talk about emotions. Then we play those emotions on the drum. Each student can play what sad or angry or happy feels like to them. We talk and drum and talk and drum. In the process, the students gain a new understanding of bullying...They gain a new understanding of what it feels like. And then they learn how to take some action to stop it.”

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“No Bully Beat” works¹⁸ by helping¹⁹ teach students good social skills. Playing the drums together develops positive group behaviour. It encourages the students to work together as a team. It teaches them to listen and respect each other. This creates healthy group relationships. And when this happens, students are less likely to bully other students.

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“No Bully Beat” also develops communication skills. Using the drums permits²⁰ students to express feelings.  They can communicate their emotions by playing the drums - even if they do not know how to express their emotions in words.

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Liston told Latitude News a story about a young boy.  The boy surprised everyone when he expressed his emotions using the drum.  Liston explained,

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“We will ask the children, ‘How would you feel if someone was bullying you?’ Then we ask them to play what that emotion would sound like on a drum.”

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Most students express pain or anger. They hit the drums very hard. But, the young boy answered differently.  He moved his fingers across the top of the drum. It made a quiet, repeating sound. The boy explained that it was the sound his heart beating fast when he was frightened.

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The “No Bully Beat” program was created for school aged²¹ students.  But children of all ages can enjoy and learn from the program. Kathy is a child care director.  She operates a center that cares for young children in Utah. The “No Bully Beat” program came to her center to work with the children. Kathy’s experience was so good that she wrote to The Human Rights Education Center. She said,

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“I just wanted to tell you how much we enjoyed having you at our center today!!!  All day the children have been repeating what you taught them.  The staff really enjoyed the activity. They said that all of the children seemed to really understand the ideas.  You have a wonderful program."

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Teachers are not the only people talking about the effects of the “No Bully Beat” program.  Students are also expressing how the program has changed the way they think about bullying.  Kelley remembers one particular student that participated in “No Bully Beat.” This student was very forceful. At the beginning of the program, he told the group that he was a bully. But participating in “No Bully Beat” made him think differently about bullying. Kelley shared his response with Latitude News.

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“He said, ‘Seriously, this made me think about what I have been doing. I should stop bullying.’”

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The writer of this program was Courtney Schutt. The producer was Mark Drenth. The voices you heard were from the United States. All quotes²² were adapted for this program and voiced by Spotlight. You can listen to this program again and read it on the Internet at http://www.radioenglish.net This .program is called, “Drumming to End Bullying.”

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We hope you can join us again for the next Spotlight program. Goodbye

1 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

2 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

3 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

4 bully   

n.恃强欺弱者，小流氓；vt.威胁，欺侮

参考例句：

• A bully is always a coward.暴汉常是懦夫。
• The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。

5 bullying   

v.恐吓，威逼( bully的现在分词 )；豪；跋扈

参考例句：

• Many cases of bullying go unreported . 很多恐吓案件都没有人告发。
• All cases of bullying will be severely dealt with. 所有以大欺小的情况都将受到严肃处理。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 violence   

n.暴力，暴虐，暴行，猛烈，强烈，强暴

参考例句：

• It was an absolutely senseless act of violence.这是毫无意义的暴力行为。
• They attacked with violence.他们猛烈攻击。

7 mobile   

adj.可移动的，易变的，机动的；n.运动物体

参考例句：

• The old lady sits on a mobile chair every morning.那位老妇人每天上午坐在一把可携带使用的椅子上。
• She's much more mobile now that she's bought a car.自从她买了汽车后，活动量就大多了。

8 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

9 emotionally   

adv.感情上，情绪上，冲动地

参考例句：

• a special school for emotionally disturbed children 为精神异常儿童开办的特殊学校
• A wide range of emotionally stressful events may trigger a relapse. 多种令人情绪紧张的事情都可能引起旧病复发。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 victim   

n.受害人，牺牲者，牺牲品

参考例句：

• What is your relationship with the victim?您与受害人的关系？
• The victim was found lying dead on the river bank.发现被害人倒毙于河岸。

11 director   

n.主管，导演；主任；理事；董事；处长

参考例句：

• The director has taken the visitors off to his office.经理把客人带到他办公室去了。
• The new director is easy to get along with.新来的主任很好处。

12 separation   

n.分离，分居，缺口

参考例句：

• After a long separation,they held a glad meeting.阔别多年之后，他们举行了一个令人愉快的聚会。
• Separation from his friends made him sad.与朋友们分离使他伤心。

13 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

14 latitude   

n.纬度，行动或言论的自由(范围)，(pl.)地区

参考例句：

• The latitude of the island is 20 degrees south.该岛的纬度是南纬20度。
• The two cities are at approximately the same latitude.这两个城市差不多位于同一纬度上。

15 exclusion   

n.拒绝，排除，排斥，远足，远途旅行

参考例句：

• Don't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others.不要修改少数论题以致排除所有其他的。
• He plays golf to the exclusion of all other sports.他专打高尔夫球，其他运动一概不参加。

16 separating   

adj.分开[离，裂]的v.分开( separate的现在分词 )；（使）分离；区分；隔开

参考例句：

• In ancient mythology there was no impassable gulf separating the divine from the human beings. 在上古神话中，神与人之间没有不可逾越的鸿沟。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Once again, the key is separating the storage and retrieval systems. 关键是分离存储系统和检索系统。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

17 rhythms   

节奏( rhythm的名词复数 )； 规则变化； 规律； 节律

参考例句：

• Double rhythms, resounding through the lyric depiction and connecting with each other, indicate the thespian place of mankind and the cognition of the writer to this thespian place. 这双重旋律互为表里，表明了人类的某种悲剧性处境以及作家对这种悲剧性处境的感受和认识。
• Stylistically, the term implies loose, rapid painthandling, large rhythms and broken colour. 从风格上来说，这个名称意味着松散而迅速的绘画笔触，奔放的格调，使用强烈配色。

18 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

19 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

20 permits   

许可( permit的名词复数 )； 许可证； 执照

参考例句：

• The building permits are granted by the City Building Department. 建筑许可证由城建局签发。
• This task permits (of) no delay. 这项任务不允许有任何耽搁。

21 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

22 quotes   

v.引用，援引( quote的第三人称单数 )；报价；引述；为（股票、黄金或外汇）报价

参考例句：

• He quotes a few verses from Tennyson in his paper. 他在论文中引用了英国诗人丁尼生的几行诗句。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He quotes (from) the Bible to support his beliefs. 他引用圣经来支持自己的信念。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》