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VOA词汇大师第516期:下任美国总统

时间:2015-08-04 16:59:00来源:可可英语编辑:shaun 可可英语APP下载 | 可可官方微信:ikekenet

AA:I'mAviArdittiwithRosanneSkirble, andthisweekonWORDMASTER: encouraginghighschoolstudentstowriteabouttheissuestheywantthenextU.S. presidenttoaddress.

RS:ThatistheaimrightnowoftheNationalWritingProject, afederallyfundedefforttoimprovewritingandlearninginAmericanschools. ElyseEidman-Aadahlisthedirectorofnationalprograms.

ELYSEEIDMAN-AADAHL: "Wewantedtogiveteachersanonlinewritingandpublishingopportunitythattheycouldtailortotheirlocalcurriculumanduseasawaytohelpstudentsusewritingtothinkthroughtheirlearningabouttheissuesthatwereatstakeinthiscurrentelection. Andsowenowhaveclosetosixhundredschoolsparticipating.

"Andineachoneofthose, teachersareapproachingitwiththeirstudentsslightlydifferently. Itcouldbeascienceteacherwho'sinvestigatingscienceandenvironmentalissuesandwillhelpstudentswriteaboutthoseissues. ItcouldbeanEnglishlanguageteacherwho'shavingstudentspickthetopicsthatareofmostinteresttothemandmakeapersuasivecaseforthem.

"Inallthosecases, theyoungpeoplearenotwritingtopicktheircandidate, somuchaswhattheyaredoingistheyaretalkingabouttheissuesthatmattertothemasyoungpeoplebecauseit'stheirfuture. Andsowe'vetitledtheprojectactually'WritingOurFuture.'"

RS:"Andthisletterreallyisapersuasiveletter. It'saletterillustratingsomeone'sideasandwantingthepresidenttolisten."

ELYSEEIDMAN-AADAHL: "That'sexactlyright. Andpersuasionissomuchabouttwothings, Ithink. It'sabouthavingapointandbeingclearaboutyourpointandyourevidenceforit, andalsohavinganaudienceandthinkingabouthowtotailorthatargumenttomakeitsomethingthatwillbepersuasivetoanaudience.

"Soinadditiontothecandidates, whowehopewillbereadingit, alongwithmembersofCongressandcongressionalstaffs, theWebsitethatwillpublishtheseessaysandletterswillbereadbroadlybythepublic. Sowe'rehopingthatgivingthissenseofabroadaudiencewillreallybeareasonforyoungpeopletobethoughtful, toresearch, towriteandreviseandrevise, totrytomakethatpersuasivepieceasbroadlycommunicativeaspossible."

RS:"Howareyougoingtogettheselettersouttothepublic?"

ELYSEEIDMAN-AADAHL: "Well, firstoff, ofcourse, wedohavetogetlettersinandontheWebsite. Sothatcertainlyisstepone. Actually, inadditiontopresscoveragethatwewillhaveprimarilyhereintheU.S., wealsoaregoingtobeidentifyinglettersespeciallybygeographicregionandwearegoingtobesendingthemtocongressionaloffices.

"We'realsohavingasecondcampaignwherewe'resupportingpeopletoreadthelettersandthenmakemultimediaandvideoprojectsbasedonwhattheyreadintheletters. Andwe'llbeusingthelettersandthosebitsofvideototouraroundthecountry, toholdcommunityevents, sothepeoplecanagainhearthekindsoftopicsandissuesthatyoungpeoplehavewrittenabout."

AA:"Now, aftertheelection, doyouhaveanyplansforwhattodowiththisWebsite, withalltheletters?"

ELYSEEIDMAN-AADAHL: "It'sagoodquestion! Inadditiontothevideoworkandsharingthoseletterswithpeopleregionally, wewanttoseewhat'sthere, becausetheremaybesomanydifferentthingsthatwecoulddo. Therecouldbeawaytopullthemtogetherbytopicorotherstructuretoprovidereadersforyoungpeople, sothattheycanseesamplesofhigh-qualitystudentwritingwhiletheythemselvesarelearningtobecomewriters."

RS:ElyseEidman-AadahlattheNationalWritingProject, whichissponsoring"LetterstotheNextPresident: WritingOurFuture" forstudentsagethirteentoeighteen. EighteenistheU.S. votingage. ThedeadlineforteacherstoregisteristhisFriday, Septembertwelfth, atnwp.org. That'snwp.org.

AA:ElysesaysshewouldwelcomecontributionsfromteachersofEnglishabroad. Andsowouldwe. Hereisachanceforyoungpeopletopracticepersuasivewriting. We'llpostletterswereceiveonourWebsite, voanews.com/wordmaster, andwe'llreadsomeontheair. We'llalsoforwardthemtotheNationalWritingProjectforpossibleinclusionontheirsite.

RS:Ouraddressisword@voanews.com. OrclickonContactUsatvoanews.com/wordmaster. BesuretoincludeyournameandageandalsoyourmailingaddressifyouwouldliketoreceiveaVOAsouvenir. Nextweekwe'lltalkmoreabouttheworkoftheNationalWritingProject.

AA:Andthat'sWORDMASTERforthisweek. WithRosanneSkirble, I'mAviArditti.