浙江寧波市鄞州高級(jí)中學(xué) 李寬菊

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難詞探意

1.navigate/'n?v?ɡe?t/v.找到正確方法

2.pandemic/p?n'dem?k/n.大流行病

3.highlight/'ha?la?t/v.突出；強(qiáng)調(diào)

As millions of educators navigate the new normal of virtual learning and trying to keep students 1.__________during the coronavirus pandemic,one teacher has tapped into a creative flow with his students through hip-hop.

Michael Doggett,a sixth-grade teacher at Hallie Wells Middle School in Clarksburg,Maryland,has been encouraging his students to respond to questions and prompts with original rap verses.He was 2.__________（taken away/blown away）by the things that he got.His students feel really engaged.

Doggett started out as an English and reading teacher but he leaned into one of the school's values—creativity—through hip-hop.He had the program called “empower hour”,where the hip-hop program started.He's been creating songs and making music videos with students for a number of years now.Doggett had a couple of projects that 3.__________when the closure happened.And it's really hard to continue them,so he had to sort of figure out another way to channel that creativity that he has to highlight what the students are doing.

There's a special thing that happens when they bond together through 4.__________.With the kids learning at home,he wanted to find a way to continue working with them on music.By encouraging his kids to rap in their responses,he said the practice has given them a chance to think outside of the 5.__________（box/book）,in a way that they probably couldn't inside the classroom.

“Teachers create 6.__________（experience/magic）because they've been building these relationships with their students since the beginning of the year.It's saving me during this time,too,because I need this to get through the pandemic as much as they do,” he said. “Being able to have that connection and have that back and forth with students has been great for me as it has been for them.”

Reading Check

Fill in each blank with only one word or select the right items given in the bracket according to the context.

Language Study

Memorize the unfamiliar meanings of the vocabulary and fill in each blank with a proper form.

I t e m s M e a n i n g s E x a m p l e s t a p i n t o 利用；開發(fā)；發(fā)掘 I f o n l y w e c o u l d t a p i n t o a l l t h a t e n e r g y a n d c r e a t i v i t y.要是我們能夠用上那些精力和創(chuàng)意就好了。b l o w s b a w a y 給某人留下深刻印象；使某人很高興 T h e e n d i n g w i l l b l o w y o u a w a y.結(jié)局會(huì)讓你無比驚喜。c h a n n e l 引導(dǎo)；把……導(dǎo)入 I f o n l y s h e c o u l d c h a n n e l a l l t h a t e n e r g y i n t o s o m e t h i n g u s e f u l.要是她能把那些精力都傾注到有用的事情上就好了。t h i n k o u t s i d e o f t h e b o x創(chuàng)意性思維；從局外思考Y o u s h o u l d b e c r e a t i v e,w i t h t h e a b i l i t y t o t h i n k o u t s i d e o f t h e b o x o n h o w w e c a n f i n d t h e b e s t d e v e l o p e r t a l e n t.你應(yīng)該有創(chuàng)意，有創(chuàng)造性地去思考我們?nèi)绾慰梢哉业阶詈玫娜瞬砰_發(fā)的能力。

1.A lot of money has been______________into research in that particular field.

2.They are always telling me______________.But I have never received any training in thinking so far!

3.They're using a technique called virtualization to let workers______________a much wider range of software.

4.I was really______________by the magician's performance.