新闻周刊:追踪美国学校的新冠肺炎病例(1)

'I'm Tracking COVID-19 Cases in 950 U.S. Schools'

“我在追踪美国950所学校的新冠肺炎病例”

BY ALISHA MORRIS

作者：艾丽莎·莫里斯

I am a theater teacher in Olathe, Kansas, which is just outside of Kansas City. I actually grew up in the district that I'm now teaching in. I was always a theater kid growing up and in high school I found I really liked directing small shows and seeing students' passion for theater grow. It was around then I decided¹ I wanted to be a theater teacher.

我是一名戏剧教师,就工作在堪萨斯城郊外的奥拉特。实际上我现在教书的那个地区也是我长大的地方。在我成长的过程中，我一直是个热爱戏剧的孩子，在高中时，我发现我真的很喜欢导演小型节目，喜欢看到同学们对戏剧的热情与日俱增。就在那时，我决定做一名戏剧教师。

After four years of teaching I got the opportunity to come back to my hometown district to work as director of theater at a brand new high school: Olathe West High School.

在四年的教学生涯之后，我有机会回到我的家乡，在奥拉西高中这所新建的高中担任戏剧总监。

It's now our third year open as a school, but we were closed in March because of COVID-19. I was actually in a rehearsal² for William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream when we got the news that we weren't going to be coming to school the next day. I feel so bad for the students, especially seniors, who haven't been able to perform in the show this year.

今年是学校成立的第三年，但是因为新冠肺炎，我们在三月份停课了。我当时正在排练威廉·莎士比亚的《仲夏夜之梦》，这时我们得到消息称，我们第二天不用来学校了。我对今年没能参加演出的学生，尤其是那些高年级学生感到难过。

Our school has now delayed opening until September 8 and teachers weren't scheduled to return to school until August 20th. As a result, I was feeling a little anxious about having so much time on my hands and feeling uncertain about what going back to school would look like. Normally, I would be planning and getting my classroom ready for the fall semester at this time, so I wasn't feeling like I was being very productive³.

我们的学校现在把开学时间推迟到9月8日，老师们要到8月20日才能回到学校。为此，我感到焦虑，离开学有太长的时间了，我并不确定回到学校会是什么样子。通常情况下，我会在这个时候计划和准备秋季学期的课堂，所以我觉得自己不太有效率。

1 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。

2 rehearsal   

n.排练，排演；练习

参考例句：

• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
• You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal.排练可以让技巧更加纯熟。

3 productive   

adj.能生产的，有生产价值的，多产的

参考例句：

• We had a productive meeting that solved some problems.我们开了一个富有成效的会议，解决了一些问题。
• Science and technology are part of the productive forces.科学技术是生产力。