VOA标准英语2011--Inclusive Camp Welcomes Special Needs Ch

<span³ style="font-size: larger">Inclusive¹ Camp Welcomes Special Needs Children

Many school children in the United States go to camp during the summer months, but what makes Camp Accomplish unique is that it brings children with disabilities together with those without disabilities.
It is a place for children with or without physical, developmental or emotional² issues.
A climbing wall is one of many offerings at Camp Accomplish. A nervous Helen O'Brien is getting ready to climb. She is encouraged by fellow camper Camryn Evans, who just did it herself.
“Just climb and make it to the top,” Evans tells her.
“I will just climb and make it to the top," says O'Brien. "I will do it. I will do as best as I can.”
O'Brien is autistic and developmentally delayed. Evans is not. That diversity is a big part of the experience at camp.
“A goal that we have is that as they become more aware that there is differences with the campers and as they grow up when they meet someone at the grocery store and school that they remember all the fun they have with campers with disabilities here at camp and just say 'Hey, they are just like me.'" says Jonathon Rondeau, chief program officer of the camp.
This is Evans' third summer at Camp Accomplish and she says she can learn from campers with special needs.
“I want to be a special education teacher when I am older," Evans says. "So if a kid is deaf, I should be able to know how to do sign language so I could be able to communicate with them.”
Camp Accomplish is located in the state of Maryland. It's a part of Melwood, a non-profit group that advocates for people with disabilities. The campers with disabilities span a wide range. But many cannot express themselves verbally⁴.
“This year we are serving 550 campers over the course of the summer," says Rondeau. "So over the last three years, we are seeing more and more families wanting to go to camps, a camp that is truly inclusive.”
It's also the third summer Danette Broughton's daughter, Rachel.
“It provides her an environment where she learns how to interact⁵ with different types of disabilities and different types of people with those disabilities,” says Broughton.
The camp has 50 staffers and half of them come from overseas. Camp counselor⁶ Ben Head, a certified⁷ ropes trainer, is from Britain.
“When I go back home after this summer, I am going to start training as a history and special ed teacher," says Head. "I will try and make things as much like Camp Accomplish as possible because I think it is a brilliant place to, and a brilliant way to practice learning⁸ and growing together.”
Brothers John and Conner are both developmentally delayed. Their father, Danny Mabry, has seen a change in the boys since they began coming to camp.
"I think it has helped with their self-esteem a little bit as well as their social interaction⁹ with other kids and other people," he says.
Mabry says he is glad his sons were able to participate in camp and they look forward to coming again next year.

1 inclusive   

adj.(of)包括的，包含的；范围广的

参考例句：

• The bill is inclusive of the food and lodging.账单包括吃、住费用。
• It's an all inclusive price;there is nothing extra to pay.这是一个包罗一切的价格，不需再额外付款了。

2 emotional   

adj.令人动情的；易动感情的；感情(上)的

参考例句：

• Emotional people don't stop to calculate.感情容易冲动的人做事往往不加考虑。
• This is an emotional scene in the play.这是剧中动人的一幕。

3 span   

n.跨度，跨距，范围；vt.持续，贯穿，跨越

参考例句：

• The time span of these documents from 1954 to 2009.这些文件的时间跨度为1954年至2009年。
• The measurement span is determined by the higher and lower range values.测量量程由上限值和下限值决定。

4 verbally   

ad.用文字地；口头上

参考例句：

• The company had received complaints both verbally and in writing. 这家公司收到了口头和书面的投诉。
• He verbally laced into his son for his misbehaviour. 他严厉斥责儿子的行为不端。

5 interact   

vi.相互作用，相互影响，互通信息

参考例句：

• All things are interrelated and interact on each other.一切事物互相联系并相互作用。
• The policeman advised the criminal to interact with the police.警察劝罪犯与警方合作。

6 counselor   

n.顾问，法律顾问

参考例句：

• The counselor gave us some disinterested advice.顾问给了我们一些无私的忠告。
• Chinese commercial counselor's office in foreign countries.中国驻国外商务参赞处。

7 certified   

a.经证明合格的；具有证明文件的

参考例句：

• Doctors certified him as insane. 医生证明他精神失常。
• The planes were certified airworthy. 飞机被证明适于航行。

8 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

9 interaction   

n.交流；相互作用，相互影响，合作

参考例句：

• The interaction of the two groups produced many good ideas.两个组的相互交流产生了许多好主意。
• Price is determined through the interaction of demand and supply.价格在供需的相互作用中形成。