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来自世界不同地方的六位学生在美国相遇。他们都是交换学生，到美国大学就读一个学期，学习英语，了解美国文化，同时修专业课程。英语“日常会话”
(Everyday
Conversations)系列围绕这六位学生在美国的经历展开。这套材料适于中级或中级以上英语水平的学生使用。
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两个学生（Peter and Ajay）谈到有残疾的学生，以及学校不分是否有残疾，让所有学生在一起上课的优越性。
Ajay:
It was great to meet your brother. I’m sorry he couldn’t stay
longer.
Peter:
Yeah, me too. But Paul’s still in high school, and the school
doesn’t like students to
beabsent for more than a couple
of days.
Ajay:
This might sound ignorant, but
does he go to a regular school?
Peter:
Yeah, of course. Just because my brother
is blind doesn’t
mean he needs to be in a different school than other
students. Inclusive
education has a lot of benefits.
Ajay:
Do you mind if I ask you some questions about it?
Peter:
Of course not! I’m used to questions about my brother. As you saw,
he’s a regular teenager.
Ajay:
He is. And I think he takes
after you.
Peter:
Well, we both take after our mom. So, what questions do you
have?
Ajay:
I’m just wondering how inclusive education works. I mean, how does
Paul manage in a classroom full of people
who can see?
Peter:
Well, anytime there is an image or graph or
something visual that
the students need to see, the teacher explains in words what the
image is.
Ajay:
And the other students don’t mind?
Peter:
Well, it
doesn’t disrupt class,
and some other students might benefit from
the verbal
explanation as well. Plus, as you know,
every student learns in his or her own way. By having an inclusive
classroom, the students are more understanding – of my brother, of
other people with disabilities, and of themselves and the way they
learn.
让我们来学习一些词语（也可阅读英文解释）：
A disability：因受伤或疾病而失去某种能力；残疾，残障。例如：没有听觉或视力。
Absent ：缺席，缺课
To
be ignorant ：（对某事/某种情况）无知，不了解
Blind：失明，视盲
Inclusive
education：融合教育 ，指不将有残疾的学生与正常学生区分开来的教育模式；残疾学生与没有残疾的学生在同一课堂里学习。
To take
after someone ：样子长的像某人，例如像父亲或者母亲
Visual ：视觉的
To disrupt ：打扰，干扰
A verbal
explanation ：用语言作出的解释
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“日常会话”由美国国务院教育与文化事务局英语语言项目处（Office of English Language
Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs）资深项目官员海蒂·豪兰（Heidi
Howland）编写。
Everyday conversations: Inclusive education [audio]
Six students from around the world meet. What do they have in
common? They are all exchange students studying at a U.S.
university for a semester. Throughout the semester, they learn more
English, learn about U.S. culture, and learn more about their
fields of study. This series of Everyday
Conversations is about these six students and
their experiences during a semester at a university in the U.S.
These conversations are for intermediate-level English-language
learners or higher.
Audio:
https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/NOV-W3-D4.mp3?_=1
Two students
(Peter and Ajay)
talk about students with disabilities and the
benefits of including all students, both those with and without
disabilities, in one class.
Ajay:
It was great to meet your brother. I’m sorry he couldn’t stay
longer.
Peter:
Yeah, me too. But Paul’s still in high school, and the school
doesn’t like students to
beabsent for more than a couple
of days.
Ajay:
This might sound ignorant, but
does he go to a regular school?
Peter:
Yeah, of course. Just because my brother
is blind doesn’t
mean he needs to be in a different school than other
students. Inclusive
education has a lot of benefits.
Ajay:
Do you mind if I ask you some questions about it?
Peter:
Of course not! I’m used to questions about my brother. As you saw,
he’s a regular teenager.
Ajay:
He is. And I think he takes
after you.
Peter:
Well, we both take after our mom. So, what questions do you
have?
Ajay:
I’m just wondering how inclusive education works. I mean, how does
Paul manage in a classroom full of people
who can see?
Peter:
Well, anytime there is an image or graph or
something visual that
the students need to see, the teacher explains in words what the
image is.
Ajay:
And the other students don’t mind?
Peter:
Well, it
doesn’t disrupt class,
and some other students might benefit from
the verbal
explanation as well. Plus, as you know,
every student learns in his or her own way. By having an inclusive
classroom, the students are more understanding – of my brother, of
other people with disabilities, and of themselves and the way they
learn.
Now let’s review the vocabulary.
A disability is
an injury or condition that makes it difficult for someone to do
some things that other people can do. For example,
someone with a disability may not be able to hear or see.
Absent means to not be in the
place where you should be, such as at school or work.
To
be ignorant means
to not have knowledge or information about something.
Blind means unable to see.
Inclusive education means that
students with disabilities are not separated from their nondisabled
classmates in school. Instead, both students with disabilities and
those without disabilities learn together in the same classes.
To take
after someone means to be like someone or
look like someone, such as a parent.
Visual means related to
seeing.
To disrupt something
is to interrupt the usual way of doing something.
A verbal
explanation is using words to tell how
something looks, works, etc.
Ready to learn more English? Our
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English-language learners daily.
Everyday
Conversations are developed by the State Department’s Heidi
Howland, a senior program officer in the Office of English Language
Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
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