1、This is the VOA Special English Education Report.这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。A program in the United States brings scientists and engineers into elementary schools to teach teachers more about how to teach science.美国一个项目将科学家和工程师引入课堂，教老师们如何讲授科学。DAVE WEISS: Welcome to science class. So good to see you guys today.
2、戴夫韦斯（DAVE WEISS）：“欢迎来到科学课堂，很高兴见到你们。”Dave Weiss is a retired engineer. One day each week he volunteers at Georgian Forest Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington.DAVE WEISS是一名退休工程师，每周他都会去华盛顿附近马里兰州银泉市的乔治亚森林小学做义工。DAVE WEISS: But the experiment were going to do, we want to keep all
3、 of our variables constant.戴夫韦斯（DAVE WEISS）：“但在我们将要进行的实验中，我们要保持所有变量不变。”He works with teacher Fred Tenyke on science projects for ten-year-olds.他和教师弗雷德特莱克（Fred Tenyke）合作给10年级学生讲授科学课。DAVE WEISS: Fred is so enthusiastic and hes so much fun with the kids. I can see that he really loves what hes doing. I
4、 get as much pleasure from helping the teachers as I do helping the students.戴夫韦斯（DAVE WEISS）：“弗雷德是如此热情，孩子们和他在一起非常快乐。我能看出来他非常热爱自己的工作。我从帮助老师和学生中获得了同样的愉悦。”Student Jada Lockwood says she enjoys Mr. Weiss visits to her classroom. She likes the drawings he uses to explain scientific ideas.学生杰达洛克伍德（Jada L
5、ockwood）说，她喜欢Weiss先生来到课堂，喜欢Weiss用于解释科学概念的图画。JADA LOCKWOOD: Mr. Weiss, like, he would go in the back and draw, like, these pictures and, like, he helps us a lot.杰达洛克伍德（Jada Lockwood）：“韦斯先生会走到后面画出这些图片。他帮助了我们很多。”The American Association for the Advancement of Science sponsors the Senior Scientists and
6、Engineers program. Dave Weiss has been a volunteer in that program for many years. The scientists and engineers help teachers in elementary schools improve their skills.美国科学发展协会发起了这项资深科学家和工程师项目。Dave Weiss为该项目做义工多年，这些科学家和工程师帮助小学提高技能。Mr. Weiss says he and the other volunteers help teachers by providin
7、g hands-on expertise.韦斯先生说他和其他志愿者给老师们提供实践经验来帮助他们。DAVE WEISS: In this experiment, I think it might be confusing to the kids that were dealing with two masses.戴夫韦斯（DAVE WEISS）:“在这些实验中，我们处理两个质量，我想孩子们可能会感到迷惑。”He notes that science is an area in which many elementary school teachers have limited experien
8、ce.他指出，科学是一个许多小学教师经验非常匮乏的领域。DAVE WEISS: In elementary school, for the most part, your regular classroom teacher is responsible for teaching science, along with reading and math, and if they dont have a strong science background, just by nature, theyre going to tend to underrepresent science in the c
9、urriculum.戴夫韦斯（DAVE WEISS）:“在小学，在很大程度上，普通的老师在教阅读和数学的同时会教科学，如果他们的科学背景知识不强，那么他们对科学的讲述就不深刻。”Fred Tenyke agrees. He just started teaching science classes a few months ago.特莱克对此表示赞同。他几个月前才开始教科学课。FRED TENYKE: A lot of time Ill spit out information I learned in the book, or things that are part of the curr
10、iculum. Dave helps me learn how to supplement that information so that its more relevant to them, so that it will be more relevant to their work experience later on in life.特莱克：“大部分时间我都是照本宣科。戴夫帮我学会如何补充那些信息以使它们更贴切，这样也会和他们以后的工作经验更加息息相关。”American fifteen-year-olds scored about average in science among
11、countries that took part in testing by the OECD in two thousand nine. The OECD is the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.2009年，美国15岁学生在参加OECD组织的测试中成绩约为平均水平。OECD是指经济合作与发展组织。Dave Weiss says he is concerned about such results, but hopeful for the future for American students learning
12、 science.韦斯表示，他对这样的结果很是担心，但对美国学生学习科学的未来充满信心。DAVE WEISS: In elementary school I try to just give them a solid foundation. I hope theyll develop a curiosity about whats going on around them.韦斯：“在小学里，我只是给他们打下坚实的基础。我希望他们能对身边的一切养成一种好奇心。”Fred Tenkye thinks volunteers like Dave Weiss are helping students do that.特莱克认为韦斯这样的志愿者能够帮助学生们做到这点。FRED TENYKE: And if you can develop a passion for science, then eventually the grades and the test scores, then that will follow.Fred Tenkye：“如果你能培养对科学的热爱，最终科学水平和考试成绩也会提高的。”
