VOA常速英语:Pandemic Inspires Creative Teaching in Underprivileged Indian District

When the bell rings from a loudspeaker mounted on this van,
当装在货车上的喇叭响起铃声时，
to announce the start of classes and Conversikka village students settle down for lessons inside homes and in courtyards.
就是宣布上课开始，康沃斯卡村的学生们安顿下来，在家里和院子里上课。
Following the customary prayer,a teacher instructs chemistry class using a microphone from the street.
惯例祈祷之后，一位老师正在街上用麦克风上结构化学课。
The class is to ensure that these students do not fall behind after missing months of school because of covid-19.
该课程的目的是确保这些学生不会因为疫情缺课数月而掉队。
This helps us keep up with our studies at home.
这有助于我们在家里学习。
We also stay safe from coronavirus.
我们也不会感染冠状病毒。
New district in the northern state of Haryana has found creative ways to teach students,
哈里亚纳邦北部的新城区找到了创造性的教学方法，
from holding classes in scores of village squares under the community schools initiative,
在社区学校的倡议下在几十个乡村广场上课，
to the van that beams lessons into homes.
把课程送到各家各户。
The initiative was launched,
这项倡议已经启动，
after the authorities found that most of the students in the district did not have access to on line classes.
这是在当局发现该地区的大多数学生无法上网络课之后。
Digital education could not work here because there are big families.
数字教育在这里行不通，因为这里都是大家庭。
They have one phone and ten members.
他们通常只有一部手机好几个家庭成员使用。
Poor people also do not have smartphones so students cannot study.
穷人也没有智能手机，所以学生无法学习。
In the village of Conversikka, younger children learn numbers but arent writing,
在康沃斯卡村，年幼的孩子学习数字，但不写字，
while older students are taught English and Math during our sessions.
而年长的学生则在我们的课程中学习英语和数学。
In the enabling area they learn about computers.
在有条件的地方，学生还上计算机课。
In the open space, they sit at a distance in keeping with covid-19 protocols.
在开放的空间里，按照疫情期间的规定，他们隔着一定的距离坐着。
This young girl says that for her, the classes have been a boon.
这位年轻的女孩说，对她来说，这些课程是一种福利。
We are three brothers and sisters and only my brother gets the phone, so I could not study.
我们是三个兄弟姐妹，只有我的哥哥有电话，所以我不能学习。
Thats why these classes really help.
这就是为什么这些课程真的有帮助的原因。
Scores of local volunteers called education ambassadors conducting classes.
几十名当地志愿者打电话给教育大使来自愿来上课。
Some are teachers, some are postgraduates
有的是教师，有的是研究生。
Before the lockdown, I was a teacher in a school,but I lost my job and was free.
在封锁之前，我是一所学校的老师，但我丢了工作，自由了。
Now I teach these children. It helps me,
现在我教这些孩子。它对我有帮助，
and it helps them cover their syllabus.
帮助他们完成教学大纲。
The children are responding very well.
孩子们反应很好。
If I ask them to learn a lesson, they come prepared with it the next day.
如果我让他们学习新课，他们第二天就会有所准备。
For many ambitious students, these classes are crucial.
对于许多有抱负的学生来说，这些课程至关重要。
Faizan Khan, eight-grade monks, will determine whether he can take science courses.
Faizan Khan是一名八年级的僧侣，他决定自己是否能参加科学课程。
I want to become a doctor.
我想成为一名医生。
Thats why I study science.
所以我才学科学。
Now I will be able to do test well, otherwise I would have to face a problem.
现在我考试不错，否则我就得面对问题了。
Like many others though, he misses the conventional old school day.
和许多人一样，他怀念传统的上学时光。
The school was lively.
学校里很热闹。
Here we go home after two hours in school.
我们在学校呆了两个小时就回家了。
We returned by about three oclock.
我们大约三点钟回来。
Then we go to the mosque.
然后我们去清真寺。
Those days were good.
那些日子过得很好。
With schools still shut,
学校还关着，
these classes are aimed at ensuring that the pandemic does not cost thousands of students a year of schooling.
这些课程的目的是确保这种大流行病不会让数千名学生一年的学业受到损失。
Anna Ustrether VOA News, New India
VOA新闻记者Anna Ustrether新印度报道。