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Denver schools adapt to the huge numbers of migrants resettling in the area

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Denver has become a transit² point and destination for migrants coming to Colorado from Mexico. Local schools have seen a surge in multilingual enrollment³.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

It's not just border cities that have been struggling to respond to huge numbers of migrants entering the U.S. from Mexico in recent years. Denver has seen at least a couple of big waves, and enough migrants have stayed that the number of multilingual students in local public schools has more than doubled since 2020. Colorado Public Radio's Kevin Beaty reports on how the system is adapting.

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KEVIN BEATY, BYLINE⁴: In a school cafeteria, Denver Public Schools' multilingual education department is throwing an end-of-the-year party for their students. They help all newly arrived kids work on their English and navigate⁵ classes.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: We've provided over 20 different languages - interpretation⁶ for over 20 different languages for our families. These languages have been Spanish, Arabic, Amharic, Nepali, Somali.

BEATY: Last December, thousands of asylum⁷ seekers, many from Venezuela, came into Denver with little notice. The city declared a state of emergency and set up temporary shelters. And while officials estimate around 70% left for other cities, those who stayed began to build their lives here. The school district served almost 1,500 newcomers in this last year, twice as many as before the pandemic. And the kids come from all over the world, like Seabeh Amiri from Afghanistan.

SEABEH AMIRI: (Speaking Dari).

BEATY: "It was hard at first, but I know I have a future here," she says, thanks both to the education available and the dedicated⁸ liaison⁹ who helped her and her three siblings¹⁰ land on their feet. The district has offered similar services to the hundreds of families who have arrived in Denver over the last six months. Sary Portillo helped coordinate¹¹ their response.

SARY PORTILLO: We've been meeting with families in shelters. We've met them in hotels. So when we had this large influx¹², we had at some points, like, 15, 20 students at a time that we had to register.

BEATY: But their work is not just about getting kids in the door. The department had to prep teachers to deal with intense trauma¹³ that some students brought with them after they cross deserts and jungles to get here.

PORTILLO: That gave us opportunities to make sure that families felt welcome, that they felt safe, that they felt secure.

BEATY: It was a huge effort and difficult. Some teachers struggle to accommodate their new students. But Portillo says it's the district's duty to make this transition for them as easy as possible.

PORTILLO: Immigration is not something I can control, and I don't know what will happen in the next couple years, right? But they're here. And if they're here, they're our future. So how are we preparing these kids and our families to better our future in our country?

BEATY: She and her colleagues hope that, in time, this year's new arrivals will soon be like Seabeh Amiri, comfortable in class and starting to take agency over their own futures¹⁴.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: OK, round of applause for the sisters.

BEATY: For NPR News, I'm Kevin Beaty in Denver.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

3 enrollment   

n.注册或登记的人数；登记

参考例句：

• You will be given a reading list at enrollment.注册时你会收到一份阅读书目。
• I just got the enrollment notice from Fudan University.我刚刚接到复旦大学的入学通知书。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 navigate   

v.航行，飞行；导航，领航

参考例句：

• He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
• Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。

6 interpretation   

n.解释，说明，描述；艺术处理

参考例句：

• His statement admits of one interpretation only.他的话只有一种解释。
• Analysis and interpretation is a very personal thing.分析与说明是个很主观的事情。

7 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

8 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

9 liaison   

n.联系，（未婚男女间的）暖昧关系，私通

参考例句：

• She acts as a liaison between patients and staff.她在病人与医护人员间充当沟通的桥梁。
• She is responsible for liaison with researchers at other universities.她负责与其他大学的研究人员联系。

10 siblings   

n.兄弟，姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分

11 coordinate   

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

参考例句：

• You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
• Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。

12 influx   

n.流入，注入

参考例句：

• The country simply cannot absorb this influx of refugees.这个国家实在不能接纳这么多涌入的难民。
• Textile workers favoured protection because they feared an influx of cheap cloth.纺织工人拥护贸易保护措施，因为他们担心涌入廉价纺织品。

13 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

14 futures   

n.期货，期货交易

参考例句：

• He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
• Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。