从大兵到教师

A lot of our veterans will tell you they learn more in the service than any school could ever teach them. So it's fair to ask, why they, in turn, can’t teach others. Tonight we have a story about doing just that.

It’s about using some of the best young people this nation has produced to help form some great young people in the classroom. Continuing our Coming Home series tonight, here’s NBC’s Michelle Kosinski.

From the battlefield in Iraq (Here we go!) to the front lines of an American high school, Sergeant¹ Daniel Worley’s new mission finds him in a different kind of chaos². (Mr. Worley) Mr. Worley (Alright, everyone calm now) is now a social studies teacher at a public school in Charlotte, North Carolina, (The crime…) and he’s not at all what the kids expected.

Arms down, not right out.

Officer!

I thought he was gonna be like the strict guy , coming out of military, and push us everything, but he is cool.
(We're going to....)
and call.

2 years ago, Worley was in Iraq in the National Guard. Before that, 4 years as a marine³, now he's found his calling.

It’s a world of difference. Some, some kids ask questions that I’ve never thought of all my life.

It’s his first tour in the Troops to Teachers program that helps soldiers get their teaching license⁴.

I think his willingness to learn and his willingness to head, to help out. I think those are just 2 traits⁵ that come right out of the military.

Since this program started 12 years ago, more than 9,300 troops have served in America's classrooms. And now it really meets two goals. Many soldiers returning from war need jobs, and many schools need teachers.

Calm now.

The students are most impressed with his control.

Ah, that makes him really courageous⁶, because he’s going out there, and he’s trying to protect us and now he’s teaching us, since doing a lot of stuff for his communities.

I learnt just to be patient, because you can’t, can’t win a war in a day.

(three, two..Let's go class )

Now winning hearts and minds at home.

If I can reach one kid a day, that’s, you know, enough to make me come in, in the next day.

(That’s good. So I want…)

Michelle Kosinski NBC News, Charlotte, North Carolina.

There you go! That’s our broadcast for this Wednesday night, thank you for being with us. I am Bryan Williams. We will look for your right back here tomorrow evening. Good night.

1 sergeant   

n.警官，中士

参考例句：

• His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
• How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

2 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

3 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

4 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

5 traits   

n.人的个性，显著的特点，特征( trait的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We do not know which behavioural traits are inherited and which acquired. 我们不知道哪些行为特征是遗传的，哪些是后天养成的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His generosity is one of his good traits. 慷慨大方是他的好品质之一。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 courageous   

adj.勇敢的，有胆量的

参考例句：

• We all honour courageous people.我们都尊重勇敢的人。
• He was roused to action by courageous words.豪言壮语促使他奋起行动。