PBS高端访谈:这一年老师们的心里话

Now, this week, we have been looking at how the pandemic affected¹ students, their lives and their learning. And, tonight, before we go, we're going to hear from teachers.

本周，我们一直在关注疫情对学生的生活和学习的影响。今晚，在节目结束之前，我们来听听老师们的意见。

These voices are part of our special report called "Disrupted: How COVID Changed Education" from the "PBS NewsHour" Student Reporting Labs.

这些反馈来自“PBS新闻一小时学生报道实验室”关于话题“颠覆：新冠如何改变教育”的特别报道，

That's our network of high school journalism² programs across the country.

即来自我们普及全国的高中新闻项目网络。

If I can only think of one word to describe this year when it comes to teaching, it would be exhaustion³, to be quite honest.

如果我只能用一个词来形容这一年的教学，坦白说，那就是“疲惫”。

We were trying desperately⁴ to figure out what was going on. We were building the plane while it was flying up in the air and hoping we weren't crashing and burning.

我们拼命想弄清楚到底发生了什么。飞机在空中飞时我们希望自己不会坠机燃烧，但同时我们还是在继续造飞机。

We didn't know how to reach our students. Students didn't know how to reach us, and yet we were told, somehow, teach them.

我们不知道如何接触自己的学生，学生们也不知道如何和我们接触，但我们却被告知要以某种方式给他们上课。

Tough is a nice way to put it. It's been frustrating⁵. It's been annoying. It's been devastating⁶.

用“困难”来形容最好不过了。非常令人沮丧，也很烦恼，真的是毁灭性的。

This will be my 19th year of teaching, but, let me tell you, it feels like my first year.

马上就是我教书的第19个年头了，但是，我想说的是，感觉就像是我第一年教书。

This pandemic kind of forced us to adapt kind of on the fly.

新冠迫使我们不得不在忙碌中适应。

Every day, I never know how many kids I will have in my room.

每天我都不知道我的房间里会来多少孩子。

What I have learned... Turn your camera on Thursday. ... is that one of the most important, important tools

我知道的就是…周四要打开相机……远程教学中最重要的工具之一

for teaching remotely is getting in touch with your own vulnerability and not being scared to share with your students.

就是接触自己的弱点，不要害怕和自己的学生分享。

Overnight, we had to switch modes, no more in person, all online. And it was quickly apparent that not everybody was joining the class.

一夜之间，我们不得不切换模式，不再面对面，全部变成了在线。很快就发现并不是所有人都在听这门课。

And I will never forget this moment. A student raises her hand and says: "We have got each other. Let's not forget that."

我永远不会忘记那一刻，一个学生举手说：“我们有彼此，我们不要忘记这一点。”

And so she said: "I will reach out to so-and-so." Somebody else said: "Oh, I can text this person."

于是她说：“我会联系某某人。”还有人说：“哦，我可以给这个人发短信。”

And somebody else said: "I could swing by that person's house." And so, as a small group, I think we did a good job of looking out for each other.

另一个人说：“我可以去那个人的家里看看。”所以，作为一个小团队，我认为我们在互相照顾方面做得很好。

This year, I really tried to allow students to tell their own stories. And that's where the breakthroughs came.

这一年，我努力让学生们讲自己的故事。这就是突破的来源。

And the answers that I got were so thought-provoking for me, as a teacher, and really made me step back and think about my practice.

作为一名教师，我得到的答案发人深省，让我不得不后退一步思考自己的实践经历。

What do I wish people outside the classroom understood about this past year-and-a-half?

关于过去一年半的时间，我希望课堂之外的人了解什么呢？

The thing that's missing, the story that's missing in the national media, the national news is success. These kids have created a tremendous amount of success in these classrooms.

国家媒体、国家新闻缺少的东西、缺少的故事是成功。这些孩子在这些课堂上取得了巨大的成功。

We have been pushing ourselves in ways unlike any other year, and it feels like we're going nowhere, but, at the end of the day, I really feel like we have gone somewhere.

我们一直在用不同于往年的方式推动自己，但是感觉自己哪儿也去不了。然而，在一天结束的时候，我真的感觉我们去了某个地方。

It's just a different space, and we're stronger, and we're better as a result.

这只是一个不同的空间，最终我们会变得更强，变得更好。

The thing that keeps me coming back every morning are the new ideas, the fresh ideas, that are going to roll into next year.

每天萦绕在我脑海里的是新的想法，这些想法将延续到明年。

There are good days and bad days. And the most important thing is that our kids need us, and we need to be there for them. So, thank you.

有好有坏。最重要的是我们的孩子需要我们，我们需要在他们身边。所以，谢谢你。

And you can watch the entire program on the "NewsHour"'s YouTube page or on the Student Reporting Labs Web site.

大家可以在“新闻一小时”的YouTube页面或学生报告实验室的网站上观看整个节目。

1 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

2 journalism   

n.新闻工作，报业

参考例句：

• He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
• He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。

3 exhaustion   

n.耗尽枯竭，疲惫，筋疲力尽，竭尽，详尽无遗的论述

参考例句：

• She slept the sleep of exhaustion.她因疲劳而酣睡。
• His exhaustion was obvious when he fell asleep standing.他站着睡着了，显然是太累了。

4 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。

5 frustrating   

adj.产生挫折的，使人沮丧的，令人泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的现在分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's frustrating to have to wait so long. 要等这么长时间，真令人懊恼。
• It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience. 那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。