Cache High School students are starting a new program in the hopes of increasing reading scores and student learning. Starting on Tuesday at 10 a.m., each class will devote 30 minutes a day to reading as a class or individually. The entire school will be reading “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins.
美國卡什高中正在開展一項新項目以提高學生的閱讀分數(shù)和學習能力。該項目于周二上午10點開啟，每課時為三十分鐘，學生們在這三十分鐘里進行集體閱讀或各自自由閱讀書籍。全校將閱讀蘇珊·柯林斯的作品《饑餓游戲》。
The new reading program was developed after school principal Sheri Hansen saw the students’ reading scores from the beginning of the year.
學校校長謝里·漢森看到學生自年初以來的閱讀課成績之后，決定開展這樣一個項目。
“Once I saw those, I started thinking about options out there that would help the most,” Hansen said. “I just decided that as a school, if we take a book that is interesting and discussed it and practiced reading, all the way around, it would help our reading; it would help our confidence in front of other people.”
“當我看到學生們的成績的時候，就開始設想怎么做才能更好的幫助學生們自我提高，” 漢森說�！拔蚁氲剑绻７侥軌蜻x出一本學生們感興趣的書籍，讓學生們練習閱讀、相互討論，這不僅可以提高學生的閱讀水平，也能提高學生們在其他人面前的自信�！�
Research has shown that reading either as a class or alone improves both reading comprehension and ability. Hansen hopes the new 30 minutes a day will accomplish just that.
研究顯示，在這項集體閱讀或各自自由閱讀書籍的項目之下，學生的閱讀理解能力和閱讀技能都有所提高。這正是漢森通過每天30分鐘閱讀達到的目標。
“The Hunger Games,” written in 2008, is about a 16-year-old girl who lives in an post-apocalyptic nation where order is maintained by using a lottery system to select one boy and one girl from each of the 12 districts for participation in a televised fight to the death. The book and its two subsequent sequels received critical acclaim. The first book, “The Hunger Games,” was made into a movie, released in 2012. The second book, “Catching Fire,” was released on Nov. 22.
《饑餓游戲》寫就于2008年，故事的主人公是一個16歲的女孩，她住在一個后末日時代的國度里，這個國家實施政令的方式是像搖彩票一樣，從國家的12個區(qū)域中選出一名男孩和一名女孩，讓他們參加一場有電視直播的生存之戰(zhàn)。這本書及其兩部后續(xù)作品在評論界廣受贊譽。由第一部《饑餓游戲》改編的電影在2012年上映了。改編自第二部《星火燎原》的電影于2013年11月22日上映。
The book was chosen by the school’s counselor, librarian and Hansen herself. The three administrators began looking at books within the reading level they wanted.
這套書是由該校的顧問、圖書管理員和漢森本人共同選定的。這三位校方管理人員都認為，這套書是符合學生閱讀水平的心儀之選。
The school administration will evaluate the program once the book is completed. Hansen hopes it will have an effect on student reading scores.
校方會在學生讀完全書的時候對這個閱讀項目進行效果評估。漢森希望這個項目能夠切實有效的提高學生的閱讀成績。
“I hope that they can read better,” Hansen said. “I want them to be reading and comprehending.”
“我希望他們的閱讀水平有一個全方面的提高，” 漢森說�！拔蚁Ｍ麄凁B(yǎng)成閱讀習慣，提高閱讀能力�！�
