車輪上的教室

王磊

華盛頓特區(qū)組織了一個(gè)移動(dòng)木工項(xiàng)目，目的是向青少年和年輕人傳授木工和成品木工技能。這個(gè)項(xiàng)目是在一個(gè)被安置在卡車?yán)锏哪竟ぼ囬g里進(jìn)行的，這個(gè)木工車間被當(dāng)?shù)厝朔Q為“車輪上的教室”。

1Handing power tools over to young studentscould result in some disastrous situations. But ifthose tools are combined with effective supervisionand teaching， the students can learn valuable newskills and might even find a new career path.

2One such program， in Washington， D.C.， aims to teach woodworking and finished car?pentry skills to teens and young adults. It includes a woodshop， completely housed inside atruck， which acts as a kind of“classroom on wheels”.

3The Mobile Woodshop program was started by the non?profit Zenith Community ArtsFoundation. Its director Goldberg is an artist and wood sculptor. She had long dreamed ofcreating a mobile woodshop to assist students and that dream finally came true. What madeher happy was that the city gave her a large grant for the program.

4The subjects and skills taught in the program are similar to those offered by a lo?cal carpenters’?union that also supports the program. Students can learn the same skillsas a beginning carpenter would. These include cutting， marking， measuring， nailing andhow to use different tools.

5The class textbook provides step?by?step instructions on how to make things fromsimple wooden birdhouses， to more complex wooden containers and objects. The truck is equipped with all the instructional materials and tools necessary to operate as a completemobile classroom. Mobile workstations are also available so students can work on projectsoutside the truck.

6If students pass the class， they can seek to enter the union apprenticeship program.Instead of a usual four?year apprenticeship， graduates of the mobile woodshop can finish inless time.

7Much of the class centers on teaching students soft skills. These are skills that are de?sirable in all jobs， such as teamwork， having a strong work ethic， being able to follow in?structions and arriving to work on time. Students also learn basic skills like math and howto read a ruler.

8Building?related jobs are currently in high demand across the United States. Onestudy found that 2.2 million jobs would be needed by 2024 to keep up with building de?mand and more than 89，000 openings for carpenters will be probably created each year inthe US over the next 10 years.

9Goldberg believes woodshop programs can help prepare the next generation of wood?workers. She said other schools in Washington， D.C. have expressed interest in the mobilewoodshop and the program might be expanded in the coming years.

Reading Check

Detail

1. What had Goldberg hoped to do for a long time？

A. Provide a new career for her community.

B. Set up a mobile woodshop for students.

C. Raise enough funds to create a program.

D. Assist students to improve practical skills.

Detail

2. When can students start the union apprenticeship program？

A. After passing the class.

B. After leaving for four years.

C. After mastering some skills.

D. After graduating from a woodshop.

Detail

3. What do the students mainly learn in the Mobile Woodshop program？

A. Maths.

B. Practical skills.

C. Soft skills.

D. How to read a ruler.

Inference

4. Whats Goldbergs attitude towards her woodshop program？

A. Hopeful.

B. Uncaring.

C. Negative.

D. Disapproving.

Language?Study

Ⅰ. Difficult sentence in the text

The subjects and skills taught in the program are similar to those offered by a localcarpenters union that also supports the program.該項(xiàng)目所教授的課程和技能與支持該項(xiàng)目的一個(gè)當(dāng)?shù)氐哪窘陈?lián)盟提供的課程相似。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句中，taught in the program作后置定語，修飾The subjects and skills;offered by a local carpenters union that also supports the program作后置定語，修飾代詞those;此外，that also supports the program為修飾union的定語從句，that在定語從句中作主語。

Ⅱ. Text?centered chunks

hand sth over to sb 把某物交給某人

be combined with 與……結(jié)合

act as 充當(dāng)

dream of 夢(mèng)想

come true 實(shí)現(xiàn)

center on 以……為中心

in high demand 高需求

keep up with 跟上