VOA慢速英語:舞蹈為街頭兒童提供教育之路

From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.

這里是美國之音慢速英語教育報道。

American LaMar Baylor spends most of his time in New York City, he works as a performer in the Broadway musical - The Lion King.

美國人拉馬爾·貝洛爾(LaMar Baylor)大多數(shù)時間都在紐約，他是百老匯音樂劇《獅子王》的演員。

But since 2011, he has also spent weeks in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. There, he teaches dance to boys who live on the street. His teaching is part of an effort by the Rebecca Davis Dance Company. The project helps young people learn more about dance and learn how to behave in a classroom environment.

但從2011年以來，他也會在盧旺達首都基加利呆幾個星期。他在那里教街頭流浪的男孩跳舞。他的教學活動是麗貝卡·戴維斯舞蹈團做出的努力的一部分。該項目幫助年輕人更多地學習舞蹈以及學習在教室環(huán)境中如何做人。

LaMar Baylor describes his students as genocide survivors. They have lost all of their families, some have been in jail, others have sold their bodies for sex.

貝洛爾稱他的學生是種族滅絕的幸存者。他們失去了全部家人，有些人被關(guān)進監(jiān)獄，還有些人賣淫。

"They have been through things that no one should ever have to go through," said Baylor.

貝洛爾說，“他們經(jīng)歷了大家都從未經(jīng)歷過的事情。”

He says, dance classes provide the children with structured learning and self-expression that they've never had before.

他說，舞蹈班為這些孩子提供了他們從未有過的系統(tǒng)學習和自我表達。

Rebecca Davis is the founder and director of the dance company. She says she got the idea for the project after she visited Rwanda in 2008. She remembers meeting a large number of street children who were dancing, and she thought that dance could be used to get them off the street and into a safe place. Rebecca Davis believes that learning to dance is a step toward education.

麗貝卡·戴維斯(Rebecca Davis)是該舞蹈團的創(chuàng)辦者及負責人。她說，在2008年訪問盧旺達之后她想到了這個項目。她記得看見很多流浪兒童在跳舞，她認為舞蹈可以幫助他們離開街頭并進入一個安全的地方。麗貝卡認為學習舞蹈是通向教育的一個步驟。

"When you start to play music in Rwanda, these kids come out of nowhere and they enter the center. And it's because of dance that they have a way of exchanging their physicality, their survival skills that they learn on the street, and their strength, into something that's actually artistic and aesthetic," said Rebecca.

麗貝卡表示，“當你在盧旺達開始播放音樂，這些孩子突然出現(xiàn)并進入該中心。這是因為跳舞讓他們有辦法把他們的身體、他們在街頭學到的生存技能，以及他們的力量變成有藝術(shù)性和美感的東西。”

She says children can take classes in information and technology after they have learned to attend classes and follow directions.

她說，孩子們在學會上課和服從后就能上信息技術(shù)課程。

Boys who have done best in the classes win scholarships, and are sent to the Sunrise Boarding School, about 30 boys have won this kind of financial aid. She says all the students are male, because few girls in Rwanda live freely on the street.

班上最優(yōu)秀的孩子能獲得獎學金，并被送到Sunrise寄宿學校，大約有30名男孩已經(jīng)獲得這類經(jīng)濟資助。她說所有學生都是男性，因為盧旺達很少有女孩在街頭流浪。

The Rwanda program is the largest one set up by the Rebecca Davis Dance Company, but Ms Davis has also set up dance programs in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Guinea. About 2,000 children in the three countries have taken part in the project since it was launched in 2010.

盧旺達的這個項目是麗貝卡·戴維斯舞蹈團開辦的規(guī)模最大的一個項目，戴維斯小姐還在波斯尼亞 - 黑塞哥維那和幾內(nèi)亞開辦了舞蹈項目。自2010年開辦這些項目以來，大約有2000名這三個國家的孩子參與了進來。

As for LaMar Baylor, he knows from his own experience how dance can lead to a better life. He is from Camden, New Jersey. Camden has sometimes been called America's poorest and most dangerous city.

對貝洛爾來說，他從自己的親身經(jīng)歷中學到舞蹈可以讓生活更美好。他來自新澤西州的卡姆登市。卡姆登市有時會被稱為美國最窮最危險的城市。

Mr Baylor says that growing up in Camden, it took a long time for him to find out what he want to do. He now thanks dancing saved his life.

貝洛爾先生表示，在卡姆登長大讓他花了很長時間才找到自己的路?，F(xiàn)在他感謝舞蹈救了他一命。