When Words Dance 漫天字飞舞：浅谈阅读障碍
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- 最后更新于 2024年5月25日
- 发布于 2012年6月04日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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课文讲解
Joseph hated school. Although he worked hard, his assignments came back ___1___ in red marks highlighting spelling mistakes, letters written wrong, and incorrect spacing between words. He understood the subjects but struggled with reading and writing. His grades suffered, and his classmates called him stupid. ___2___ for Joseph, when one teacher heard him describe how words seemed to dance on the page, she recommended that he ___3___ for dyslexia.
约瑟夫讨厌上学。虽然他很认真，但他的作业发回来时却是满江红，上头标出了许多拼字错误、写错字和单字空格不对。他听得懂这几科，但读和写却跟得很辛苦。他的成绩因此受影响，同学都笑他笨。幸好有个老师在听到他描述字如何在页面上跳动后，便马上建议他去检查是否有阅读障碍(dyslexia)。
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The word “dyslexia” comes from Greek and means “difficulty with words.” This disability affects up to ten percent of people. Scientists have suggested a range of ___4___ for it, including hereditary reasons. Dyslexics often have great difficulty associating the sounds of letters with how they are written on the page – the most basic stage of learning to read. Although there’s no cure, the good news, for children like Joseph, is that proper support can help. Through multi-sensory teaching, which ___5___ visual and tactile aids to learning reading and writing skills, students can overcome their problems and even excel in other areas.
Dyslexia这个字源自希腊文，意思是「对文字有困难」。这种障碍影响了多达百分之十的人口。科学家为此提出各种可能原因，包括遗传。阅读障碍患者通常无法将字的读音和它们写出来的样子正确连结在一起，但这却是学习阅读的最基础阶段。虽然没有根治方法，但对约瑟夫这样的孩子来说，好消息是藉由适当的协助可以帮助他们克服这个问题。透过综合感官学习法，在学习读写技巧时增加视觉与触觉的辅助工具，学生们就能克服他们的问题，甚至在其他领域也能有突出表现。
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Dyslexia doesn’t indicate low intellect, and many successful figures struggled with it at school. Just look at what famous inventor Thomas Edison achieved despite his difficulties. He didn’t learn to read ___6___ he was seven and was kicked out of school at the age of twelve because his teachers didn’t understand his condition. It just goes to show that ___7___ hard work and the right support, dyslexics can go on to achieve anything.
阅读障碍不代表智商低，况且，有许多成功的人物在学时一样深受其苦。看看赫赫有名的发明家汤玛士．爱迪生就知道了，尽管他遭遇许多困难，成就依旧非凡。他到七岁才学会识字，十二岁时因为老师不了解他的情况而被退学。这一切显示了只要努力并得到正确协助，阅读障碍者一样能达成任何目标。
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−by Claire Tyrrell
Vocabulary
单词发音
assignment [əˋsaɪnmənt] n.（课外）作业，功课
highlight [ˋhaɪ͵laɪt] v. 使突出；强调
suffer [ˋsʌfɚ] v. 变糟
disability [dɪsəˋbɪlətɪ] n.〔身体上的〕伤残; 残障
affect [əˋfɛkt] v. 影响
a range of 一些；许多的
associate [əˋsoʃɪɪt] v. 把……联想在一起[+with]
stage [stedʒ] n. 阶段；时期
cure [kjʊr] n. 疗法
visual [ˋvɪʒuəl] adj. 视力的；视觉的
aid [ed] n. 有辅助作用的事物
overcome [͵ovɚˋkʌm] v. 克服
excel [ɪkˋsɛl] v. 突出；胜过他人
condition [kənˋdɪʃən] n. 情况; 条件
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单词发音
dyslexia [dɪsˋlɛksɪə] n. 识字困难；诵读困难
hereditary [həˋrɛdə͵tɛrɪ] adj. 遗传的
dyslexic [dɪsˋlɛksɪk] n. 诵读困难者
multi-sensory 多感官的
tactile [ˋtæktɪl] adj.（有）触觉的
intellect [ˋɪnt!͵ɛkt] n. 智力
Teaching Tips Multi-Sensory Learning
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