CNN英语听力2012年02月合辑（文本+翻译）：20120201.doc

1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家Derrick Brooks doesnt just have a great throwing arm. He was a linebacker on that Tampa Bay title team, won a championship in college, too, when he played at Florida State.While he was tackling quarterbacks on the field, Brooks was also tackling education off of it. I had a chance to

2、 talk with him not too long ago about the charter school he helped found in the Tampa, Florida, area, and his lifes mission to educate students.There are a lot of different ways that athletes and celebrities choose to give back. What made you want to co-found a charter school?The nugget for me that

3、drew me more than anything was the opportunity to affect more than the 35 to 50 kids that were part of Derrick Brooks Charities, that we can expand that audience, and Ill have the opportunity to be in one building, four years building a relationship with our students and really having the opportunit

4、y to produce the next best citizens I can.What was harder to do, to co-found the charter school or to win the Super Bowl?I always think each one has its challenges, and I would definitely say starting a charter school is by far, I would say, harder.When youre starting a charter school from scratch,

5、you know, you have to overcome a lot of hurdles in order to do it. Just a simple application part of it, you know, we had to get approved. We went in with a academic agenda that we wanted to put kids in college.And when it comes to the education that you encourage among students, I mean, you played

6、at every single game with Tampa Bay. You started 221 times out of 224 games. Does that help you encourage perfect attendance?To say the least.Yes, well, basically, I guess the, you know, what it does allow me, my professional career, is show them a model of consistency.Sure.That, hey, you have to sh

7、ow up every day. If you show up every day, youll be rewarded.There are - there are a number of students in our target audience who talk to us about how theyre hoping to play professional sports, whether thats basketball, baseball or football, and yet such a tiny fraction, such a tiny percentage has

8、the God-given talent needed to play professionally.What would you tell those students? How do you encourage them to have a backup plan?I tell those students that they have a better chance of becoming a doctor and winning the lottery than.Thats the reality.Yes, thats the reality of what it is. And I

9、dont really look at education as a backup plan. And thats another thing that I tell kids. Hey, sports needs to be your backup plan. Education is part of your number one.I just want to know, in your words, whats the most important thing about an education?I think the most important thing about a educ

10、ation is you, the person, have to take advantage of it. And education, to me, is the one role that you can go down in life and become anything that you want, because what is a business career, a sports career and whatever you do, education is going to be on that road to success.Thats great stuff. Yo

11、u check out more of my conversation with Derrick Brooks in the Spotlight section on our home page.Now, before we go, were heading to an Ohio farm.Although based on how relaxed these cows look. it might be more like a spa. You may think these lounging ladies are just being lazy, but its hard to blame

12、 them for laying around all day, when theyre laying on this - its a bovine waterbed.The farms owner says the moo-vable mattress helps the cows produce higher quality milk. Might make their sleepover standards a little high -Because once theyve slept on a waterbed, theres no way theyre going to be ha

13、ppy crashing on the cowch. You may think the idea of a mattress helping milk production is just udderly ridiculous, but it turns that farm into a cozy bed and breakfast.You knew we were going to milk story for all we cud. But its time for us to hoof it on out of here. We hope you have a great weeken

14、d. For CNN Student News, Im Carl Azuz. 德瑞克布鲁克斯并不只是臂力过人。当在佛罗里达州效力时，他也是在大学联赛中获得冠军的坦帕湾魔鬼鱼队的后卫。当他在球场上任职四分卫时,布鲁克斯也育人。我不久前有机会跟他一起聊关于他帮助建立的美国佛罗里达州的坦帕市公立学校,他的人生使命就是教导学生。运动员和名人回馈社会有很多不同的方式。是什么让你想联合办学校?对我来说真正的价值是让这些学校中超过35到50个孩子中的一部分从德瑞克布鲁克斯慈善机构走出去,我们可以扩展观众,我将有机会执掌一幢建筑物,花四年时间我们和学生建立联系,真的很有机会会产生下一个最好的公民。相比之下,

15、联合办校或赢得“超级碗”,哪个更难?我一直认为每一种都有自己的挑战,而现在我一定会说开办公立学校是迄今为止,我想说的是,最难的事情。当你的学校只是处于设想阶段时,你必须从零开始,如你所知,你必须克服很多障碍,为了做这件事。只是一个简单的申请,而它的一部分,我们必须得到批准。好像学术议程一样,我们的目的只是想让孩子上大学。当谈到教育,你会收到学生间的鼓励,我的意思是,你参加了每一场和坦帕湾魔鬼鱼的比赛。你参加了224场比赛中的221场。这会对你鼓励全勤奖有帮助吗?至少可以这样说。是的,好吧,基本上,我想,你知道,究竟是什么让我至此,我的职业生涯会带给他们一些动力。当然。那,嘿,你必须每天出现。如

16、果每天出现,你会得到奖励。有有许多学生是我们观众，他们给我们谈谈他们希望能跻身职业运动,不管是篮球、棒球或是美式足球,但这样的一个很小,这样的极小部分人却有难得会成为专业球员的天才存在。你会告诉那些学生吗?你鼓励他们有一个后备计划吗?我告诉那些学生,他们有更好的机会成为一名医生,而不是成天想着中彩票。这是现实。是的,那是真实的。我不太把教育看作是后备计划。那是另外一件事,我告诉孩子们。嘿,体育需要你的后备计划。教育是你们首当其冲需要的。我只是想知道,用你们的话说,对于教育,什么是至关重要的?我认为教育最重要的是你,人,必须充分利用它。教育,对我来说,是一种角色,通过它,你可以成为你想要的人生中

17、的任何角色,它会给你商业生涯中,一个运动员的职业生涯,无论你做什么,教育都将会通向成功之路。太伟大了。你可以在我们的主页“焦点”栏目收看到我与德瑞克的更多谈话内容。现在,在我们的节目临近尾声之前,我们前往俄亥俄州的一处农场。虽然这些奶牛看起来非常放松。这可能更像一种水疗服务。你可能会认为这些女士只是懒惰,但不要责备她们,因为她们正躺在水床上。农场的主人表示这种“可动”床垫帮助奶牛提高产奶质量。可能这样做会使她们的睡眠标准有点高。因为一旦睡在水床上,她们就没有办法互相“蹭角”。你也许认为这种想法会有点荒谬,但这种做法却让农场主可以在睡个安稳觉后享用一顿舒适早餐。你或许认为这个奶牛的故事有些许“狡猾”。但现在我们该离开了。希望你周末愉快。这里是CNN学生新闻,我是卡尔阿祖兹。. 版权所有高考资源网