Music school helps autistic students音乐学校帮助孤独症学生

孙启禄

1 Zu Wenbao is a 23?year?old Chinese villager with autism. He grew up in the north?eastern province of Heilongjiang.

2 Autism is a developmental disability that makes it hard for some people to talkwith others or learn social skills. That means it can be hard for a person with autism tofind a job or make friends. There are a great many people in the world with the disorder.But it is not well known and there is not much support for people like Zu.

3 For Zu， the recent years have been difficult. But he is doing better now and he islearning music and spending time with other young people at a school called Chens Studioin Beijing. Chens Studio started offering music lessons for people with autism three yearsago.

4 Zus mother， Zhao Guorong， brings her son to the music school every Sunday so hecan study with the teacher， Chen Shensi. It takes them two hours on three different buses toget to the classroom from their home outside of Beijing. At the studio， Zu learned how toplay the keyboards and sing in a band called“Star Kids”.

5“Without music， without these lessons， he wouldnt have anything，”Zhao said. Shealso said her son would not have any people to socialize with if it were not for the mu?sic school.“Although Zu is older than the other young people at Chens Studio， they all take care of him like hes their brother，”Zhao added.

6 Chen knows the young people with autism will have trouble getting jobs， so he hopesmusic will help them make a living. At the start， it was hard. Chen became frustrated whenhe had trouble communicating with his students. However， it eventually became easier. Hesaid he knew it was hard for them to communicate， but to some degree， he thought musicmight be their language.

Reading Check

1. What does the second paragraph mainly tell us？

A. The number of people with autism.

B. The support offered to people with autism.

C. The definition of autism and its effects.

D. The description of developmental disabilities.

2. What can we infer about Zu Wenbao from the text？

A. He has his own studio at present.

B. He is making progress in the school.

C. He was fond of music at an early age.

D. He was frustrated at first at the school.

3. What does Zus mother think of the lessons？

A. Rough.  B. Useless.  C. Helpful.  D. Interesting.

4. What does Chen really mean by saying“music might be their language”？

A. The students are good at learning music.

B. The students regard music as a kind of language.

C. The students might rely on music for a living in the future.

D. The students might communicate with each other through music.

语篇解码

本文是一篇记叙文，主题语境是音乐。北京的一所音乐学校通过教授患有孤独症的学生音乐来帮助他们，希望音乐可以成为这些人的启明星，能为这些人搭起一座通往他人内心的桥梁。

语言学习

Ⅰ. 语料荟萃

Ⅱ. 语句分析

1. Autism is a developmental disability that makes it hard for some people to talk  with others or learn social skills. 孤独症是一种发育障碍，它使一些人难以与他人交谈或学习社交技能。

【点石成金】本句是一个主从复合句。Autism is a developmental disability是主句，that makes it hard...social skills是that引导的限制性定语从句，其中it是形式宾语，hard是形容词作宾语补足语，to talk with others or learn social skills是真正的主语，此处是“make+it+adj.+to do”的结构。

2. She also said her son would not have any people to socialize with if it were not forthe music school. 她还说，如果不是这所音乐学校，她的儿子就没有可以交往的人了。

【点石成金】本句是一个主从复合句。She also said 是主句，her son would nothave...socialize with是省略了that的宾语从句，if引导的是非真实条件句，表示与现在事实相反的假设。

语言运用

Ⅰ. 例句仿写

1. 使他難以适应国外新环境的是文化，而不是语言。

It was the culture， rather than the language， that____________________________the new environment abroad.

2. 如果他找不到离开森林的路，那（他）就几乎没有生还的机会了。

If he couldnt find his way out of the forest， _________________________.

Ⅱ. 写作实践

假定你是李华，请你以“Music and life”为题，用英语写一篇短文，要点如下：

1. 音乐是我们生活的一部分；

2. 音乐的功能；

3. 我对音乐的感觉。

注意：

1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Music and life

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