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课时作业(一)
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Secondgraders at Plummer Elementary School in Southeast Washington are shouting out insults(侮辱) in their school library.
“Stupid!”“Skinny!”“Fat!”…
It's part of a visit from Rick Daniels, a local author who writes books as part of his fight against bullying(霸凌). These kids are learning what kinds of words can harm others.
Daniels knows a lot about bullying. When he was growing up in the city's Fort Totten neighborhood, he had a learning disability. So he got made fun of and hated going to school.
“Kids would pick on me because I couldn't read or write too well,” Daniels told the children.
After introducing Plummer's secondgraders to Remy, Daniels had them sign an “I Don't Bully” pledge(誓言).
In 2014, his experiences encouraged him to write the book “Little Remy: The Little Boy Who Doesn't Want to Go to School,” about a thirdgrader who gets picked on because of his learning disability. Helped by his mom and his teacher, Remy starts fighting bullying and that turns him into a school hero.
Even though Daniels still has trouble with spelling, he writes books at his apartment in Northeast, making sure to use the spellchecker on his computer. Back when he had just a dictionary,it was hard for him to write anything.
“If I had to look up the word ‘frozen’, I'd have to turn every page in the dictionary until I saw it,” he said.
Fighting bullying is actually Daniels's third career. Years ago, he was a fashion designer in New York City, making shirts for famous people.When that business closed, he was offered a job at the fashion magazine GQ—which lasted about 15 minutes, when his bosses realized he couldn't write well.
After that,_he got a job renting cars and even worked at Reagan National Airport. He retired in 2007 and now spends as much time as he can creating coloring books and talking to kids about bullying.
语篇导读 本文为记叙文。作家Rick Daniels将自己被霸凌的亲身经历写成书,与霸凌作斗争并帮助人们反抗霸凌。
1.Why are insulting words heard from the library?
A.Kids are making a promis