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1、VOA慢速英語No.1ThisistheVOASpecialEnglishEducationReport.AprogramintheeasternUnitedStatesinvitesyoungpeopleintoaprisontotrytoscarethemawayfromprison.Thegoalistoteachthemtoavoidbadchoicesandbadinfluencesthatcouldputthembehindbarsforlife.Studentscantakeatouroftheprison,inschoolgroupsorbythemselves.
2、Attheend,theyoungpeoplesitdownforadiscussionwithsomeoftheinmates.TheprogramiscalledPrisonersAgainstTeenTragedy,orPATT.IttakesplaceattheMarylandCorrectionalInstitution-Hagerstown,amedium-securityprisonformen.SalMaurielloisacasespecialistthere.SALMAURIELLO:"Wehaveagroupofeleveninmateswhoareinth
3、ePATTprogram.Theytelltheyouthwhattheywentthroughasachild,whattheircrimesconsistof.Theytrytoteachthemaboutpeerpressure.Theytrytoteachthemaboutbadchoices."ThePrisonersAgainstTeenTragedyprogramalsoincludesanessay-writingcontest.TomiDareisaseventeen-year-oldstudentatHagerstownCommunityCollege.She
4、sawanannouncementforthecontestonhercollegewebsite.Toenter,studentshadtowriteaboutpeerpressureandwhytheydonotdodrugs.Theprize:fivehundreddollarsforschool.Inheressay,Ms.DarewroteaboutherownexperiencegrowingupasanAfrican-Americangirlinterestedinsports.TOMIDARE:"Drugsandalcoholnotonlyslowapersond
5、own,itdoesn'tmakeyoufeellikeyouareawinner.Itdoesn'tmakeyoufeellikeyouarethebest.Asanathlete,I'm6-2[188centimeters],soIfeelthatIshouldbeabovepeerpressurebecauseI'mbiggerthaneverybodythatI’maround."SoIwastalkingaboutthatandIwastalkingabouthowIconsidermyselfaqueen.AndifI’mroyalty,Ineedtonotputsu
6、bstancesinmybody.Drugsandalcoholarenotwhataqueenshouldbetaking." ThescholarshipispresentedbythePrisonersAgainstTeenTragedyprogram.PrisonspokesmanMarkVernarellisaysmostteenswhovisitcometounderstandwhatevenonebaddecisioncanmean.MARKVERNARELLI:"AlotofmenandwomenservinglifeinprisoninthestateofMar
7、ylanddidn'tpullatriggerorplungeaknifeintoanybody.Theywereaccessoriestoacrime.They4VOA慢速英語drovethegetawaycar.Theywerewiththeperpetratorwhodidthemainpartofthecrime.Andyettheygotthelifesentenceaswell."PrisonersAgainstTeenTragedybeganinnineteenei
