Benefits of using drama activities in the classroom

文章大意

这篇雅思听力Part4讲座面向教师培训生，讲解在课堂中引入戏剧活动（如角色扮演）的益处。内容涉及戏剧帮助孩子个性发展、增强自信、适合害羞内向儿童，以及即兴表演锻炼冒险精神；还谈到戏剧促进合作、倾听与责任感，并说明角色扮演可用于治疗、帮助欺凌者换位思考。

题目与答案

1. Child`s personal development

   ·Group participation develops 31_____ in own ideas.

   答案：confidence

   原文定位：Firstly, creating the space for children to express themselves freely in a group situation helps to give them confidence in their own opinions and ideas

2. ·Unscripted, imaginative activities allow children to take 32_____.

   答案：risks

   原文定位：Secondly, unscripted improvisation activities where children work from their imagination, if done in a supportive way, give children the opportunity to gain experience in taking risks

   同义替换：「allow children to」↔「give children the opportunity to」，「imaginative」↔「improvisation」

3. Child`s educational development

   ·Working as a group teaches the importance of 33_____ to others.

   答案：listening

   原文定位：The emphasis placed on cooperative activities in drama means that group members must learn the value of listening to one another

   同义替换：「importance」↔「value」，「Working」↔「cooperative activities」

4. ·Performing makes children 34_____ for their learning and behavior.

   答案：responsible

   原文定位：Being involved in any sort of performance which relies on everyone working together and playing their part also helps children to be responsible, not only for their learning, but for their general behavior

5. Role-play can be used:

   ·as a form of 35_____ for children experiencing problems.

   答案：therapy

   原文定位：The value of role play for children who are having difficulties as a means of therapy is now widely accepted

   同义替换：「form」↔「means」，「problems」↔「difficulties」

6. ·to help children be objective about their behaviour problems.

   ·to explore controversial issues with a class in a 36_____ environment.

   答案：safe

   原文定位：Role play also allows the teacher to explore potentially controversial or taboo subjects in a safe setting in which children feel at ease

   同义替换：「environment」↔「setting」

7. ·to explore children`s self-knowledge and understanding of 37_____ .

   答案：morality

   原文定位：Getting children to examine their thoughts and opinions carefully can lead to a deeper self-knowledge and a stronger awareness of morality

   同义替换：「understanding」↔「awareness」

8. Advantages of using role-play in the study of history

   ·Drama activities increase children`s 38_____ in class.

   答案：participation

   原文定位：Bringing characters from the past to life in the classroom by doing classroom drama activities is an easy way to improve the level of the children's participation in the lesson

   同义替换：「increase」↔「improve the level of」，「class」↔「lesson」

9. ·Makes it easier for children to 39_____ and understand historical events.

   答案：remember

   原文定位：Getting children to reenact scenes from history can also be extremely useful as it helps them to remember what happened and why it was important

   同义替换：「Makes it easier」↔「helps」，「understand historical events」↔「what happened and why it was important」

10. ·Can find answers to 40_____ in history to see why certain decisions were made.

    答案：problems

    原文定位：Another way of doing this is to ask children to find solutions to historical problems using role play. This can help to focus attention on why certain decisions were taken

    同义替换：「answers」↔「solutions」