高智商孩子的专属课以及多元文化节，第27周
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Gifted，有天赋，被IQ测试认定有天赋的孩子从小学三年级开始就集中一起上独立研究自由讨论文理兼顾的课程。做机器人或者作曲，随你的意！ 食物与艺术连接感情，移民国家里的多族裔社区以此增进交流，一年一度多元文化节是怎样的状态。 Hello, ximalaya, this is Lindsay from New York. This week we’ll talk about a new class I’m taking at school and a really fun event called Multicultural Expo. 大家好，我是晴川。春天来了，万物复苏，大家生活里一定会有很多新气象，学校各项活动也如火如荼地展开了，来听听Lindsay寒假回来后的新科目，以及这一周学校有趣的活动。 The new class is called Project Beyond, and it is for the “gifted” 有天赋kids of the middle school. The “gifted” kids are chosen when you take a test in elementary school小学. If you get a certain score, you’re accepted into Project Beyond in elementary school and Project Beyond, or PB as the students call it, continues into middle school. Beyond是超出，更远，这样一个意思。Project Beyond你可以理解成非常规有难度的项目。Gifted是有天赋的意思，Genius是天才，这是有区别的。美国学校给一些智力上能力上有一定天赋的孩子一些更能匹配他们水准的项目课程。这是由一些权威IQ测试来认可的。Lindsay从小学三年级开始就在这个科目里，今年七年级，也是学校提供这个项目的最后一年了。来听听。 What is Project Beyond, you might be asking. PB basically offers opportunities 机会to explore探索 topics that regular school classes do not touch. It could be deep-thinking topics like the roots of racism种族歧视, or creative things such as composing a music piece作曲. Sometimes we pick our own independent projects独立项目 to research something that interests you and then create a  slideshow 幻灯片 to present to the class. And we discuss and share ideas with each other. This is supposed to help you find something that you’re comfortable with 感觉舒适and explore different parts of your imagination 想象 and skills. It’s really quite enjoyable Lindsay 这里讲得Project Beyond，是很自由研究自由讨论的一种，既有独立选题表达个人兴趣的项目，也有老师的规定动作便于集体讨论交流，既可以反应科学技术的理工一边，也有人文艺术的这种所谓文科的一边。她这里没有说到而我了解补充说明一下的，是这个项目暗含的要传递的东西，怎样做一个研究项目，它要培养怎样的严谨思维习惯，这一点是从小学就开始培养的了。OK，then，Let's talk about Multi Cultural Expo. Multicultural Expo was incredibly fun! Multicultural Expo is supposed to celebrate our differences and our different cultures and countries of origin. During lunch, tables are set up in the gymnasium体育馆, stacked with foods from all over the world,n donated 捐赠and served by parent volunteers义工. China was represented, along with Korea韩国, Japan日本, India印度, Italy意大利, Greece希腊, France法国, and more. It’s something everyone looks forward to. In the center of the gym, you have the performance表演 area. People normally do cultural dances and performances. Two people did martial arts武术, two people did a K-pop dance韩国街舞, a whole big group did a traditional Japanese dance, and more!