School is not the only place children can learn -- they can also learn at the circus.
The Trenton Circus Squad in the U.S. state of New Jersey teaches children between 12 and 17 years old new tricks and skills. The students learn to perform acrobatics, how to keep plates spinning in the air and how to ride a unicycle.
At the same time, the students learn about children who are different from them.
The circus program brings together children from low-income city neighborhoods and higher-income places. Performing together helps children develop friendships and connections.
Zoe Brookes is the co-founder and executive director of the program. She says it helps change the negative image of teenagers in inner cities.
Performance is an essential part of what our teenagers experience. When they join after the first couple of weeks we expect them to get comfortable performing. And that may be doing something very simple like spinning a plate or doing a forward roll. But they learn that performing is a way of giving back to other people. You make somebody smile. And the whole community can feel joyful.
The children love the program. They say it is a second home for them and a place where they feel safe.
Bilal Halley is a member of the Trenton Circus.
This is a really safe environment for me. Rather than going out on the streets, and just being exposed to many different things which are, like, either bad or good, but here it's not no bad things -- just all good.
Brandon Coleman is also a member of the Trenton Circus. He says the program has helped him learn about new people. And, he says, it is teaching him to expect the best in everyone.
I'm Marsha James.
I stick with Yoga and biking, you may like running and acrobatics.
Use an odd form of transport: a kayak, or a unicycle.
The latest disks, used for small portable computers, spin 3,600 times a minute.
The main picture is almost the same in both high- and low-income countries, but the circumstances under which these incidents occur differ.
1.At the same time, the students learn about children who are different from them.
be different from... 不同于……
Now it is different from the past.
And yet our case was so different from that of Europe.
2.Rather than going out on the streets, ...
go out 外出，出去
I'm going out tonight.
Did you hear him go out?
新泽西州的特伦顿马戏团专门向12岁-17岁之间的孩子教授新的技能技巧 。学生们可以学到如何表演杂技，如何让转盘在空中保持平衡以及如何骑单轮车 。
该马戏团的这个项目可以将存在贫富差距家庭的孩子聚集在一起 。一起表演可以让孩子们发展友谊，加深联系 。
佐伊是该项目的创立者之一，同时也是常务理事 。佐伊表示，这个项目能帮助人们改变市中心孩子的负面看法 。
表演是孩子们在这里体验的重要组成部分 。他们加入该项目前几周的时候，我们希望他们能以让自己舒服的方式参加表演，就会让他们参加一些简单的表演，比如转转盘或者向前翻滚等 。但他们也学习到，表演是一种向其他人传递信息的活动，会带给人欢乐，让人感到愉悦 。
孩子们都很喜欢这个项目 。他们说，这是他们的第二个家，在这里，他们感到很安全 。
这里对我来说是很安全的环境 。我不用走到大街上，面对或好或坏的不同事情，但这里没有坏的事情——一切都很好 。
布兰登也参加了特伦顿马戏团 。他说，这个项目帮助他了解了新的朋友 。他还说，通过这个项目，他也学会了看到其他人身上的闪光点 。
Marsha James为您播报 。