英国鼓励孩子12岁前应该做的50件事
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英国一家民间组织“国民信托”日前发起一项活动,名曰“12岁前要做的50件事”,列举了50件少儿户外活动项目,旨在鼓励少年儿童多多出门玩耍,接触自然,对孩子们的成长发育和身心健康大有裨益。他们为12岁以下的儿童(包括稍大些的孩子)开列的户外活动单子包括:捉迷藏、逮虫子、扑蝴蝶、捞蝌蚪、打水漂、放风筝、做泥饼、搓柳笛、上树摘果、下水捕鱼、早起看日出、晚睡观星空等等“野玩”项目,鼓励那些放学回家后就上网、看电视的中小学生走出户外去玩耍。其实,这些所谓“户外项目”,对于40多岁的人来说,都是他们童年时代的日常游戏。“国民信托”组织公布的一份调查报告显示,如今,12岁以下的英国孩子有三分之一从来没有上过墙、爬过树,10个人里有一个甚至连自行车都不会骑。这50件事是:
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( Y" O( w. L) M3 `( }) b/ X# u' jThe Fifty Things All Children Should Do Before the Age of 12
孩子12岁前通常做的50件事
1. Climb a tree.
爬树
2. Roll down a really big hill.
从山坡上滚下
3. Camp out in the wild.
野外露营
4. Build a den.
筑巢
5. Skim a stone.
磨石子
6. Run a round in the rain.
雨中跑步
7. Fly a kite.
放风筝
8. Catch a fish with a ent.
抓鱼
9. Eat an apple straight from a tree.
吃树上的苹果
10. Play conkers.
玩栗子戏
11. Throw some snow.
打雪仗
12. Hunt for treasure on the beach.
海滩探宝
13. Make a mud pie.
做泥蛋糕
14. Dam a stream.
筑水坝
15. Go sledging
玩雪橇
16. Bury someone in the sand.
把人埋在砂里
17. Set up a snail race.
赛蜗牛
18.Balance on a fallen tree.
在倒下的树杆上走平衡
19. Swing on a rope swing.
荡秋千
20. Make a mud slide.
滑泥
21. Eat balckberries growing in the wild.
吃野生黑梅
22. Take a look inside a tree
探索树的秘密
23. Visit a island.
参观岛屿
24. Feel like you’re flying in the wind.
感受风中飞翔
25. Make a grass trumpet.
做一个草喇叭
26. Hunt for fossils and bones.
寻找化石和骨骼
27. Watch the sun wake up.
看日出
28. Climb a huge hill.
登山
29. Get behind a waterfall.
站到瀑布后面
30. Feed a bird from your hand.
手中喂鸟
31. Hunt for bugs.
抓昆虫
32. Find some frogspawn.
找青蛙卵(幼蛙)
33. Catch a butterfly in a net.
用网抓蝴蝶
34. Track wild animals.
跟踪野生动物
35. Discover what’s in a pond.
发现河塘中有什么
36. Call an owl.
学鹰叫
37. Check out the crazy creatures in a rock pool.
石滩中找出生物
38. Bring up a butterfly.
喂养蝴蝶
39. Catch a crab.
抓螃蟹
40. Go on a nature walk at night.
野行
41. Plant it, grow it, eat it.
自种、自收、自吃
42. Go wild swimming.
游泳
43. Go rafting.
木筏
44. Light a fire without matches.
不用火柴点火
45. find your way with a map and compass.
用地图和指南针找路
46. Try to buildering(a form of rock climbing)
建筑(譬如:攀崖壁)
47. Cook on a campfire.
野炊
48. Try abseiling.
跳崖
49. Play geocache(A hi-tech form of hide and seek using a GPS receiver to locate hidden treasure).
用卫星定位寻找
50. Canoe down a river
泛舟
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