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双语:12岁前一定要做的50件刺激事(图)Today's youngsters may be a dab hand at video games, but how many can lay claim to being expert tree climbers or rope-swing acrobats? 如今的年轻一代能手握游戏机浴血奋战,却有多少能自称爬树能手或者秋千上的杂技演员。 ![]() According to research commissioned by the trust, fewer than 10 per cent of children regularly play in 'wild places' and 10 per cent cannot ride a bicycle. 根据“国民信托”的一份调查报告显示,如今,10个孩子里就有一个不常去野外玩耍,10个孩子里有一个甚至连自行车都不会骑。 Meanwhile, on average, children spend four-and-a-half hours a day sat in front of a TV or computer screen, according to recent research. 调查还显示,孩子平均每天花在电脑或电视机前的时间有近4个半小时。 The National Trust today launches a nationwide campaign to encourage sofa-bound children to get outside, exploring and having adventures. 如今,“国民信托”推出了一项全国性的活动,旨在鼓励那些整日窝在沙发上的少年儿童多多出门玩耍、冒险。 The trust is challenging children to tick off every item on its list, including kite-flying, watching the sun rise and getting behind a waterfall. “国民信托”鼓励孩子们去挑战列表上的每一个事项,像放风筝,看日出,站到瀑布后面等。 While damming streams and building dens may be basic rights of passage for their parents' and grandparents' generation, the National Trust is offering a helping hand for today's youngsters who have yet to experience such character-building activities. 筑水坝和筑巢对于他们的父母和祖父母而言也许是是一件很容易的事,而如今的孩子却需要通过“国民信托”的帮助才能融入这种筑造过程。 ![]() How many children have poked at frogspawn or caught a fish in a net? Have they faced the fear of picking up their first crab or dyed their tongues purple from eating wild blackberries? 有多少孩子戳过蛙卵或者用网捞过鱼?这些孩子因为第一次抓螃蟹或者吃野生的蓝莓时把舌头染成了紫色而害怕过? The charity's checklist also includes simple pleasures such as running around in the rain and bug hunting, setting up a snail race, flying a kite and making a (delicious) mud pie. 列表还例举了一些简单愉悦的事情,如在雨中跑步,抓虫子,赛蜗牛,放风筝,做泥蛋糕等。 'We're hoping that the nation's children will embrace the 50 things and start having their very own outdoor adventures with their family, with our Free Weekend the perfect opportunity to get outside in the fresh air.' “我们希望我们国家的孩子能接受者50件事,并以此和他们的家人展开他们的户外冒险,用一个悠闲的周末去享受室外的新鲜空气。” 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 sleigh 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 blackberries 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.Ping 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 网友评论
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