来源:江苏新闻周刊 发布时间:2013-04-16 14:18 编辑:李真
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