你好【链接7】Educational* visits教育访问Joyce wanted to have some articles in the school newspaper about educational visits to* other countries. She asked* some older students to write these articles.乔伊丝想要在校报上刊登几篇关于到国外进行教育访问的文章。她邀请一些高年级的学生写了这些文章。visit to ...去某地的参观访问;到…的访问educational教育的 educate education educationalist教育家ask to 邀请(某人)参加(某活动)A wonderful year in New Zealand Tammy Luo在新西兰的精彩一年If* I went to New Zealand, would I be able to understand people? This was the question which first worried me when the American Field Service programme accepted* me. 如果我去新西兰,我能听懂那里的人说话吗?当美国战地服务团接受我时,这是首先令我担心的问题。这句句子使用了“从句:If+一般过去时;主句:would+动词原形”的结构,表示与现在或将来的事实相反,即虚拟语气。accept take; agree to have v 接受接受 I stayed with a New Zealand family in Auckland for one year. At first, I found that communicating was quite difficult*. But my hosts* were very patient, and they helped me to learn fast.我和在奥克兰(新西兰港市)的一个新西兰家庭共同生活了一年。最初,我发现交流很困难。但我的主人(监护人)非常的有耐心,他们帮我很快的学会了。I found that communicating was quite difficult. =I found communication quite difficult.find sth + adj. 发现某事......(怎么样)communicate with sb talk with sb 与某人交流,交际communication n.host主人(男)/ hostess 主人(女)类似的用法还有:waiter男服务员/ waitress女服务员actor男演员/actress女演员威灵顿新西兰的首都,位于新西兰北岛最南端的库克海峡的小港内。建于1840年,在1865年它代替奥克兰成为首都。 As part of the programme, AFS* students try to tell people about their own culture. I took many photos and postcards of China with me, as well as some simple Chinese books. I gave a talk about* China to some classes in school, and I even did somesimple Chinese cooking. * 作为团队的一员,美国战地服务团的学生要告诉人们有关他们自己的文化。我拿了很多从中国带来的照片和明信片以及一些简单的中文书。我对学校里的一些班级发表了有关中国的演讲,甚至我还做了一些简单的中国菜(中餐)。AFS 美国战地服务团gave a talk 发表讲话 I learned about a new culture, and I became more confident.我了解了一种新的文化,同时我也变得更自信了。confident feeling that you can do everything well adj. 有信心的self-confident adj. 自信的 confidence n. 信心Visiting the poor in Thailand Edwin Su访问泰国的贫困人群 Last year I went to Thailand for ten days. The trip was funded by* World Vision*, which helps poor people throughout* the world. I went with another student and two reporters. The aim of the trip was to see the problems for ourselves. 去年我到泰国呆了10天,这次旅行是由世界宣明会一个资助全世界贫穷人群的机构赞助的。我和另一个学生及两个记者同行。此行的目的是看我们自身的问题。be funded by... = be paid for by... 由......资助,赞助throughout prep. 遍及,贯穿 We were deeply affected* by what we saw. There is a big gap* between the lives of the rich and the poor. In some areas we saw families living in* rubbish dumps. However, The Thai Government is working hard to improve the situation. 我们被我们的所见深深触动了。在穷人和富人的生活之间有着很大的悬殊。在一些地区我们看到有些家庭生活在垃圾堆里。然而,泰国政府正在努力去改善这种状况。were deeply affected = have very strong feelings 被深深感动gap = open space = division or hole 沟,代沟,距离 The trip was actually quite hard work, * but it was a very valuable experience for me. It has shown me how fortunate* most of us are here in China. 此行实际上相当地艰苦,但对我来说却是一次非常有价值的经历。它让我看到了大多数的中国人是多么的幸运。hard work艰苦的工作fortunate幸运的,侥幸的Scholarship to Japan Sylvia Wang到日本的奖学金This summer, I was fortunate to win a Japan Airlines Scholarship. This enabled me to visit* Japan for six weeks. For five weeks, all the foreign students lived in a hotel and attended Japanese language classes. We also had classes on Japanese culture, including flower-arranging and the art of tea-making. * We went on sightseeing tours* and visited a television station. 今年暑假,我幸运地赢得了一家日本航空公司提供的奖学金。这使得我能够去日本参观6周。有五个星期,所有的外国学生住进了一家旅馆并参加日语学习班。我们还上了有关日本文化的课,包括插花和茶道。scholar 学者 scholarship 奖学金enabled sb to do sth 使得某人能够做某事make sb able to do sth/allow sb to do sthtea-making茶道sightseeing tour观光旅游 sightsee[ 'saitsi: ]vi. 观光,游览 After the first five weeks, we visited Kyoto[ ki'əutəu ], * the old capital of Japan, and Yokohama[ 'jəukə'hɑ:mə ].* We stayed with* friendly families in these cities. 五周之后,我们到了日本的古都——京都和横滨,我们住在这些城市的友好家庭里。Kyoto、Kioto [ ki'əutəu ]n. 京都(曾是日本古都)Yokohama [ 'jəukə'hɑ:mə ]n. 横滨stay with 与...待在一起 I thought that, if I went abroad, I would make many new friends. This turned out* to be true. I met and talked to students from Korea, Brazil and Australia, as well as many Japanese. I left Japan three months ago and since then, I have kept in touch with* my new friends by writing letters.我想如果我出国,我将会结交很多新朋友。这在以后被证实了。我遇到了来自韩国、巴西、澳大利亚、还有日本的学生并和他们交谈,三个月前我离开了日本,从那以后,我一直写信与我的这些新朋友们保持联系。turn out = later be proved 事后被证实kept in touch(with sb)= communicate (with sb) 与某人保持联系 希望能帮到你