Jack的小留学生日记 l 夏令营

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尽管英国的夏天不算长，天气也不稳定，时晴时雨，但是英国的孩子和青少年们都渴望着不用上学和交作业的暑假自由。如果没有和家人或朋友外出旅游的打算，那么这两个月也可能会非常乏味。这就是为什么在欧洲和美国，夏令营越来越流行。这项针对暑期安排的活动可以让孩子们有机会去玩，去享受他们的青春，这是难得的没有父母监管的放松机会。

在英国，最受欢迎的寄宿夏令营是那些可以组织户外活动的夏令营。他们会为参与者提供数百种活动，包括树顶探险，皮划艇，户外攀岩（针对年龄大一些的参与者）和山地自行车。对于许多人来说，这些夏令营的营地住宿条件谈不上优越，平均每间客房会容纳4个人或更多，大家也共用浴室。当然，夏令营住宿不会像酒店那样服务周到，但这类项目的核心理念是让营员们玩得开心，学习团队合作，增强自信心和通过尝试一些新的事物来拓展自己的能力，培养对家，父母和生活的积极向上的态度。

 

我曾参加过几个夏令营，其中一个是上面提到的户外活动营。那时，我只有十二岁，无忧无虑，没有学业压力，脑海里只有开心享受的想法。那个夏令营有包括高尔夫和海上钓鱼等其他丰富活动，每天晚上我都玩得精疲力尽，那一周时间过得飞快。

我最近参加的一个训练营是去年由我的教练组织的强化击剑课程。我们每天分三个时段进行训练，从上午9点到晚上8点，中间的休息时间是每天的进餐时间。我仍记得每个学员第一天脸上的痛苦和疲倦，因为我们大多数人生活在城市，不经常进行大量运动。所幸年轻人的适应力极强，我们的身体逐渐适应压力并进行调整，之后的日子就变得轻松多了。

 

如果你对运动和户外活动不感兴趣，或者是第一次来英国想要游览著名景点，那么夏季语言训练营也是一个不错的选择。好的夏令营通常都会把课程安排在顶级私立学校进行，例如我的母校——克里夫顿学院，还有拉格比学院和帝国理工学院。夏令营的课程不仅包括板球和足球等户外体育活动，而且也有像英语夏令营一样，在学校教室里提供英语课程教学，让学员们感受到在英国学习的氛围。英国教育的小班教学与中国普通中学的大班体验完全不同。最重要的是，在克里夫顿学院，学员们还可以参加英国顶尖的礼仪教育家William Hanson的文化课程，例如团体礼仪课，和他一起交流探讨。我曾经现场听过一次他的课程并协助做了一些现场翻译，我强力推荐这个课程。在他的课程中，你可以看到他如何教导人们在最细节的地方表现得最好，而且他毫不吝啬地分享许多自己的宝贵经验。

 

在我看来，夏天就应该尽情享受和娱乐，而不应该闷在家里花大量时间去做功课。夏令营充分体现了它的好处，既让孩子们有机会玩耍，又可以教会孩子们如何团队合作，勇敢尝试新事物，同时建立起孩子们自己掌控日常生活的信心。我认为这些生活技能与学习成绩的优秀同等重要。

Jack

 

英文版

Although summer in Britain is not the longest in the world nor is the weather exceptional, as children and teenagers we long for those short two months of absolute freedom, where there is no school nor any work to do. But if one is not going on holiday or frequently outing with friends, these two months can be awfully tedious as well, which is why there is a large and growing popularity of summer activity in Europe and the US, where the children go off and enjoy their youth while their parents relax in their absence.

 

In Britain, the most popular summer boarding camps are activity and outdoors based. They offer hundreds of activities for the camper to choose from, including treetop adventure, canoeing, outdoor climbing (for older aged campers) and mountain biking, and the accommodation provided these camps are plain and modest, averagely with four or more people per room with a shared bathroom. Of course, for many people, both in China and the UK, the plain accommodation of these camps might seem to be uncomfortable, but the core concepts behind these camps are for the campers to have fun, learn teamwork, reinforce their self-confidence and step out of one's comfort zone by trying something new, while also at the end appreciate home, their parents and their belongings.

I personally went to several camps, the first being an outdoors activity camp described in the previous paragraph. At the time, I was only twelve, I had no worries and no schoolwork - my only goal is to have fun and enjoy myself. And so I did; with the limitless activities including golf and offshore fishing, the week flew past with me being exhausted every night. Another more recent camp I've been to is an intensive fencing course last year, organised by my coaches. We trained every day from nine in the morning, to eight in the evening in three sessions with long breaks only for meals. I can still vividly remember the amount of pain and tiredness everyone is suffering on the first day as we hadn't had this much of exercise in a long while, but the days got easier as our bodies adapted to the stress.

But if you are not interested in sports and outdoor activities, or you want to visit famous places in the UK as you are coming for the first time, summer language schools are a great choice as well. Here at Top UK Schools, the summer camps we offer is set in real private schools such as my old school, Clifton College, but also Rugby school and Imperial College. The courses include outdoors activities and sports like cricket and football, just like a normal English summer camp, but it also provides English language courses in the school's classrooms, which gives a taste of what studying in the UK actually feels like, as the classrooms and teaching are completely different to China. On top of this, you can also add culture courses like group etiquette lessons with William Hanson, a leading etiquette connoisseur in the UK. I have personally listened and translated his course once and I couldn't recommend it more; in his lessons, he teaches one to behave properly up to the finest detail while also sharing his own experiences throughout.

To sum up, summer is the time to enjoy and play, not, in my opinion, to take an overload of lessons accompanied by piles of homework. Camps completely embodies this concept; it teaches you teamwork, to step out of your comfort zone and to try something new while building your confidence in day to day life, which I think these skills are of equal importance to its academic counterpart.

 

Jack

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