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Live and Stud y Abr oad 小
ents to AI DS in 2006. We can help give
t h e F u n B a c t u P k i n t n d u r F a i o s i n g
捐助为乐them an education, regular food and a f u-ture. You and your class can help. You could organize your own event. From a school disco (迪斯科舞厅) to a cof fee morning, a sponsored swim to a quiz
day. Why not hold a fr ee carol service and
ask f riends to make donation or even hold
父母拿到工签去英国, 子女可以随行, 而且在英国不用交
钱上语言学校(go to a language school) , 直接免费就读附近的
公立学校就好了。英国的公立学校叫state school, 公立初高中通
常又叫comprehensive school, 免考入读(择校原则参见上期
school admission ) , 也无学杂费。英国的私立学校叫public school
(常译作“公学”, 实为private school) , 入学“门槛”高, 教学质量
高, 收费也不菲, 一般中国去的“打工仔”是不会送小孩入这种学
校的。读书不花钱, 但老师经常知会家长让学生带零钱去学校。
为什么呢? 因为英国学校常年举办各种类型的募捐活动, 藉以培
养学生们关心社会、关爱他人的高尚情怀。为此, 他们还设计了
一句颇具文采的广告词:Put the fun back into f undraising (在募
捐中重拾快乐) 。显然, 设计者巧妙地利用fun 与f undraising 在
词形上的部分对应玩了一个小小的文字游戏。
但他们的理由不可谓不充分, 宣传工作也颇具鼓动性:
There are many wa ys in w hich you can r aise funds (集资) f or
children living in poverty (贫穷, 贫困) and have great fun at the
same time.
You can help kids like Kornli and Patrick w ho lost their par-a talent competition at school to find the next Robbie Williams or Madonna! The possibilities are endless, the only limit being your imagination (想象, 想象力) . Whatever you do, you can have fun w ith y our mates, know ing the money you raise w ill help poor children in need of your support ... 英国的学校不开“政治”和“思品”这样的课程, 但是对学生道德素质的培养同样十分重视, 只不过他们总是想方设法让这种教育变得轻松而更让人容易接受:Fundraising f or a charity (慈善机构) is a very rew arding (有益的) thing to do. It can help build communic ation skills and supports personal and planning skills. Most importantly ... it ’s f un! 一句话, 捐助为乐!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOLLYWOOD (好莱坞)
Ever yone likes to be rewarded (奖赏) f or their w ork and the w orld of f ilm awards is big business, especially in Holly wood. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and S ciences first pr esented the Academy Aw ards (电影艺术科学院年奖), or Oscars (奥斯卡, 奥斯卡金像奖) , in 1929. Throughout its history, Walt Disney (华特迪士尼) has won the most Oscars, w alking away w ith 26, and the youngest ever to w in a n Oscar w as S hirley Tempel, aged just six. There have been three ac tors w ho received an Oscar for playing characters with non-speaking parts a nd the first person to win an Oscar didn ’t actually come to the ceremony (典礼, 仪式). D ate W eather T h e T h e m e D ia r y 19