Experiencing the world, not just studying it
不只研究世界，還要體驗世界
1.
Japan's students are trying a new kind of travel. Instead of sitting on buses all day only to fall asleep in a 1)museum, students are going to small villages, 2)exploring the great 3)outdoors, and even leaving the country.
日本學生在嘗試一種新式旅遊。不再整日坐在遊覽車裡，到了到某個博物館卻只是打瞌睡，學生開始前往小村莊、探索戶外的大自然、甚至出國。
‧ 中級單字
1) museum (n.) 博物館
2) explore (v.) 探索，探險
3) outdoors (n.) 戶外
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“Experiential education,” long available in North America, is becoming more and more popular in the land of the rising sun. Just look at JTB, Japan's biggest 1)travel agency. They've 2)teamed up with Benesse, the country's largest educational services company, to offer more than 300 different trips aimed at students and schools. More than 25 schools have 3)signed on since 2001.
「體驗式教學」這種北美行之有年的方式，在這個日出之國變得越來越流行。看看日本最大的旅行社JTB就知道。他們已經跟日本最大的教育服務公司貝樂思結盟，針對學生及學校提供三百多種不同行程。從二○○一年至今，已經有超過二十五所學校與他們簽約。
‧ 中級單字
1) travel agency (n.) 旅行社
2) team up with (phr.) 與……搭檔
3) sign on (v.) 簽約加入
3.
And where is everyone going? Fishing villages in Kyushu. Japanese communities in Hawaii. 1)Farming villages in China. English classes in England. Most 2)touching, perhaps, are the aid programs for 3)disabled people. Many cities in Japan aren't designed with the disabled in mind. Students get to see life through the eyes of the disabled as they help these people get around in 4)wheelchairs. It's an experience most students will never forget.
這些人都去哪兒啦？九州的漁村。夏威夷的日本社區。中國的農村。英國的英文課堂。最令人感動的或許是援助殘障人士的計畫。日本許多城市的設計並未考慮到殘障人士。學生用輪椅推著殘障人士到各處，可以學著用他們的角度來觀察人生。這種體驗是大部分學生終生難忘的。
‧ 中級單字
1) farming (n.) 農業
2) touching (a.) 感人的
3) disabled (a.) 失能的
4) wheelchair (n.) 輪椅
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The trips within Japan also help 1)boost the local 2)economy. Fishing and farming villages have a hard time in modern Japan, and they can use all the tourism they get. Groups of students coming every year might make a big difference.
日本國內的行程還有助於振興地方經濟。現代日本的漁村及農村生活艱苦，需要盡可能吸引最多的觀光客。每年造訪的學生旅行團可能大有助益。
‧ 中級單字
1) boost (v.) 推進，提昇
2) economy (n.) 經濟
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