小学生如何度暑假

以下是一位小学校长对学生如何度暑假的指导。从中能多少反映出加拿大小学教育的指导思想。你是否觉得这与中国大陆的小学教育指导思想有所不同？

Letterman's Top Ten bits of advice for kids entering Secondary School.

给将上中学的孩子们的10条劝告：

#10. Enjoy your summers. This one & the next few because when you're 16 you are eligible to get a summer job. Enjoy your leisurely summers while you have them.

第十，享受你们的暑假吧。这是一个为数不多的暑假了。因为当你们到十六岁时，就该去做暑期工了。现在好好地享受它吧。

#9. Do your homework. This will ensure that you don't have to go to summer school and you will be able to enjoy a summer of following your own interests.

第九，做好你们的暑假作业。这可以使得你们不必去上暑假班，而能按照自己的兴趣过暑假。

#8. Listen. Listen to your parents. I hope they have your best interests in mind. Ditto goes for your teachers, listen to them, too. Listen to the world critically, however. Don't accept every statement as truth. Don't believe everything you hear on the grapevine. Don't take every comment too personally.

第八，要听话。要听你们父母的话。我希望他们能把你们的兴趣放在心上。就像你们听老师的话一样，去听父母的话。但是，对听到的话要做分析。不可把所有的话都当成对的。不要听信流言。不要太自以为是。

#7. Play. Play music, play basketball, badminton, golf. Play on stage, play a role in a production. Play chess. Play with your family, play with your friends, play volleyball, play any sport you like, Play!

第七，好好地玩吧。听音乐、打篮球、打羽毛球、打高尔夫球，打排球。演出节目，扮演角色；下象棋。和你们的家里人，和你们的朋友一块玩。玩一切你们所喜欢的运动。尽情地玩吧！

#6. Read. Read for pleasure. Read critically. Read to be an informed member of our democratic Canadian society.

第六，多阅读。读有趣的书籍。有分析地去读。多阅读能使你成为一个我们加拿大民主社会中的有头脑的成员。

#5. Write. Write / keyboard not just for school assignments. Write a journal, write to know yourself better. Write family and friends. Write a letter to a newspaper. Write.

第五，要写作。不仅仅要写学校的作业，还要写日记，这能更好地了解自己。给你的家人和朋友写信。给报刊写稿。要多写。

#4. Maintain good friendships, the ones which help you develop good character, and make new good friends.

第四，保持好的朋友关系。好朋友能使你品德良好，并能交到更多的好朋友。

#3. Take advantage of opportunities which come your way. Join a team, join the choir. Save your money and take go on school trips. Go to Quebec, or to Japan, or wherever your school is going.

第三，别放弃你所遇到的机会。参加讨论小组，加入合唱团。存好你的钱，参加学校的旅游。去魁北克省，去日本，去你们学校要去的地方。

#2 Give something to your community; work in a fund raising car wash, help plan an event such as a tournament or leadership conference.

第二，为你们的社区做点好事。帮助筹款，帮助安排比赛或筹备组长会议。

#1. Leave your world a better place than you found it. Be kind. Don't litter. Respect others and their property. Respect communal property such as parks and schools. Respect your self!! Take care of your self you're the only self you have.

第一，维护好你们自己的居住环境。对人要友好。不要乱扔东西。尊重别人和别人的财物。爱护公共财物，如公园和校园。爱护你自己呀，你可是只有命一条！

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