Educational visits 有教育意义的出访参观活动
乔伊斯想要在校报上添加几篇关于到国外进行教育访问的文章.她邀请了几个高年级的学生来写这些文章.
美好的新西兰一年之旅 （黛米,罗）
If I goto New Zealand, will I be able to understand the local people?' This was my first thought when the American Fied Service (AFS) programme accepted me as part of their educational exchange programme.在我收到要是我去新西兰,我能理解那里的人吗?当美国战地服务团接受我时,这是最初令我担心的问题.
I stayed with a host family in Auckland for one year. At first, communicating was quite difficult. But my hosts were very patient and they helped me learn fast.
I took many photos of China with me so that I could show people Chinese culture. Igave a talk about China to my classmates, and Ieven did some simple Cinese cooking.
It was a wonderful year. I earnt about a new culture, and I became more confident
accept 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）
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 chlture. 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 some
simple 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


Visiting the poor in ThailandEdwin Su
到泰国看望可怜的穷人

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,这次旅行是由环球风景线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一起去的那.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感动了.在穷人和富人的生活之间有着很大的距离.在一些地区我们看到有些家庭住进了垃圾堆里.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.

此行确实不是一件十分容易的事,但对我来说却是一次有价值的经历（宝贵的财富）.它让我看到了大多数的中国人是多么的幸运.
hard work繁重的工作
fortunate幸运的,侥幸的

Scholarship to Japan到日本的奖学金Sylvia Wang

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课,包括插花和茶艺.
enabled sb to do sth 使得某人能够做某事
make sb able to do sth/allow sb to do sth
tea-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'?ut?u ], * the old capital of Japan, and Yokohama[ 'j?uk?'hɑ:m? ].* We stayed with* friendly families in these cities.

五周之后,我们到了日本古都京都和横滨,在这些城市我们住在友好家庭里.
Kyoto、Kioto [ ki'?ut?u ]n. 京都（曾是日本古都）
Yokohama [ 'j?uk?'hɑ:m? ]n. 横滨
stay with继续听讲(继续做,与...留在一起)

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.

我想如果我出国将会交很多朋友.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