師法自然，靜待花開

湖南 何高倫

主題語境：生活 篇幅：350詞 建議用時：7分鐘

英國著名的湖畔派詩人威廉·華茲華斯曾說：“對于年幼者來說，大自然可以教導他們學會真正的觀察、思考與感受，讓他們在行動和心靈上更有德性。”

1“My favorite thing about hiking is that I get to work out my legs,”said Skylar，a six-year-old camper.“And I get to see the view!”Skylar is one of twenty kids participating in the week-long Gross Out Camp,a summer program hosted at parks and outdoor spaces across Alabama.“This is kids' natural habitat out here in the woods,”said Verna Gates,who started Gross Out Camp 14 years ago.

2As schools begin again across Alabama, most students are returning to days spent in indoor classrooms, but some will continue to learn and play outside, even while at school.It's part of a growing movement to teach kids in nature and help them connect with their environment.

3In recent years, at least three nature preschools，or forest schools, have opened across Alabama.They operate almost entirely outside.“It seems like a very foreign concept, especially when we first described it to people,”said Sarah Crim, director of the Woodland Wonders Nature Preschool in Auburn.“But it's great,and it works.”

4In this forest school, students learn knowledge from every activity.The class might discover a turtle walking along the forest floor at the Kreher Preserve ＆ Nature Center,where the school is located.That presents an opportunity for students to talk about the animal's shape and color,and write about their discovery.

5After starting Woodland Wonders in 2019, Crim said word spread quickly.The school has since added classes and programs for older kids,but they can't keep up with demand.It's a similar case at Little Mountain Forest School in Huntsvillem, where kids learn and play at Monte Sano State Park.Co-founder and co-director Beth Barry said that both kids and parents love the natural space.

6Fellow co-founder and co-director Sarah Callaway said the most common question is about the weather.They spend a lot of time reviewing proper clothing,because students are outside rain or shine.“As a forest school parent, it can be a pain in the behind to have to deal with your muddy and wet kid,”Callaway said.“But the kids love it.Those are some of the best days.”

Ⅰ.日積月累

campern.露營者

viewn.景色

woodsn.樹林

entirelyadv.完全地

conceptn.概念

opportunityn.機會

demandn.需求

muddyadj.泥濘的

work out 鍛煉

natural habitat 自然棲息地

forest schools 森林學校

Ⅱ.語法填空

Callaway and Berry want 1.________(expand)their school,but they are limited by resources and policy restrictions.For now,they can only offer half-day classes,which is difficult for parents 2.________need full time child care.Plus, cost 3.________(be)always a barrier.

Some 4.________(environment) groups are also working to fill in this gap, offering outdoor-based learning opportunities 5.________students at traditional schools.The Cahaba River Society, a Birmingham-based non-profit, 6.________(provide) day-long canoe (獨木舟) trips and stream walks that explore the biodiversity of the Cahaba River Watershed.The group's 7.________(educate) director La'Tanya Scott said it's a rare experience for some kids.“We have a lot of 8.________(student) that have never stepped foot in any kind of body of water,”Scott said.“I had a student that had never touched a tree before.”Nature educators acknowledge (承認) that 9.________can be difficult to explore activities like fishing or hiking in a traditional classroom, but they say there are easy ways to introduce kids 10.________the outdoors in that setting.Teachers can use natural objects,like rocks and leaves,to teach about math and language.