| UK Prime Minister David Cameron visited the Machikou primary school in suburban Beijing on Nov. 10 to underscore his support for education on climate change and launch the British Council's Expo Legacy Programme. |
英國(guó)首相大衛(wèi)·卡梅倫于11月10日訪問了北京昌平郊區(qū)的馬池口中心小學(xué)以表示他對(duì)氣候變化教育的支持，同時(shí)啟動(dòng)了英國(guó)大使館文化教育處的世博遺產(chǎn)項(xiàng)目。 |
| The Prime Minister was greeted at the school by Mr. Jin Dehong, the school's headmaster, and Dr. Rebecca Nadin, Director of the Global Climate and Sustanability Programme at the Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy. He was led to a classroom where he observed a climate change awareness raising activity for students aged 10-12 led by three British Council "Climate Champions." Prime Minister Cameron then participated with the pupils and Climate Champions in a "Product Lifecycle Game" designed to promote energy efficiency. |
校長(zhǎng)靳德宏和英國(guó)大使館文化教育處氣候變化項(xiàng)目總監(jiān)梁麗博士在學(xué)校門前迎接首相并陪同他前往教室觀摩了一次旨在提高10至12歲學(xué)生氣候變化意識(shí)的活動(dòng)。帶領(lǐng)學(xué)生開展本次活動(dòng)的是英國(guó)大使館文化教育處評(píng)選的三位青少年氣候大使。隨后，首相卡梅倫與學(xué)生及氣候大使一起參與到旨在提高能效的“物品生命周期”游戲中。 |
| At the game's conclusion, the Prime Minister delivered remarks that underscored the importance of tackling the effects of climate change and preserving the world's biodiversity. He also saluted the work of the British Council, whose Chair, Vernon Ellis, and China Regional Director, Joanna Burke, were in the classroom. The Prime Minster thanked the British Council for organizing the event and expressed his pride that a UK organization was undertaking such activities in China. |
游戲結(jié)束時(shí)，首相在對(duì)學(xué)生的講話中強(qiáng)調(diào)了應(yīng)對(duì)氣候變化影響以及保護(hù)物種多樣性的重要意義。他還對(duì)英國(guó)文化協(xié)會(huì)（在中國(guó)大陸地區(qū)作為英國(guó)大使館及總領(lǐng)事館文化教育處開展工作）致以敬意。陪同首相一起訪問這所小學(xué)的成員還有英國(guó)文化協(xié)會(huì)主席文龍先生及中國(guó)區(qū)主任白瓊娜女士。首相對(duì)英國(guó)大使館文化教育處安排此次活動(dòng)表示感謝，并為英國(guó)的機(jī)構(gòu)能夠在中國(guó)組織這樣的活動(dòng)感到驕傲。 |
| The Prime Minster then launched the British Council's UK-China Shanghai Expo Legacy Programme by presenting two students with a seed rod from the UK Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo. The UK Pavilion was awarded "Best in Show" and dubbed "the Dandelion" by the Chinese media for its design featuring 60,000 rods which each contained a distinct seed. The British Council's Climate Generation Expo Legacy Programme is distributing 1,000 seed rods from the Pavilion along with educational materials to schools across China as a tool for teachers developing biodiversity themes in their curriculum. |
首相講話結(jié)束后即啟動(dòng)了英國(guó)大使館文化教育處氣候變化世博遺產(chǎn)項(xiàng)目。他將從上海世博會(huì)英國(guó)館帶來的一根“種子觸須”贈(zèng)送給兩名學(xué)生代表。在本屆上海世博會(huì)中，英國(guó)館獲得了“展館設(shè)計(jì)金獎(jiǎng)”。該館由六萬余根“觸須”組成，每根觸須里均嵌有一枚獨(dú)特的植物種子；中國(guó)媒體因其獨(dú)特的造型設(shè)計(jì)而親切地稱之為“蒲公英”。英國(guó)大使館文化教育處開展的氣候變化世博遺產(chǎn)項(xiàng)目將向中國(guó)的學(xué)校贈(zèng)送一千根“種子觸須”以及教學(xué)材料，以幫助教師在課程中講授生物多樣性等相關(guān)主題。 |
| The two students who received the seed rod reciprocated by giving the Prime Minster a painting and two calligraphy scrolls which they had created on the theme of environmental protection. Before departing the school, the Prime Minster was also treated to a musical performance by a student orchestra who played on traditional instruments the folk song, "The Fragrance of Osmanthus Perfumes the Autumn Air." |
獲贈(zèng)“種子觸須”的兩名學(xué)生將自己以環(huán)保為主題創(chuàng)作的一幅繪畫和兩幅書法作品回贈(zèng)給首相。訪問結(jié)束前，首相還欣賞了學(xué)校民樂隊(duì)演奏的傳統(tǒng)樂曲《丹桂飄香》。
（China.org.cn） |
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