9月24日到10月4日，我校高一高二年级9名同学在车艳老师和李志英老师的带领下访问了位于美国缅因州贝塞尔镇的古德中学。短短10天，大家的学生与美国师生共同学习，与寄宿家庭共同生活，在浸润中陶冶，感受到了原汁原味的美式学习生活，收获满满！
视野，因远行而开阔，大家对世界的畅想从这里开始！
A trip to Gould Academy
By Chen Yan
We spent 10 days in Gould Academy, with their students and faculty. During the time, we had good fun and exchanged many things with the host teachers and families.
For the first three days, we traveled around the Old Town in Boston,visiting famous universities and museums there. Tom, one of the host teachers kept accompanying us and told us many interesting historical stories. All of our students were completely attracted by those stories.
And we went to the aquarium in Boston. It was really surprising to see such a wide variety of marine animals. Incredibly we were allowed to touch some of the aquatic lives, such as sharks,rays, the beautiful starfish, the hermit crab and so on. We were so excited, because it was our first time to get so close to those cute and lovable animals. Next we moved on to the beach and had a picnic together. We took many nice photos by the sea and some students explored some ‘treasures’.
After that on 27th, we came to Gould Academy by the school bus. The students met their host families out of the dining hall. They embraced each other warmly and talked a lot. And then all the students with their host families headed towards their homes for the evening, and we teachers were invited to the headmaster, Mr. Ruby’s house and had a short teatime there.
The next day, after breakfast there was the welcoming ceremony. We were the last one to make the speeches, and it ended with an impressive self-introduction by Zhu Junhong. Everybody co-operated to laugh exaggeratedly and stand or sit in various poses. Many of their teachers came up and shook hands with us or turned up the thumb, “You did a good job!”We were glad and proud. It was really a good day! Immediately afterwards, we were led to see the whole campus. During the following two days, we had the chance to get into their classes, sat around the big table and took part in activities in the morning.
Friday is also a wonderful day with fresh air, good exercise and beautiful scenery. We packed our ‘bag lunch’ in the dining hall and set off to hike a long way towards a hill. On the way to the top, Chris showed us some maple leaves, oaks or something like this, and told us much more about them. All of our students always tagged along after him and kept talking to him. As we finally arrived at the top of the hill, a fine perspective opened up before us!
Here came the weekend, our students stayed with their host families, going to the church, driving out or shopping without us. Two days later, they shared a few photos of what they did and saw. Many of them felt it hard to say good-bye with their hosts and hostesses.
It is a pleasant visit. This group is an exceptionally great group of students. They are confident, curious, attentive and willing to communicate in English at any time.
美国古德中学访问有感
朱峻泓
为期十天的古德之行是这个秋天最绚丽的一笔。
首先到达波士顿。波士顿有海滨的休闲宜人，而哈佛、麻省这样的高校则代表着至高的学术精神与精英氛围，这两者紧紧相联，使这个城市生机勃勃。
继续往北走，眼前是无垠的草地与灌木，枫树点缀着群山，天上是连成一片的叠云。Gould Academy就坐落于这样的景致里。
我想通过大家在Idea Center的活动来展示美国的基础教育。老师将大家分成小组，要求大家分别建造一所学校。首先，她给大家十分钟，写下自己认为对于这个学校很重要的名词、形容词、动词各十个。接着，大家有五分钟小组讨论，选出最重要的名词、动词、形容词各三个。大家组选择的是：safety,community,innovation,dynamic,fit,all-round,play,trust,cooperate.
随后，每个组得到一个纸盒，里面有各种简单而奇怪的材料，老师让大家用以上材料建造这个学校，并且体现各自所选择的九个词语。大家只有十分钟的时间。太过仓促，大家组兵荒马乱，十分钟到学校还没大体成型。完成的小组被要求到老师那里去对自己的模型进行展示，并询问老师的意见：哪里做得好，哪里做得不好，将这些意见填进表格里。
最后，总结这次活动时，老师说：创新需要你快速地思考，所以你们只有几个十分钟。现在大家经常看到的是“made in China"（有人尴尬地笑了）,是不是有一天大家也能看到“designed in China","made in America"呢？这就是你们来到这里的目的。
我很佩服她可以把这种也许很多中国人都悄悄藏着的野心这样大胆而自然地说出来。这或许就是大国自信，可以从一个教师，一所中学开放、鼓励竞争的氛围看出来。
她说的没错。Let China SMART again.
美国游记
寇雪颖
A smell of happiness.A smell of life.Then we think about surviving and living.
“Hey!How are you!"这是每一个人见到你会说的话，美国人特别热情，就算是陌生人也是以微笑照面，这是我以前去到的任何一个国家都不曾感受到过的。波士顿的大街上很多地方都有钢琴，你可以当一个听众坐下来用音乐小憩一会，也可以当一位演奏者用热情为这个城市带来一份生机。我想如果一个国家的人民是被这样一股温暖的感觉笼罩着，那他们一定是幸福的。
Natural一定是我给美国的标签，美国的环境真的很好，抬头蓝天白云，还是透着光的那种，低头绿树草地，还有大尾巴松鼠跑来跑去。缅因州有很多小镇也是自然至极，由于在北边，还能看见秋意浓浓的叶子变颜色。美国人很喜欢运动，大清早绕着公园、环道跑步的人数不胜数，还有爬山的、在山上骑自行车的，这真是很健康的生活方式啊。
我想说说他们乡村的厕所，设计理念特别好，因为节能，马桶下面是直接全部挖空了的，深不见底，但是有点吓人，感觉很容易掉进去。
阻挡我去美国唯一的因素就是“食物”！我从未感受这么强烈过，在中国西餐、快餐是我的最爱，但是在美国天天几乎都吃生的菜、披萨汉堡和薯条，让我回来再也不想见到肯德基和必胜客了。中国人的民以食为天是有道理的，吃了一圈还是觉得中国菜有水准，大家的学问都融入到食物里了。
外国的学问是融入在建筑里的。他们的房子街道都是赏心悦目的，这点无可辩驳，因为他们的建筑都是有百年历史了，就算是镇上的房子也是多少年了，而中国发展太快，各个城市的建筑也就都差不多。
他们的生活不急不缓，与山与湖与海交融，成为了大自然的孩子。
HI, WELCOME to Gould!
李嘉琪
HI BOSTON，这既是大家到达波士顿后入住的青年旅舍的名称，也是大家向美国发出的第一声问候。
飞机徐徐降落在洛根机场时已是当地时间23：30分，连续飞行16个小时的机长和空乘人员在入关口，不忘回过身来对所有旅客弯一弯嘴角说“Welcome to America.”；海关人员面上不仅没有倦容，还和每一个抵达的旅客谈笑风生，他们带着温和的笑意，轻轻的对你说“Welcome to America.”；走出闸口，看到等在外面迎接大家的古德学校老师，一个半小时的延误和夜间的寒风并没有耗尽他们的热情，他们伸出手来，笑意涌上眉梢“欢迎，WELCOME TO BOSTON.”
大家坐着黄色大头校车穿梭在Bethel的大街小巷，对上路人满含笑意的眼眸，仿佛觉得那白发苍苍，缓缓向你挥手，嘴唇蠕动着对你说“HI”的老奶奶和你曾经相识；周五晚上和古德的学生们一起Shopping，来自世界各地的同学们三三两两的打闹着，Mr.Greene把校车音响开的震天，前排金发碧眼的小男孩转过来对大家说“Welcome to Gould”，嬉笑打闹声中，我回想起了那些经典的好莱坞青春片。车窗外，是快速后退的苍绿树木和满天繁星。
我想，这或许不是自由和民主的必然产物，也不是所有人的义务，可他们就是这样，明知大家可能只会在这个时间，这个地点，在大家的一生中遇见这一次，仍会带着陌生人的善意，笑弯了眉眼，轻启唇瓣，在那个寒夜，对一群来自天南地北的外国人说
“HI，WELCOME.”
美国出访有感
高月敏清
待了十天左右，我却还觉得仅仅去了一两天，美国对我而言真是一个极佳的地方，在那里上的课是如此轻松，就像是在和老师同学们一同玩耍，但又能在那有趣的玩乐之中，学习到很多的常识。
而且美国民风淳朴热情好客，住在寄宿家庭里有家的温暖。她们对我盛情款待，带我外出用餐也考虑到了亚洲人的饮食习惯，并且大家一起做过一顿西方的美食，让我也了解到了中西美食的一些差异。在学校的学习中真是感受良多、受益匪浅。老师上课随意,并没有中国课堂速度快、内容多的影子。讲得慢自然不用紧张，那么学生才能融入课堂。每当老师问完问题或下命令后都问“有没有问题”以确保所有人听明白。从小就非常注重小孩子们的各方面能力，这也是美国孩子优秀的原因之一。从小均衡发展使孩子能够适应学习，长大后能适应社会和生活。也非常注重体育锻炼，每天都有充分的锻炼时间，我想这是在中国难以实现而且是最重要的。
波士顿游记
毛靖愉
Boston is located in the north of New York,about 3-hour drive,however, quite different from New York's busy style, Boston is more enjoyable. What impressed me most? It is the equality and respect showed by the perfect environment.
Cities surrounded by rivers are always charming——Paris,Vancouver,Venice,Chengdu and so on.Thanks to Charles River, Boston can be one of them, also because ofthis, this old city becomes dynamic. The day we visited Harvard and MIT,a group of people Shuttled in the shade of toweling trees, with sparkling river on the left.That time,I totally understood the reason why such famous universities are settled there. WhatmakesBoston more attractive are the small animals we can meet everywhere. Whether the groups of pigeons and squirrels we played with on the first day , or the cool Turkeys what appeared near school, all walked freely through the parks...
Perfect natural environment not only shows a harmonious relationship between man and nature, but also embodies the high quality of the locals. Because everyone gives equal rights to all lives, so they respect them, love them, give them enough private space, then live together freely and fraternally. EQUALITY is not just showed between humans, but also between all the living things among the whole world. All of us live interdependently, so no one can control the world, no one can live without others. Give more respect to all the lives around you.
This is truly a trip to remember for good!
