【英语趣味课堂】夏令营-Summer Camp

When I was eight years old I went to Girl Scout¹ camp with my best friend Lauren. It was for two weeks and it was in the middle of July so it was really hot. We had no air conditioning. We actually slept in tee-pees like the native Americans. It was a great time. Everyday we took swimming lessons. We went to arts and crafts². We had to help cook the meals. We made breakfast, lunch and dinner. We learned³ how to canoe⁴, ride in a canoe, and we also, what did we do? We rode horses, too. We got to ride horses. At first, maybe the first three days, I was really homesick, and I cried and I wanted to go home but after one week I loved it and I didn't want to leave. 

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tee-pee

 

We slept in tee-pees like the Native Americans.

 

A 'tee-pee' is a tent that is shaped like a cone⁵.  Some of the Native American tribes⁶ used these as houses.  Notice the following:

 

When they were children, they had a tee-pee that they put up in the basement.

Have you ever seen a real traditional tee-pee?

take lessons

 

Everyday we took swimming lessons.

 

If you 'take lessons' you learn how to do something or improve your skills in that area.  Notice the following:

 

They took dancing lessons before their wedding.

Have you ever taken piano lessons?

arts and crafts

 

We went to arts and crafts.

 

'Arts and crafts' are simple artistic⁷ projects that you can make with your own hands and abilities.  Notice the following:

 

Look what I made in arts and crafts today, Mom!

She is an arts and crafts teacher at a summer camp.

homesick

 

At first, I was really homesick.

 

To be 'homesick' is to be in a place away from your house and family and miss them.  Notice the following:

 

She was really homesick for a few months.

Do you ever feel homesick?

didn't want to leave

 

After one week I loved it and didn't want to leave.

 

If you 'don't want to leave' a place then you are in a place that makes you happy and you want to stay there.  Notice the following:

 

They didn't want to leave the beautiful hotel.

He was having fun on the playground with his friends and didn't want to leave.

 

1 scout   

n.童子军，侦察员；v.侦察，搜索

参考例句：

• He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵，受了重伤。
• The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。

2 crafts   

n.工艺( craft的名词复数 )；行业；飞机；飞行器

参考例句：

• traditional crafts like basket-weaving 像编篮子之类的传统工艺
• an arts and crafts emporium 工艺品商店

3 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

4 canoe   

n.独木舟；vi.乘独木舟，划独木舟

参考例句：

• They slid the canoe down to the water.他们使小舟滑到水中。
• It is only the second time he has been in a canoe.这仅是他第二次乘小游艇。

5 cone   

n.圆锥体，圆锥形东西，球果

参考例句：

• Saw-dust piled up in a great cone.锯屑堆积如山。
• The police have sectioned off part of the road with traffic cone.警察用锥形路标把部分路面分隔开来。

6 tribes   

n.部落( tribe的名词复数 )；（动、植物的）族；（一）帮；大群

参考例句：

• tribes living in remote areas of the Amazonian rainforest 居住在亚马孙河雨林偏远地区的部落
• In Africa the snake is still sacred with many tribes. 非洲许多部落仍认为蛇是不可冒犯的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。