Happy Children's Day!!兒童節快樂!!!
(雖然我們巳把婦女節與兒童節合併於4月4日放假)但名義上,今天還是可愛孩童們的節日. :D
一個特別的兒童節禮物，因為「今天我最大」；兒童可有正當的理由玩玩具，成就孩子長 大後對童年的微笑回憶。
這裡,我們整理各國(地區)不同的兒童節日期
美國5月1日、英國7月14日、俄羅斯6月1日、日本女童節3月3日、日本男童節5月5日、香港4月4日、韓國5月5日、新加坡10月1日、中華人民共和國6月1日、印尼7月23日、泰國是每年1月的第二個週六。
與兒童相關的幾個有趣的事實
Fun Facts on Children
(Note: Courtesy to the '10 Fun Facts' website, the following points have been generally agreed upon by majority of people world-wide although some of the things cannot be scientifically verified)
1.The average age children begin to use a microwave is seven.
一位孩童使用微波爐的平均年齡是7歲
2.A 3-year old Boy's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant. (No disagreements here!)
一個3歲男童的在一間擁擠的餐廳所發出的聲音比200位大人還吵!!
3.On an average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day (An understatement?)
一位4歲孩童平均一日會問437個問題
4.For children, watching television alone can act as a natural painkiller (Don't try!)
對於小孩,最天然的止痛藥就是獨自享受看電視(千萬不要試)
5.The kneecaps of children are made of cartilage until the age of 3 years when it ultimately starts to turn into bones. (Scientifically verified!)
幼童的膝蓋骨是由軟骨所組成的,一直到3歲才會生長為骨頭
更多10 fun facts網站
http://www.10-facts-about.com/Children/id/22
另外與孩童有關的10句英文名言,獻給各位~
Inspirational Quotes About Children
1."Grown-ups have a strange way of putting themselves in compartments and groups. They build barriers... of religion, caste, colour, party, nation, province, language, customs and of rich and poor. Fortunately, children do not know much about these barriers, which separate. They play and work with each other and it is only when they grow up that they begin to learn about these barriers from their elders." – Jawaharlal Nehru, the first PM of Independent India
2.Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man. ~Rabindranath Tagore, famous Indian writer
3.Children make you want to start life over. ~Muhammad Ali, American former professional boxer
4.Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. ~Neil Postman, The Disappearance of Childhood (introduction), 1982
5."Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself." – George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and co-founder of the London School of Economics.
6."If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." – Albert Einstein
7."You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. ~Franklin P. Jones, American humourist
8.We've had bad luck with our kids — they've all grown up. ~Christopher Morley, American writer, journalist
9.A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer. ~Author Unknown
10.Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music. ~William Stafford, American poet
And the best one:
"I brought children into this dark world because it needed the light that only a child can bring."
~Unknown author
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