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Children spend only half as much time playing outside as their parents did 孩童在外玩樂時間 僅父母年幼時一半

精英翻譯社轉自http://iservice.ltn.com.tw/Service/english/english.php?engno=1055285&day=2016-11-24

◎孫宇青

Children today spend half the time their parents did playing outside, a survey suggests.

一項調查指出，現在的小孩在外頭玩樂的時間只有父母年幼時的一半。

96% of the 1,001 parents with children aged between four and 14 quizzed for the National Trust thought it was important their children had a connection with nature and thought playing outdoors was beneficial for their development.

「國民信託組織」訪問的這1001名父母，他們的小孩年齡介於4到14歲之間。其中，有96％的父母認為，小孩接觸大自然十分重要，因為在外玩樂對他們的成長有所助益。

The research found, on average, children were playing outside for just over four hours a week, compared to 8.2 hours a week when the adults questioned were children.

這項研究發現，現在的小孩在外玩樂的時間平均一週只有4小時，但他們的父母年幼時在外玩耍的時間一週卻有8.2小時。

The Trust has a list of 50 things for children to do before they turn 11 and three-quarters to get them engaging with the outdoors, including climbing a tree, hunting for bugs, building a den, explore inside a tree and tracking wild animals.

國民信託組織整理出建議小孩在11歲前進行的50種遊戲，其中有4分之3都必須走出戶外，包括爬樹、抓昆蟲、蓋秘密基地、在樹洞裡冒險、跟蹤野生動物等。

National Trust hopes that instilling a love for nature in our children now encourages them to continue to protect the beauty of the great outdoors for years to come.

國民信託組織希望向小孩灌輸愛護大自然的觀念，好讓他們在未來繼續保護自然之美。