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MELBOURNE Endeavour Hills 中学被迫取消每年游泳庆祝会因大部分学生不会游泳， 参赛人数逐年低减，而费用上升。
学校校长Barbara Mothersdale 告述记者。 “大量的学生的家庭背景是来自于难民家庭，或来自贫穷国家的移民， 他们从没学过游泳。“
"他们只喜欢在水中蹦和跑"
学校计划明年七年级开始游泳课程。
（在此也给要在该区买房产的同学一个信息）
Endeavour Hills school cancels swimming carnival because students can't swim
A MELBOURNE high school has defended a decision to cancel its annual swimming carnival, saying the majority of its students can't swim.
Endeavour Hills Secondary College made the decision because the event was costly and "becoming a bit of a farce", principal Barbara Mothersdale said.
She said a large population of students at the school were former refugees or migrants from poor countries who had never learnt to swim.
"The [carnival] numbers have been decreasing rapidly," she said.
"They were loving running and jumping in the water, but we were finding we could only provide novelty events," she said.
Many of the students could not afford the cost of participating in the carnival, she said.
Instead, Ms Mothersdale said the school will run swimming lessons for Year 7s in January at a cost of $7 per student.
"Given the number of international students who drown over the summer, we've tried to address that," she said.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news ... rf7kx-1225954354703
"Most of our parents are very supportive of the program."
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阿狗推荐——怀旧抒情曲9+2 （英文篇） (2008-7-10) 阿Ka 
发表于 2010-11-16 13:09
