走进常青藤  风俗美国行

北京市第八十中学中美项目2015年暑期夏令营

   北京时间7月29日，北京市第八十中学2015年美国私立中学短期留学体验夏令营活动圆满结束。参与活动的八十中学学生此行共在洛杉矶优质私立中学Bethel Christian School进行了为期一周的留学生活，历经波士顿，纽约，华盛顿，费城，洛杉矶，圣地亚哥六个美国东西海岸城市，体验了哈佛、耶鲁、麻省理工、普林斯顿、波士顿大学、哥伦比亚大学、南加大、波莫纳文理学院、加州大学洛杉矶分校九所世界顶级学府，以及联合国，大都会博物馆，迪士尼乐园，美国海军海港等一系列地点，总共历时15天。

   活动中同学们一直贯彻着“遵守当地法律法规，尊重当地风俗文化”的原则。行动中听从老师指挥，互相帮助，团结有序，保持着良好的团队协作精神，生活中乐观独立，严于律己，宽以待人。随着行程的推进，同学们不断积极探索，增广见闻，了解当地历史文化，对比中西方文化的差异，弘扬民族文化，积极互动，大胆交流，保持了一名中国中学生应有的良好风貌。期间同学们入住当地家庭，体验美国本土生活，与美国住宿家庭结下深厚的情谊；深入美国课堂，转换思维模式，体验中西教育模式的差异。学习交流之余，同学们也未雨绸缪，开始为自己未来的学习生活规划蓝图，思考自己的人生方向，在整个交流活动结束时学有所思，学有所想。学生们感悟到，只有真正理解美国的自由精神，才能在这里更好地学习生活，并融入这个社会。

   本次暑假赴美交流活动初步培养了同学们作为未来国际化人才所需的基本素质，宽广的国际化视野，强烈的创新意识，国际惯例的了解，良好的跨文化沟通能力，独立的国际活动能力以及健康的心理素质，得以在美国多元文化的冲击下，保持中华民族的民族自尊心、自豪感，继而让同学们能够在未来众多竞争者中脱颖而出。

A exciting-experience learning

United State Summer camp 2015 for Sino-US program of Beijing No.80 High School

   In Beijing Time July 29th, the US private high school short-term study abroad experience in 2015 for Sino-US program of Beijing No.80 High School came to a successful end. The students participated in the summer camp spent one week doing a first-hand experience of US school life in a great private high school (Bethel Christian School) and home life in local families in Los Angeles. Students had been to six cities from west to east of United States, including Boston, New York, Washington D. C., Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and San Diego. They traveled to nine top world universities, Harvard, Yale, MIT, Princeton, Boston, Columbia, Southern California universities, Pomona college of liberal arts, and University of California Los Angeles. Besides, some places of interest, for instance, the metropolitan museum of art, Disneyland, the US navy harbor, were also arranged in the journey.

   During the fifteen-day tour, students always complied with local laws and regulations, respected local customs and cultures, and obeyed to teachers' arrangements. They were united, orderly, helpful, optimistic, strict to themselves, but more tolerant to others. Along with the traveling, students actively explored, gathered information, and communicated with others about the differences between Chinese and American customs and cultures. When living with the local families, they have forged profound friendship with the host families. Through the study in US classroom, they experience differences between Chinese and American education. Students gained a lot from the short-term tour, and such an experience prompted them to review the direction of study and life. They found that only when you understand the real meaning of liberty in USA, you can enjoy your life and study there.

   The United State Summer camp cultivates the fundamental qualities of students as international talents in future, broaden their vision, enhanced their consciousness of innovation and intercultural communication skills, and foster their independent international activity ability and healthy psychological quality, so that they can reserve the nation pride and a sense of pride of the Chinese nation under the impact of cultural diversity in the United States. These will also keep them outstanding in the drastic competitions.