50 things to do before you're 12
12歲前要做的50件事

Today's youngsters may be a dab hand at video games, but how many can lay claim to being expert tree climbers or rope-swing acrobats?
如今的年輕一代能手握游戲機(jī)浴血奮戰(zhàn)，卻有多少能自稱爬樹能手或者秋千上的雜技演員。

According to research commissioned by the trust, fewer than 10 per cent of children regularly play in 'wild places' and 10 per cent cannot ride a bicycle.
根據(jù)“國民信托”的一份調(diào)查報(bào)告顯示，如今，10個(gè)孩子里就有一個(gè)不常去野外玩耍，10個(gè)孩子里有一個(gè)甚至連自行車都不會騎。

Meanwhile, on average, children spend four-and-a-half hours a day sat in front of a TV or computer screen, according to recent research.
調(diào)查還顯示，孩子平均每天花在電腦或電視機(jī)前的時(shí)間有近4個(gè)半小時(shí)。

The National Trust today launches a nationwide campaign to encourage sofa-bound children to get outside, exploring and having adventures.?
如今，“國民信托”推出了一項(xiàng)全國性的活動，旨在鼓勵(lì)那些整日窩在沙發(fā)上的少年兒童多多出門玩耍、冒險(xiǎn)。

The trust is challenging children to tick off every item on its list, including kite-flying, watching the sun rise and getting behind a waterfall
“國民信托”鼓勵(lì)孩子們?nèi)ヌ魬?zhàn)列表上的每一個(gè)事項(xiàng)，像放風(fēng)箏，看日出，站到瀑布后面等。

While damming streams and building dens may be basic rights of passage for their parents' and grandparents' generation, the National Trust is offering a helping hand for today's youngsters who have yet to experience such character-building activities.
筑水壩和筑巢對于他們的父母和祖父母而言也許是是一件很容易的事，而如今的孩子卻需要通過“國民信托”的幫助才能融入這種筑造過程。

How many children have poked at frogspawn or caught a fish in a net? Have they faced the fear of picking up their first crab or dyed their tongues purple from eating wild blackberries?
有多少孩子戳過蛙卵或者用網(wǎng)撈過魚？這些孩子因?yàn)榈谝淮巫ンπ坊蛘叱砸吧乃{(lán)莓時(shí)把舌頭染成了紫色而害怕過？

The charity's checklist also includes simple pleasures such as running around in the rain and bug hunting, setting up a snail race, flying a kite and making a (delicious) mud pie.
列表還例舉了一些簡單愉悅的事情，如在雨中跑步，抓蟲子，賽蝸牛，放風(fēng)箏，做泥蛋糕等。

'We're hoping that the nation's children will embrace the 50 things and start having their very own outdoor adventures with their family, with our Free Weekend the perfect opportunity to get outside in the fresh air.'
“我們希望我們國家的孩子能接受者50件事，并以此和他們的家人展開他們的戶外冒險(xiǎn)，用一個(gè)悠閑的周末去享受室外的新鮮空氣。”