寧中小戶外教學很驚喜

寧中小國小部的戶外教學活動，很不一樣，校長許維民4月24日帶領師生二百多人步行十多公里的路程探索安岐海域的蚵田，也利用排雷大隊工作人員休息的時間，到沙崗雷區實地參觀排雷的重型機具，親身感受到排雷人員的辛苦工作。
寧中小國小部這一次的戶外教學活動很「節能減碳」，學生以徒步方式到安岐海域探索海域的自然生態景觀，參觀人工養殖的蚵田。此外，也進入沙崗「雷區」的禁區外圍，參觀排雷人員所使用的重型機具，這都是師生首次看到的景象，很驚喜。
由於沙崗的雷區，目前正積極進行排雷的工作，排雷人員已剷平一大片的土地，正進行海岸邊的掃雷工作。該校師生利用工作人員休息的時間，在外圍區參觀掃雷機具，上了一堂寶貴的「地雷課」。
許維民說，雷區的存在不僅影響地方的發展，也潛藏危機，排雷工作人員冒著生命危險來清雷，還給金門後代子孫安全的生活環境，也助益地方的建設發展。不過，許維民也站在教育者的立場，希望地區在全面進行掃雷工作，也能選擇一小區域 ，保留下來，讓金門的後代還有機會能看到家鄉早期戰地的軍事產物，來體認先人為了捍衛國家安全，在充滿危機的雷區土地過生活，這也是一種教育。許維民也希望利用戶外教學活動，讓學生更深刻的了解自己家鄉週遭的生活環境。

The Field trips(1) of Jinning Elementary and Junior High School were quite unusual. Principal Xu Weimin on Apr. 24 led 200 odd(2) teachers and students and covered over 10 km to explore the oyster farms in the waters along Anqi. They also took the opportunity, while the demining(3) team was taking a break, to pay a visit to the Shagang Minefield to see the heavy machinery and have a sense of the hard work of the demining personnel.
This field trip was very "energy saving and carbon reducing." Students walked all the way to observe the natural ecological landscapes around the waters of Anqi and visited the oyster farms. At the same time, they also entered the peripheral(4) area of the forbidden Shagang Minefield to have a look at the heavy machines used for demining. This was the first time for both the teachers and the students. Everyone was nicely surprised.
Demining work has been underway(5) in the minefield in Shagang. The deminers have already leveled a large area and are currently removing the mines along the coast. It was a "Landmines Lesson" opportunity that not everybody could has.
Xu Weimin said that minefields not only have an effect on local development but also are dangerous. The deminers are risking their lives to remove the mines to give the future generations in Kinmen a safe living environment. They are also helping with local development. However, Xu Weimin added, from an educator's view, that he hopes the future generations in Kinmen will still be able to see military structures from the early days when the island was a war zone, so that they can understand how their forebears(6) lived among perilous(7) minefields in order to protect their country. This will also be a form of education. Xu Weimin hopes to use field trips to help students have a more profound understanding of the living environment in their hometown.

解說
■1. field trip-指學生的校外實地考察旅行。field指田野、原野。
■2. odd-(adj)用在數字後面，表示有零頭的。亦指單數、零散或古怪的。
■3. demining-(n)排雷，排雷的過程。這個字是從mine，地雷演化而來，前面加上de-字首，表示移除、分離之意。地雷也稱land mine，或landmine。雷區則是minefield。
■4. peripheral-(adj)周圍的，外圍的。
■5. underway-(adj)正在進行中的。
■6. forebear-(n)指祖先，正常情況下以複數形式出現。
■7. perilous-(adj)危險的。【資料來源：金門縣政府】