學校應不應該強制開設游泳課?大綱
Should swimming lessons be mandatory in schools?
學校應不應該強制開設游泳課？
Guangdong province is set to make swimming lessons compulsory in primary schools starting from 2020, and proposing the courses be given from the fourth grade. Do we need to make swimming compulsory in schools? Forum readers share their opinions.
2020年起，廣東省所有小學將開設游泳課，建議從四年級開始。學校應不應該強制開設游泳課呢？論壇讀者分享了他們的觀點。
WhiteBear (Poland)
白熊（波蘭）
In Poland swimming lessons are not compulsory, but most of the schools have them. I think that when it is only possible - there should be the swimming lessons for kids. It is a lifesaving skill.
在波蘭，游泳課不是必修課，但大多數學校都設有這門課程。我認爲，條件允許的情況下應該讓孩子們上游泳課，畢竟這是一種保命技能。
MisterPanda (France)
熊貓先生（法國）
I come from France where swimming lessons in school are compulsory (dating back to Charlemagne!). I even got my lifesaving certificate in school.
我來自法國。在我們國家，游泳課是必修課（具體可追溯到查理曼大帝！）。我甚至獲得了學校頒發的救生員證書。
(China)
馮傑（中國）
As a boy born in a rural area, I learnt swimming in a river near my home when I was 7 or 8 years old. I used to play in the river with boys my same age every summer, which was also the only entertainment we could make at that time, but we enjoyed it so much! I just learnt how to dog paddle (breaststroke) because no one taught us. Until I entered university, I got a chance to enhance my swimming skills in PE lessons. Compared with my classmates, I felt lucky because most of them couldn't swim.
我出生在農村，七八歲時在家附近的河裏學會了游泳。每年夏天，我都和同齡的男孩去河裏玩耍。當時，那是我們的唯一樂趣，我們都非常喜歡！我只會狗爬式游泳（蛙泳），因爲沒有人教過我們。上大學之後，我通過體育課提高了自身的游泳技能。與我的同學相比，我感到很幸運，因爲他們大多不會游泳。
I think it's a good idea for schools to teach students to swim. But as a matter of fact, not every school in China has the conditions to do that. In some less-developed areas, there is not even a swimming pool for a whole county with a population of half a million people.
所以我覺得學校開設游泳課是個好主意。但實際上在中國，並非每個學校都具備這種條件。在一些欠發達地區，一個縣大約有50萬人口，但卻沒有一個游泳池。
Boilermaker21 (Expat in China)
Boilermaker21（在華外籍人員）
There are swimming lessons in my city, but I was very disappointed in how they were taught. The kids spent 45 minutes of the one hour lesson practicing strokes ON DRY LAND. They only spent 15 minutes in the water. All of the children panicked and sank immediately to the bottom. Then all of the parents berated the children, telling them that they weren't paying attention to the teacher and that they were failures.
我所在的城市有游泳課，但是我對其授課方式感到失望。在一個小時的課程中，孩子們要花45分鐘在平地上練習拍水，實際只能在水裏呆15分鐘。毫無意外，入水後，所有的孩子都驚慌失措，立即沉入水底。再之後，所有的父母都會指責孩子，稱他們上課不認真，認爲他們十分失敗。
ceciliazhang (China)
西西莉亞·張（中國）
It is a pity that many Chinese athletes won world championships in swimming while most schools don't have the swimming facilities. Swimming is an essential lifesaving skill that everyone should access to. The earlier, the better. The government needs to put money into the popularity of the sport.
許多中國運動員贏得了世界游泳錦標賽冠軍，但令人遺憾的是，大多數學校卻沒有游泳設施。游泳是每個人都應該學會的一項重要的保命技能，越早越好。政府應該爲這項運動的普及投入資金。
