廣州加拿大人國際學校CIS Cultural Treasure Hunt: Spot the Can

來源：好上學 ??時間：2024-03-04

沒錯，走在廣州加拿大國際學校的大廳里，如果你抬頭看，映入眼簾的是天花板上有一艘倒置的獨木舟！這在學校大樓里可不常見。為什么它會出現(xiàn)在那里？

Do you know…there are several Canadian symbols dispersed across the beautiful CIS campus? Can you guess what they are?

Following our Maple Leaf Spirit feature (Click here to read), we’re taking you on a CIS Canadian Culture Treasure Hunt! Can you guess where this canoe is?

你知道嗎?在我們美麗的校園里，其實有好幾個帶有加拿大特色的標志作品。你能猜出是什么嗎?

在上周我們介紹了楓葉精神后，現(xiàn)在歡迎來到廣州加拿大國際學校加拿大文化尋寶第一站!來猜猜看這個獨木舟在哪里?

If you said that it is in the School lobby, you guessed right! Walking through the grand entrance of the Canadian International School of Guangzhou, the first thing you’ll see on the ceiling of the lobby is an upside-down canoe! That is a pretty unusual feature to have in a school building. Why is it there?

沒錯，走在廣州加拿大國際學校的大廳里，如果你抬頭看，映入眼簾的是天花板上有一艘倒置的獨木舟!這在學校大樓里可不常見。為什么它會出現(xiàn)在那里?

In Canadian history, the canoe is a symbol of identity. Canadian aboriginals and European settlers used canoes to explore and discover all that Canada had to offer. There are numerous bodies of water that dot the Canadian landscape. The canoe was the country’s original means of transportation, allowing the Indigenous people to take advantage of this unique environmental feature. Made with natural materials, the canoe provided freedom, gave rise to opportunity and fostered commerce. Men and women had to work together to overcome the obstacles they faced and to reach their destination. Canada indeed owes an enormous gratitude to the Indigenous people who created the canoe and shared their insightful knowledge of how to travel by water. Without the canoe, there would be no Canada.

在加拿大歷史上，獨木舟是一種象征，加拿大原住民和歐洲殖民者用獨木舟探索加拿大的荒野，和遍布加拿大領(lǐng)土的水域。

從早期開始，加拿大先民就使用獨木舟來開疆拓土，原住民利用它探索加拿大的自然。由天然材料制成的獨木舟提供了自由，帶來了機會，促進了商業(yè)發(fā)展。男女性必須共同努力，克服障礙，抵達終點。加拿大應(yīng)該感謝原住民，他們創(chuàng)造了獨木舟并分享了這種技能。沒有獨木舟，就沒有加拿大。

At CIS, the canoe is strategically placed in the lobby so that it towers above us as we walk into the school campus. It vividly represents adventure, exploration and teamwork, skills that CIS aims to instill in all our students. It characterizes the pioneering and adventurous spirit of our community as they collectively move forward in their learning journey. Every time we look up to see the canoe, we can feel a renewed sense of adventure, understanding and discovery. And most of all, we remember our school motto: Learn Today, Lead Tomorrow.

在廣州加拿大國際學校，獨木舟被巧妙地放置在大廳里，這樣當我們走進學校校園時，它就會高高站立，生動地表現(xiàn)了冒險、探索和團隊合作精神，也正是我們希望向?qū)W生傳達的技能。它體現(xiàn)了開拓和冒險精神，在學習的旅程中共同前進。每當我們抬頭看到獨木舟，便感受到勇于冒險，追求新知的成就感。最重要的是，我們牢記校訓：今朝學子，未來領(lǐng)袖。