YCIS Beijing Students meet Dr Jane Goodall 北京耀中学生与珍妮·古道尔会面

Earlier this month, Secondary School students from Yew Chung International School of Beijing were invited to an afternoon of “Into the Wild: Conversations with Jane Goodall” at Keystone Academy. The purpose of the event was for students to showcase projects they were a part of in their schools’ Roots and Shoots to renowned primatologist and conservationist, Dr. Jane Goodall DBE. 

本月早些时候，北京耀中国际学校的中学生受邀参加了在鼎石国际学校举办的“走进荒野:与珍妮·古道尔对话”的午后活动。这次活动的目的是让学生们向著名的灵长类动物学家和自然资源保护学家珍妮·古道尔博士展示他们在学校“根与芽”项目中参与的项目。

For over 55 years, Dr. Goodall dedicated her life to groundbreaking research studying chimpanzees in Tanzania, their behaviour and an urgent need to protect the primates from extinction. Her work over the years has extended to focusing on nature conservation which influenced the founding of Roots and Shoots, an organisation dedicated to encouraging the youth to take an active stand in ensuring the safekeeping of our planet and its inhabitants. 

在超过55年的时间里，古道尔博士致力于开创性的研究，研究坦桑尼亚的黑猩猩、它们的行为以及保护灵长类免于灭绝的迫切需要。她多年来的工作已经扩展到关注自然保护，在这样的背景下，“根与芽”组织成立了，该组织致力于鼓励年轻人采取积极的立场，以确保我们的星球及居民的安全。

Some of the highlights from the event for our students was the passion with which she spoke about her work “It was interesting how she was talking about her career. It was very inspirational. She also gave us the motivation to know that we can do something about this environmental and extinction problem” said Kaiyou Namai, Y12.

对于我们的学生来说，这次活动的亮点是“我们能感受到她谈论起工作时的热情，这点非常鼓舞人心。她也给了我们动力，让我们知道我们可以为环境和物种灭绝问题做些什么。”12年级学校Kaiyou Namai说道。

Nicole Patridge, on the other hand, had the honour to meet and interact with Dr Goodall, when she presented the YCIS Beijing Roots and Shoots project, an experience she did not imagine she would have. “That was a pretty big highlight for me,” she said, “We know a lot about her, but when I heard that I’ve got the chance to interview her, I knew I had to. I never really thought about how nerve-wracking that would be, but I was grateful for the opportunity” concluded the Y12 student.

另一方面，Nicole Patridge在介绍北京耀中“根与芽”项目时，有幸与古道尔博士见面并进行了交流。“这对我来说是一个殊荣，”她说，“我们对她了解很多，但当我听说我有机会采访她时，我就知道我必须这么做。我从未想过这有多么伤脑筋，但我很感激有这样的机会。”这名12年级的学生总结道。

The YCIS Beijing R&S club’s work will keep going on. They will continue organising events and take part in initiatives that seek to raise awareness around the school, setting an example and passing the baton to their younger counterparts

R&S俱乐部的工作将继续下去。他们将继续组织活动，参与学校旨在提高自然保护认识的活动，树立榜样，并把接力棒传给更年轻的同行。

Images courtesy of Andrew, Y13 Student. 

图片由13年级学生Andrew提供。

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