Hit the park

李潇

导读：美国国家公园管理局开展了一个“寻找你的公园”活动，这个活动旨在鼓励家长带着孩子去参观国家公园，并和大家一起分享自己的观后感。

TFK Kid Reporter Emily Valentino joins actress Bella Thorne at the Find Your Park for the beginning of the Find Your Park movement. This movement encourages kids and their families to visit national parks and share their experiences with others.

The National Park Service （NPS） will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2016. NPS workers care for the 407 national parks located throughout the country.

Actress Bella Thorne is a spokesperson for the NPS anniversary. She and other program leaders attended the Find Your Park launch event. “We spend so much of our time on social media that we dont really get to realize the beauty and the greatness around us，” she told TFK. “I hope that I get my generation and hopefully generations to come to get out there and get active.” Thorne says her favorite national park is the Santa Monica Mountains（圣塔莫尼卡山脉）， in California.

Sally Jewell was also at the event. She is in President Obamas Cabinet（内阁）， or group of advisors. As the U.S. Secretary of the Interior（内政部长）， Jewells job is to help protect the countrys natural resources and wildlife. She talked to TFK about Every Kid in a Park， which is another program that the government created for the NPS anniversary. Right now， all kids get free admission to national parks and other federal lands and waters. But starting next school year， this program will give free admission to the entire families of fourth grade students.

“We chose fourth graders partly because they still have a homeroom so its easy for us to find their teachers and tell them about this program，” Jewell explains. “Some fifth graders start to divide into different subject areas and its harder for us to reach them.” Other reasons include fourth graders interests in science and the world around them. Jewell hopes kids learn about national parks and maybe even work for them one day， as park rangers， interpreters， or historians. The government hopes to continue to offer free park admission to fourth graders and their families in the years to come.

Vocabulary

anniversary n. 周年纪念日

attend v. 參加，出席

generation n. 一代人

federal adj. 联邦的

homeroom n. （美）年纪教室（学生定期接受导师指导的教室）

park ranger 公园管理员

interpreter n. 口译员

知识链接：

美国国家公园是美国最宝贵的历史遗产之一，它作为美国人的公共财产得到管理，并为保证后代的使用而得到保护与修缮。美国利用国家公园保护国家的自然、文化和历史遗产，并让全世界通过这个窗口了解美国的壮丽风貌、自然和历史财富以及国家的荣辱忧欢。国家公园管理局（NPS）负责对建立新公园的提案进行细致筛选，以保证只有最杰出的资源才能被纳入到国家公园体系中来。