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1、XiamenUniversitytooffertree-climbingcourseXiamenUniversity'sfieldsurvivalcoursegetsreactionsrustlingDon'tbesurprisedtohearphrasessuchas"Let'sgoclimbthetree!"and"Haveyouclimbedthetree?"onXiamenUniversitycampusinFujianprovince.Theuniversitywillbecomethefirstonthemainlandtooffera
2、tree-climbingcourse,startingthissemester."Climbingatreeissuchaneasything,"saidGongWenhai,ajunioryearstudent."Dotheyhavetoofferacourse?"GongcomesfromthecountrysideinHubeiprovinceandclimbingtreesisacommonchildhoodgame."Somestudentsmayevenbebetteratitthantheteachers,"hejoked.Howe
3、ver,ZhengDaxiong,oneofthreephysicaleducationteacherswhowillteachthecourse,saysthesituationisnotthatsimpleand"thisisactuallyanimportantcomplementarypartoffieldsurvivalability.It'snotclimbingtreesassomedidinchildhood."XiamenUniversityhasconductedfieldsurvivalcoursesfor10years.Bu
4、tpreviouslyittaughtrockclimbingorsteeplechase,whichsoundsmoreprofessionalthantreeclimbing.SinceTreeClimbersInternational-theworld'sfirsttree-climbingschool-wasfoundedin1983inAtlanta,Georgia,manysimilarinstitutionshavebeenestablishedworldwide.HongKongfoundeditstreeclimbingassoc
5、iationin2007andorganizedacompetition.ZhuChongshi,presidentoftheuniversity,visitedCornellUniversityinJune2011andwassoimpressedbyitstree-climbingcoursethathedecidedtostartoneatXiamenUniversity.TheCornellTreeClimbingInstituteclaimsto"promotesafeandenvironmentallyresponsibletreecl
6、imbingtechniquesforrecreation,educationandresearch".Zhengsaysthecoursewillteachstudentstoclimbtreesinthesafestandmostcorrectway."Forexample,it'sdangeroustoclimbtreesonlywithyourhands.It'sessentialtolearnhowtothrowtheropeandtieittothetree,justlikerockclimbing,butit'smoredifficu
7、lt.Climberscanshifttheirweightontherockbutwerelymoreontheropewhenclimbingatree.Wehavetocoordinateamongourhands,feetandlegstofindthebestposture.Itwillalsotrainthestudents'strengthandflexibility."However,climbinghigherorfasterisnotimportant.Iwanttogobacktothetimeofclimbingtreesi
8、nmychildhoodandIwilltellmystudents:Trytoenjoytheclass."Thecou
