Some people believe that students should be given one long vacation each year. Others believe that students should have several short vacations throughout the year. Which viewpoint do you agree with? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice.
I like the idea of students having several short vacations throughout the year. I'm a working parent with two school-age children. Every summer I have to come up with a plan for keeping my children safe and entertained for three months, while my husband and I are at work. Summer camps are expensive, and finding the one your children will enjoy can be a challenge. Getting rid of that one long vacation would make life a lot easier.
我喜欢学生一年中有几个短期假期的想法。我是一个有两个学龄儿童的工作父母。每年夏天，我都得想出一个计划，在我和丈夫上班的时候，让我的孩子们在三个月的时间里保持安全和娱乐。夏令营很贵，找到孩子们喜欢的夏令营是一项挑战。摆脱一个长假会让生活更轻松。
Having several shorter vacations would also make it easier to schedule vacations. My husband and I both work in small offices with other working parents. All of us need vacation time during the same three months. This is hard on our businesses and our careers.
有几个短假期也会让安排假期更容易。我和丈夫都在小办公室里和其他工作的父母一起工作。我们所有人都需要在同一个三个月内休假。这对我们的生意和事业都是很困难的。
We also find that wherever we go in the summer, it's crowded. It would be nice to go places throughout the year and find smaller crowds. I'm sure the attractions themselves would like that better, too. It would be better for the economy to spread things out, too.
我们还发现夏天无论去哪里，那里都很拥挤。一年四季都去一些地方，找些小的人群会很好。我相信景点本身也会喜欢这样。如果把假期时间分配到全年，我想我的孩子们会更加关注他们的学生。在学年的最后一个月，他们只是没有注意到。他们在学校里呆了九个月，精力不多。此外，他们还重新预测了假期时间。如果假期是一整年的，他们会更专注于学习。
I think my children would be more focused on their students if their vacation time was divided up throughout the year. The final month of the school year, they're just not paying attention. They've been in school for nine long months and they don't have a lot of energy. Plus , they're anticipating vacation time. If vacations were throughout the year, they would concentrate better on studies.
当然，许多老校舍都没有空调，因为通常人们在最热的月份都没有空调。不过，我认为，这可能是个问题，新空调的价格是值得的。在暑假的最后几个星期里，我的孩子们对他们的长假感到厌烦。我怀疑如果一年中有几个假期的话会发生这种情况
Of course, many older school buildings aren't air-conditioned, because usually people aren't there during the hottest months. That might be a problem, I think, though, that new air-conditioning would be worth the cost. During the last few weeks of summer, my children are bored with their long vacation. I doubt that would happen if there were several vacations throughout the year.