中英学生家庭活动请假规则对比

What is a good excuse to ask for some time off?
什么是请假的好理由？
At your school, sickness may be the only one.
在你的学校里，生病可能是唯一的理由。
But in British schools, family events are also well-accepted ones.
但在英国的学校里，家庭相关的活动也是被广泛认可的请假理由。
The National Association of Head Teachers in the UK has written new guidelines about students asking for leave.
英国全国校长协会制定了关于学生请假的新指导方针。
They will allow parents to take their children out of school for family weddings or funerals or visiting an ill relative.
新方针允许家长带孩子离校，去参加家庭婚礼、葬礼，或是探望生病的亲属。
This is a change from the 2013 guidelines that stopped parents taking children out of school without permission.
这和2013年的指导方针有所不同，旧方针禁止家长未经许可就带孩子离校。
Otherwise, they could have gotten a fine of 60 pounds (about 600 yuan) or faced court.
一旦违反规定，家长当时可能会被处以60英镑（约合600元人民币）的罚款，甚至被起诉至法庭。
Family events were not proper excuse to get permission.
家庭活动在当时根本不被视为可以获批请假的正当理由。
Many parents complained about this rule.
很多家长都对这项规定表示不满。
“Taking family events is very important for children growth and that in itself a lesson the schools cannot ever teach our children,” John Hemming, chairman of Parents Want A Say organization, told The Independent.
“参与家庭活动对孩子的成长至关重要，这本身就是一堂学校永远教不了的课，”“家长话语权”组织的主席约翰·海明在接受《独立报》采访时这样表示。
The new change supports this idea and gives permission to students taking time off for family events.
这次的新规调整支持了这一观点，正式允许学生因家庭活动请假。
It’s now OK for British students to take time off for family events.
现在英国学生可以名正言顺地因家庭活动请假了。
In China, however, many students rarely have time off for family events.
然而在中国，很多学生几乎没有机会因为家庭活动请假。
“That’s part of the reason for the generation gap between parents and children,” Guo Hongxia, research at National Institute of Education Sciences, wrote in China Education Daily.
“这也是亲子之间产生代沟的部分原因，”中国教育科学研究院的研究人员郭红霞在《中国教育报》上撰文写道。