乌塔是个德国小姑娘，14岁，趁暑假独自一人游历欧洲。她和中国姑娘邓小洁偶遇于罗马时，乌塔已经去了法国、瑞士、奥地利，在意大利去了威尼斯、米兰、弗洛伦萨，准备前往希腊。关于乌塔的故事收录在在小学四年级的语文课本里。那是一篇略读课文。
Uta, a 14-year-old German girl, traveled alone in Europe during the summer vacation. When she met Deng Xiaojie, a Chinese girl, in Rome, UTA had gone to France, Switzerland, Austria, Venice, Milan and Florence in Italy, ready to go to Greece. The story about UTA is included in the Chinese textbook of the fourth grade of primary school. That is a skimming text.
班上的学生读完课文哇哇叫个不停。我问他们不住地哇哇什么。异口同声：“我们也想旅游啊。好羡慕乌塔啊。”我说：“前两天学校不是组织你们去欢乐谷了吗？”急性子何卓毓说：“那是老师带着去的，一点都不自由，不算。”
The students in the class kept shouting after reading the text. I asked them what they kept shouting. "We also want to travel. I envy UTA. " I said, "didn't the school organize you to go to happy valley the other day?" Acute son he Zhuoyu said: "that is the teacher to take, not free at all, not count."
我们的孩子出门旅游是件大事，要么父母带着，要么老师看着，旅游团给每班配了2名带班老师，学校还会要求班主任跟队。一句话：不放心。记得两年前教2年级，学校组织学生去本街道的一个景点玩。半天时间，5位家长打电话来问：“孩子怎样啊？麻烦老师叫他多喝点水，叫他不要乱跑，不要摔到了……”我们的孩子在父母、老师、社会圈定的安全地带里长大。但是很讽刺的是，中国儿童意外伤害率在世界上却遥遥领先。
It's a big thing for our children to travel, either with their parents or with their teachers watching. The tour group has two teachers in charge of each class, and the school also requires the class teacher to follow the team. In a word: don't worry. I remember teaching grade 2 two years ago. The school organized students to play in a scenic spot in this street. Half a day later, five parents called and asked, "how is your child? Please ask the teacher to drink more water and tell him not to run around or fall down... " Our children grow up in a safe place defined by their parents, teachers and society. However, it is ironic that China is far ahead of the world in terms of the accidental injury rate of children.
课文读完，我让学生说说对乌塔独自游历欧洲的看法。王前同学很急切地说：“我觉得乌塔这样做很危险。一个14岁的女孩子独自出门，还去那么多国家，很容易被骗走的。”女孩子朱岁婕立刻回答：“书上不是说了‘乌塔早就设计好了旅行的路线和日程，每到一地就先查警察局的电话号码，以便遇到危险和困难时请求帮助。’”一个小小的声音从角落传来，那是可爱的小女生许淑欣在说：“知道警察局的电话就安全了吗？为什么我表姐被人骗到广西做传销到现在也找不回来啊？”这个问题太尖锐也太复杂，我只好装作没听见。
After reading the text, I asked the students to talk about their views on UTA's traveling alone in Europe. Wang Qian said eagerly, "I think it's dangerous for UTA to do this. A 14-year-old girl who goes out alone and goes to so many countries is easy to be cheated. " Zhu suijie, the girl, immediately replied, "it doesn't mean that UTA has designed the travel route and schedule for a long time, and checks the telephone number of the police station at each place, so as to ask for help in case of danger and difficulty." A small voice came from the corner. It was a lovely little girl, Xu Shuxin, who said, "is it safe to know the phone number of the police station? Why is my cousin cheated to Guangxi to do MLM and now she can't find it? " The problem is so acute and complicated that I have to pretend not to hear it.
精明的彭剑锋同学立刻指出：“乌塔根本不可能去旅游，她是小孩，哪来的钱去旅游？”我说：“你读读第五自然段。”第五自然段说的是：乌塔为了挣旅费，每个周末去帮餐馆或超级市场分发广告单，假期还到别人家里陪小孩玩。彭剑锋家是开餐馆的，彭剑锋看了这一段话立刻举手：“老师，我家饭店工人的工资很少的，他们只有几百块，乌塔在餐馆打工怎么能赚到游历欧洲各国的钱呢？”我只好说：“欧洲的工资很高。”彭剑锋释然：“我也想去旅游，可是挣不到钱。”是啊，在中国成年人找工作养自己都困难，出门旅游更是件奢侈的事情，更别提孩子了。况且，中国是反对用童工的。
"Smart Peng Jianfeng immediately pointed out:" Wuta is impossible to travel, she is a child, which money to travel I said, "read the fifth paragraph." In order to earn travel expenses, UTA goes to help restaurants or supermarkets distribute advertisements every weekend, and goes to other people's homes to play with children during holidays. Peng Jianfeng's family runs a restaurant. After reading this passage, Peng Jianfeng immediately raised his hand: "teacher, the wages of our hotel workers are very small, they only have a few hundred yuan. How can UTA earn money from working in a restaurant to travel around Europe?" I have to say, "wages are high in Europe." Peng Jianfeng was relieved: "I also want to travel, but I can't earn money." Yes, it's difficult for adults in China to find a job to support themselves. Traveling is a luxury, let alone children. Moreover, China is against child labor.
见多识广的朱子桥说：“老师，出国要签证的，办签证很难的啊。要好多钱的，乌塔去那么多国家，怎样办到签证啊？”也是，持中华人民共和国因公普通护照出国免签的国家全世界一共23个，欧洲有阿塞拜疆、保加利亚、波黑、格鲁吉亚、黑山、马其顿之类的9个国家。看来，普通中国小孩要想去欧洲旅游基本没有什么可能了。
Zhu ziqiao, a well-informed man, said, "teachers, it's very difficult to get a visa when going abroad. How can I get a visa if I want a lot of money to go to so many countries? " In addition, there are 23 countries in the world who hold the general passport of the people's Republic of China for business and are exempt from visa. In Europe, there are 9 countries, such as Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Montenegro and Macedonia. It seems that it is almost impossible for ordinary Chinese children to travel to Europe.
周游列国，甚至周游列省，对我们的孩子来讲，确实是有心却无力。不过还好，孩子们最后总结说：“我们要学习乌塔这种独立自主的精神，在生活上要学会独立，不一定要出门旅游。”
Traveling around the world, even in other provinces, is really intentional but powerless for our children. But fortunately, the children finally concluded, "we should learn from the spirit of independence, independence in life, and not travel."
舆论总把中国孩子不能独立的大棒子打到中国的家长身上，可实际上，在观念问题的表象下是更为复杂的经济、政治问题啊。
The public opinion always beats the Chinese children's independency to the Chinese parents, but in fact, under the appearance of the concept problem, it is a more complicated economic and political problem.