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城市化的英文单词是Urbanization，而英语的Urban既包括城市（city）也包括城镇（town），所以城市化既可以是通过人口从农村向城市集中，在城市发展第二、三产业来吸纳农业人口的过程，也可以表现为人口从农村向城镇集中，在城镇发展第二、三产业并吸纳农业人口的过程。它们都属于城市化范畴，本质都强调经济社会的活动中心从农村转出。只不过前者强调转向城市，后者强调转向城镇，在地理上的侧重点不同（发展和战略规划司，2016）。新型城镇化是城镇化的延申概念，它强调人口与经济社会活动在地理空间上的均衡分布，虽然摆脱了过去对小城镇的片面依赖，但仍强调小城镇扮演的重要角色（发展和战略规划司，2016），这一过程被认为是现代化的必由之路（人民日报，2022）。

在现代化的洪流之中，不少村庄从农业的、乡土的村，变为了工业或文旅的、现代的镇或者区，书本材料、文本信息是宏观且遥远的，这一趋势在现实中到底长成什么样？对当地的百姓有哪些影响？它在一个具体的地方，带来了哪些好事？又形成了什么样的困境？这些问题，需要人真正走进一个地方，产生联系，亲自体验，而后得知。

鄂州市梁子湖区大垅村就是这样一个地方，它有着农业的根——2009年4月，鄂州与省联发投在梁子湖北岸的一片44平方公里的乡村，开建梧桐湖新区，随着建设推进，大垅村70%的土地被征用。（湖北日报，2013）从此，新的旧的生活方式杂在一起，这其中就生出了许多的问题，许多的麻烦，许多的满足与不满来，如《乡土中国》所言：“……，从乡土社会进入现代社会的过程中，我们在乡土社会中所养成的生活方式处处产生了流弊。”（费孝通，2018）

在全球范围内，现代化发展都是一个值得探讨的主题，在中国，现代化发展有着自己的特点，它源于社会、经济和文化的根源，也面临着诸多挑战。让学生们阅读相关的材料，体验当地的日常生活，从文本和实地的两条路径进行了解、探索和发掘，这一调研活动不仅有教育意义，让学生产生社会责任感，亲近本土的文化，也能为此地的发展带来新的视角、新的血液。

希望这一实践活动能为相关方提供有价值的参考，如果不能，也希望所有的参与者能够从具体的地方，去理解“社会”，理解“我们的社会”。

The English word for 城镇化 is Urbanization, and Urban in English includes both cities and towns, so urbanization can be the process of absorbing the agricultural population through the concentration of the population from the countryside to the cities and the development of the secondary and tertiary industries in the cities. It can also be expressed as the process of population concentration from rural areas to towns and the development of secondary and tertiary industries in towns and the absorption of the agricultural population. The essence of both concepts emphasizes the transfer of economic and social activities from the rural areas. It is only that the former emphasizes the shift to cities and the latter emphasizes the shift to towns, with a different geographical focus (Department of Development and Strategic Planning, 2016). New urbanization is the extended concept of urbanization, which emphasizes the balanced geospatial distribution of population and economic and social activities. Although it gets rid of the one-sided reliance on small towns in the past, it still emphasizes the important role played by small towns (Department of Development and Strategic Planning, 2016), this process is considered to be an inevitable path to modernization (People's Daily, 2022).

Amidst the tide of modernization, many villages have changed from agricultural, vernacular villages to industrial or cultural tourism, modern towns or districts. Books and textual information are macroscopic and distant; what does this trend actually looks like in reality? What is the impact of this trend on the locals? What advantages has it brought to a specific place? And what kind of predicament has been formed? To answer these questions, people need to really dive into the field, establish contact, experience personally, and then get to know it.

Ezhou City, Liangzi Lake District, Dalong Village is such a place, it has agricultural roots - in April 2009, Ezhou and Hubei United Investments and Properties Co., LTD decided to build the Wutong Lake New Area, in the north shore of Liangzi Lake, a 44 square kilometer piece of countryside. With the advancement of the construction, 70% of Dalong Village has been expropriated (Hubei Daily, 2013). Since then, the new and old life styles are mixed together, which leads to many problems, troubles, satisfactions and dissatisfactions. As stated in From the Soil —The Foundations of Chinese Society, "...... In the process of entering the modern society from the vernacular society, the lifestyles we have cultivated in the past bring problems in every aspect. " (Fei Xiaotong, 2018)

Globally, modernization and development is a theme worth exploring. In China, modernization and development has its own characteristics, which stems from social, economic and cultural roots and faces many challenges. By allowing students to read relevant materials, experience local daily life, and understand, explore as well as discover from two paths: text and field, this social study activity not only has educational function, allowing students to develop a sense of social responsibility, get close to the local culture, but also brings new perspectives and new blood to the development of this place.

Hope this activity can provide valuable references for the relevant parties, and if not, hope all participants can understand "society" and "our society" from the concrete places.

本调研旨在探究本地村庄现代化和城镇化的路径，了解和把握其中真实的情况。调研由格鲁伯剑桥高中预备班的学生们主导，他们会按照自己对于文本的理解，以及搜索的资料，自行决定其调研及访谈的目的，也许他们关心医疗系统，或许他们关心经济发展，又或者他们关心这里的就业，也可能他们关心这里的公共服务。

学生们会自行选择自己的方向，留下他们自己的见解，提出还不成熟的建议与意见，因此，很难说这项社会调研活动有一个统一的调研目的。

我们衷心希望，在这个过程中，学生们可以通过更多元的方式了解和思考世界，接触和体验社会，将知识与现实相连。

做更多的阅读，学习更多的内容，进行更多的尝试，探索更多的领域。

The purpose of this study is to explore the paths of modernization and urbanization of local villages, and to understand and grasp the realities of the situation. The study was led by students from Global Cambridge High School Preparatory School. They decided on their own the purpose of their study and interviews based on their understanding of the book and the information they searched for. Perhaps they cared about the healthcare system, or economic development, or employment, or the public services in this area.

Students will choose their own directions, leave their own opinions, and make immature suggestions and comments, so it is difficult to say that there is a unified purpose for this social research activity.

We sincerely hope that in this process, students can understand and think about the world in a more diversified way, connect to and experience the society, and link knowledge with reality.

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