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我们来看今天的内容——英国BBC电台拍摄的纪录片《Are our kids tough enough? Chinese school》

连续三周的节目展示了中国老师如何用传统教育征服了英国熊孩子们。第二集中当中国老师把应试教育那一套搬到英国课堂上的时候，熊孩子们百般反抗：上课化妆、说话、嬉笑、甚至喝茶，散漫的课堂纪律和叛逆的性格导致了教学一度无法顺利进行。该校校长在局面混乱的时候曾naive地认为中国老师会输。但是孙猴子也逃不了五指山，中国老师们像如来佛祖一般用中国教育、竞争制度外加心理战术降服了参加实验的英国学生。最终，在第三集，中国班级的学生以超高的考试成绩在年级考试中胜出了！对于这个结果，作为一个中国学生你觉得意外吗？

下面我们来看一篇BBC的报道，看看中外老师和学生是如何看到这些文化冲突和教学差异呢？同时积累一些教育相关的词汇。

Would Chinese-style education work on British kids?

The Chinese education system - with its long school days and tough discipline - tops global league tables. But how did British pupils cope when five Chinese teachers took over part of their Hampshire school? For the BBC documentary Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School, an experiment was carried out at the Bohunt School in Liphook. Fifty children in year nine had to live under a completely different regime - one run by Chinese teachers. For four weeks, they wore a special uniform and started the school day at 07:00. Once a week there was a pledge to the flag. Lessons were focused on note-taking and repetition. Group exercise was undertaken. The pupils had to clean their own classrooms. There were two meal breaks in a 12-hour day.

知识点：

1. Chinese education 的相关描述

long school days and tough discipline 很长的课时安排和严格的纪律

wore a special uniform 中国校服

start the school day at 07:00 7点到学校

once a week there was a pledge to the flag 每周有升旗仪式

note-taking and repetition 上课方式是记笔记和重复学习

clean their own classrooms 中国学生要自己打扫教室

two meal breaks in a 12-hour day 12小时有两次吃饭的休息

2. 句式

· cope 应对

how did British pupils cope when five Chinese teachers took over of their Hampshire school?

· carry out 开展

an experiment was carried out at the Bohunt School in Liphook

校长：Neil Strowger 对于中式教育的看法

In Shanghai last year, I had seen the incredible commitment of the students, enormous class sizes and immaculate behaviour.‍ I had also witnessed PE lessons where the students stood in groups chatting, as PE was considered neither important nor a respite from the interminable monotony of the Chinese classroom. In early spring, parts of my school were taken over.

知识点：此段中Chinese education 的相关描述

· incredible commitment of the students 学生们的学习精神感天动地

· enormous class sizes 巨大的班级

· and immaculate behaviour 超级完美的纪律 immaculate a. completely neat and clean; free from stain or blemish; without fault or error

· PE was considered neither important nor a respite from the interminable monotony of the Chinese classroom. 在冗长单一的中国教室中，体育课既不重要也不受到重视

interminable a. tiresomely long; seemingly without end

monotony n. the quality of wearisome constancy,routine, and lack of variety; constancy of tone or pitch or inflection

The Chinese flag was flying proudly over the sports field. I had met the Chinese teacher sat dinner shortly before the project began and was impressed by their determination. But as early as the second day reports were coming in that the pupils were behaving badly - disengaged with the lessons, chatting and not listening to their teachers. Chinese teaching methods were on a collision course with teenage British culture and values.

知识点：pupils were behaving badly 学生表现差

· disengaged with the lessons 不好好上课

· chatting and not listening to their teacher 上课说话、不听讲

Our pupils are used to being able to ask questions of the teacher - they expect their views to be considered with respect. Furthermore, British pupils expect to have variety in their learning. They are not used to being incarcerated in a large group and in the same classroom studying a very narrow curriculum. As the weeks passed, thanks both to the support of Bohunt's pastoral staff and a slight shift towards a teaching approach more recognisable to our pupils, behaviour improved.

知识点：英国教育的特征

· our pupils are being able to ask questins of the teacher 英国的学生上课可以问问题

· they expect their views to be considered with respect 英国的学生希望他们的观点能够被考虑并且被尊重

· British pupils expect to have variety in their learning 英国的学习期待学习的多样性

· They are not used to being incarcerated in a large group and in the same classroom studying a very narrow curriculum. 他们不习惯被束缚在一个大集体里学习非常集中的课程。

Perhaps as a result of the amount of time spent together, teacher-pupil relationships got better and some pupils began to express a preference for the Chinese style. They liked having to copy "stuff" from the board as they thought this would help them remember it. Some more able pupils also liked the lecture style of the Chinese classroom. What have I learned from the experiment? I believe that a longer school day would have value for our pupils and that teachers should not on occasion be afraid of delivering monologues in the classroom. It is, however, abundantly clear to me that Chinese parents, culture and values are the real reasons that Shanghai Province tops the oft-cited Pisa tables rather than superior teaching practice. No educational approach or policy is going to turn back the British cultural clock to the 1950s. Nor should it seek to.

知识点：句式和短语

· as a result of ... 由于...

· express a preference for sth 对...表示喜欢

· as 因为

They liked having to copy "stuff" from the board as they thought this would help them remember it. rote learning的好处

· more able pupils 学习好的学生

· deliver knowledge 教学

· educational approach 教学方法

学生Rosie对中国教育的看法

I'm a normal teenager - I like my sleep and my freedom. But I traded it all in for more school than sleep each day, for four weeks with pushy teachers, all while wearing a completely atrocious tracksuit for almost 12 hours a day. The project wasn't what I expected - I had envisioned something like normal school but maybe with a little more homework or a silent classroom. That is most definitely not what I got. It felt like we had no say in our education and what the teachers said went. Acting like robots was the right way to go. For me, it was something I found difficult to get used to.

知识点：

· trade in 本意是买卖，在这里表示“交换”，“生活变成了...”

· pushy teacher 口语可以使用，表示“更加严格的老师” pushy：a. marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative

· atrocious tracksuit 对于中国校服的吐槽 atrocious：a. shockingly brutal or cruel; exceptionally bad or displeasing; provoking horror

tracksuit 运动服套装

I'm used to speaking my mind in class, being bold, giving ideas, often working in groups to advance my skills and improve my knowledge. But a lot of the time in the experiment, the only thing I felt I was learning was how to copy notes really fast and listen to the teacher lecture us. One of the hardest things to deal with was different expectations of me as a student. It felt like we had to always be the best. That there was no longer any point in trying if you weren't going to be top of the class. Only the scores on tests mattered. The classroom environment felt stressful and enclosed. When you have 50 other pupils in the room it's hard enough to concentrate without being made to feel as if you are competing against them all the time. Science was particularly challenging. On one of the first days we were having the normal, slightly boring lectures from Ms Yang. Then we were given questions to answer on the subject and I understood nothing. I hadn't realised I would be this self-conscious, not being able to pick up a new topic at such speed and it got to me. I felt stressed out sitting in my lesson completely muddled. It was awful knowing I not only had my peers watching me, but the cameras too. I felt stupid and just utterly pulled under by the weight of everything. The Chinese teachers think the pupils in their classes are like bulletproof sponges, sucking in information yet conveniently ignoring the fact they are tired and very bored. However there were definitely some good bits. I loved learning about fan dancing and Chinese cookery. These were certainly welcome distractions from dull lectures about Pythagoras's theorem and English grammar. I shall always remember trying out Chinese-style education - it was one of the most interesting months of my life.

这一整段的吐槽中，划线句子和词汇可以试着记识。用于描述教育话题。

例如在说起西方教育的时候，你可以用到的词汇：speak my mind; being bold; giving ideas

中国传统教育：copy notes really fast and listen to the teacher lecture us. Only the scores on tests mattered.

数学老师Simon Zou对于这次实验的看法

‍‍‍‍‍‍I'm grateful that I could take part in the entire experimental project. It taught me a lot. As a form teacher, I successfully introduced Chinese classroom management - where the class is a unit. I established a class committee and routines for students on duty. Leaders were selected for each class activity. This allowed the students to bear responsibility, as well as to exercise their leadership, communication, cooperation and organisation skills. I believe if we give students a stage to perform, they will surprise us.

知识点：

leadership/communication/cooperation/ organisation skills 这些都是很常见的表示能力的短语，同学们可以作为一个组合去记忆，用于教育话题中提高能力的例子。

Originally I was confident about my teaching method, but at Bohunt I encountered unexpected problems. Some of the students found it hard to adapt. When I first introduced Pythagoras's theorem, I decided to let the students find the proposition, prove and apply the theorem. That process is an important feature of maths teaching in China. But a lot of students said they found it unnecessary to prove Pythagoras's theorem - knowing how to apply it was enough. I became more familiar with the British students' learning habits but I insisted on my ways of teaching. I introduced the Chinese Ring Puzzle to the students. I brought 70 puzzle pieces from China. I gave every student one puzzle to solve as an exercise, and I told them to keep it as a small gift from me. Unfortunately after the evening study session, some students left the ring puzzles on the desks, some even left them on the floor. The empty boxes were all over the floor. When I was doing the routine classroom inspection that evening, I felt very embarrassed. Another thing I remember is that one afternoon in the third week, a boy named Joe fell down in the classroom and hurt his hand. He was crying. After the school doctor's examination, he was given some ice packs and advised to go to hospital. When Joe's mother and younger brother were picking him up, one little thing impressed me in particular. Joe was carrying a heavy bag on his other side, but he didn't request us to help. Joe's mother did not offer to help him carry the bag, nor did Joe ask for help. Even when Joe's brother tried to help him carry his bag, Joe refused. I wonder if this is the result of the British education, that trains the children to become independent. This makes me think a lot.

知识点：

Chinese Ring Puzzle 九连环

可以用于口语描述一件玩具或者礼物

【结语】小编一口气看完了上中下三集的内容，看到熊孩子们被折磨的这四周真是心酸，想起自己的小学初中高中更心酸。片子里中国老师直言不讳大谈中国教育的优点，但是其中英国老师提出的弊端也让是深思。片中不仅有很多英语值得大家去学习，同时通过这部片子去了解一下中外老师对于教育所持有的不同观点也是个不错的选择。

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