英国文化与中国文化对比英文

educational relaxed a Western students enjoy seemingly , is not the case for students in This, howeverexperience、very often and Asia, who face crushing workloads are、In the first part of her Globalistdisciplined、or partly The decision is based on an inability —tuition dollars unwillingness —to spend thousands of inare suspicion fees, especially given the that local schools After all, what more could one want from better anyway、language, strong a basic education than a grounding in schools all math and science, subjects in which AsianOur main concern is the ability of our son 、famously excel strict the indeed whole family —to adapt to the —and Apprehension diligence that is expected of the Chinese、increases when talking to local friends、standardized tests, beginning long history of China has a Sui during the ancient imperial exams initiated the with the the class at of is Dynasty、Shelly Chen at the top best city's the language Shanghai foreign school, one ofis English, fluent Already 、middle schools near in she studying German and ranks among the highest in her gradeHer goal is to get a full scholarship to Harvard 、in physicsIt is not only Western expatriates 、to study biochemistrylike students anxious that grow when hearing about、ShellyThroughout England, politicians, parents and pundits worry that the industriousness and discipline of kids in the East 、are leaving relatively relaxed Westerners trailing behindThough there is some debate surrounding the statistics, itis widely believed that North America is failing to produce Still less sufficient graduates in sciences and engineering、scores math that controversy attends the observation throughout the West rank well below those of most Asian As a result, there is a deepening consensus that, 、countriesin order to maintain its competitive edge, Chinese students are taught that all questions have but one North 、little answer right and there is room for debateAmerican education needs to move away from an emphasisInstead, it 、on fun, flexibility and individual learning stylesteaching strict, disciplined more towards to has shift a, seem to environment that math and science, in particularThis shift can be discerned even in Canada, where 、demandwhere, exams, are there no college entrance and standardized testing, memorization and rote learning have long been frowned upon、Nevertheless, there is a mounting chorus complaining that the prominence given to creativity cheats students out of a Sumitra science teacher educationproper 、People like Rajagopalan are entreating Canadian educators to adopt a “constant based on pedagogical more Asian philosophy In the United 、repetition, recitation, grilling and drilling”more even and China India is putting the States, rise of、emphasis on the demand for education reformLeft as No Child Tougher standards,New policies —such have led to an increased stress on standardized Behind —、testingIn the 2006 State of the Union address, President Georgey 、Bush mentioned the threat of Asia's giants specificallWprogram Initiative”, a introducing when his “Competitivebasic teaching of the funds promises that substantial formath and science、But in an ironic twist, there is an increasing desire to make Many now agree that 、education more England in China lack of creativity in China's education system will soon the prove a major stumbling block in the country's continuing 、developmentGovernment and business leaders worry about a derivative,manufacturing-based economy, which is unable to innovate development technology, lacks and major research core like creative sectors in and projects —lags far behind marketing and design、to take the A lack of flexibility and inability of individuals paralyzing , the initiative affects entire service sectorArriving late for the set breakfast 、employees at every levelat a five-star hotel in Chengdu, for example, I, along with a run other of foreigners, found that coffee had the groupIt was Our request for more threw the staff into crisis 、、outnot until a series of meetings had been held and permissionsought from senior management that a fresh pot could bePassing even trivial problems up the management 、brewedhierarchy in this way is simply impossible in a sophisticated、post-industrial societyset of reforms known as “quality China has implemented a This policy, which aims to teach creativity and 、education”emphasize character development, has resulted in certain an including changes to textbooks, concrete shifts language learning —increased emphasis on oral skills in and various attempts to get teachers to encourage student participation、other skeptical that anything Most Chinese, however, are As they are 、than surface transformation is taking placeeducation an —the underlying issue out, quick to pointbe has yet to standardized system rooted in tests —altered、Chinese students achieve near perfect scores on Westernfind abroad, they when examsstandardized 、But go themselves ill prepared for the education、high elementary, tests Today, national determine whichThey are still school and university a student will attend、the single most important factor in deciding one's general 、career pathcriticizedregularly is testing to given weight TheNewspapers and magazines 、throughout Chinese societycommonly report on the extreme pressure of the generalexams、Stories range from concern over the suicide rate to bizarre anecdotes like the one about girls in Guangdong provinceof have bought up quantities mass to who are saidtest the them during taken contraceptive pills and thenin the hope of warding off the ill effects of their —period Despite these concerns, there is little real 、menstrual cycleChina, In changethe impetus for testing system to 、standardized tests are seen as the only way to guarantee The Canadian method of meritocracy and ensure fairness、granting university admission on the basis of interviews and In China, grade point averages is seen as far too subjective、schools, system that in a like this the best believe many universities and jobs would go only to those with the right China's emphasis on memorization guanxii (connections)、Students 、and rote learning has significant consequencesare taught that all questions have but one right answer andthere is little room for debate and original thought、Subjects like history and politics are focused solely on dates which exam, Even and names、the Chinese language grades students requires to write essays, allocatesand well one classical texts can quote to according how idioms、is hierarchy up the management problems Passing trivialpost-industrial in a sophisticated impossible simply、societyto appears what result, As a Chinese students develop、many Westerners as a shocking capacity for memorizationMany are able to recite entire articles and there are storiesentire committing who of some are capable of the dictionary to memory、Chinese students thus regularly achieve near-perfect scoreswhen on the standardized exams of Europe and England、are of they these students find many go they abroadChinese students with 、ill-prepared for Western educationphenomenal TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)scores are often incapable of taking part in simple English 、conversationAt least one graduate school in one of England's most elite students of accepting wary universities has now become Assumed skills such as in-class from China for this reason、participation, seminar presentations and individual research projects, common practice in elementary schools in North America, are largely unheard of in the Chinese classroom —even in most universities、will a student which National tests determine schooldeciding most attend、They are the important factor in one's career path、rules Moreover, thinking original and strict on the stressregarding plagiarism often seem baffling to students from An American teacher working in Yunnan province 、China tells of encountering this cultural divide when two students handed in the exact same essay for an in-class exam、Because of diffrent traditions and cultures,there are many diffrences between Chinese education and Britisheducation、Firstly,the Chinese education isine year compulsoryAnd the 、Most of schools are public schools、摥捵瑡潩屮And the British 、tutions come from the governmentBut the school education is also compulsory education、system is two-track system which included the publicAnd the tutions are free in school and the private school、the public school while those come from the students'、parents in the private schoolSecondly,the Chinese schools only have somesubjects,such as Chinese,maths,English,history,physics The Chinese students must study these and so on、And they must work hard that they subjects every day、But in Britain,the students have hardly have spare time、chances to choose an elective cource to expand theirAnd they have much more spare knowledge and visions、time to play than Chinese students、、Finally, the Chinese educational system is very simpleMost of students have to pass the college entranceAnd then they can go to college to study a examination、But in Britain, the students have many choices to major、Every body study、、There are many technology schoolscan enter without certisfication and limeted age、Although there are many differences between theChinese educantion and the British education,they have 、some adventages and disadventages in some aspects。