BBC中国式教学纪录片引关注

 　　The new series, titled "Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School" revolves¹ around five Chinese teachers who are sent to teach 50 UK teens at a school in Hampshire.

　　The teachers instruct the students for a month. The pupils are then tested, and the results are compared to those of their peers who have continued in the regular UK education system. The idea is to see if the Chinese method improves academic performance.

　　The Chinese teachers used their own teaching ways but received strong resistance from the students.

　　A clip from the documentary, circulating online, shows some problems, with Chinese teachers calling their students "lazy" and lacking in discipline, while the students say the high pressure and harsh teachers are driving them crazy.

　　This has spawned² a new debate in both China and the UK, with some arguing the teenagers need more restraint and regulation.

　　BBC中国式教学纪录片引关注

　　Others say Chinese methods encourage rote³ learning instead of independent thinking.

　　"For instance, Chinese language teachers should do more than pass on knowledge about words and characters. They should inspire students, helping⁴ them feel the sentiment from Chinese literature. This is a higher level of teaching."

　　Yang Dongping, Dean of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, says the divergence⁵ is actually a function of totally different cultural backgrounds.

　　"The Chinese teaching method is designed to strictly⁶ train the majority. Foreign teaching methods, however, are more natural and relaxing, designed to inspire students' interest in learning. Education methods are based on culture. That is why a successful education method in one place may not work that well when simply "transplanted" into another place."

　　Some Chinese teachers documented in the film say they think the British students don't have that high competition pressure like Chinese kids since their country provides high social welfare.

　　Returning to China, Li Aiyun, one of the featured teachers, reveals that after getting used to the Chinese way of learning, their students actually get along with them quite well and achieved great scores in the final tests.

　　Yang Dongping from the 21st Century Education Research Institute says the documentary does reflect some problems rooted in traditional Chinese teaching methods.

　　"Nobel-laureate physician Yang Zhenning used to give a very fair comment on this issue. He says the Chinese-style education method works for most ordinary qualified⁷ students effectively, helping them reach high level standards. However, it may compromise the training for high-potential outstanding students."

　　The expert notes China has started to pay more attention to helping students learn with joy. However, the exam-oriented education system still needs to be improved.

　　For CRI, I'm Niu Honglin.

1 revolves   

v.（使）旋转( revolve的第三人称单数 )；细想

参考例句：

• The earth revolves both round the sun and on its own axis. 地球既公转又自转。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Thus a wheel revolves on its axle. 于是，轮子在轴上旋转。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 spawned   

（鱼、蛙等）大量产（卵）( spawn的过去式和过去分词 )； 大量生产

参考例句：

• The band's album spawned a string of hit singles. 这支乐队的专辑繁衍出一连串走红的单曲唱片。
• The computer industry has spawned a lot of new companies. 由于电脑工业的发展，许多新公司纷纷成立。

3 rote   

n.死记硬背，生搬硬套

参考例句：

• Learning by rote is discouraged in this school.这所学校不鼓励死记硬背的学习方式。
• He recited the poem by rote.他强记背诵了这首诗。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 divergence   

n.分歧，岔开

参考例句：

• There is no sure cure for this transatlantic divergence.没有什么灵丹妙药可以消除大西洋两岸的分歧。
• In short,it was an age full of conflicts and divergence of values.总之，这一时期是矛盾与价值观分歧的时期。

6 strictly   

adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地

参考例句：

• His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
• The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。

7 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。